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*cuts self out of net* Don't ever let yourself get tagged by ninjas, people. I'm lucky I dodged the throwing stars, even if they do have naked Seph pics on them.
Genesis: "I'll take those, I need to examine them for, uh, poison. Yes."
Sephy: "In the bathroom?"
Meme says:
A. List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself.
B. Tag seven people to do them.
Hmm, this has kinda been all over, so either ignore or consider yourself tagged if ya want to be. Hmm.
1. When I look at digital clocks, I add up the short lines that make up each number. If there's a number that corresponds to how many lines make it, that's lucky. (Like 5.)
2. I don't like to look people in the eyes. This is a common Asperger's problem, and I don't know if it's the same for all of us, but when I look at eyes, I feel like I'm getting too much of a person, and they're getting too much of me.
3. As a continuation of the above, I have difficulty watching people, even on TV and in movies. I have to be in a certain mood to watch anything new. Anime and games have been a big blessing, because those people I can look at directly.
4. Sometimes, when I'm walking up or downstairs, I forget how to use stairs and have to stand there like DUH till I remember. Try this in a busy movie theater sometime.
5. No matter how writer's-blocked I am, the Choir is always busy in the background. Maybe they're stealing my life-force or something.
6. When I play video games, before boss battles I will hand out orders to the team. "Yuna, Light Curtain. Paine, get going right away with Darkness. Rikku, I don't care what you do, just don't talk." I am the general, damn it. (Sorry, Sephy.)
7. We all have fun together in the ether of the net, but if I met you in real life, you probably would assume I can't even talk. :)
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Chibi!Gen: I see the controller under the table. You aren't fooling anyone.
Well...Well... Humph! *stalks out*
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Hm... I could use your choir sometimes. My muse tends to be extremely fickle. >.
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You're not the only one who gives out gaming orders...though I tend to do mine during-battles...loudly.
"No NO! BLOCK DAMNIT!! Attack...! Attack! Roll, BLOCK, ATTACK FASTER!" *button mashes*
I get told off for it...I shouldn't get so involved, they say X3
Also, I consider myself tagged. Ssince I'm in a typing/I want to waste time mood.
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Its ok about the yelling out orders, I talk to myself any other time but video games it weird. A lot of my friends yell out to the video games though. =D
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:) Same here, I thought the stair thing was all me.
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The screen does get a lot of abuse when something I don't like happens... plus a bit of running commentary and evil laughter... maybe some off key singing too. Compared to me you're completely normal. U___U
I just fall up stairs a lot and I managed to rip the sole off my shoe on an escalator once. Is yours a body memory thing or a sudden blanking of thoughts? Everyone gets them both on occasion.
I have a HUGE problem with watching people in movies or even semi-realistic anime getting embarassed by something. It makes me avoid romantic comedies like the plague because I just cover my eyes and block my ears if a character (hero, villain, even someone I don't like) does something really stupid. Fine with guts and gore but not RL intimacy (anime is a WHOLE different matter! ^_~). Hmm, now that I've put it down here, it's a kinda long list of film quirks...
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YES YES, I'm so bad with other people's embarrassment. Even if I liked reality TV, I wouldn't be able to watch it for that reason. And intimacy is a problem too. In RL, mostly, but even on screen, though Queer As Folk and x-rated anime have largely desensitized me. :)
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# 4 *cough* I had a black labrador who had the same problem. She'd stand there looking at the stairs with piteous puppy eyes, then turn around to make it clear that she wanted to go but couldn't. I had to move her paws to remind her.
# 5 Same here. My Choir's very much a niche offshoot so I don't bother sharing it much but they Never. Shut. Up.
# 7 That too. But my fifteen minutes have passed so I'll probably skate through my first Con without notice and awkwardness.
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LOL, I bet your Genesis would get along brilliantly with mine, though.
Really? You seem so sociable. Well, I guess the internet lets us all pass for something like normal. :)
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Gen doesn't talk in my head much, comparatively, unless I let him out for a romp. My choir is Seph's kids from the marriageverse. They grew on me like barnacles.
I'm still freakishly nervous about connecting the real life with the fandom one. Face-to-face would probably have me all clammed up till I just get over it. ;D
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I'm the opposite, I prefer to watch things alone. I get easily irritated by other people's noise.
