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Gwen x Lancelot, Canon for 700 Years

  • Oct. 15th, 2009 at 9:20 PM
Lancelot & Guinevere; Legendary Love
I noticed I didn't post anything about Merlin 2x04, so, even if it's not a surprise cause I didn't post about 2x02 as well (wonder why, really), I thought I'll let at least some stuff just so I'll remember this episode.

And I used this title from a famours secret in f!secrets, even though it was about Arthur/Gwen. There was this answer ala "uh, excuse me, but 700 years of canon are Gwen/Lancelot" and it desereved to be titled.

**Gwen/Lancelot is epic. It's epic in the legend, it does have to be epic in BBC Merlin. After all Arthur/Morgana was epic in season 2, just like in the legend (ahahahaha that was the shameless publicity ;D) and Gwen/Lancelot had to be awesome in the serie too.

**Gwen/Arthur sucks *hides from rotten tomatoes* But that's not a surprise. It sucks in the legend, it had to suck in BBC Merlin.

CAUSE YEAH. I FOUND THE REASON BEHIND THE WRITERS INTERPRETATION OF THE WORD CANON. They don't mind about the strict following of canon ( or Merlin would be too old for slash fangirls to enjoy...though who knows :P) they just want to give the final feelings of the legend in the serie, through their devellopment.

Here is a little list :

**Merlin is supposed to be awesome. Super powerful and great. Merlin l'enchanteur : DONE. Honest, isn't Colin awesome and adorable and kickass and so on ?

**Arthur is supposed to be the greatest King : DONE; How many times in S1 did we have this feeling it was him, the one and only Arthur
? Some are going to talk about season 2 but...

**Arthur/Gwen is supposed to be a failure at the end : DONE. The crappy devellopment, the lack of characterization (or the change) everything is giving a poor feeling about them, and that's normal. It's going to end up tragically. SO YEAH THEY ARE FOLLOWING THE LEGEND ANYWAY :'D

**Arthur/Morgana is an epic love story, heartbreaking, beautiful, incestuous, in many versions of the legend : DONE. In season 1, everything was there.

**Lancelot is supposed to be one of the most perfect knight and his love story with Gwen is as epic than the likes of Romeo & Juliet : DONE. Episode 04 was screaming "Lancelot is epic, heroic, noble at heart, and him and Gwen are meant to be a TRAGIC BUT REAL LOVE STORY"

So yeah, if the way they are doing it is supposed to reflect the final memory we have of the legend when it comes to each, it does work. I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE BBC ! :'D

Anyway I'm still posting this there in case; It better be shared everywhere (even if's nicely spreading. That's awesome XD)




Oh and, that is for you twin, made by the great [info]luststories

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My favorite thing ever. The swordswinging made by both Arthur and Morgana. Could they be more badass than that ?



Merlin S2 Episode 01

  • Sep. 20th, 2009 at 2:55 PM
Those looks were never given to anyone e

MERLIN SEASON 2 EPISODE 1

The Curse of Cornelius Sigan


So yeah, yesterday was the first episode of Merlin season 1. That might have been awesome, for such a fan as I am, and...it actually was. Until I understood that shipping matters were going to ruin my fun, no matter what.

Aside from those shipping matters, Here is a kind of personal summary of this Ô so waited episode.
 

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Highlight of this episode : Shirtless Bradley was a good way to make fangirl forgive the inconstencies of the episode.
"Sorry for being such an asshole. But look, I'm hot !"


First of all, it was awesome, seeing once again this awesome cast in Action. Bradley James, always this handsome, Colin Bradley, ZOMG adorable (only him can look adorable with shit all over his face :D), Angel Coulby, so cute, and Katie Mc Grath, as the Georgeous, beautiful, lovable, Morgana.

I could add Uther, or Gaius, but I have to say my joy to see them again was kinda killed by...their role.

