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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was the worst movie ever!
It was terrible! I hated everything about it!!Naw, I'm just kidding; it was actually kind of the best movie ever. Probably I'll be making some sort of long, spasmatic capslocky post about it in the near future. Since everything about it was completely perfect fffff wake me up when it's July.
Well, in the meantime, at least there's still KHR!
1. "Oh, Gokudera's smoking." AND HOW. WARNING: Just so you all know, you can probably expect to see numerous statements along the lines of "DAMN, GOKUDERA IS HOT. *FANS SELF*" in about every other paragraph in this review.
Anyway, it appears the rules of this fight have finally been decided! BALLOON FIGHT. That's right, we are totally kicking it old school NES up in here. Although I confess, for a moment I was deeply, deeply saddened that they didn't end up basing their entire competition on seeing how many cigarette lighters they could shove up Gokudera's nose instead. That would have been amazing.
(It also really made me happy how civilly they decided on these rules. It's such a refreshing change to see two opponents actually getting along for once. And of course, it's all the more surreal because one of those opponents is Gokudera. HAHA, WE'RE LIVING IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE.)
2. Reaction to this page: "ROFL ROFL ROFL" at the bottom right panel ("OOH THIS BATTLE IS SHINY!!!"), and "teeheeheeheehee" at his face in the bottom left. Oh Gokudera, you make me so happy always with your smug "I SEE" faces.
And thank you, Shitt P, for having some common sense and giving this fight a freaking time limit. Because of this, I promise to never write a fic about you in which you get slapped repeatedly.
Mmm mmm mmm would you just look at that close-up of Gokudera's eye? Beautiful.
3. "TENTH, TAKE ALL OF OUR LUGGAGE AND GO HIDE." Well, if being a mafia boss doesn't pan out, at least he has his fallback career of being a bellhop.
More importantly, Rocket Bomb! *_* It's been so long. (Yeah, it's beeeeen so long... and I've been putting out fires with GASOLIIIIIIIINE~)
I do have a question, however... when did this turn into the Yamamoto vs Genkishi rematch? XD
4. OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD
*LIVES VICARIOUSLY THROUGH SHITT P!!!!!*
fff and he's blushing fffffff
--AND TSUNA IS BLUSHING TOO!?!?!?!? My, my.
5. "I also love my mafia family! Except Julie, he can go choke on a cactus." I would like to take a moment here to reiterate the great affection I feel toward Shitt P.
THAT SAID, since Shitt P has apparently caught the exposition virus that's been plaguing her human colleagues, I must now take a moment to state that I disagree with her analysis and here's why!
It's true that Gokudera lives for the sake of the Tenth now! And it is true that he's had his share of codependency issues (<-- HUGE UNDERSTATEMENT). But Shitt P, you must understand that he was not always this way! Long ago, Gokudera Hayato once lived as you do! Putting himself before all others, living the life of a rebel, taking orders from no one, doing as he pleased.
AND IT FUCKING SUCKED.
I don't agree that living for the sake of someone else inherently makes you weak. Yes, if Tsuna died, Gokudera would be devastated. But he wouldn't just QUIT. Not the person he is now. He lives for his family, and if Tsuna died, his purpose would shift to taking charge of his boss's responsibilities. Protecting the others, keeping them from falling apart. What Shitt P is missing here, the thing that has escaped her notice, is that Gokudera is actually a better, stronger person as the Tenth's right hand man than he ever was when he was just living for his own sake alone. His confidence, his sense of honor and pride--those are all things he's learned from serving Tsuna, from being his friend. SHE HAS IT THE WRONG WAY AROUND, is what I'm saying. Anyway.
6. Side Note: I think these two shots would have made me even more uncomfortable (and rest assured, I am uncomfortable) if it hadn't taken me almost five minutes to finally realize what the hell that first one was (side shot of her boob, ohhhhhhhh. EVERYTHING LOOKS SO WEIRD FROM THIS SIDE ANGLE, OKAY).
7. Fermentation! So that's why she's so drunk all the time! Oh, Shitt P, you so crazy.
OH NO, GOKUDERA IS SINKING. GOSH DARN IT GOKUDERA, IF ONLY YOU HAD SOME SORT OF BOX-BASED SYSTEM THAT FEATURED LITTLE PLATFORMS WITH WHICH YOU COULD FLOAT ON TO ESCAPE FROM SWAMPLAND, AND ALSO SEND FLYING AROUND TO POP WAYWARD BUBBLES. THAT WOULD SURE SOLVE THIS DILEMMA IN A FLASH.
