Did No One Get The Memo To Be Nice To Students For The First Week?

[redbrunja]

Aren’t teachers supposed to ease us into college? This quarter was more like starting a race than anything else. “Ready... set.... 100 pages of reading, a daily response and an essay due, stat!”
 
I can’t believe I’ve only been at college a week.

So far, with one exception, my classes seem really cool. My teacher for my Japanese Film and Culture class seem fun, and Cross-Cultural Psych will be very interesting (even if the book is confusing as hell).  My Prospectus class (how to publish a novel) is less fun, because the teacher is kind of wishy-washy and hard at the same time, and keeps assigning personal assignments that are very time-consuming.

I actually think the hardest part about this quarter is going to be scheduling; I have a lot of things that can’t be done until something previous is done, which can be difficult.

For example, on Wednesday evening I watch anime, then I have Swing Club and an exercise class at the Rec center (following by collapsing into bed). Then on Wednesday, I have work, class until 5:00, go the to gym (and then it’s Supernatural night; how am I supposed to delay my weekly Dean fix?).

But somehow I’m supposed to manage to write a response to the anime I watched on Wednesday prior to Friday at 10:00 am.

So, that was probably more than you cared to know about the minutiae of my life.

Also, penknife was discussing compatibility here and refering to The Broccoli Test (from gwyn_r’s lj):

“As legend, and my mind filling in blanks, would tell it, Sandy and C were at the grocery store, on opposite ends of the produce section, and Sandy was trying to tell C to pick up some broccoli without shouting across the store at her. No amount of pantomiming and mouthing of the words could get the point across to C, and Sandy apparently told her (we were all in the midst of Professionals-mania then), "Doyle would have known Bodie wanted him to pick up some broccoli with just a raise of his eyebrow!" or something like that. Hence, Bodie and Doyle would have passed the broccoli test.”

Now, I’ve never felt that passing the Broccoli is is necessary for me to ship a pairing, (hell, half the fun is the tragic misunderstandings) or even for me to think it will work, but it’s interesting to see which couples do this.

Romantically, Brennan and Booth (as long as it doesn’t involve pop culture), Max and Logan (they disagree, but they understand what the other person is thinking), and Veronica and Weevil. Non romantically, Zoe and Mal are the epitome of the Broccoli Test and Dean and Sam have perfected the art of the raised eyebrow.

So, which pairings do you love who communicate with just a glance? Which pairings do you love who wouldn’t communicate with a bullhorn and a dictionary (but still might be happy together someday)?

Also gacked from fannish5:

Name five totally self-indulgent story ideas. (The fanfic you would write if you didn't care if you had an audience and also had no shame.)

1.) That epic Goyjo and Tain fic. I would love to write Goyjo falling for someone just as intimacy -phobic as he is, as well as playing with the idea of a female sanzo (not Tain) because there are two sutra’s wandering around somewhere and historically there were (and still are) monasteries of Buddhist nuns. The challenge to writing this fic would be to write Goyjo and Tain snarking at each other and then manage to make it clear they actually cared about each other without losing the witty, sexual-innuendo-laden banter.

2.) The rest of my HP fic, staring Trillium. It’s another novel length fic that no one (judging by the reaction to “Welcome to The Grey World”) would read. Plus, I started it before I had read any of those Mary-Sue tests on lj, and while I don’t think she’s a Mary Sue because she’s not badly written and doesn’t warp the world she’s in, I don’t want to have to continue to defend her. Also, I don’t have time to write a novel-lengh fic.

3.) The resurrection of the Impala. Because you know it would have taken an act of the devil to get it back to the way it was (Dean’s mad skillz notwithstanding). So, demon kidnaps girl + person she’s supposed to be protecting, kills the latter to get the car back to it’s former glory (even demons need rides sometimes). Later, after various traumas, girl kills demon and escapes in the Impala, which is now housing the spirit of her best friend.

4.) That NC-17 Klaus and Lucrezia-in-Agatha’s-body fic. It would involve lots of bondage, and is-this-actually-consensual sex. It would have Klaus unable to decide what to do with Lucrezia and Gil’s love for Agatha getting twisted up with his need to kill that Mogfish bitch, and Lucrezia doing her best to fuck them both over (in both meanings of the word). I’d write this, but I don’t know if I can torture Gil as much as I’d need to.

