For the sake of jotting things down

[narcasse]

Gauged in something of a degrees of repetition fashion the general trend seems to be as follows:
Step 1 – the joke is actually funny.
Step 2 – it’s getting a tad old.
Step 3 – the response to your telling it is either, being ignored outright or shrugs of indifference.
Step 4 – people actively tell you to stop.
Step 5 – people start to get distinctly uncomfortable when you start taking.

All of which applies to many things beyond bad joke renditions and may in fact already have a similar framework outlined in the Promethean sourcebook in regards to disquiet.

Bette Davis centenary The Telegraph
Which sports a wonderful image from The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, which is one of those marvellous films along with The Prisoner of Zenda that I’ve always adored.
The Cure: Ghouls who refused to die The Telegraph

Also, I’ve been considering attempting a review of the Devil May Cry anime for a little while now and have finally come to the conclusion that ‘inoffensive’ is about the only descriptor I can come up with so I’m really going to have to leave it at that. The first episode of Gunslinger Girl on the other hand reminds me of Monster possibly because of the colour tones or perhaps due to the sensible handling of what could have been classed as quite an outlandish idea. Interestingly enough the premises of both Gunslinger Girl and Monster are similar as is Red Garden to a certain degree and yet somehow once Red Garden got into the business of ‘curse tomes’ I stopped caring at all. But then all things considered, I’m rather more interested in human programming than vague and esoterically motivated compulsions. To use Harry Potter canon as an example: the crime of denying another person choice is still heinous whether or not Merope Gaunt used the Imperius Curse or a love potion so that side of the matter is pretty clear cut. But while the act itself can’t be absolved the motivation behind it can in contrast be examined.

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[alucards-bane.livejournal.com]

I need to borrow that scale there and post it on my locker door. Maybe in the classroom too.

The Devil May Cry anime wasn't that bad to me. The dub was fairly good to me as far as dubs tend to go, the fact that they've finally found a permanent Dante voice actor was a plus. But that's about all I can say about it.
Also, I've been looking at an anime called Hell Girl, have you ever seen it?

[reichsfreiherr.livejournal.com]

There should be an addendum to that that if the joke wasn’t actually funny to start with you automatically jump to step 3.

I’ve not actually heard the dub but now I fell like I ought to hunt it down since the sub was quite happily watchable.
Jiggly Shojo on the other hand is lovely, . It’s quite a good series and builds up to a nice final arc at the end of the series. I’ve not watched the second season yet but if it’s anything like the first it’ll be quite good. The music doesn’t hurt either. Without spoilering too much I’d say that if you liked Pet Shop of Horrors or the Vampire Princess Miyu series then you’d like it. It may seem a little slow-paced but I found it very watchable. It’s a bit like Lain really; you can marathon several episodes back to back easily enough.

[alucards-bane.livejournal.com]

That would be excellent, yes.

It's weird at first to hear DMC3 Dante's voice talking for him, but you get used to it. I have a feeling it has something to do with boobs. o3o I'll have to look for that one, I like things that tend to build over a period of a time instead of saying "Oh, here it all is." Aha, that's good.

[reichsfreiherr.livejournal.com]

I have a feeling it has something to do with boobs.

Interestingly enough the Jiggly Shojo herself has none and the pre-war traditional prostitute doesn’t particularly do much other than show far too much neck and shoulder for the accepted standard of the day and occasionally leg when she’s in disguise. The second series allegedly went into the background for the Jiggly Shojo’s three assistants so if there’s a flashback for the prostitute then I suppose there might be a little bit more skin there but I can’t image it would be much more than she shows in the first series. The traditional attire should look something like this (http://pics.livejournal.com/imperial_artist/pic/000gfpzp) though that photo really doesn’t do justice to the vibrancy of the colours and the angle I was holding my phone at didn’t help either.

[alucards-bane.livejournal.com]

Huh, I might just have to check out this anime then. It sounds like it would be interesting...that and I'm a sucker for those traditional clothes. I'll have to research it further. Your phone took a really good picture of it, though, too. Better than my grainy picture-phone.

[reichsfreiherr.livejournal.com]

I'm a sucker for those traditional clothes.

Just make sure that you don’t wear too many hairpins or tie your obe at the front unless you’re cosplaying that character or you’ll get some rather odd looks.
And now that you mention it, I can’t actually remember if my phone actually has a better megapixel count that my digital camera these days.

[alucards-bane.livejournal.com]

Like that would ever happen. Cosplaying, I mean I'm sure I'd look like a beached whale and I hate looking like that.
They're all running so close together now that it's almost impossible to tell them apart.

[reichsfreiherr.livejournal.com]

I’m fairly sure that in Japan the term ‘cosplay’ implies dressing up for porn anyway though if things like fandomsecrets are to be believed that would be why some people do it anyway. But if you do ever feel like investing in a kimono or at least taking a look at a nice variety this store (http://www.yamatoku.jp/classic/) has a lovely selection.

[alucards-bane.livejournal.com]

I did not know that. And that wouldn't surprise me at all for some reason.
Oh, thank you. <3 Looking and adding to wish lists doesn't hurt at all, does it?