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Probably bombed the Psych test. Hell, it's only 2.5% of the year, so I don't really care. ^^ Just have to study really hard for the midterm which is worth 20%. O.o

Did okay on Friday's French test (20/25). Made several stupid mistakes. As always. Blah.

Did really well on my Burke Essay From Hell (88%... O.O), so go fig. Either he marks easier than Sirluck or it was actually a good essay... heh.

Arts 1 tutorial was hell. *groan* One of the women in my it presented her essay, and... whoa, NO freaking clue what was going on. It was written in a very original style (Prof. Burns said it was post-modern, which I'd agree with...), and it was deep and confusing and... weird. ^^ Good, but I had no idea what she was talking about... And bloody long, so I had to sit there forever listening to it and feeling confused, then listen through another 20 minutes of her and Prof. Burns talking about it. And we went over the end of tutorial ~15 minutes. *groan*

On more positive note, started reading Wuthering Heights which we're doing next week. Liking it muchly so far. I read a bit monthes ago, but I just re-started this time... it can be a bit hard to keep track of who's who (I need a family tree... O.O), but it's engaging. I need to start on Dostoevsky's "Devils" at some point, too; it's 600+ pages and I gather pretty hard to read. We're not doing it for over a month, but I need to get started anyway cause it's going to take forever to read. And, of course, I guess I should read the stuff for this week's essay at some point. O.o

So, of course, instead of doing that I'm going to hop on the OTP bandwagon that [livejournal.com profile] bronzejarith is doing. I'm going to go waaay back in time and do my old OTPs, along with my current ones. I could probably think of a lot more slightly "lesser" OTPs, but I'll go for just the ones I really support(ed). So, first, Jan. 23rd through to today, in chronological order of when I was a fan:



Jan. 23rd - Zoisite/Kunzite (Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon) - oldest OTP I can think of...

Was a _huge_ fan of these two back in the day. First ever slash pairing I liked, and my first obsession pairing-wise. I think. Other than, you know, YatenXMe. *grins* Anyway, I had a bit crush on Zoisite for at least a year or two, and I took great joy in stating such around the playground in grade 7 - "Zoisite is SO hot!" "But... Zoisite's a girl!" "Um, no he's not. Have you ever seen a girl that flat-chested?" "But then, you mean... he and Malachite, are, um..." "Kunzite. And yes. *swoon*" "Um, okay." *kids hide from me* *grins* Ahh, the days.. Anyway, I barely remember why I was so obsessed with them - they were both hot, they were evil, they were DAMNED cool, Zoisite was freaking insane, and they were just plain adorable together (when Kunzite gave him a flower? OMG!). I still remember reading NC017 fics back then (I wasm like, 12) and really not getting it. It wasn't until I was about 14 and had been into Tasuki/Chichiri for awhile that I finally realized _exactly_ what gay men do during sex. Lol. So yeah, nostalgic pairing #1...

Jan. 24th - Tasuki/Chichiri (Fushigi Yuugi, though I'm sure you all know THAT. Heh.)

Probably my second OTP, and the one I was most obsessed over out of all OTPs before or since. Heh. As [livejournal.com profile] bronzejarith and all my hapless non-FY friends can attest, I was freaking nuts over them. They were easily my two favourite characters (and I spent far, far too much time musing over who I thought was hotter/cooler/whatever), and in spite of the fairly large lack of any canonical evidence for them, I loved them. I can't even remember what started me on them... I think I was searching out Nuriko/Hotohori or Nuriko/Tasuki fic or something and I came across a T/C and was like "Um, Tasuki? And Chichiri? Riiiight. How about no." Evidently I was curious, though, because I took a look and eventually got hooked.. then wrote a horrificly bad slashfic which I showed to [livejournal.com profile] bronzejarith (didn't realize she didn't know about Nuriko's death... um, sorry? ^^;;), therefore getting _her_ interested, and it all went downhill from there until I was drawing little intertwined "wing" and "well" signs over everything. Dear god. Anyway, what drew me to them? I really couldn't say. I never _could_ explain why I liked them so much, I just... did. I suppose Chichiri was such an innately fascinating character, and Tasuki was so cool and passionate and fun and they just needed to be together in my mind... ^^;;

Jan. 25th - Sanosuke/Saitou (Rurouni Kenshin)

*muses* What led me to those two? Frankly, I dont' remember for the life of me. I think I realized how attached I was to Saitou when he "died" at the end of the Kyoto arc and I was like, "OMG, Saitou!". That led to The Insane Saitou Obsession, and I suppose that Sano's reaction to Saitou's "death" cottoned me on to the possibility of them as a couple... then to fanfics, and fanart, and writing bad poetry (seriously. I wrote an S/S poem for Eng11. It sucked.), and it just spiralled on and on... Why did I like them so much? Their relationship intrigued me. They were constantly fighting and insulting each other, but you could tell that Sano actually held a grudging bit of respect for Saitou, and I think Saitou had an odd fondness for Sano. In spite of the seeming hatred for each other, it was evident that a part of them grudgingly at least sort of cared for the other's existance, as could be seen when Saitou "died" and Sano was all like "you can't leave!" and Saitou's all like, "ahou". Heh. And aside from all that, they were both hot and had chemistry. So there. *grins*

