still not yet midnight here!

[acchikocchi]

So I still have time to slip in fervent happy birthday wishes to ina, a wonderful friend, fangirl, tour guide, okonomiyaki cook, and just an all around great person and someone I'm so happy to be able to know. :) I hope you had a lovely day and that you have a good visit back home, and as we've said many times I can't wait until we can meet again (in Japan!). ♥♥♥

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Book-wise today I snagged the latest installment in naominovik's Temeraire series and just finished it about an hour ago. An excellent read, as always, although a little darker than the previous books. And, okay, my Napoleonic-era history is not very strong so I had no idea that Wellesley would end up as Wellington and laughed out loud at the reveal at the end. And Temeraire and Laurence are going to wintersjuly-land Australia! *_* ...which in retrospect should not have surprised me since I remember reading a comment from an Australian fan saying Novik had told her the sixth book would take place in Australia, ahahaha. Also no characters died that I can't live without and there's more of my very favorite character (THARKAY ♥_♥ would anyone like to write me Tharkay fic) and I have high hopes that he will figure prominently in the next books since... there aren't as many people in Australia to compete with him for screen time. :D I did want to see what happened to Ferris, though, I hope he came out of everything all right. I seem to easily become attached to the crew officers; Granby is another big favorite, although admittedly moreso before he became a captain. >_> Everyone I know seems to be into the Laurence/Temeraire which is all well and good but I wouldn't mind some purely human slashfic. Pick two of the following and combine: Laurence, Granby, Tharkay. :D)

What it really makes me want is crossover fic, though. *g* The books haven't touched much on Japan yet; why not kill your historical AU and fantasy AU needs with one stone and write about the Japanese coverts (only they wouldn't be called coverts) and like. Captains Jin and Yamapi and Kame. Only they wouldn't be called captains, either, they'd be... maybe samurai are the ones attached to dragons. This calls for further thought.


I realize to everyone who has not read these books (and possibly to those who have) I sound insane.

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edit: oh oh, okay, this meme looks really fun: the sing to me! meme. :D no, it does not actually involve any of you having to sing. just... okay, basically it's a songcall. *g*

Comments

[wintersjuly.livejournal.com]

WHY DID I NOT KNOW YOU POSTED :/

also, my name, eee! lajkdlkjklajdla i had to like, glance at it in less than two seconds so i don't know what happens in this book XDDDDD

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

well it was only going to be a birthday post! then i thought maybe i should add a little substance? skjklajdks it's mostly babble, anyways. XD

have you read any of them yet? or do you just... have them? XD

[wintersjuly.livejournal.com]

see, i will totally add a poll to your birthday post. for substance. this poll will ask about jin's underwear preference and how people feel about jin riding dragons

i am... half way through book three XD

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

how could anyone not like the idea! in theory.

okay great i will send you my extra copy of book four. :D also THARKAY IS AWESOME Y/Y. *_* that was what a good part of the lj-cut was about. XD

[wintersjuly.livejournal.com]

i would welcome kame and pi riding dragons and jin riding one or both of them- *SHOT*

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

...............*snorts* me too. XD

(the other idea i had a long time ago was for a dragonriders-of-pern fusion. XD lilmatchgirl007 and i have had several discussions about this. you can either have kame be the rider and jinth be the dragon, or you can have kame and jin both be riders and yamapi be jin's shiny bronze dragon :DDDDDDD and someone like... maki would be kame's green. um. have you ever actually read any anne mccaffrey. >_>)

[wintersjuly.livejournal.com]

*BEAMS*

(XDDDD have never read pern stuff - i gave up a few pages into one of the books XD

well. i think pi should be the dragon, purely because he's got terrible hair at the moment and to make him a human would be a crime to humanity (but not dragonity, apparently). :/

and well. i think maru should be kame's dragon. because poor maru never makes it into fic ):)

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

aw, futsuu nakamaru. well i suppose that could be done. i was set on making kame a green rider because i liked the idea of him and his female dragon companion but i suppose he could have poor ordinary maru. maruth. ahahahaha. *easily amused*

[matchynishi.livejournal.com]

.............OI

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[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

why are you slant-facing at me.

