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]

...*BEAMS*

*MAKES A NOTE TO DO IT*

YAY books *_* and Y. VERY VERY AWESOME. XD (ljadllkadlladl i would like some non laurence/temeraire slash too. because klajdljadla i love their platonic relationship ):)

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

Also, the more books I read, the less Temeraire strikes me as the doe-eyed young bishounen type, even if he were to swallow a pearl and turn into a human like many fans have suggested. *g* (Appearance-wise I'm thinking Feilong from Viewfinder only whole lot less languid.) And even then I would feel a little weird about slashing him with Laurence. :| He would just be... idk an awesome young scholar-general type. *_*

Side characters are fair game, though. :D

[wintersjuly.livejournal.com]

adljasljda ohhh, feilong as tememaire lakjdlkjklajda *_* (tememaire is... older, i guess? he feels it, anyway. feilong is a great pick. now let me imagine laurence as asami or something - shush you, he's totally english - *_________* THIS TOTALLY WORKS FOR ME BECAUSE I DON'T SHIP FEILONG/ASAMI XP)

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

DOESN'T THAT WORK WELL. *_* ajsdklsd sadly i am stuck with the mental image of russell-crowe-as-jack-aubrey as laurence, especially since she SAID IN AN INTERVIEW that she thought he'd be great for the role. way to disguise your au fanfiction there. ._.

ARE YOU TELLING ME YOU SHIP ASAMI/THE BRATTAKABA. but. but. feilong was so much more interesting. admittedly i never read the recent installments where he was somewhat, er, crazy; just his backstory. poor thing.

[wintersjuly.livejournal.com]

lkajdskljajdklajdla okay. i can't picture - russell crowe?

lakjdklsadklakljda oh naomi XD

well, i... like takaba! XD i think i ship all three of them together actually (takaba is good for feilong! I WAS NOT SURPRISED, THOUGH I WAS HAPPY TO DISCOVER THIS XD), though i do read asami/takaba mostly because well. fandom writes that a lot XD

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

you know. from master and commander. ._.

[wintersjuly.livejournal.com]

oh i know. i'm just. picturing russell crowe as laurence pitching a phone at someone .__________.

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

;_; poor laurence. he would be horrified at such behavior.

[wintersjuly.livejournal.com]

;_; also, laurence is hot! not to say russell isn't (or is. you know what, i'm just going to shut up now), but that well, it's russell crowe! HE PITCHES THINGS AT PEOPLE AND NOT THAT KIND OF PITCHING EITHER

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

.............my eyes. ;________________;

[wintersjuly.livejournal.com]

trauma should always be shared ;_;

(and now i'm going to have breakfast kadsljsadlklaslskl)

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

.....breakfast at 11?

just how late were you up, young lady?

[wintersjuly.livejournal.com]

not too late! i always have breakfast at 11? :D :D :D