Jan. 26th - Harry/Draco (Harry Potter)

Mmm, Harry/Draco... used to be my fav HP pairing; since has moved down to 3rd or forth... still, for awhile there I loved them. They hate each other so much that there just _had_ to be some hidden passion there. The whole idea of Draco hating Harry so hard that he was in fact in love with him - and perhaps didn't even realize it. They were dark, passionate, angsty... and, after being in fandom long enough, I find it difficult to _not_ think of them as semi-friends, thanks to Cassie Claire's Draco Trilogy, among others. Interestingly enough, though, in spite of their oftentimes heavily suggestive relationship in said series, I've always advocated against them as a pairing in it. Their friendship is so powerful, and I want Harry and Hermione to end up together, and Draco and Ginny... stilll, outside of the DT I love Draco and Harry together, even if I rarely read fic of them anymore... hell, I rarely read HP fic, unless it's the DT (which, granted, hasn't been updated since,... June, I think?) or something similar. Anyway, I actually don't have much to say on them as a couple other than they're incredibly hot together and have lots of potential for wild, angsty, passionate affairs, so long live the S.S. Guns and Handcuffs!



Guess that's it for now. ^_^ I can think of so many random pairings I've loved, I really can't fit them all into 7 days... ^^ I'll just stick with the major/nostalgic ones, I guess.

Should probably do some reading of Shelley and Blake, but I've been studying all day... want to go play FFX. BLAH. *ahem* Or something. Going to PrideUBC discussion group tonight; that'll be interesting.. free pizza, at least.

Date: 2004-01-26 04:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bk635.livejournal.com
Funny.. I have a friend who's also doing Wurthering Heights and he wants to kill himself over it. o.O

How far are you in FFX anyway? Maybe I'm farther than you now? :-o

Date: 2004-01-26 04:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ria-oaks.livejournal.com
Really? Suppose it just appeals to different tastes. It's pretty romantic and angsty, although I'm not up that far yet. Still, I know plenty of people wouldn't like that highly romantic, emotion-laden type of writing.

Mt. Gagazet. Nearing the end of the game... you?

Date: 2004-01-26 04:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bk635.livejournal.com
Blah.. Just got the first Jecht Sphere. Macalania Woods.

Date: 2004-01-26 04:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ria-oaks.livejournal.com
Pretty far... ^^ I was so excited to get that thing; I want to see more... V. interested in Auron and Jecht. ^^ What do you think of it? Favourite character? Character you hate? Going insane from the voices?

Date: 2004-01-26 04:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ria-oaks.livejournal.com
Lulu's cool. :P I started a fic that was sort of Lulu/Wakka, but never got around to finishing it... My favourite character's Auron, but I think I've made that pretty clear in my LJ... ^^ Tidus... has grown on me, but I'm not exactly his biggest fan.

Date: 2004-01-26 06:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bk635.livejournal.com
Haha I just had the coolest fight (the first one with Seymour). During the first part of the fight I took out Seymour's guardians, and let Yuna charge her Overdrive. Then I made Seymour summon Anima. Then I had Yuna Grand Summon Ifrit, and I used his Hellfire Overdrive and damaged Anima for 9000. Anima used her Pain attack several times on Ifrit but apparently he was immune to it so it did like 500 damage. When Ifrit's next turn came up he was at Overdrive again (forgot I charged it up prior to the Crawler fight), so I used Hellfire again for 8500 damage, which took down Anima to a minuscule amount of health. Anima finished Ifrit off so I summoned Shiva. I had her use her Heavenly Attack which finished Anima off and left her to face Seymour. Seymour decided to be mean and hit Shiva with Thundara which left her with 27 health, but immediately charged her Overdrive gauge to full. I had Shiva heal herself with Blizzara, and luckily, her next turn came up right after. Since her Overdrive gauge was full, I had her use Diamond Dust which is like, the coolest Aeon Overdrive yet. She did all this funky shit with ice and wind, and trapped Seymour in ice. Then the camera focused on her hand, she snapped her fingers and poof, the ice surrounding Seymour shattered for an Overkill amount of damage of 9000; cleanly one-hitting him.

That was elite.

Date: 2004-01-26 07:21 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Tidus: "DUDE!!!"


XD. Sorry, I'll never get tired of doing that...


-Mary

Date: 2004-01-26 08:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ria-oaks.livejournal.com
Rofl. I strongly agree. Does he ever actually say that in the game? Don't think so, but damn that'd be funny.

Date: 2004-01-26 08:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bk635.livejournal.com
Nobody likes my elite battle? :(

Date: 2004-01-26 08:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ria-oaks.livejournal.com
I read it; will reply later. Watching Cecilia play FFVII... ^^ But yay you on the cool battle... I can think of one or two battle stories, both from my first run-through of FFV... ahh, that ice shield. How it saved me. *nostalgic sigh*

Date: 2004-01-26 08:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bk635.livejournal.com
Tell her that I send you guys Dark, Horrid, and Twisted™ <3 to you all.

