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Miscellaneous talk on Yu Wo's works. XD; I've almost gone through all her works... well, I still have three series left before I run out of things to read, so I guess I can't say "almost". No Hero, Kill No More, and GOD. Oh, and the crossover between 1/2 Prince and Kill No More. XD;
Female Warrior / 女武
More 女武! Yu Wo posted the 6th part, in which Sylvester stumbles upon a half elf. (A half elf!! He's yet to have been awake during his screentime... darn. I want to find out what he's like already!) Hee, I wonder if Sylvester is going to end up (literally) stumbling over each of the remaining of the Twelve Holy Knights? He's already picked up two strays this way!
Eclipse Hunter / 玄日狩
I loaded my Yuletide canon as well as all five volumes of Eclipse Hunter on my tablet. After finally finishing re-consuming the series I matched for Yuletide and planning out the fic(s), instead of actually writing, I thought, "hm, maybe I'll take a peek of Eclipse Hunter... I've been meaning to read it since last year..." *facepalm* Two days later, I've finished reading all five volumes. I didn't have much clue about what the series was about, but I came out loving it a lot! It's third person, and the cast is a little smaller than the ones from 1/2 Prince and Legend of Sun Knight, but the main character endeared himself to me a lot with his naivety and his protectiveness.
I suppose this would be sci-fi instead of fantasy. LSK is more fantasy? GongHua/Black Flower is definitely fantasy. 1/2 Prince is... half/half? Hm, it wouldn't be too hard to cross 1/2 Prince and Eclipse Hunter... *watches the plunnies multiply* I know I saw someone start one crossover of these two series already. They are pretty easy to cross. XD
( more mostly non-spoilerish blabbing )
Black Flower / 公華
I realize I haven't talked about this (I think...), but I bought volumes 1-3 at the same time as I bought v8 of Legend of Sun Knight! \o/ I read 1-2 already, so I delved right into v3. When I started reading EH, I immediately made comparisons between EH's main character (the younger brother) and GongHua, Black Flower's main character. GongHua, as a "flower", isn't human and doesn't know anything about human feelings or human behavior, so he starts off almost like a blank slate, asks a lot of questions to learn about the world, etc. He's also fiercely protective of certain people, a trait that DarkSun shares. While the protagonists are similar, EH has comedic elements while Black Flower's meant to be tragic. I felt things took a turn for less tragic in v3, but now I feel even more unsettled for GongHua because there are totally signs for a tragic ending. If this were any of Yu Wo's other series, I'd feel safe knowing that the protagonist would probably come out unharmed and that there'd be a happy ending... but with Black Flower... who knows? Anyway, GongHua and the protagonist of Eclipse Hunter are both somewhat like... hm, Senri from +Anima? Though they're a lot more talkative. Perhaps like... Sunshine? A mix of Senri and Sunshine? I think I've just found another of my favorite character types. XD;
( more blabbing )
Anywayyy, Yuletide. XD; I already have two gifts waiting to me since... the beginning of this week, I believe. SO ON TOP OF THINGS, MY WRITER(S). And now I've just checked and saw that the number has increased by one. :O *flailsis it Yuletide yet, can I open my presents, oh wait, I haven't finished writing my fic yet, don't come just yet, Yuletide!* With no restraint at all, I totally checked the fandom page as my gifts appeared, so I think I even know which order the fandoms will be in. XD;
I feel very guilty about my progress. I want to write so many different things but my progress is terrible! Back to plotting, or I guess I should stop plotting and write more instead... except re-visiting my recipient's letter made me consume another new canon, and trying to understand that led me to another canon that is somewhat related (only peripherally)... my ways of procrastination never cease to amaze me. OTL I'm starting to feel this fic is too huge for me, the scope of it is scaring me... maybe I should manage some shorter, stand-alone snippet sort of fic to make sure I don't accidentally end up defaulting if it turns out I don't manage to finish this before the deadline... and here I wanted to write treats. I'm leaving myself no time for treats like this! *flails* I don't exactly have all that much time left... where has December gone? T___T; Stop flailing. Write more!
Female Warrior / 女武
More 女武! Yu Wo posted the 6th part, in which Sylvester stumbles upon a half elf. (A half elf!! He's yet to have been awake during his screentime... darn. I want to find out what he's like already!) Hee, I wonder if Sylvester is going to end up (literally) stumbling over each of the remaining of the Twelve Holy Knights? He's already picked up two strays this way!
Eclipse Hunter / 玄日狩
I loaded my Yuletide canon as well as all five volumes of Eclipse Hunter on my tablet. After finally finishing re-consuming the series I matched for Yuletide and planning out the fic(s), instead of actually writing, I thought, "hm, maybe I'll take a peek of Eclipse Hunter... I've been meaning to read it since last year..." *facepalm* Two days later, I've finished reading all five volumes. I didn't have much clue about what the series was about, but I came out loving it a lot! It's third person, and the cast is a little smaller than the ones from 1/2 Prince and Legend of Sun Knight, but the main character endeared himself to me a lot with his naivety and his protectiveness.
I suppose this would be sci-fi instead of fantasy. LSK is more fantasy? GongHua/Black Flower is definitely fantasy. 1/2 Prince is... half/half? Hm, it wouldn't be too hard to cross 1/2 Prince and Eclipse Hunter... *watches the plunnies multiply* I know I saw someone start one crossover of these two series already. They are pretty easy to cross. XD
( more mostly non-spoilerish blabbing )
Black Flower / 公華
I realize I haven't talked about this (I think...), but I bought volumes 1-3 at the same time as I bought v8 of Legend of Sun Knight! \o/ I read 1-2 already, so I delved right into v3. When I started reading EH, I immediately made comparisons between EH's main character (the younger brother) and GongHua, Black Flower's main character. GongHua, as a "flower", isn't human and doesn't know anything about human feelings or human behavior, so he starts off almost like a blank slate, asks a lot of questions to learn about the world, etc. He's also fiercely protective of certain people, a trait that DarkSun shares. While the protagonists are similar, EH has comedic elements while Black Flower's meant to be tragic. I felt things took a turn for less tragic in v3, but now I feel even more unsettled for GongHua because there are totally signs for a tragic ending. If this were any of Yu Wo's other series, I'd feel safe knowing that the protagonist would probably come out unharmed and that there'd be a happy ending... but with Black Flower... who knows? Anyway, GongHua and the protagonist of Eclipse Hunter are both somewhat like... hm, Senri from +Anima? Though they're a lot more talkative. Perhaps like... Sunshine? A mix of Senri and Sunshine? I think I've just found another of my favorite character types. XD;
( more blabbing )
Anywayyy, Yuletide. XD; I already have two gifts waiting to me since... the beginning of this week, I believe. SO ON TOP OF THINGS, MY WRITER(S). And now I've just checked and saw that the number has increased by one. :O *flails
I feel very guilty about my progress. I want to write so many different things but my progress is terrible! Back to plotting, or I guess I should stop plotting and write more instead... except re-visiting my recipient's letter made me consume another new canon, and trying to understand that led me to another canon that is somewhat related (only peripherally)... my ways of procrastination never cease to amaze me. OTL I'm starting to feel this fic is too huge for me, the scope of it is scaring me... maybe I should manage some shorter, stand-alone snippet sort of fic to make sure I don't accidentally end up defaulting if it turns out I don't manage to finish this before the deadline... and here I wanted to write treats. I'm leaving myself no time for treats like this! *flails* I don't exactly have all that much time left... where has December gone? T___T; Stop flailing. Write more!
