If I Could Be Anyone I'd Be... Chun Li!
I'm joining in Talli Roland's Watching Willow Watts release party by blogging about who I'd be if I had to choose another extremely awesome identity! So it should come as no surprise to anyone who spent the 90's gathered round an old Super Nintendo that I chose the undisputedly most fabulous video game heroine of all time, Chun Li.
Why would I want to be Chun Li? Well, just look at her. She's beautiful, and she could probably crush three grown men at once with just her ridiculously fit legs. Ok, well, I'm not sure I want my legs to be that fit, but if you've played Street Fighters you know that her leg bursts into blue flame when she does her signature kick - more than worth the trade off, if you ask me. Anyway, my point is that she kicks ass and looks great while doing it.
Just as I was the only girl among my cousins and brothers, she was the only female Street Fighters character. And together we were a (mostly) unstoppable force of female destruction!
I know what you're thinking now - Ranae, if you really loved Chun Li, you would have a replica of her costume that you had professional photos done in. And how right you are. I present to you, me in my Chun Li costume:
I had this photo done last year, and as you can see, I photoshopped myself into a screen shot from the Street Fighters Turbo game of my childhood so that I could kick pixelated man-butt just like my heroine.
Well, between this and my Ninja Turtle/Peter Pan crush post, you're really beginning to get a pretty dorky awesome picture of my personality, aren't you? And you have Talli Roland to thank for that, who made this post possible by hosting her 'If I Could Be Anyone Blog Party'. So hop on over to her blog to find out more about her new book Watching Willow Watts. It's a fun read - almost as fun as annihilating your brothers and cousins at Street Fighter Turbo. I know because I've done both.
What about you - if you could be anyone, who would you be?
Why would I want to be Chun Li? Well, just look at her. She's beautiful, and she could probably crush three grown men at once with just her ridiculously fit legs. Ok, well, I'm not sure I want my legs to be that fit, but if you've played Street Fighters you know that her leg bursts into blue flame when she does her signature kick - more than worth the trade off, if you ask me. Anyway, my point is that she kicks ass and looks great while doing it.
Just as I was the only girl among my cousins and brothers, she was the only female Street Fighters character. And together we were a (mostly) unstoppable force of female destruction!
I know what you're thinking now - Ranae, if you really loved Chun Li, you would have a replica of her costume that you had professional photos done in. And how right you are. I present to you, me in my Chun Li costume:
I had this photo done last year, and as you can see, I photoshopped myself into a screen shot from the Street Fighters Turbo game of my childhood so that I could kick pixelated man-butt just like my heroine.Well, between this and my Ninja Turtle/Peter Pan crush post, you're really beginning to get a pretty dorky awesome picture of my personality, aren't you? And you have Talli Roland to thank for that, who made this post possible by hosting her 'If I Could Be Anyone Blog Party'. So hop on over to her blog to find out more about her new book Watching Willow Watts. It's a fun read - almost as fun as annihilating your brothers and cousins at Street Fighter Turbo. I know because I've done both.
What about you - if you could be anyone, who would you be?
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