5.) Goyjo and Yaone get shanghighed into a gladiatorial game. I’d write this, because I love to see the Sanzo Party and Kougaiji and his team working together trying to rescue their various wayward members. Meanwhile Goyjo and Yaone don’t know help is out there and are trying to escape. It would be a great chance to do some cool fight scenes. However, since I can think of one movie and three books who have done this already, I would feel I was being derivative.

So, what stories would you write if you were a shameless hussy and had lots of feedback guaranteed?

Comments

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

*This is so long, I'm going to need to put it in two posts*

I like Lars, and while I never shipped him and Agatha, that was because Gil was in the picture. I was chatting with a friend about this (Gil was on my 12 people I'd sleep with/date list, and Lars was on hers) and I was going, Lars, you would have a chance with Agatha if you weren't competing with GILGAMESH WULFENBACH. I don't think it has anything to do with Spark/non-spar compatibility. In fact, I think that Gil's 'I want a partner, not a wife,' says more about him than about the rules of this world. Plus, since we've seen Sparks/non-sparks be friends, I think romance would really depend on the individuals involved.

For one thing, it would probably be fairly creepy to be in a relationship with someone you first kissed when you were pretending to be your mother and they were pretending to be your father.

As opposed to the total non-creepyness of being in love with the son of the man who had sex with and/or was in love with your mother? I actually had one moment reading GG where I was like, 'are they going to reveal that Gil and Agatha are half-siblings?' (and boy was I relieved to know that wasn't so- although I'm super-curious about who Gil's mother is.)

I thought the benevolentness of the machine was because she'd already broken through as a very young child (the scene with the humming) and her machine was fairly harmless because she's not completely new and/or she's a heterodyne and they're special. ^_^

Winning over your girlfriend's parents is always a good step in a relationship.

True. Plus I have the feeling that Adam and Lilith knew Klaus when he could have turned good, so they won't just assume that he's going to fallow in his father's footsteps. (I actually would really love to read some good Judy/Klaus gen fic- upon reread I thought it signifigant that she was who Klaus recognized immediatly after no seeing her for eighteen years).

the bit about melting England into slag and all that was, in a Sparky way, gooshier than any Valentine's Day card.

That scene is what got Gil onto my 'list of people to sleep with and/or date.' After I read it the first time, I posted about Gil and how awesome he was. (And did you notice that he spent that scene wearing the ring he'd given Agatha? *swoon*)

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

True, it would depend on the individuals . . . though it gets back to the point that, while Agatha liked him, she never really gave a sign that she returned Lars' affections. He flirted, she asked Zeetha what he meant by that.

Ah, but Agatha likely doesn't know that there was anything serious between Klaus and Lucrenzia. From what we've heard of how the Heterodyne stories portray him, it likely only says Klaus made a bid for her hand, was rejected, and at best he might've gotten a smooch from her. And Agatha wouldn't even have thought of that much during her time with Gil, as she didn't know who her mother was.

Even then, there's less of an Odepial edge with Gil.

Hard to say about the breakthrough. . . speculation abounds, but all we can do is wait and see.

That would be nice. He stuck with the Heterodyne Boys for a good chunk of their career, so he'd definately have gotten to know Judy well.

I'd say he's been wearing that ring since he returned with the body. You can see him fingering it when he speaks of Agatha to Wooster.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I love that scene, with Zeetha brushing her hair and Agatha clueless.

Even then, there's less of an Odepial edge with Gil. For Agatha, maybe, but as the reader, I was like, okay, this is getting a little incestous (even if it's only emotionally).

Yeah, the breakthrough seems like a wait and see thing.

Somebody should write Klaus/Judy gen.

Yeah, I think Gil was wearing the ring throughout that section, that particular scene was just he firs time I noticed it. *is unobservent*

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes. That, and things like her reaction to 'The Socket Wench of Prague' tell me Agatha probably didn't date much in school.

Unless my memory sucks or I have an accurate memory of an unreliable source, Odepial complexes in the modern psychiatric term extend to being attracted to people who resemble your parents. Former lovers of your parents aren't mentioned, so creepy edge to Agatha/Gil, perhaps but not odepial.

She's pretty scary as is. . . I'd hate to be within ten miles if she got stronger.

*patiently waits*

Don't worry, I missed it on my first reading -- and hey, he's even wearing it in your icon.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

That, and things like her reaction to 'The Socket Wench of Prague' tell me Agatha probably didn't date much in school.

