And naturally I have more to say about fandom than anything else

[drakyndra]

And I'm back! Not that I exactly went away for long. Or exactly "away" for that matter.

Still, the jaunt out the Hamiltonian way was interesting enough. Had dinner with the family at a Greek restaurant I swear wasn't there last time I was in Hamilton; got a bag full of Easter eggs which I lugged back up to Melbourne with me; in a bit of free time, I started to watch Full Metal Panic (xwingace will be pleased); cleared out some of my more sentimental and/or useful junk from the far, (Gosh, it's been a while since I've been out there). Though I was right, most of the stuff there I won't really miss all that much.

Oh, and got Dad's address for where he'll be living in Thailand. I think he offered to pay for us to come over and visit when he's there. Which on one hand: free trip to Thailand. On the other hand: everything else. Sigh.

In other news, the trip to the USA in the middle of the year is looking increasingly likely. Here's hoping that happens.

In non-Hamilton related news, my flist has exploded with stuff about new Doctor Who. It's all very chatty and nostalgic.

Also, apparently, the new series of Ashes to Ashes, though that got swept away in the tide of Doctor Who. I still need to watch that episode, though.

Oh: New (and final) FMA:B Opening and Ending themes. Like the animation, am still deciding about the songs. They are also quite spoilery to recent chapters, though IDK if it might be cryptic enough to escape people who haven't read the manga.

One of the things I did follow a bit while I was away was some of the ongoing shenanigans between The HMS STFU and the Snapefen, and somehow when wandered into the discussion it somehow ended involving some ongoing dicussion I've been having about certain aspects of Code Geass fandom and then the streams crossed, and now I sorta-kinda want to write a paper analysing the psychological underpinnings of the Draco In Leather Pants tendency in parts of fandom.

Yes, I know. How would you even study something like that? _{I don't even know what subject it would be classified under.}

In conclusion, ypaladinofchaos, why do you always update that fic of yours on mornings when I am just about to leave home?

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[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

a2ashes currently has an ongoing debate as to whether Ashes to Ashes or Lost had a better take on the same idea.

Oh, that would be brilliant. I love that sort of thing, in-universe media, and Code Geass has always been spectacularly good for considering this, given how different the public knowledge is to what actually happened. The crazy conspiracy theories that must exist around Zero...

[ypaladinofchaos.livejournal.com]

Lol. That reminds me of one of the segments in Batman: Gotham Knight where these four kids tell exaggerated stories about watching Batman fight a supervillain. A similar segment with Zero might be interesting.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

They've done that with Batman a few times, comic and the animated series. But the really fun part is finding out what Kallen or Nunnally or Zerozaku would think of that stuff (You just know there's going to be like a zillion biographies and histories and theories written about it all - and then there'll be the "Based on a True Story" movies and TVs that are nothing like the actual truth).

[ypaladinofchaos.livejournal.com]

lol that icon.

Definitely. I just imagine all the pretentious history textbooks which will analyze Lelouch's reign and laugh at how inaccurate some psychological profiles of Lelouch might be, and what "experts" might attribute his conquering of the world to.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

I have assorted hilarious Batman icons.

The "explanations" for Lelouch and Suzaku really would end up so hilariously wrong - and it'll be even stranger when they start fictionalising it. "Based on a true story, huh?"