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poisontea:Name a character (or characters) from one of my fandoms and I'll give you:
(a) three facts about them from my personal canon
(b) a reason he/she sucks
(c) a reason he/she is awesome
(d) five things that never happened to that character and/or
(e) five people that character never fell in love with and why
This meme encourages rambling about fandom and characters! IT IS RELEVANT TO MY INTERESTS. |D
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Brb, this might take a little bit.
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-- oh jeeze.
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*tries to be different*
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(a) three facts about them from my personal canon
1. He and Yamamoto totally did sing Oretachi no Joy together FOR REALZ. It started as a pet project of his that he was working on for THE TENTH'S birthday, but then Yamamoto caught him practicing it one day and before he knew it, the baseball idiot was making lyric suggestions and playing the guitar, and one thing led to another. SIGH.
2. He's fluent in English as well as Italian and Japanese. I say this partly because it makes sense (genius kid raised in a CASTLE and taught by expensive tutors; if he knows Japanese there's no way he didn't learn English as well), and partly because I like to imagine him speaking it with a delicious Italian accent. |D
3. One day, a few years down the line, he up and quits smoking cold-turkey out of the blue (and is even more of a bitch to put up with than usual over the next several weeks, though he succeeds in the attempt due to his stubbornness). He doesn't do it out of any regard for his own health, but rather because someone (HARU??) somehow or other got him all worked up about the detrimental effects of second-hand smoke (OH NOES TENTH D:). He's able to adjust his fighting style by using the Storm Ring's dying will flame to light his bombs instead (and of course, by skipping them entirely and just making with the boxes).
(b) a reason he/she sucks
His inflexibility; he tends to make snap judgments (usually negative ones) about things immediately upon encountering them, and then refuses to change his opinion unless someone hammers common sense into him. For someone who's so intelligent, he can be really narrow-minded, which gets frustrating.
(c) a reason he/she is awesome
His inflexibility. :P He is impossibly, unshakably determined; once he puts his mind to something, he's going to do it, damn it, OR DIE TRYING!!1 And he will work and work until he succeeds at what he's trying to do. He DOES NOT GIVE UP. EVER. You can't help but admire that.
(to be continued, lol comment limits)
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1. "Pregnant?"
His subordinate nods.
"You're sure?"
Again, a nod.
He considers. He's already married, with a daughter; as a respectable mafia boss, should it ever come out that he's had a child with another woman, it would be utterly damning to his reputation.
"...Take care of her."
"Yes, Boss."
The hit is carried out the following day; it saddens him, briefly, but he knows there was no other choice. The child would have just been a thorn in his side.
2. "You're leaving, aren't you?" the boy says quietly, accusingly, as he stands in the doorway of Shamal's room with his arm bound in a sling.
"Yes." The answer comes after a pause, but it's resigned; decisive.
The boy hesitates, but when he speaks again he's more he's more serious than Shamal has ever seen him.
"...Take me with you?"
'No,' is what he think immediately, and it's on the tip of his tongue to say. Except that he makes the mistake of looking the boy in the eyes--eyes that are far too much like his mother's--and sees the pleading there, the desperation.
And then somehow all his resolve has disintegrated.
"...You're still on your own when it comes to the bombs, kid."
3. He's still holding the letter in his hand even though he's already memorized it.
Going to Japan. Taking Reborn up on his offer. Maybe becoming the next Vongola boss.
What could it hurt?
But on the other hand...
He frowns. All of a sudden, the memories of countless rejections replay through his mind. All the people who ever told him he wasn't good enough, wasn't worth enough. Everyone who ever laughed in his face for even trying.
He's not sure if he can bear getting his hopes up again, only to have them dashed like that.
With a curse, he crumples the piece of paper and throws it into the trash.
4. He buys a gun before he leaves Japan. The dynamite is his pride and reputation, but sometimes you have to know when to show off, and when to make things quick and deadly.
The day after he arrives in Japan, he goes to the school. He meets the kid. He's not impressed.
