So, I'm currently down in south, visiting ![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
pzb (who had no idea I was coming) for her birthday.
It's great - it's actually summer down here, although I'm pissed because apparently back home there is fantastic rainstorms and thundershowers going on.
I hate how the weather gets interesting as soon as I leave.
I took the train down, which was nice - I didn't have to be awake, so it didn't matter that I had about three hours of sleep the night before, and I got to catch up on writing, reading, and watch some naruto episodes.
But before watching Naruto, I read volumes 5 and 6 of Runaways:
And then I moved on to Death Note, which... Well, you know how when you've been traveling for six hours already, it's kind of good that you're reading something you don't like, because that way you're not ruining anything you actually really like by reading it when you're hot and tired and hungry?
pzb (who had no idea I was coming) for her birthday.It's great - it's actually summer down here, although I'm pissed because apparently back home there is fantastic rainstorms and thundershowers going on.
I hate how the weather gets interesting as soon as I leave.
I took the train down, which was nice - I didn't have to be awake, so it didn't matter that I had about three hours of sleep the night before, and I got to catch up on writing, reading, and watch some naruto episodes.
You know, there is a reason that this arc is where I fell in love with Kakashi. I remember having thinky thoughts about this arc on the train. There was something about how this is such a fight between respected equals, and how many chances Kakashi gives Zabuza to not die, but all I can remember is how freaking much I love Kakashi's fighting style. On of my difficulties in writing Naruto is the fact that my mind wants to block out fights that end up looking like Avatar fights (because the Avatar fights are just so much cooler) but Kakashi actually has a nicely dynamic style with hand to hand + jutsus. I love his summon, and it was well worth it to see him taking out his opponent's ability to use his arms animated. The thing where the kunai are spinning around his fingers? redbrunja approved *nice guy pose*
Also, I am so, so convinced that Haru is a girl. I don't care what Kishimoto says, in my head, she just told everyone she was a boy because she's like Haruhi, and does't care as much about gender.
And I really like the fact that when Sakura thought Sasuke was dead, she wasn't going to abandon her post or even suggest that the guy go with her. Supports my belief that of all of them, Sakura's the one who went into ninja-ing to be a ninja.
redbrunja approved *nice guy pose*Also, I am so, so convinced that Haru is a girl. I don't care what Kishimoto says, in my head, she just told everyone she was a boy because she's like Haruhi, and does't care as much about gender.
And I really like the fact that when Sakura thought Sasuke was dead, she wasn't going to abandon her post or even suggest that the guy go with her. Supports my belief that of all of them, Sakura's the one who went into ninja-ing to be a ninja.
But before watching Naruto, I read volumes 5 and 6 of Runaways:
First off, whoever decided that they should switch artists should be shot. Multiple times. All the characters look so fake, and plastic-y, and I'm pretty sure that they stopped drawing Gert zaftig. And while I totally buy that in her late twenties after years of running around saving people she slimmed down, she did not go on a diet right before they hit NYC. (Also, living on cheap junk food, it's most likely everybody put on a few pounds since they ran away).
That said, Gert and Chase are the cutest teenage couple ever, and I love the family dynamic they have going on with Molly.
About Karolina - does anyone else get the feeling that the author really wanted her off the comic? Because hot damn she left fast. I have a couple problems with this:
First, having her leave solo is a bad idea. What is boyfriend is lying? Then she's all alone in space.
Secondly, I highly doubt that going off into space is going to fix her identity problems. After all, she was raised human - despite feeling like a freak on Earth, I bet she'd going to feel like an earth girl in space.
Now, I am enjoying the fact that it looks like Nico is going to have her Dark Willow arc. I was wondering about when all the references to her using black magic would start to show up.
And I like the fact that we're giving Chase more depth. That said, I really doubt the whole carjacking story, and don't know if I buy this sudden hint that he has darkness inside that Gert is helping him control (although that line was good). It's just... Chase is such a jock, that I find it hard to believe he did something actively evil - he's more the type to just not say something when someone else does something wrong, or bully someone, etc.
That said, Gert and Chase are the cutest teenage couple ever, and I love the family dynamic they have going on with Molly.
About Karolina - does anyone else get the feeling that the author really wanted her off the comic? Because hot damn she left fast. I have a couple problems with this:
First, having her leave solo is a bad idea. What is boyfriend is lying? Then she's all alone in space.
Secondly, I highly doubt that going off into space is going to fix her identity problems. After all, she was raised human - despite feeling like a freak on Earth, I bet she'd going to feel like an earth girl in space.
Now, I am enjoying the fact that it looks like Nico is going to have her Dark Willow arc. I was wondering about when all the references to her using black magic would start to show up.
And I like the fact that we're giving Chase more depth. That said, I really doubt the whole carjacking story, and don't know if I buy this sudden hint that he has darkness inside that Gert is helping him control (although that line was good). It's just... Chase is such a jock, that I find it hard to believe he did something actively evil - he's more the type to just not say something when someone else does something wrong, or bully someone, etc.
And then I moved on to Death Note, which... Well, you know how when you've been traveling for six hours already, it's kind of good that you're reading something you don't like, because that way you're not ruining anything you actually really like by reading it when you're hot and tired and hungry?
I read through the last three volumes as fast as I could so I could get to Light dying.
I'm not going to go into the endless I know you know I know conversations (which, did Near's conversation about how he finally beat Light NEED to go on for an entire chapter?) but I will say that after everybody who died, and how fucked up the world was, there was no possible way for that series to leave you feeling anything but horrible when you finish it.
And I'm glad that Near admitted, at least, that it wasn't about saving lives - it was about winning. I knew that was the case, but it was nice that they didn't have any delusions about why they were doing what they were doing.
I feel so sorry for Matsuda and the rest of the task force - they risk their lives and are horribly courageous just to be pawns. The fact that they know this and stick around anyway makes them the few actually heroic characters in DN.
I'm not going to go into the endless I know you know I know conversations (which, did Near's conversation about how he finally beat Light NEED to go on for an entire chapter?) but I will say that after everybody who died, and how fucked up the world was, there was no possible way for that series to leave you feeling anything but horrible when you finish it.
And I'm glad that Near admitted, at least, that it wasn't about saving lives - it was about winning. I knew that was the case, but it was nice that they didn't have any delusions about why they were doing what they were doing.
I feel so sorry for Matsuda and the rest of the task force - they risk their lives and are horribly courageous just to be pawns. The fact that they know this and stick around anyway makes them the few actually heroic characters in DN.
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