Date: 2004-01-26 08:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ria-oaks.livejournal.com
YOU SUCK GO WATCH YOUR PORN BOY.

Um, that was Cecilia...

Date: 2004-01-26 09:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bk635.livejournal.com
OMG FINE THAT MIGHT JUST BE WHAT I'LL DO.

Date: 2004-01-26 09:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ria-oaks.livejournal.com
You wimp, you'd never have the guts to carry through.

*watches ensuing conversation in amusement*

Date: 2004-01-26 09:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ria-oaks.livejournal.com
I don't think she wants to continue the conversation... heh. *watches as she switches to FFX and "accidently" lets Tidus die* *watches with amusement as she attempts to understand the sphere grid*

Date: 2004-01-26 09:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bk635.livejournal.com
Ok. I was gonna link to pr0n but since she's out of the convo. :/

Date: 2004-01-26 09:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ria-oaks.livejournal.com
Oh, do so anyway... *amused*

Date: 2004-01-26 09:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bk635.livejournal.com
I had to take a break from FFX to find a suitable pic. =|

pr0n

Date: 2004-01-26 09:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ria-oaks.livejournal.com
Um, Cecilia says "fuck off". *grins*

Date: 2004-01-26 09:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bk635.livejournal.com
Wha...I thought you told me to do so anyway.

Date: 2004-01-26 09:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ria-oaks.livejournal.com
Yeah, but I didn't ask her input. *grins* Meh, dont' mind her. :P

*bored as she continues to play*

Date: 2004-01-26 10:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bronzejarith.livejournal.com
And damn, those have to be fake.

Date: 2004-01-26 10:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bk635.livejournal.com
*shrug* probably. I prefer natural anyway.

How are FFVII and FFX going anyway?

Date: 2004-01-26 10:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bronzejarith.livejournal.com
FFX - laughable.

FF7 - non-existent.

Sigh. The graphics always lure me back. x.x

Date: 2004-01-26 10:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bk635.livejournal.com
I hope you're talking about FFX's graphics. :o

I think FFX is pretty fun..some of the characters and voice acting, I can see, make it laughable. ;p

FFVII is well, FFVII. :-/ It was great back then and is still pretty good now, but I think there are better things out there. :/

Date: 2004-01-26 10:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bronzejarith.livejournal.com
Yes, that's what I said. Lulu is credible. Auron if he sticks to the throaty whisper. The others . . . OMFG WHERE THE HELL DID THEY PULL OUT SUCH A BAD CAST???

I think you missed a comment.

Date: 2004-01-26 10:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ria-oaks.livejournal.com
Lulu's okay. Auron's pretty good for the most part. Wakka's not bad. Tidus, I think we've covered. Yuna... kinda sucks. Rikku, pretty blah. And dear god, Seymour... *hides*

Date: 2004-01-26 10:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bk635.livejournal.com
Lulu is my favorite character, but Auron is pretty cool. Tidus has a pre-pubescent voice, which goes along with his attitude. Wakka is a nice guy, but he's almost as dumb as a rock.(:D) Kimahri IS a rock. Yuna is annoying because she's too naive. And Rikku..well..nympho..apparently.

I missed a comment? Which?

Date: 2004-01-26 10:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ria-oaks.livejournal.com
Lulu is coolness. Auron is beyond coolness, but I think that's Shallow!MK talking. Tidus, dear god, he's like a little kid... he is so stupid and naive I want to hit him. I like Wakka, for the most part, but he got on my nerve around halfway through the game. Kimahri's just "whatever". Yuna I don't mind as a character, but her voice sucks. Rikku.. blah. Nympho? Heh.

Date: 2004-01-26 10:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bronzejarith.livejournal.com
Lulu -is- pretty cool. The only thing I have a problem over is her 'victory' stance. >.<;;;; Nuff said.

Date: 2004-01-26 10:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ria-oaks.livejournal.com
It's called "how can we show as much cleavage of the sexay lady as possible?" Actually, Wakka's annoys me more, he sort of jerks his head back and does this weird... thing. Blah.

Date: 2004-01-26 10:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bronzejarith.livejournal.com
She doesn't look very sexy when she does that, believe me. More humpback and leaning over and oops, there she topples.

Date: 2004-01-26 10:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ria-oaks.livejournal.com
*snerk* Yes, well, umm.. it's a theoretical thing, I guess.

Actually, you'd think the vodoo doll she carries around would be more of a turnoff... heh.

Date: 2004-01-26 10:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bk635.livejournal.com
If you want an annoying victory stance then look at Rikku's. =|

Date: 2004-01-26 10:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ria-oaks.livejournal.com
Hmm, can't recall it... I'll have to watch later.

Date: 2004-01-26 10:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ria-oaks.livejournal.com
FFX is fun, I agree. In spite of Tidus's voice. *shudder*

I like VII well enough... it's one of my favourites of the series, probably, after 5 and 6. Nostalgic value if anything.

That, and Sephiroth. <--shallow moment

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