Reborn has a gun, too. But he miscalculates; he expected the bombs. His reaction is delayed, by a split-second. He pulls the trigger--but Gokudera has already done the same.
5. He doesn't understand why they're all telling him to escape. Don't they realize what's at stake? Don't they realize that his surrendering the ring would be a critical loss? That's why it's worth it, to sacrifice his life here--isn't it?
But then the Tenth is yelling at him. Asking him to remember what they're fighting for. Talking about fireworks, and snowball fights. "If you die, then all of that no longer has any meaning, does it?"
"Tenth..."
The words are like a shock to his mind, snapping him out of his desperate, fatalistic train of thought. So that's it. He doesn't understand why, just yet, but he understands that for whatever reason, somehow his life is more important to the Tenth than his winning the ring.
The turbine in the library beeps, and he knows he's almost out of time. He jumps to his feet--the entrance is just a few meters away--he's almost there--the Tenth is waiting--
And the room explodes.
I AM MARVELOUSLY DEPRESSING TODAY. As for (e), it did say and/or, so since I spent so much time on this already I think I'll leave it at that. XD
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going to /r/ for some help with suicide.
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but not really sob. XDNO WAIT THINK OF ALL THE REASONS TO LIVE. D: *tempts with KHR 209*
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1. She's a Storm type, same as Gokudera and Bianchi (although for some reason I vaguely remember at one point reading that she was Thunder/Lightning type? But since I can't find the source for that now, I am sticking with this).
2. She cut her hair short (TYL style) after Tsuna and Kyoko finally started dating. (Liz I am stealing your theory. XD)
3. She had so much fun with Lambo that one time he came over to her place after the PEDO LETTER incident that they've done it on a regular basis since. Every once in a while he will stay over at her place and they'll eat candy and hang out and do various girly sleepover things. SHE LETS HIM PLAY WITH HER HAIR and she paints his nails because he thinks it's fun. Haru may very possibly be the reason why TYL!Lambo grew up to be so metrosexual. XD
(b) a reason he/she sucks
She's so set in her own view of the universe that she can sometimes be oblivious to what's really going on around her. She has a mindset of "THIS is how it's supposed to be", and she tends to stick to that even when presented with direct evidence to the contrary. She really has to be smacked over the head with something for it to sink in sometimes.
(c) a reason he/she is awesome
She is totally her own person. She's funny and quirky and does all these weird things like DRESSING UP IN BOAT COSTUMES and CONSTANTLY PROCLAIMING HER LOVE FOR TSUNA-SAN~, and she does these things unapologetically. She's not ashamed to be herself, and she's confident in doing so.
(d) five things that never happened to that character
1. It was a risk, because if he really was a mafia boss, he might be really powerful. But... it was an extraordinarily hot day, and even if the padding might give her some protection, she really didn't want to walk around buried under all those layers.
She met Tsuna on the bridge and started whacking away with her hockey stick, and then that boy with the fireworks showed up and knocked her off of the bridge.
The impact struck her a little breathless, but she managed to swim to the shore without any problems. Afterwards, sitting there cold and dripping wet, she glared up at the mafiosi still up on the bridge, and vowed not to give up. She'd get him good the next time; she still had Reborn-chan's innocence to protect!
2. "I'm glad you came over, Lambo-chan!" she said, and locked the door behind him as he skipped breezily into the room.
"Of course! Lambo-san would never turn down candy! I'm gonna eat lots and lots!" He grinned and looked up at her. "Where is it?"
She smiled seductively. "Oh... Haru will show you..."
(oh my god I'm going to hell. XDDDDDDD WHAT'S WORSE IS THAT THERE'S PROBABLY A BAZOOKA MISHAP SOON AFTER, AND THEN IT REALLY GETS NC-17.)
3. She felt a little self-conscious buying so much cake with Kyoko-chan there too, but it was Haru Appreciation Day, after all... and she couldn't help it; she really wanted that extra piece.
The gyoza dumpling was an instant KO. But unfortunately, the dying will bullet gamble didn't pay off.
4. 'I need to go home, just once.'
