If I Were A Weapon

[redbrunja]

Comment on this post and I will choose seven interests from your profile. You will then explain what they mean/why you are interested in them. Post this along with your answers in your own journal so that others can play along.
I got this from ryanitenebrae, who asked about....

elaborate lives

This is a reference to pzb's Hakkai x Yaone fic "Elaborate Lives", and sums up both that OTP, and most of my other OTPs. (I don't go for simple relationships.)

dani reese

The fabulous Detective Dani Reese is the female lead on the tv show life. What's great about her, besides the fact that she's the no-nonsense, tough, bad cop in the Dani Reese/Charlie Crewes partnership. Also, she is not just there to give information or reflect the male protagonist; she has her own history and damage.

labyrinth

Awesome movie. David Bowie being the seductive Goblin King we all want to want us. That last scene with them ("love me, fear me, and I will be your slave.") is incredibly hot, even on multiple rewatch.

 paris is overrated

I did a study abroad program for three months last year, and unlike everyone else on the planet who had a fabulous, life-changing experience, my time was pretty evenly split between awesome and awful. Also, the single most awesome day I had was across the country from Paris.

 sakura/kakashi

My current OTP. The final boot to get me to read Naruto was that I wanted to write fanfic and needed to get speech patterns down so I sounded in character. (I am not even joking.) Kakashi is the single most awesome character in Naruto, and despite Kishimoto's cockblocking tendencies with his female characters, Sakura has grown from a superficial young woman into a strong, compassionate, slightly less young woman. Kakashi was her teacher and sucked at it, but as a couple, I think they would work brilliantly. They are both ninja for the same reasons (to protect their village) and both of them are survivors - they are going to stay behind and protect Konoha while their friends die or leave. Also, Kakashi would treat Sakura right while being a bad enough boyfriend that she wouldn't take him for granted, and Sakura would knock Kakashi out of his self-imposed emotional shell and get him living again.

tremaine valiarde

Tremaine is the awesome main character of The Wizard Hunters. It a world of warriors and mages, she isn't trained to use a sword or magic, nor is she the nominal leader, yet, as the author herself described Tremiane: "she makes decisions and other people have to deal."

women with realistic bodies

I cannot tell you how much I enjoy having characters like Rose of Doctor Who or Tsunade of Naruto who actually look like real women, instead of woman after woman who have the perfect, flat, toned tummy that I desperately want and have yet to get. (And you don't even want to know how many crunches and ab work I do. The fact that I'm still a bit poofy on my belly and no where else, really, is just torturous.)

Comments

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I love how curvy Rose is for a tv heroine. It's interesting to even say that, because Rose is *small*. She's shorter, and I don't think I'd ever fit into her pants... but she *looks* curvy. Her face is round, she has actual boobs, and she has hips. She looks like a real girl.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I take back the "real girl" thing because I think that's unfair to skinny girls.

I should say, she looks a lot more like what a majority of women look like.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Yes. It's just so refreshing to see women who look like people you would meet on the street, instead of a whole world populated by women with one type of body.

[mzminola.livejournal.com]

Commenting!

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

jaegermonsters, knight hunters, luna lovegood, mai hime, martha jones, ncis, stephanie brown

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

You forgot Tremaine.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

*headdesk*

Yeah, I fixed that. Reasons why it can get dicy to post at close to midnight.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Yup. Come 1 am or so, I spend at least half my time in ims explaining what I just missaid.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Yeah... I edited the swear words out of a statement that meant 'I need to get to bed' and accidently did some creative editing that made it sound very, very odd.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Aren't they?

acting out british stereotypes, attempts healthy behavior, battling my stereotype, kakashi/sakura, veronica/weevil, shikamaru/temari, the chosen.

[misora.livejournal.com]

*comments*

XD

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

bachelorette-ism, being an elitist snob, kinkiness, my boyfriend john, napa valley muscats, sex as instrumental spirituality, zuko/katara.

[fani.livejournal.com]

*sheepishly*

commenting

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

janji joni, riri riza, tiffany aching, alan moore, okami, patrick huard, pete docter.

[fani.livejournal.com]

filled!:)

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

For you:

blutara, juraishipping, mugenxfuu, sasusaku, shinobi, ichigo/rukia, tenchi.

[obsessive0514.livejournal.com]

*Commenting* and OMG you default icon! I made that! Squee! *Is honored*

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

fictional women you hate, meg & dia, princess leia, melinda sordino, winston/o'brien, cassandra cain, bones.

Yeah, that icon is my current 'fuck you she's awesome' icon, and I just had to upload it after everyone was all bitchy because Katara got a little violent.

[hazard-us.livejournal.com]

Yay dani reese! I can't wait for the new season of Life. (There better be a new season...)

Also I highly agree with you on the last scene in Labyrinth. Sarah must have rolled a nat 20 on her save versus seduction is all I'm saying.

Also also commenting.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

There is a new season, but it's at the TIMESLOT OF DEATH (10 pm fridays) We'd be lucky to get another half season, imho.

Well, she had been prepping for that since the beginning of the movie, so...

dpreg, kohza, kotor, ladies cycling society, ninjas, questionable content, quirkyalone, yakuza.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, Dani Reese.... well, she's the daughter of a (now) retired and highly respected police officer who, it's hinted at, was emotionally abusive and a first generation Iranian immigrant, and got addicted to drugs while undercover. She's tough, no nonsense, takes crap from no one, and has a nicely nuanced relationship with the (current) police chief (female) who used to be her father's partner.

To give an idea of her awesomeness, at one point Dani's partner was struggling with a suspect and they fall into a pool together. Dani grabs a uniforms taser and puts it in the water, shocking both her partner and the suspect. And this is totally not an issue between her and her partner.

You probably feel cool because you are cool.

For you: hayao miyazaki, roleplaying otps, livejournal, love, mac, natalie portman and I know I'm going to regret this: Aang/Katara.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

It's a great show, and it's just a half season (that tells a complete story, natch.)

Well, well, well worth the time. In fact, I wouldn't mind rewatching it, so if you wanted to come over sometimes and bring your computer, I could give it to you.