Odd? You? NO. ;)
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So yeah, I hiss and spit and yeowl like a cat and throw things like phones and remotes and books until the talking stops. I have no problem talking, people, just wait until I can.
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I'll consider myself tagged, I suppose. I've got time to burn ^ - ^
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I do the eye-contact thing too, for similar reasons. I know my sisters do it too, but I don't know what their reasoning is, and I don't want to ask XD I'd get some strange Asperger-y answer that makes perfect sense to them but no sense to anyone else.
You know, I just had a thought - I'd be willing to bet money that the majority of anime/video game fans are people with Asperger's. It bears looking into... And on a semi-related note, if you haven't already, I highly recommend reading "Look Me in the Eye" by... I can't remember who, but it's the auto-biography of a man who grew up with Asperger's and went undiagnosed until he was about 50 or so. Really interesting, really funny, and I guarentee you'll keep pointing at something and going 'I do that! I do that!'
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I don't spend much time around other Aspies even online, but when I used to, I was pleasantly surprised by the number of Final Fantasy fans. Apparently, we all identify with Sephiroth; no wonder he's the easiest character for me to write. :)
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The things I yelled at Yuna during FFX-2 are not even remotely printable. Yes, that bad. :)
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2. I have a related problem, but one that's almost the opposite--I don't know when to stop looking people in the eyes. Apparently I make them very uncomfortable by staring, which I really don't mean to do. Combine that with the fact that I don't know when it is appropriate to talk or not talk and most people irl think I'm a tremendous freak. They're probably right. XD
3. That's a shame! There are a lot of good live action series out there that you're missing because of that. :( Oh well! Now that you've conquered your fear of anime (where did that stem from, anyway?), you at least have that and games.
7. A lot of times people in real life assume that I'm mentally disabled. I guess that means if we ever met up in real life the universe would implode. ;D
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Anime-phobia started with a bad dub of Unico that my parents let me watch when I was little. Then every time I tried to check out anime as I got older, I kept running into stuff like Speed Racer (shudder) or one of those no-plot-but-lots-of-schoolgirls-with-big-boobs things. Also, I dismissed anime as shallow and for kids only. Then I saw Death Note. :)
If we met up, GASP, we might cancel out each other's oddness and become normal! :)
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I had to look up Unico, and it's...
Unico is a baby unicorn with white fur, a pink mane, and little cinnamon bun-shaped ears, who was born with the very special gift of making all living creatures lighthearted and happy.
I understand why that would have traumatized you. It seems pretty traumatizing.
My first encounter with anime was of the no-plot-but-lots-of-schoolgirls-with-big-boobs variety. This, uh, didn't exactly have the *cough* negative effect on me that it had on you. I was pretty fine with it. I grew out of watching them when I was about fourteen, though, at which point I also dismissed anime as shallow and for kids only. I never went back to watching it.
Death Note was actually the last anime I ever saw, and it completely turned me off anime. I hated it. I had no idea why everyone was so obsessed with it. Major hype backlash, I suppose you could say. Glad you enjoyed it, though! :)
Wait, normal? With me in the very same sentence? How could this possibly work? :P I think we'd amplify each other's weirdness, really. Or, actually, I would accidentally stare you in the eye and freak out out and then we wouldn't speak at all and just sit there in incredibly awkward silence.
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Hee, I'm glad you enjoy the big-boobs anime, since my impression is that there's rather a lot of it. I suspect it's wish-fulfillment for the animators, surrounding by a country of A-cups. (Hmm, I might be quite popular in Japan. Although with red hair, I would also really stick out. Awkward.)
It's funny about Death Note...it's not really the sort of anime I'd expect myself to like. Part of my fondness for it is that it broke the spell, so to speak - the rest is purely love for the characters. Well, for L, Light and Near. I find them fascinating. And the whole reason I first tried Death Note, despite the anime-phobia, is that just as I have my Choir, a friend of mine has L and Light, and I became interested in learning more about them. Looking back, it was a good starter anime, because it wasn't the bright, insane, people-turning-into-dogs thing that I thought all anime was. Considering my very next one was Gravitation, I think I needed the quiet and darkness of Death Note...
YES, we'd sit in total silence, then go back to our computers and say "Well, that kinda sucked. Back to the long comments!"