Haru's first thought when she reads the note is to tell Tsuna-san at once, and that remains her intention right up until, in her rush to find the others, she passes by the open hatch.
She hesitates. The last thing the others need is for her to go missing as well, but... what if Kyoko-chan hasn't gone too far yet? She could find her and bring her back, and not have to worry Tsuna at all.
She steps outside. She won't go far... just a couple blocks at the most. If Kyoko isn't around, she'll go right back.
But just when she's thinking to turn around, she hears a voice, suddenly--"Hey, isn't she on the boss's list?"--and before she can do anything else, someone is grabbing her from behind and it's too late.
5. "Haru..." he said softly, "the truth is... I..." And he leaned in and kissed her.
She couldn't believe her happiness. It was Tsuna-san, it was everything she'd ever wanted; finally, finally he was confessing his love...
Haru woke up.
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(I am so tempted to just fill this section with modified Chuck Norris facts. "Hibari once visited the Virgin Islands. They are now called 'The Islands.'" Ohoho--BUT I WON'T.)
1. He loves to watch stuff like the Discovery Channel and Animal Planet when he's at home. It's nice because animals are so much simpler than people, and it's comforting to watch the way it all works in nature where the herbivores actually know their place and stick to the damn rules.
2. When he was little, his parents signed him up for martial arts lessons because they were concerned about his laziness and lack of discipline. Three weeks later, he dropped out of the class and
calmly demandedasked his parents to buy him a pair of tonfa. They obliged because ever since then he's been a perfect little angel, becoming the head of the disciplinary committee at school, and an exemplary student (they can tell because his teachers never have a bad word to say against him!). Mostly they just stay out of his business and let him do his own thing now; they're just glad he's staying out of trouble. |D3. Every year on his birthday, he receives mysterious packages in the mail that are garnished with sakura blossoms and signed by someone called "R.M. :)" Hibari kind of really hates his birthdays.
(b) a reason he/she sucks
Despite the tendency of some fans to write him as a deeper character than we've seen in canon, I'm fairly sure that in reality Hibari really does have only three modes: Eat, Sleep, and Kill. XD There's not all that much to him.
(c) a reason he/she is awesome
He is, slowly but surely, developing two additional new settings: Dork, and Fine-I'll-Help-You-Herbivores-Out-But-Only-
Cuz-I'm-Interested-In-Fighting-Tsuna-And-The Baby-Really. Both of these settings are made of win.
(e) five people that character never fell in love with and why
1. Dino. Once it became clear that Dino's ability to actually be cool was dependent on his BEING AROUND A FUCKING CROWD, Hibari was forever contemptuous.
2. Tsuna. He refused to ever allow himself to be attracted to an herbivore, even one who was only part-time.
3. Mukuro. Even without their history, it would never have been possible, if only because of the illusionist's goddamned smile. The one thing Hibari will never be able to tolerate is not being taken seriously.
4. Yamamoto. See above.
5. Anyone ever. He never did understand just what instinct it was that made herbivores go around mingling with each other like insects, but he was born without it.
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AHAHA, this RULES. XD Your personal canon is asdfkhj He loves to watch stuff like the Discovery Channel and Animal Planet when he's at home. It's nice because animals are so much simpler than people, and it's comforting to watch the way it all works in nature where the herbivores actually know their place and stick to the damn rules. <3
And that is LURVE ---> 1. Dino. Once it became clear that Dino's ability to actually be cool was dependent on his BEING AROUND A FUCKING CROWD, Hibari was forever contemptuous. In the awesome nonslashy way, of course. XD
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(a) three facts about them from my personal canon
1. Every single thing in this fic. As far as I'm concerned, anything Agent Orange rights is instantly and automatically canon. [/fangirl]
2. For all of his dumbassery, is really quite intelligent (see: learning to read and write hiragana in a matter of hours, creating and adapting his own martial arts style, general street smarts, etcetera).
3. Will, no matter where his post-series travels take him, always return to Fuu--and by default, Jin, who'll no doubt do the same--in the end. Not out of obligation, not even out of attachment; simply because it's where he belongs, and someone who's spent a lifetime trying to discover that will always be drawn back to it.