Sigh. At least those little air bomb thingies are helping a little bit.
8. HAHA, what's this? For once, Amano is the one to be beaten to the punch by fandom, and not the other way around! I'm sorry, we already had this discussion about Tsuna's relationship with his guardians last week. |D (By the way, I am now convinced that
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nivek01 can somehow SEE THE FUTURE holy shit.)Moving on, QUESTIONS RAISED BY THE FOLLOWING PAGE:
- WHO ARE THE OTHER TWO STUDENTS??! I MUST MEET THESE EPICALLY STUPID CHARACTERS.
- WHY IS GOKUDERA SO INCREDIBLY, INCREDIBLY PRETTY?
- No seriously oh my god this chapter has so much Gokudera pretty in it, I'm just. dying. floating along. bliss. I WANT ICONS. ALL THE ICONS!!
9. ...Okay, either she stole Fuuta's ranking book, or Shitt P is actually better at stalking Tsuna than Gokudera is. I am so, so thankful that he didn't put that particular pride on the line. (Incidentally, chihuahuas are a perfectly reasonable [if hilarious] thing to be afraid of. He was probably just traumatized by Ren & Stimpy as a child.)
So now that Shitt P has finally wrapped up her impromptu roast of Tsuna (you made both him and me cry, Shittopi-chan--though in my case it was more from laughter), what will Gokudera's response be?
10. If you answered, "Make an incredibly hot dismissive face because he knew all of this already," then congratulations! The fact that Gokudera has actually had character development since the first chapter of this series has not escaped your notice, and you deserve props for making the kind assumption that just because Gokudera is loyal does not mean that he is wholly oblivious when it comes to the little details that make his beloved boss human! (YES, TSUNA. HE SAID ALL OF THEM.) Oh, Amano; maybe you did anticipate that post after all. :D :D :D
CLOSING THOUGHTS:
- I love that this whole thing has turned into an argument about whether or not Tsuna is worthy of Gokudera's respect. Just think about that for a sec. After Shitt P's initial speech, the question of whether or not Gokudera actually had respect for himself never even came up. It's just a given now that of course he does. That is SUCH A HUGE TURNAROUND FOR HIM that I think I may cry or something.
- I realize that the plot probably has it in for Gokudera, but damned if he isn't looking mighty sharp so far, even so. Still holding out hope that he'll win this thing, especially since I really want his pride to be vindicated, not crushed. Because he has been so calm and composed and not-at-all-doubting-himself so far, and he needs to stay this way because I am just in love over here.
- And speaking of love, THIS CHAPTER. God damn! DESPITE ITS LACK OF C.A.I. I officially want to have its babies, unf unf unf.
- As for you, Gokudera Hayato, what I want to do more than anything else right now is to go create one of those incredibly creepy "countdown to 18" websites JUST FOR YOU, even though you are a fictional character who does not even age at anything approaching a realistic rate, and has in fact been permanently frozen in the 14-15 range for the past half decade.
High five, chapter 315! You just keep doing your thing. You are beautiful and decent, and never let anybody ever tell you otherwise.
ETA: Sorry for the EXTREME lack of replies, guys. I got a new job and I'm still adjusting to the hours. I'll try to get to these either this evening or tomorrow (Wednesday) night.
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I WAS ALL AWWWWWWWWWWWW WHEN GOKUDERA DECLARED HIS
LOVERESPECT TOWARD HIS BOSSS. SO SWEET. &hearts Tsuna should feel lucky to have him! And what you said about Gokudera is so true - he's a changedmanboy under Tsuna's influence. TSUNA. OH YOUUUU &heartsALL IN ALL, I AM PLAYING WITH CHAPTER 315 IN THE FLOWER GARDENS. IT'S A SUNNY DAY
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AND WHEN I SAW THOSE BALLOONS IT TOOK ME WAAAAAAAAAY BACK.
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MUCH LOVE FOR THIS CHAPTER, AND FOR GOKUDERA AND HIS AWESOME BOSS. ♥