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There's so much of it. So, so much of it. You cannot understand my glee at discovering it around the age of eleven. It really wasn't so different from a teenage boy realizing porn exists for the first time. However, I am more discerning than a teenage boy with porn, so after a while I got really sick of them all. They're mostly all crap, really, and after a while seeing any animated breasts that would be way unnatural in reality just made me sick. Ewwww.
You might stick out, but so would the puddles of drool coming from everyone. Big boobs and red hair in Japan? Have you seen how many fanservice girls in anime have that combination? You're walking wish fulfillment! (For the Japanese, anyway.)
I liked L a lot, actually. But the series just became kind of tedious and annoying for me. It didn't take a genius to figure out what direction it was going in.
Mwa ha ha, Gravitation? Man, I remember when someone recommended it to me. I was already kind of divorced from anime at that point, so I looked it up on Wikipedia and my only real reaction was "NO." The little pink-haired larva scares me.
Agreed. Though at least it wouldn't be terribly traumatizing! That's better than I can say for a good deal of my real rl first meetings with people. (Lol look at me trying and failing optimism)
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LOL, yeah, now that you mention it, I imagine that a lot of anime breasts are probably way unnatural. I don't imagine many Japanese animators know what they should look like at that size. :)
Yike, that would be even worse than sticking out! Unless I could use my awesome redhead-big-boobs powers to get more yaoi... :)
I get what you mean. After a point, I watched each Death Note episode half-distracted, waiting for something to make me jump up and pay attention. Especially after L's death...I really didn't like Near at first. And I don't like Misa, and for some reason I completely rabidly HATE that other girl...Takada or something, so when I watch I literally have to fast-forward quite a lot. But oh, the chain arc. L and Light fighting. Loved it!
Ha, Shuuichi is a bit annoying. I wobbled between feeling bad for him and wanting to smack him with a shovel. If not for Ryuuichi (Ryu-chan!) I might've given up on Gravitation, but I got attached to him quickly.
If we met, I could probably at least choke out a joke about how much harder it is face-to-face. Then I'd add that Genesis is giggling about my use of 'harder' and that might break the ice. Otherwise I'd just stare at my shoes like always...
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After a while I just started wincing whenever animated breasts came onscreen because a.) it's unrealistic for so many girls to have breasts that size and b.) having breasts that size is not fun at all. If you have anything bigger than D-cups, you have to go through hell to find decent bras, and that's not even mentioning the back pain. It's why I like being so flat-chested; I can actually run around without major pain! No wonder they made Yuffie so flat; it would suck to be a ninja and deal with breasts that size. (I pity Tifa for that, really...)
I barely got to Takada's part, really. Neither she nor Misa particularly interested me, though I really didn't like the extremely poorly veiled misogyny in Death Note either.
Mostly I wobbled between wanting to smack Shuuichi with a shovel and wanting to not see him, ever. I gave up after one episode. Good thing, or else the larva would be haunting my dreams as we speak. Ick.
You would try to break the ice with Genesis's comment, and then all of a sudden I would become faux-exuberant and faux-extroverted to the point that I would scare you into running away. I oscillate between extremes, you see.
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*sigh* Yes, I miss being able to sleep on my stomach, there was something comforting about that. People seem to think Tifa's aren't real, but I don't know, she doesn't seem like the type who'd choose that size. It must make fighting awkward, she probably envies Yuffie. :)
Yeah...there were really no females in Death Note I DIDN'T want to smack with something. They were all pretty much falling all over themselves for the guys...except maybe that blond one who worked for Near, but I didn't like her either.
Near: *looks up, goes back to ignoring*
He's so quiet, I constantly forget we have him here.
But you missed out on Ryu-chan!!!! :) There wasn't enough of him, but when he showed up, it was like the sun coming out. And K! The token American, who of course was always armed...
I don't know, there's always the chance I might become exuberant too. Though I'm so used to supplementing what I say with what the Choir does, I'd have to be constantly saying "Zack says...", "Sephy says...", etc.
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It is quiet, but I have very good ears! Eyes too, actually. All of my senses are a bit better than what would be considered perfect in a normal person. It's great when it comes to vision--being able to read an interesting book a TA left open on the other side of the classroom in the middle of a boring lecture is always a plus--but when it comes to taste or smell? Let's just say I stay the hell away from public bathrooms.