(b) a reason he/she sucks
HE'S LEWD AND CRUDE and frankly, disgusting. To call him a pig would be putting him mildly.
(c) a reason he/she is awesome
HE'S FUCKING MUGEN.He's fearless. No matter what. When the going gets tough, the tough goes Mugen; this is a guy who won't back down from anything, fuck the odds. In short, he's the definition of a shounen retard.(d) five things that never happened to that character
1. Mukuro is a persistent bastard, but while it's true that Mugen doesn't have anything to lose--and that Mukuro's offer is sorely tempting--the fact still remains that he doesn't like the guy, and he likes even less being told what to do.
So he tells the other man to fuck off.
2. He picks a different teahouse that day.
3. The coin falls and hits Fuu square in the forehead. She reaches for it, but before she can take it--
With a flash of motion, Mugen swipes the coin away and looks at it.
"Heads. Well, guess that's that."
With a feral grin, he turns to face Jin once again.
4. A second's distraction in a sword fight can mean the difference between life and death. He zigged where he should have zagged; that's all there was to it.
5. Sara doesn't pull back on her last blow.
(I kind of suck at this question, but I can't come up with five people for the last one, so. XD)
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So I'll do the other questions and come back to that first one if I think of anything. XD
(b) a reason he/she sucks
Ohoho, where do I start? He is DUMB. He is MELODRAMATIC. For a ridiculously long time, he was so mindlessly obsessed with winning back his
honorfather's love that he never stopped to think about who it was that actually cared about him (IROH WAS RIGHT THERE YOU FOOL). And did I mention he was dumb?(c) a reason he/she is awesome
He learned from his mistakes.
Even if it did take him TWO AND A HALF SEASONS god.He was willing to make the right choice, even if it meant giving up everything he'd ever wanted. He is fundamentally a good kid and has always been a good kid, and that says a lot considering that he grew up surrounded the propaganda of his PSYCHO FIRELORD DAD (and just look at how little sis turned out). And he takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'. ...In fact, he takes quite a lot of lickings. Poor Zuko. XD(e) five people that character never fell in love with and why
1. Jet. For some reason, this relationship between a one-time Fire Nation prince and one-time anti-Fire Nation terrorist didn't pay off. GO FIGURE?
2. Jin. She was sweet, she was pretty, she was kind, and she would have been a great match for an Earth Kingdom peasant whose uncle owned a tea shop. But even if the Fire Nation hadn't come along, he couldn't have ever really forced himself to be that person. It wouldn't have worked.
3. Ty Lee. Ahaha. She, uh. Always kind of scared him, juuuust a little. (You see, friends, Zuko has a bubble. And it is only polite to respect that bubble! It's a little thing we like to call PERSONAL SPACE, and HE IS LOOKING AT YOU NOW, TY LEE.)
4. Toph. She's more like the little sister he never had. Wait. The little sister that doesn't talk down to him and/or kick his ass that he never had. ...Wait. Okay, the non-homicidal little sister he never had. Whatever. The point is, he likes her but JUST NOT IN THAT WAY.
5. Sokka. They never made it out of the "bros before hos" buddy stage; the closest they ever got was that one night when they got reaaaally drunk, and to this day neither of them can quite remember exactly what happened. So they just don't talk about it. |D
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(a) three facts about them from my personal canon
1. He knows it's not a game. He's known since at least the Varia Arc, and probably even longer than that if he's completely honest with himself. But he still refers to it as a game, not just out of habit and/or to lighten the mood, but because it makes it easier for him to deal with it. Everyone has different ways of maintaining their sanity, after all.
