We are shining stars

Okay, so this is something I started working on a while back because I was writing a fic about Lambo—5YL!Lambo, to be specific—and that proved to be a pretty big challenge at first. The thing about messing with timelines for the purposes of fic is that for most characters, figuring out how they would behave a few years older or younger isn’t all that hard; you just take the existing character and either add or subtract a few years’ worth of maturity and experience. No biggie.

It is, however, a different story when you’re not just adding or subtracting experience, but doing both. And that’s where I ran into a problem with Lambo. The thing is, Lambo is kind of a unique character in KHR in the sense that he isn’t really just one character at all—he’s two. We see, on a regular basis, both the five-year-old Lambo and the 15-year-old Lambo, and the thing is, they have wildly different personalities. So the challenge with trying to write a 10-year-old version is figuring out exactly which parts of which personalities to add and subtract from.

Now, I figured that the easiest way to do this would be to find some common ground between five-year-old and 15-year-old Lambo, and work from there. For instance, the fact that they’re both crybabies; that’s one similarity. I figured that there must be more, so in the end I decided to take a closer look at both Lambos, make a list of their character traits, and work from there to see what does and doesn’t change over ten years, and if there were any underlying patterns to his character that explained said changes. Something to give me some insight into why Lambo behaves any given way, instead of just the whats and hows of his behavior.

( Lists and character rambling and the rest of this meandering essay below cut. )

Okay, so I was planning on writing something fic-ish for Gokudera's birthday, right? And I just could not for the life of me come up with anything that stuck. For a while I was thinking I might do a drabble about him and Uri, but after my fifteenth failed attempt at an opening paragraph, I gave up on that too. And for a while I despaired, because FAVORITE CHARACTER'S BIRTHDAY, and here I have nothing to offer sobbbb.

In the end, I decided to scrap the idea of a fic entirely, and just do something essayish instead. Because if I can't write coherently, then damn it, I CAN AT LEAST RAMBLE!!1

So, here is a tribute to our dear Storm Guardian in the form of a List. Specifically, a List of My Top Ten Favorite Gokudera Moments. In chronological order, because I can't rank for beans.

( This is not the greatest song in the world; no, this is just a tribute. )

Welcome to everyone from the KHR Friend Meme. ♥ I'd post an intro/getting-to-know-you-ish meme, but I'm waiting to be tagged on a couple of those already, so I'll do that later. :P

Instead, I AM STEALING THIS FROM ricordi:

Give me a [KHR, Naruto, or just about anything listed in my interests] pairing and I'll tell you in 100 words or roundabouts what I think of it.

Depending on what it is, I reserve the right to either rant less or more. ...probably the latter. sob

HIT MEEEEEE

I'LL WARM MYSELF UP WITH A NICE, COZY KHR MEME. Taken from chibikaya. ♥

1. Answer the questions honestly.
2. Tag as many people as the number of your KHR Bishie is. Except I'm, uh, not tagging 59 people. XDD

( rambly spambly )

But I'll wish Yamamoto a Happy Birthday anyway, because A) EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING IT, and B) IF I FORGET TO LATER ON, I WILL FEEL GUILTY. Yes, guilty. For not wishing a fictional character a happy birthday. THAT'S JUST HOW IT IS, ALL RIGHT.

Have a meme, snagged from 3radicated and teapoit and several other people.

- Post a list of 25 20 15 fandoms.
- Have your friends list guess your favorite character from each one.
- When guessed, bold the line, include the character name, and write a sentence or... MORE about why you like that character.

( ...yeah, no way I could get this up to 25 XD )

Nabbed from 801_addict, who posted it in hitman_reborn.

( It's hard to pass up an excuse to rant about something you love. )