Oh god that scene cracked me up SO MUCH! Just the expression on her face! Hee!

Okay, so it's not Odepial, it's just creepy.

Agatha is awesome and scary- I love when they do the shots of her enraged, and backlight.

hey, he's even wearing it in your icon.

*blushes and crawls off to a corner.*

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

And when she attempted to work as a fortune teller . . . actually, it took me several reads to realize there was only one 'r' in the title.

Scarier than that was when she realized Taverk had edited the message. Scary enough that Scorp felt it'd be safer to shoot a wounded man than let her catch him.

*patpat* I'd been assuming that was intentional.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Agatha's had a relatively sheltered life up till now.

hey, he's even wearing it in your icon.

I didn't make that icon, and in my defense, I read almost the entirity of GG over, like three days, so I know I missed funny visual jokes/details because I'm not used to reading comic books, so I have a tendancy to skip over the pictures and go streight to the words. *makes excuses*

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

*patpat* It's okay. I've been making a lot of icons, and it's easier to catch details when you're at zoom x400. And you need to reread just for the artwork -- Phil Foglio is famous for the tiny background details. Like the fish.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I really want to find a copy in hardcopy, so I can do thinks like flip around and reread at my lesuire, and not have to wait untill the page loads. By 'fish' do you mean the fish that Gil saved, or are there other fish I'm missing?

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

Hard copies are needed. I've got all the individual issues, the secret blueprints, a complete set of hardcovers, The Works . . . I tend to get a tad obsessive at times.

And, yes, I mean the fish that Gil saved. It's insanely expressive, and later shows up in his lab in a bowl with tread wheels and controls. And it's in one of the future stories, living in Agatha's place.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Future story? What future story? Why don't I know these things? (*Doesn't have the secret blue prints*)

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

"Personal Trainer" -- it's on the site. The fish shows up here (http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/cgi-bin/ggmain.cgi?date=20060517). And don't worry about the lack of Secret Blueprints -- it came out pre-series, and it's mostly just an introduction to the universe and character profiles of those we meet in the first volume.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I really need to get these in hardcopy. I'd remember so much more detail.

But yes, I love that story- especially the Zeetha going, 'if we waited to train until things weren't happening, we'd never train.' paraphrased.

The love icon, by the way.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

The plot bunnies want me to write Gil-gives-Agatha fish fic now.

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

Listen to them. They know what they're doing.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

If only they had a sense of how much time I actually have...

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

Yeah, my plotbunnies have that problem, too. They keep grumbling and making lists of things they want me to write.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

If only I had the ability to turn the fics I think about during class directly into text without having to type them up...

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

I would achieve *so* much that way. . . probably even finish that fic I have bouncing around my head where Agatha and Gil meet when they're kids, young Sparks just then breaking through . . .

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

But then you would lose the witty UST-laden I'm-not-even-sure-I-like-you banter!

Still, that could be very interesting.

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

They'd still have that in any number of fics set later on, but around six or seven, before the "Boys are icky/Girls have cooties" stage, it'd be adorable to have one chance meeting, as both Klaus and Barry were on the move with the kids around that time. I'm thinking the sort of thing where they have the type of instant friendship only the very young can form -- "We share a common interest? Cool!" "Let's be bestest friends!" and then they forget about it entirely once they grow up.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that would be cute. Especially if one of them (probably Gil) remembered it.

I heartily support this idea.

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

They build some weird toy together, Uncle Barry calls Agatha to come with him, they're moving again. Agatha and Gil are dissapointed, and Agatha decides that, since she keeps having to leave stuff behind with all the moves, it's best that Gil keep it.

Years later, possibly while moping over Agatha's "death", he comes across a box of his childhood things. Among them is the weird toy, and he remembers . . . then angsts out even more.

I need to go write this.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I want to read that so much.

Plus, he could be realizing that she was what he was looking for in Paris (I love the scene where Gil's angsting about Agatha's death and bemoaning how hard it is to find a girl who understand what he's talking about, all 'you can't even find her in Paris').

Write it, write it, write it! That sound so in character and adorable.

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

Yes! After Paris, he'd started to believe the girl he'd met was just an imaginary childhood friend or something. . .

*salutes* Getting to work, Ma'am. Gotta restart my computer first, something weird is going on with the display.