2. Kind of continuing this train of thought, there are a lot of other things that he pretends to be oblivious about but in truth isn't, not so much. It's not that all of his smiles and lightheartedness are all just an act, mind--just that he chooses to be zen and have a positive attitude in the face of adversity. He understands when a situation is dire; he just doesn't let it get to him. And on those few occasions when something does upset him--the news of his father's death TYL; Gokudera bitching at him before the Gamma fight--he prefers to deal with it on his own, and the cheerfulness helps to keep the others from worrying until he can manage this feat, or (as was the case with Gokudera) just snap and deal with it directly (by yelling at Gokudera, or, you know, trying to jump off the roof sigh).
3. Will--barring Mukuro--eventually be the first of the six guardians to actually take a life. It'll happen in a situation where there's no other choice, and where it's not just his life on the line, but also Gokudera's. (I say Gokudera because if it were Tsuna, he'd probably figure out some way to keep everyone alive against all odds, just because that's shounen for you.) And it will be quick and decisive, with shockingly little hesitation once he makes that connection that "it's us or them." Afterwards, he won't be fine, not by a long shot, but he'll deal with it, because being a natural-born assassin means having the ability to cope, and Reborn wasn't wrong about him.
(b) a reason he/she sucks
I have seen people accuse him of not having enough depth, and there's some truth to that. He's the third member of the main character trio, and yet he's gone through surprisingly little character development compared to Tsuna and Gokudera. You can definitely make the argument that he's bland or uninteresting compared to them.
(c) a reason he/she is awesome
He's sweet. He's funny. He's badass. He's the epitome of everything that's awesome about the rain element--that tranquility, that calm, steady presence that can just as easily turn into a torrential downpour if need be. He's the rock that so many of the other characters rely on, and he supports them gladly and selflessly. His fights are amazing and have WALLS and SHARKS. And he's adorable. There are, frankly, a million reasons why he is awesome; I could never narrow it down to just one.
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1. He stood there for a little while, thinking about it. Mostly thinking about how he'd let his team down, and how his dad would take the news. The latter thought was almost enough to make him want to turn back... almost. But the truth was, if he couldn't even succeed at the one thing he was good at, he really wasn't any use as a son anyway. Dad would... well, he would get over it, eventually.
Closing his eyes, he let go of the fence and stepped forward.
His last thought before he hit the ground was that it was a shame he'd ended up letting down Tsuna, too. If things had worked out, maybe they could have been friends.
2. He couldn't help but wonder if it was the right choice. It was something he'd always dreamed of doing, playing in the major leagues... but at the same time, it would mean leaving the mafia behind. He'd still be able to see Tsuna and the others, but that kind of life, and the career he was now aiming for... they weren't compatible, no matter how hard he tried.
With a sigh, he plopped down on his bed and reached over for Shigure Kintoki. His swordsmanship had always been the one thing aside from baseball that he really felt like he was good at. Maybe in another life, the sword would have felt just as at right in his hands as a bat.
He brushed the wood of the hilt with his fingertips, and thought back to that very first swordfight against Squalo so long ago.
He wondered what the other man would have thought of his decision now, if he were still alive.
3. He was too late. By how long, he didn't know. It could have been hours. It could have been mere minutes.
He hadn't known. The orders he'd received had been to pick up an agent from CEDEF and lead them to the base. If he had known the Tsuna and Gokudera from the past would be there too, he would have been faster. But he took too long.
By the time he arrived, the Strau Mosca had gotten to them first.
4. "All right, then. I'll announce your duties. Gokudera-kun and I will go after Kyoko-chan. I would like Lal Mirch and Yamamoto to search for Hibird."
5. He prepared to charge. Genkishi was still paralyzed; this was it; this last move would finish the Mist swordsman for sure.
But just as he was about to let loose with Scontro di Rodine, a sudden feeling of misgiving brought him short. He wasn't sure what it was, but if there was one thing both Squalo and the kid had hammered into him again and again, it was that he should always trust his instincts, no matter what.
He skid to a sudden stop and eyed the path in front of him carefully. Then, with a frown, he put his hand out in front of him, and--
--wait a minute!
...There was a wall there!!
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like an idiot! ...Well, it actually wouldn't be that different, but still. That boy. XDMy Turn?
(Anonymous) 2010-09-05 07:47 am (UTC)(link)If not, Chrome.