[gingifere.livejournal.com]

Every time I see you update with long posts I panic slightly thinking 'is today she tells her flist my embarassing Jin moment?!' Life.

Jin, Kame and Jin as Samurai's is my dream fic :(

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

akjsdldjls ahahahahaha oh dear. *patpatpat* no, i will get around to making my travel post.... some time.... >_> *procrastinates*

[razberrycreme.livejournal.com]

I realize to everyone who has not read these books (and possibly to those who have) I sound insane.

*nods* XDDDDDDDDDD Nooo, I'm just kidding, I mean, just the other day my friends and I were discussing samurai...attached...to dragons. *waves hand vaguely*

Fic :D

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

.......I think you are laughing at me. XD

My real hope was that by mentioning it I'd get someone else who's read the books to write the fic for me. >_>

[razberrycreme.livejournal.com]

I think reading that book has made you paranoid D:

:| i do not approve of such shirking of akame!!!duty :|

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

sajdklsjkldjslkd trust me, i would be fulfilling my akame duty much more if instead i finished one of the other 3284981932 WIPs i have. i'm, er, famous for my lack of follow-through. ._.

[canis-m.livejournal.com]

The books haven't touched much on Japan yet

petronia and I are supposed to be writing that fic. Er, the BL version, anyway. We really need to get on it. And yeah, I've always figured access to dragons would be a warrior-class privilege in Japan, although the scenarios in my head are pretty heavily colored by Chinese influence and...and Buddhism. XD;

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

Oh really! Oh, that would be great, both of you would do an excellent job. *_* And hey, I'm totally okay with BL version. *g* I would be the first to admit that anything pre-1854 Japan is not exactly my area of expertise, so it's a little hazy in my head -- sort of a confused jumble of Heian-style names and dragons at Osaka Castle and all that.

[ina]

Thank you so much! ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Let's do Japan next year. :D

And god yes, JinKame Temeraire-verse Japan version would be awesome. I don't have the urge to read Temeraire fic, but something about Japan would be great. Wasn't there a bit about Japanese dragons in the epilogue of book one? (I don't have my books here).
It will properly be Chinese influenced but changed to a specific Japanese way.

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

Yeah, as far as existing characters go I don't feel the need to hunt down fic, although if an author I already knew wrote some I'd definitely read it. (or if someone particularly recced or linked something.) But there's so much room for exploration in her world that there are some really neat possibilities. :D There was indeed something about Japanese dragons at the end of the first book, and I think there are mentions of them once or twice in the first couple of books. *pondering*

Of course, if the series keeps up they'll probably get over there before too long! ;)

[ina]

Wholeheartedly agree on you take on fanfic here. Have you read any fic yet? I would definitely read your recs.

I do hope we get to see that, for now I am already looking forward to Australia. I am interested in North American dragons too.

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

I haven't yet but I'm just starting to think about looking through the journals of the writers/fans I know who are fans of the series so if I come across anything good I'll be sure to let you know. :)

And yes to both of those! *_* Oh, and while we're at it, more about the Inca civilization, too. *greedy*

[ettezag.livejournal.com]

hi meredith, i've been trying to reach you for a couple days now and for some reason am intensely hesitant to leave you a voicemail message. today, monday, olivia wanted to chill but i seem unable to reach her either. in the event that i manage to contact her, do you want to too, tonight? call me if yes, call me if no :)

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

ack, i'm sorry i missed that! D: i actually lost my phone on... friday, i think? and only found out where it was yesterday (in a restaurant) so i have to go pick it up today, i guess. but thanks for the thought. and i don't have much in the way of pressing commitments for a while so i'm up for future hanging out and stuff. :D

[ettezag.livejournal.com]

haha... my bad, i forgot that i didn't actually reply to you. how is tomorrow (friday) for you? lolivia was sick on monday & tuesday so yeah. got your phone back yet?