I Would Sing You A Song Of Devotion

[redbrunja]

phoenix_melody asked me some more questions.


My top five fanartists (these are not nessecarily the people who have done my favorite pieces of individual fanart, but who I feel have show skill and have a decent portfolio to recommend them.)

Cynchick



Everything she draws just glows and I love how realistic she can get a character, while it still undeniably looks like the person who know.

Drisela


Zutara_TightKnots_SB-CH.7 by ~Drisela on deviantART


Zutara_modesty by ~Drisela on deviantART

Another artist who is one with the glowy-ness, Drisela will draw both more simplistic, sketches that say so much, and more finished pieces that look positively touchable.

Samurai-Pet:


Blindfold by ~Samurai-PET on deviantART


His Boss by ~Samurai-PET on deviantART

You know an artist is good when they draw a pairing you DON'T like, and yet everything they drawn that ship, you're like, 'yeah, that's hot.'

Sorceressmyr:


quarte benders by *sorceressmyr on deviantART


In Touch by *sorceressmyr on deviantART

PICK KAKASHI! WHY IS THERE EVEN DEBATE! (sorry, my OTP got the best of me for a minute). I would love it if she would do a straight Kakashi/Sakura at one point.


SuiKa_tension by *sorceressmyr on deviantART

Orepookpook


Ozai's Vengeance by ~OrePookPook on deviantART


Zutara 073 - Blame by ~OrePookPook on deviantART

Honorable Mention:

MuseSilver


NaruSaku: In the Office by *MuseSilver on deviantART

Count how many of Naruto's fantasies are coming true in just this one fanart...


NaruSaku: Content by *MuseSilver on deviantART


I don't ship just about ANY of her pairing, but I love her style greatly.

First, pheonix asked me for my top five fanfic writers, which almost caused an anxiety attack. The authors who wrote my top five favorite fics? The people on my flist who I adore who write fic?

So she gave me myt op five guilty pleasures instead.

1.) Arranged marriage fic. Shut up, okay.

2.) Naruto, which I should apparently feelt guilty for loving.

3.) Cool-whip eqsue 'whipped topping' that has nothing remotely dairy-like in it.

4.) The In Death series, although after however many books I've ready, I think I've finally burned out on them. *sad face* Peabody! I love you and your realistic body type and awesometastic relationship with another guy with a realistic body type.

5.) Skippy peanut butter and/or fandomsecrets . I really need to stop visiting that site because it desensitizes me to the crazy yet I can't seem to help myself.

Five things you wish you could change about Naruto canon (or other series of choice).

1.) The ratio of female to male characters is 1:1 instead of 1:2 and the women get the same amount of screen time as the guys.

2.) It's quality screentime, doing awesometastic things.

3.) Either Neji, Chouji, or Kiba died during the Sasuke-in-a-barrel arc.

4.) The sharingan is treated like the rip-off jutsu it is, and can't do more than the copying and the mental torture.

5.) There is no training sequence longer than, cumulative, four pages. Ever. If that was enough time with Sakura and Tsunade, than it's plenty for whatever Naruto or Sasuke is doing.

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[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

3.) Either Neji, Chouji, or Kiba died during the Sasuke-in-a-barrel arc.

I vote Neji. Just because.

I think fandom secrets has actually managed to desensitize me enough that that I can handwave or ignore 90% of fandom and at least go along with things even if I disagree.

I am deeply disturbed that there's an appeal to the blindfold and bondage pic.

[strange_quark]

Total word on all the fanartists! Especially Cynchick and OrePookPook. OPP draws really awesome Zutara and the way Cynchick draws certain characters (like Kakashi and Deidara) are just drool-worthy.

(Psst, sorceressmyr has done one or two straight Kakashi/Sakura pieces :D They're in her scraps.)

[mistaria.livejournal.com]

Agree on those artists although I haven't seen the last one before. Especially on SamuraiPet.

Also, sorceressmyr has done a straight KakaSaku... It was in her scraps though and I think she might have taken it down since the last time I looked for it I couldn't find it. :( OH WAIT... Here it is! (http://sorceressmyr.deviantart.com/art/kakasaku-simple-kiss-68504116) Seems like there was another one I was thinking of too but it might have been by a different artist. I really like her sexy no jutsu (http://sorceressmyr.deviantart.com/art/team7-sexy-no-jutsu-64064539) too. :) EDIT: Ooops, sorry, I didn't see that someone else posted the KakaSaku art by her.

Hell yes to number 5 on your what to change about Naruto bit. I vote this for all shounen manga.

[the-sun-is-up.livejournal.com]

Yay for fanart! *fangirls MuseSilver and Samurai-PET* And have you seen Gabzillaz's gallery? She does lots of pretty Zutara and Taang.

And Sakura can't have Kakashi because... um... I am keeping him for myself loool.

[phoenix-melody.livejournal.com]

I am sorry to be the source of an almost-anxiety-attack. >.>;

[nimblnymph.livejournal.com]

You COULD, in a way, look at the 4-page fight sequences for Sakura and Tsunade as a compliment to their abilities.

Meaning this: They're obviously SO good at calculating their opponent in no time flat and then executing whatever plan of attack they come up with that they don't NEED to take up a whole freakin' book to defeat one person. They get in, kill the sunufabitch, and get out... like any GOOF ninja SHOULD do. No long monoloques about their "ninja way". No "flashbacks" to how awful uncle is. They stay focused and kick ass.

And they didn't need someone to come and bail their asses out. *points to barrel moment*

Also... I don't mind the sharingan at all. Personally, I though that was probably one of Kishimoto's more clever concepts, and I looooove the way Kakashi uses it to his advantage, i.e. Zabuza. He used it for the basic copying techniques, but from there he calculated EXACTLY what Zabuza might do next to make it look like he was reading minds. That was all made cunning and being insanely good at reading people, not some "Lookie! My sharingan is teh shit!"

What I DON'T like about the sharingan is that it's got the ability to morph into Sue-like abilities... such as that whole bleeding eye thing Itachi and Sasuke can do. Now, if ALL of the doujutsu (like the byakugan) could do that, then I would accept it as canon. However, since there's no sign that any of the others really can... It's irritating.

And I would vote Kiba to die there. Poor Akamaru would be absolutely depressed... but he's the one out of the three that I could tolerate losing.

Re: Ninja gender ratios

[tobu-ishi.livejournal.com]

NOW HEAR THIS, KISHIMOTO. NOW HEAR THIS.

It would make me insanely happy to see, someday, a genin team consisting of two girls and a boy. You don't even have to make one of the girls the defacto leader. I realize these things are difficult for you, so I'm starting my request out small. Two girls. One boy.

(Or, if logic were to be followed, three girls, because after all those 1:2 teams, where are the leftover girls hiding? But again, this may be too much to expect all at once.)

THAT IS ALL.