Bite me, irony

[drakyndra]

Well, that just figures. Or rather, it doesn't, and thus was completely unexpected to me.

After several years, and umpteen different people, both online and in RL, trying to convince me of the wonders of anime, all attempts of which have failed miserably, I have astoundingly managed to get hooked on an anime series.

And the person who got me hooked on this series? Was, erm, me. And I did it by accident.

After all those fervent descriptions and links and clips and all that work people had put into getting me into assorted animes, I end up getting hooked because I am bored, and watching random streaming videos to kill time.

*facepalm*

And it wasn't even Cowboy Bebop, either (Speaking of, tinyteddyqueen, I really must borrow your copy, just to see if I end up liking it as much as you reckon. The first episode didn't blow me away, but maybe I need a couple of episodes. It does have the most freaking awesome title sequence ever, mind).

Anyhoo, anime in question is Fullmetal Alchemist, which I am currently working my way through _{since I sortakinda bought the first half on DVD. And the guy at Animasia is putting the rest aside for me when he gets more in *facepalm*}.

...So this is me, being mildly bemused by the whole thing and going off to watch more FMA.

PS. I watched The Sarah Jane Adventures. Was not bad at all, though at times the kiddiness got to me. Though I shouldn't be surprised, seeing it's a kid's show and all. The next episode looks slightly less so, though, and I'll certainly keep on watching.

Comments

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

I shall, I shall.

I took one look at that place, and decided it qualified as scary. And rather too busy for a n00b to get used to.

[stickmarionette.livejournal.com]

By the way, fullmetal_info is a good substitute for trawling through the main comms.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

It's a newsletter, right?

So, good for new stuff, but given the anime is a few years old, it's probably not the best way to find old classic fics that everyone in fandom read years back.

I need some recs, basically. (Or I will do, anyway)

[stickmarionette.livejournal.com]

It is a newsletter, but one which has been around since the heyday of the fandom a few years ago.

try_this_fic has some good slash recs, and I made a list of gen recs for someone a while back. There's also a few recs lists in my memories.

Do finish the series first, though. :D

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

If I ever have a few hours to kill, maybe I'll dig though the archive.

Sounds good. (I suspect I shall probably be mostly sticking with gen fic. Mainly because, thus far at least, the idea of shipping the characters is causing my brain to break. Then again, despite the insanity that is Doctor Who fandom, I almost always prefer gen to shippy fic)

I shall do so WHEN THE BLOODY DVD ARRIVES!

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Slightly OT, but I've just noticed there's also fma_herald.

...There's two newsletters. That's... confusing.

[stickmarionette.livejournal.com]

fullmetal_info is much the older and the more well known of the two. I'm guessing the new one was created when the old one started being a bit irregular when a lot of the people involved started drifting off into other fandoms.