The women in Death Note were all major failures, but I attribute this to the author's misogyny and feelings on women. Think about how kickass Misa could have been if she wasn't so goddamn spineless! Or Naomi Penber if she wasn't such an idiot!
He's like a ghost, isn't he?
The rest of the world's opinions on the U.S. make me feel a bit like a giant trained ape. With guns and a puritanical attitude.
In that case, we'd get along swimmingly! Well, better once I relaxed. (I'm not so good at that.) And I wouldn't mind hearing what the Choir says! They're interesting.
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Sephy: "Hmm. Were you exposed to mako?"
I myself am near-sighted, and since I'm so distracted I tend to block out sounds. Otherwise, I have a very low tolerance for light and sound, a common autism thing. Too many voices, any kind of siren, telephone rings, AGH. The world is full of bad sound.
Misa could have taken Light down in a heartbeat if she wasn't so slavishly devoted to him... :)
Near is rather ghost-like, yes. He mostly sits there and does puzzles, and he only says more than a word or two to Sephy. Who he calls "Niisan". They're quite cute together, although sometimes their conversations hurt my brain.
I know the feeling. It's kinda embarrassing to be American. I don't know which is worse, the face that we're considered violent barbarians or sexually-repressed Bible-beaters. Yike.
The Choir talks very quickly, it's a lot to keep up with. Good thing I type fast...
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...my eyes have gotten a lot brighter. They've always been blue, but they used to be more gray and now they're clearer and brighter. Maybe I should be worried.
If I start hearing voices in the Lifestream, I am so going out and finding some materia.I wish I could block out sounds! I can't block anything out. Sounds, sights, smells...if it's there, I notice it. Which is terrible, because while I strongly dislike being around people I don't know and like, I have to, and I'm constantly hyperaware of how close to me they are. And how loud they're being. Teenagers are the worst--loud, annoying, smelly (usually because of overly strong perfume or deodorant, not dirt). Getitawaygetitawaygetitaway!
Misa is highly intelligent in a variety of different fields. She would have been much more successful with her use of the Death Note if she hadn't blindly clung to whatever Light was doing. For a genius, Light sure is an idiot.
Niisan? Man, doesn't Seph already have, what, three near-albino weirdos calling him that? At this rate he'll be opening a daycare center soon.
I think the worst is that we're considered violent, barbaric, sexually repressed Bible-beaters. Not fun, especially since it's true for many Americans. Stupid country. We should all move to Canada.
Luckily I usually don't have people dictating to me in my head--otherwise I'd never have time to do anything but type! I'm a decent typist usually, but I'd like to be able to do something else every once in a while too! :P
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Sephy: "I think you have indeed been exposed to mako. Interesting." *watches Cloud* "Would you like me to pry him off your head?"
:) It's surprising and lovely to know that not only am I the only one in this fandom who is socially anxious, but that there's a lot of us! FF is so good for escapism, I guess it's not so weird.
I'm sure someone somewhere has written a version of Death Note that has Misa just pretending to be a flaky fangirl and actually plotting to defeat both L and Light... :)
If I ever get the portals open and collect all the Cloud-cousins, Sephy WILL basically be running a day-care center. He may be not very good with people, but he's surprisingly sweet with chibis, especially those who remind him of Cloud. The only problem is that he'd probably get in a lot of fights with other semes.
Genesis: *snicker* "Great Uke-Defender."
I'm sure Canada would just LOOOOVE to have us all. :)
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Honestly, I'd be surprised if there was a large population of well-adjusted socially apt people in the fandom. The whole reason I got involved in fanfiction is that it's a much easier way to interact with people. I think that's why a lot of people do it (and the sheer fun of writing it, of course).
That would be amazing. Can you think, the big reveal where Light thinks he's finally won, only to have Misa cooly overthrow him and set up her own, much more effective world order? GENIUS.
Hmm. So, what does Sephy think of Wolfram, then?
Canada would shriek in fear at our approach and run straight off the continent to become an island. Yes, we could frighten almost half of our continent away. We are that powerful.
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That's kinda what I did too...the part of me that's Amarissia is way more social than the rest of me, and online fandom is where she lives. I consider it practice, so eventually the rest of me can be a bit more social as well.
A world run by a loligoth. OH GOD.
