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[catslash]

omg, I'm doing a meme. Ganked from sadsadmonkey (and no, Sly, you can't guess the one I guessed - let's see if someone else can get it).

Ten of my fandoms, each in a sentence. Guess them, and you can feel special and happy! It's limited to TV/books/movies/video games. They range from the obvious and recent to the more obscure and (relatively, since I am twenty-three) ancient.

1. Changing sexes on a regular basis is the least bizarre thing that happens to this guy. Ranma 1/2 - akatonbo. Also correctly guessed by piney61 and gileonnen.

2. The true Lex Luthor - accept no shiny fresh-faced teenage imitations! - Lois and Clark: the New Adventures of Superman - akatonbo. (Michael Rosenwho? It's John Shea or no one!)

3. It's your typical TV high school filled with mid-twenties teenagers, except they end up in spandex and helmets a lot. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - thekatcameback

4. A bunch of kids in Brooklyn see dead people - well, a dead person. Ghostwriter - piney61. gileonnen also got this one.

5. Dude, seriously, you can quit harping on how hot your dad was any time now. Hamlet - gileonnen

6. Fuck all if I can follow the complicated political story, but the pilots sure are pretty. Gundam Wing - thekatcameback

7. Why didn't it just end after three seasons to go out on a high note? Okay, this could be a lot of shows, but I was looking for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which gileonnen finally guessed to finish this meme off.

8. I also watched an adult-oriented yet less engrossing version of this show called Voyager. Space Cases - thekatcameback

9. Who else misses the Century of the Fruitbat? The Discworld series - gileonnen

10. How is it that I can remember GC-161 effortlessly, but I have to think to remember what year my sister was born? - The Secret World of Alex Mack - piney61

Comments

[catslash.livejournal.com]

Yup!

"Protest Too Much" (http://community.livejournal.com/contrelamontre/125800.html) and "Prov'd Most Royal." (http://community.livejournal.com/contrelamontre/234362.html)

[gileonnen.livejournal.com]

Oh, dear--I've actually read the latter somewhere, I don't remember quite where, but never the former, and it's just . . . guh, your Hamlet is exactly perfect, more so than anyone else's I've read but Shakespeare's. The perfect blend of brilliance and madness and need--wonderful. ^________^ Also, I think that Horatio/Fortinbras seriously needs to be explored more. ^__^ You've really made my night; thank you!

[catslash.livejournal.com]

I reread both of those myself after I linked them, and I have to say that "Protest Too Much" has really stood up well. I'm usually not too impressed with anything of mine three and a half years after the fact, but I like that one a lot. I kept going back to reread bits. And it's funny I should capture Hamlet so well when I can't freaking stand him and I spend most of the play waiting for him to die. :P /ego

I was gonna do a sequel to "Prov'd Most Royal," but I think I wrote like a sentence. *g* And I can't remember anything that was going to be in it.

I'm really glad you liked them. You know, I randomly received feedback for my old story about Barbossa and apples today. I guess it's just old story feedback day. I can go with that. :D

[gileonnen.livejournal.com]

^______^ Would it bother you too terribly if I asked to be notified when you do any more fic? Because I'm asking. You're terribly talented.

(For the record, I can't stand Hamlet, either. I love the choleric rebels too much--the melancholics, even the really really smart ones, don't much interest me. XP)

[catslash.livejournal.com]

I always post it on my journal. I haven't written real fic in ages. My webpage (linked at the top) has a bunch, though, and I've got some in my memories as well.

My problem with Hamlet is not that indecisiveness thing that everyone seems to bitch about. It's not like his father's ghost asked him to keep up with the laundry. He asked him to take a life! I think Hamlet's entitled to a bit of waffling.

My problem is that he does. not. shut. up. He is in love with the sound of his own voice and his cleverness. He makes me sound like someone with a hangover: "Waffle all you want, Hamlet, just do it quietly."

I always liked the bit in Branagh's production where he stands there in the snow and yammers for ten minutes. I can just see Rosencrantz and Guildenstern standing there off-screen. "Uh - Hamlet? Uh, we're gonna miss the boat if you keep stopping to talk to the rocks. . . . Hamlet?"

[gileonnen.livejournal.com]

That's sad--but then again, I haven't, either. =( Real life sucks sometimes. But I shall go to your site!

I agree on that--but then again, he seems to be acting out to get attention, since his lack of real grief for his father appears to be a motivating factor in his decision to take the vengeance mission (and his reservations about the same). Honestly, I think he's glad he gets to play crazy, because he's secretly a big drama queen who needs the affirmation of others' notice. Which is all just personal speculation, by the way. =)

Branagh seems to have a ton of fun with his monologues--in the words of poetrywolf, when he's being Iago, "he pauses while ravishing his wife to lean back and do a monologue," which cracked her up. ^__^