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Saw corvidology post this meme. Decided to jump in!


1) Make a list of fifteen characters first, and keep it to yourself for the moment.

2) Ask your f-list to post questions in the comments. For example: "One, nine, and fifteen are chosen by a prophecy to save the world from four. Do they succeed?", "Under what circumstances might five and fourteen fall in love?", "Which character on the list would you most want on your side in a zombie invasion?"

3) After your f-list has stopped asking questions, round them up and answer them using the fifteen characters you selected beforehand, then post them.

Pick a fandom, character(s) and/or pairing, and an AU trope/cliché/type, and I will tell you the gist of the story I would write for you, if I wrote it.

I will probably never write the story, but I will do my best to write a back of a novel blurb for it! Hehe.

Snagged from everyone everywhere: List fifteen of your favorite characters from different fandoms, and ask people to spot patterns in your choices, if they're so inclined.

1) Bobby "Iceman" Drake, X-men
2) Gwen Cooper, Torchwood
3) Annie Sawyer, Being Human (UK)*
4) Michael Westen, Burn Notice*
5) Burton "Gus" Guster, Psych*
6) Light Yagami, Death Note
7) Winry Rockbell, Fullmetal Alchemist
8) Gohan Son, Dragonball Z
9) Vash the Stampede, Trigun
10) Uryū Ishida, Bleach
11) Rick Castle, Castle
12) Naruto Uzumaki, Naruto*
13) Raylan Givens, Justified*
14) Abigail Brand, Marvelverse
15) Hagi, Blood +


( My own thoughts on this list )

Today I'm wearing my black pin stripe suit with a camel colored sleeveless shirt underneath. I've got high heeled black loafers with silver buckles and black trouser socks on. I'm also wearing blue striped underwear and a tan bra. I've got my hair pulled back and silver hoops on.

Later, I will be wearing black yoga pants, a black sports bra, and a green sleeveless shirt. I'll also have dance slippers and then socks and tennis shoes.

(The better question is what the hell am I going to wear tomorrow since I don't intend to return home until tomorrow night and I forgot to bring other clothes. Urg.)


The Meme:
Day 01 - Introduction
Day 02 – Your first love, in great detail
Day 03 – Your parents, in great detail
Day 04 – What you ate today, in great detail
Day 05 – Your definition of love, in great detail
Day 06 – Your day, in great detail
Day 07 – Your best friend, in great detail
Day 08 – A moment, in great detail
Day 09 – Your beliefs, in great detail
Day 10 – What you wore today, in great detail
( If you'd like to play along )

Ugh. I *hate* this topic, not because I hate best friends, but because I am blessed with a lot of people that I love and this seems to somehow drop some of them into a less worthy status.

So, I reject it.

Instead, I will talk about the sort of friend that I strive to be, or, in other words, the best friend that I can be.

As someone with a distinct lack of romantic love in her life, I have still never felt unloved for even a minute. My friends fill that void for me to an astonishing degree. I have had people ask why I do things for the people I love, or indicate that some requests are ones that I should turn down, but I can't help myself.

If you're a friend of mine, and you need something that I can do, I will do it. The end. That simple. I remember my dad telling me when I was little that Christians don't loan money, they give it and never expect it to be returned. They only give what they can afford to give, and they never have any resentment over it if it isn't repaid.

While I scoff aloud at the idea that this is how all Christians behave, it struck me as exactly how a true friendship should work.



The Meme:
Day 01 - Introduction
Day 02 – Your first love, in great detail
Day 03 – Your parents, in great detail
Day 04 – What you ate today, in great detail
Day 05 – Your definition of love, in great detail
Day 06 – Your day, in great detail
Day 07 – Your best friend, in great detail
( If you'd like to play along )

This is a very interesting question, actually. I will forever associate my answers with this Bible verse:

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always preserves."
-- 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

While I don't think that people are that infallible, I do think love is that infallible. To me, love is showing up to help a friend move, and when she can't do much because of her asthma, it's taking charge of packing boxes and running the vacuum cleaner. Love is letting someone move in with you because otherwise they won't have a place to live. Love is driving to get someone because they got drunk and you'd rather be inconvenienced than have them be at risk. Love is doing the dishes, again.