LOL, I would love to see Sephy and Wolfram meet. Wolfram would not enjoy it, though. Sephy would peer down at him from his greater height and smile patronizingly and pat his head and try to give him cookies and get him to play with Cloud. Wolfram would probably set the Closet on fire, and Sephy would put it out with the calmness of a teacher dealing with a tantrum. Wolfie might be slightly mollified if we have Cloud talk to him in Yuuri's voice, though, must keep that in mind...
Hmm, just think how much more coastline we would have! But we need Canadians, they make the continent more polite. And we need somewhere to threaten to go when we don't like the way elections go. :)
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I figure kitty ears are all Loveless-style, at which point it's rude of you to go asking where my ears went, Cloud! ;D
The funny thing is that I'm pretty outgoing around my friends. They get all puzzled every time I shrink into myself around other people. And then of course I'm much more social as Lily than I am as anyone else.
IT'D BE LIKE CODE GEASS ALL OVER AGAIN. (I actually almost watched Code Geass, because a friend told me that it ended with the world being ruled by lolis. Unfortunately, I couldn't get past the first episode.)
Unfortunately true. Things would probably work out better if Wolfram met Cloud first. Even if he was an idiot and challenged Cloud to a fight, Cloud would probably win, and then Wolfie would actually treat Cloud with some respect! Though really, Gwendal and Cloud would get along like a house on fire, since they'd just chatter about Silverstream for a few hours straight.
If Montana had a coastline, I would move there in a heartbeat! But yes, we need those nice secular Canadians with their universal healthcare to balance out our craziness in the U.S.
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He did actually start to ask if you lost them like Soubi-san, but Angeal made me erase that part. :)
:) People say the internet is making people antisocial and everything, but actually, it allows people who can't be social otherwise to have at least one place where they can be.
I started watching Code Geass once, but I didn't make it to the end of the first season. I should try again now that I'm more used to anime, but it didn't hold my interest well at the time.
Of course, after the fight, Cloud would be his usual chibi self, which Wolfie might not like. We'd have to have Sephy yell at him in Conrad's voice to calm him down. Sephy and Conrad would get along, I think; they can share tips about protecting Cloud-Voice. LOL, Gwendal and Cloud would be adorable, I can just imagine Gwendal seeing his chocobo and being mesmerized by the cuteness. :) But what about Gunter? He might freak Zack out...and everyone else...
LOL, yes, Canadians make our continent a little more sane...
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...how did Soubi lose his ears again? Do I really want to know?
Well, it probably makes social people less social, which really is a blessing since social people tend to also be loud people. And it is also a great boon to us antisocial and/or socially phobic people! Good job, internet. I like you again. *gives the internet an internet*
Code Geass is something I'll never get into. 'Tis a pity; it really is supposed to be good (or so people tell me).
I don't know, Wolfie seems to deal with Yuuri's complete and utter helplessness pretty well. He'd probably just be rude, until Seph made him behave at least.
I can just imagine Gwendal seeing Cloud and being mesmerized by the cuteness. Seriously, who needs chocobos when you have Chocobo-heads? *ruffles both Cloud and Zack's hair*
Oh, Gunter. See, the weird thing is that he looks a lot like Sephiroth and is equally protective (if not particularly possessive), but he's just so...perky. Hmm, that would just be weird.
Canada: America's hat! Its sane hat!
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How does one give the internet an internet? (Oooh, sounds so zen.)
:) Yeah, maybe Wolfie would just think Yuuri's had a spell put on him and been transformed into a giggling blond with a big sword who doesn't get offended when he's called a wimp. LOL, between Cloud and his animal friends, Gwendal would have to blindfolded and dragged out of here by his brothers.
Also, my worry with Gunter is that he might go all SQUEE over Zack's black hair and Zack would be really confused about how to react. "ACK, bad touch" or "It's okay 'cause it's Angeal's voice"? Ooh, but I'd kinda like to see Angeal and Gunter fight. I think Sephiroth would be really disturbed by Gunter and probably avoid him. :)
That should absolutely be Canada's motto!!!!!!!!!
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3.On the contrary i try to watch people, i learn a lot from watching people do different things.
5. xD i talk to myself, to my Tobi plushie and my Sephy figure when i'm watching anime. ^////^ And to my Seph figure only when i play Square-Enix games x3 like screaming "I hate you!" for not being able to defeat KH Seph >///<
*hugs plushie*
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