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I can't look at anything SW relatrd anymore without seeing people getting upset over Legends.Like, who cares if it's non canon? None of it's real in the first place anf it's all still out there for you to enjoy! I go to Wookieepedia and read the Legends entries almost daily. YEARS after they were branded non canon
That's what I was thinking when I saw that episode when I was like eight or nine or something like that. He's still not my favourite character from the series but I still like him. I guess in a way, you could say that episode blew my mind.
Who on earth is Kirimi from Ouran Highschool Host Club lol
Isn't Kirimi the creepy guy's little sister?
I think so. I was just wondering because Honey said my OC would like her lol
Yeah I'm pretty sure that was Kirimi.
"And you know your brothers are welcome to join us if you're worried about that. Kirimi-chan comes to visit sometimes, and I'm sure she'd love to have someone to play with." Honey tried to convince her as Mori smiled at the two. He enjoyed the fact that Kaori and Honey had such a close relationship.^It was from that lol
Me coming onto Goodreads and checking my groups after I've been away for twelve/thirteen hours: 
My groups were all quiet yesterday :p
Even UU? The ones I'm active in all blew up yesterday. And half the time I end up catching the result of a huge fight or something.
i didn't see a single notif for UU. Haaley and Sera talked in the workshop some, but other than that the only notifs i got all day was from the Christian Fiction group we're both in.
I got a lot for UU. but then I realized it's in stuff you haven't posted in yet
i get notifs for threads i've never even seen, let alone posted in for the Christian group.WHy do you think that?
Because they're UU classes. One of them you have to post in anyway because you have Koradlle.
Ohhhh.I'll do it when I get home. Going to leave soon. I need to charge my phone at work because i forgot to plug it in before bed >.<
Maybe I should put my fandom character analyses on here....but nobody really reads this journal and those who do wouldn't understand what I was talking about, so it'd be a waste of my time.
Time and time again I keep finding myself wanting to read books that have good ideas and are poorly-written than a book that is beautifully-written but has an awful idea. Because what use is language if you're not going to use it to promote something good or interesting? Sadly nobody else seems to agree with me. I can't tell you how many people I've met who say they've much rather read a well-written book that's really boring or offensive than a book that is plainly or badly-written but has a really original, ingenious idea.
I'm not sure which I'd prefer. On one hand if it's badly written i won't want to keep reading it because it's terrible and on the other hand if it's boring and I couldnt care less...I wont want to keep reading it.
I guess I'd look for books with the same idea that aren't terrible.
Mom asked me why I like people making dark versions of fairy tales and classic childrens' books but I hate it when people try to do it with The Nutcracker. My answer is: Famous fairytales have dark origins. Not all of them were sexual and gory, but they all have dark origin stories. Most of them were supposed to symbolize something, and almost all were to illustrate good vs evil and show the evildoers get their comeuppance. The same can be said for books like Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland. Yes, they were originally written for children, but their authors said they were supposed to be something more. Alice in Wonderland is supposed to be a logic puzzle and scholars often consider it parody of life in Victorian England. Wizard of Oz is the same, except it is a parody of life in turn-of-the-century America.
Do you know why The Nutcracker, the book, was originally written? To be a childrens' story. Nothing more, nothing less. Do you know why Tckasoliky turned it into a ballet? Because in that time period, Russian composers weren't taken seriously and were told to make European music, not Russian music. He wanted to show everyone that a Russian composer could make Russian music and become successful
That is why I adore and encourage darker retellings and versions of fairytales and Alice in Wonderland/Wizard of Oz. This is why I enjoy people trying to dissect them and figure out why they're so weird. This is why I love seeing people take these stories and returning them to their dark roots. This is why I love seeing them in different generas, and seeing versions where there's wars and rebellions and whatnot going on in their worlds.
But Nutcracker was never intended to be that. Neither the ballet nor the book was meant to be some kind of commentary on society, and they sure as hell weren't dark or sexual or whatever. And I honestly find it offensive when people try to go that route with it. To truly honor it would be to leave it alone, or maybe set it in Russia to prove retellings set in Russia can be taken seriously or whatever.
Trying to make it about anything else but what it's about it honestly really disrespectful since that's not what either author intended. You can retell it, you can make interpretations of it, but don't lose sight of what it's meant to be originally.
Nobody does that though. And that is why I am angry. They all want to make The Nutcracker edgy and it's not supposed to be edgy. You want to make a fairy tale edgy? Then go write yet another dark/sexy version of Little Red Riding Hood.
Alice in Wonderland is all about madness and disorder so it makes sense. Then there's the whole thing with the Jaberwock...We also taked about it beinf a coming of age story in CW which can be dark too.
I never knew that about Wizard of Oz. I always thought it was just a fun story.
I know nothing about
The Nutcrackerbut that's pretty messed up.
And I agree with dark fairy tales. The Brothers Grimm versions are NOT for the faint of heart so dark retellings are fun.
Disorder in this case of course being a synonym for chaos.