Love is worrying about someone, even when - especially when - they aren't worried enough about themselves. Love is rejoicing in someone else's victories and crying with them during the hard times. Love is late night phone calls because someone else needs to talk.

Love is biting your tongue when you're right, and saying you're sorry when you're wrong. Love is hugging people when you see them and when you say good-bye. Love is saying you love someone, even when it's mushy and feels strange because you'd rather they know it for sure.

Love is letting someone leave you, but hoping they'll come back. Love is letting someone else make the wrong decisions, because if they don't, they won't ever be happy. Love is telling someone they're making the wrong decisions when you're afraid that the decisions will hurt them too much.

Love is lunch dates to gossip about television, and early morning phone calls during commutes to help pass the time away. Love is laughter and joy. Love is also crying and pain.

Love is everything that makes anything worthwhile.

I hope that was specific enough. :)

The Meme:
Day 01 - Introduction
Day 02 – Your first love, in great detail
Day 03 – Your parents, in great detail
Day 04 – What you ate today, in great detail
Day 05 – Your definition of love, in great detail
( If you'd like to play along )

This day is one of several that freaks me out to talk about. I'm pretty sure I'm going to come out sounding either like a total lunatic or pathetic and I don't particularly feel fond of either. But, in the interest of honesty, here goes.

( They Called It Puppy Love )

haruka asked me this question. For this one, I must use pics. I also have to say this was really hard to narrow down and I decided that I should use more than one character from any given anime to broaden the spectrum.

1. By far my most favorite anime character ever - and I'm sure anyone who knows me isn't surprised - Yagami Light from Death Note.



I absolutely got sucked into this story. It was the single best thing I read in all of 2007 and one of the best things I've read in my entire life. The story was filled with twists and intrigue and the characters were so fucking complex.

( SPOILERS )

2. Son Gohan from Dragon Ball Z. This kid is the reason I started watching anime. He's the reason I started buying stuff from Ebay and he's the reason I signed up on Netflix. He brought me hardcore into fandom and he remains, always and forever, one of my absolute favorite characters.



I watched all 300 something episdoes of DB, DBZ, DBGT and anything I can find. I devoured fanfiction, wrote it myself, and never ever outgrew him. He was a wimpy, ridiculous, frightened kid who was afraid of everything and stood up to it anyway. He did it to make his father proud. He did it to make his mentor proud.



In the end, the whole series became utterly ridiculous, but the Cell Saga remains one of my all time ever favorite stories. Evil v. innocence. And the cost of it was high, for everyone. I loved that it didn't downplay that.



3. Sohma Kyo from Fruits Basket. I'll confess. I debated for a while here between him and Sohma Hatsuharu. I love them both, but I finally came down on the side of Kyo. It's hard to pinpoint exactly what I love about him, though. He's fiesty and fiery and very often completely wrong. But he's also genuine.



( SPOILERS )

4. Otanashi Saya from Blood +. Finally, a girl character that I could really sink my teeth into. She starts out sweet and innocent and soon enough it is revealed that all is not as is believed.



( SPOILERS )

5. Shimada Kambei from Samurai 7. This is the picture that drew me in:



The art work from this anime was incredible. All of the characters were very distinct, but something about the way Kambei was drawn really appealed to me. The character appealed to me as well. He was calm and unexciteable. He had a distinct honor that he never breeched. He knew what he asked of his friends, knew that it was unlikely that they would all survive, and allowed them to make their own decisions.



Kambei also really knew who he was. The time period put him on the brink of extinction, but he never wavered from what he thought he should be, especially when it was hard. This whole story kept me riveted on the edge of my seat.

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