Hunter (Totally NOT a communist ☭) wrote: "Disorder in this case of course being a synonym for chaos."......
What's CW? And yeah, that was Wizard of Oz. Not the reason he wrote it, but he said a few years later that's what the characters represent. Like the Scarecrow represents farmers, etc. I forgot the whole thing but it's online somewhere if you're extremely curious.
What's with the dots? Creative Writing
You think I don't know what context you were using that word in?
No, but I wanted to clarify in case anyone else who reads it knows the context and doesn't think I'm making stuff up.
And others might not know the context either.
I'm sure if they're reading my journal they're smart enough to understand stuff like that, and if not then why are they reading my journal?
*Shrugs* You never know.
And yes, I'm writing a Nutcracker retelling, so it's not like I'm just yelling for no reason. I haven't worked on it in a while though because I'm unsure of where to go with it. Plus it kinda embarrasses me. It's called The Nutcracker Doll and is about a girl who considers herself too old for most things and wants to leave her native Kiev. At her family's annual Christmas party, her godfather gives her a nutcracker doll she names Clara but then thinks little of. Of course the doll ends up turning into a real girl and brings the main character to a world full of sweets and crowns her as her queen alongside her. The main character is at first disgusted by how carefree both Clara and the world is and keeps trying to escape, only to learn she can't escape until she learns to stop being such a tightwad about everything.
No, it's not a romance, I wanted Clara and Lesia(MC) to just be friends since she's eighteen and Clara is only thirteen. It takes parts from both the ballet and the book. Basically everything about it is sugary-sweet; especially in the candy kingdom. Everything in Lesia's reality is boring and mundane while Clara's kingdom is bright and colorful.
That sounds awesome! I'd read it.
I'm taking that element from the Disney movie where the kingdom has realms for sweets and flowers and stuff like that because that's so amazing and creative!!!! I know I could do far better with that plot element than they're going to do. But at least they didn't make the Sugar Plum Fairy into a prostitute like one version I saw.
Going to? So they're working on a Nutcracker movie?
Unfortunately.
I feel really nauseous....and worst of all I have no more Pepto-Bismol!
Why unfortunately?
Because it's a really dark and edgy version of the story where one of the kingdoms betrayed their prince and started destroying the other kingdoms and Clara and The Nutcracker have to prepare for a war.Writing that hurt me.
I didn't get my period last month in February. I normally get them in February, obviously. I know I should be concerned because it's never ever a good thing to miss your period, but I'm happy. I don't have to deal with a gross mess and get all embarrassed about it when my mom asks me about it. ....I'm hoping I don't get it in March either. Even though if I miss it for two or three months, then I have to get medical attention. So I guess in that case, I hope I get it this month just so I don't have to go to the hospital. I don't want them to think I'm anorexic. But on the other hand I want to keep missing it so I won't make a mess and we won't run out of pads twice as fast. After all, Mom needs those. She needs them way more than me.
I typed a response to that then it disappeared and I'm mad
Good, that's embarrassing. I shouldn't have put it in here.
Why is it embarrassing? It's just a bodily function and we discuss other ones.Heh, my response actually had something to do with what I just said, but was more detailed.
I don't like getting my period. I hate talking about it with other people. I always keep it a secret when I'm on it from pretty much everyone and if I get sick while I'm on it, I never say it's the reason why I feel sick. Remember what happened on that one field trip?
I dont but I know I will when you say it >.<Hey, if you dont like discussing it that's fine. I just.dont want my friends to think they CAN'T because.Im not a girl.
That's what bothers me. But if they just don't like talking about it I understand.
I don't talk about it with other girls. In my youth group we once went on a field trip and I got really sick and nauseous because I was on my period when we went. At first it wasn't that bad, but after a while I had to keep lying down and relaxing because I was afraid of throwing up. When it was time to get back on the bus I was feeling like I was about to throw up and a bunch of the female counselors kept asking me what was wrong. Part of me wanted to tell them I was only feeling the way I was because I was on my period and I knew they would understand that, but I just couldn't tell them so I just lied and said 'I don't know why I feel so sick'
Luckily that never happened again. I very rarely get that sick with my periods though. Half the time I forget I'm even on them because they don't do anything to me.
Just like I said, I remember :p
I followed a bunch of emetophillia blogs on Tumblr.....I regret nothing lol I do kinda wish there were more emetophillia blogs for various fandoms I'm in. Like there's that Black Butler one I follow but that's it, and a lot of stuff she posts actually isn't related to emetophillia. I don't know, I guess I really am the only person who sees certain characters and wants to see them hurling their guts out.
I'm sure there are others out there.
I don't think so, I've looked around a bunch. It's not AS fun to read about made-up characters vomiting, you know? Since I have no connection with them. I want to see people make illness headcanons about characters I already know a lot about so I can see if it fits their personality and stuff like that.
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It always breaks my heart when I see him yelling at his uncle in prison. And it breaks his heart too.