Here I go; First of all, Uther. You didn't learn anything ? Sending Arthur facing magical creature like in, let's see, previous episode, where he almost died ? Soooo smart of you. And leading a war against sorcerers, seer, whatever again cause they are evil ? At least I'm sure I have an idea of your way to die, dear.
You are lucky, your bond with Morgana saves you in my book, but in this episode...you didn't interact, conclusion ?

0/10 UTHER PENDRAGON.

Then Gaius. Oh Gaius, you and your Merlin fanboyism, you can be fun at times. But too much is too much. Seriously, you are helping Merlin with his power and yet you continue to lie to Morgana about her's when she is clearly suffering about that ? Pffff, that is stupid, how many times did her dreams saved Arthur's ass ?
 

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Let's give Morgana a pretty dress and new bedsheets so her fans will forgive us for using her dreams as her only way to appear !

Honestly, I'm growing tired at you (and at your way to use screentime for nothing. I'm sorry Gaius. Get out already if you can't be fair to Morgana ! :<)

0/10 GAIUS.

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"Oh Gaius ! Please explain to me what is happening, so I'll turn as a powerful soreceress and I will have something to do instead of daydreaming all day !"

Now the plot and the rest. Damn, damn, damn. Okay that is a new entrance, and it's always fun playing with the prat hiding in Arthur but WTF ? Arthur listening, trusting a complete stranger over Merlin after a whole season of devellopment between them ?
So Arthur was drinking poison in "The labyrinth of Gedref" just because it was fun ? Some might think that after getting his ass saved one hundred of times by Merlin, the guy might have learnt something. Well, finally, no.
Arthur was an asshole in this episode, and I really felt for Merlin, it was really awkward.
Now for the rest, not a lot of originality but well, that was the first episode, so I'm not going to ask too much. Bad sorcerer seeks revenge through Cedric. That was weird not seeing him loose his eye at least once BTW :P

5/10 PLOT.
 

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Bradley's hotness will save the plot !


7/10 ARTHUR. (Cause he is hot and an amazing actor. But what an ass.

10/10 MERLIN. (I don't need to explain this one. HE DESERVES THAT)
 

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"I saw everything Arthur ! You are cheating on me !"
WTF Arthur ? After the change of women, the change of men ?


Now the romance stuff. Okay, even though I was never a fan of Guinevere/Arthur (They were never the true love of each other in canon and that is what bothers me with this version. Since she is a maid, the arranged marriage isn't possible so they are obviously going to take the True Love road. Which makes Guinevere and Lancelot treason unforgettable in my eyes :/
I'm sorry but if she doesn't have anymore some obligation to marry Arthur, How does she dare after, marrying him of her own will, cheating on him with Lancelot ?
Please, if they want to do canon, they have to do it well at least. Guinevere/Lancelot is a beautiful story cause we know they were loyal to Arthur but shared a passionate love, and that her marriage with Arthur was a buisness wedding.

The simple "maid" angle already ruined the canon storytelling so this "catching up with canon" makes me smile.
Anyway in this episode, we can feel this need to catch up with Arthur and Gwen since we got some forced interactions and line.

Apart from the fact Gwen suddenly pulls out easily Arthur from the path of the creature (thanks God she was there, how convenient), and falls in top of him to save him again (actually I liked this scene xD That was totally Arthur's like to answer like he did, and thanks God, there was no tension yet, between them.) the scene which was awkward, and really, really forced, was the "You always surprise me" from Arthur.

Wait. what ? WHAT ? Did I miss some secrets episode where Arthur is repeatedly surprised by her ?
I might think of episode 10 but...that's it ?
Please, that was out of place. The rest was fine though, and if they continued this path I might even enjoy it, but from what I saw of episode 2, it's definitely going to take the forced path, and...no thanks. That is not canon, I'm sorry, that is bad writing :P

5/10 ARTHUR/GWEN.

Now Morgana. Of course, like I thought, Arthur/Gwen is going to take Arthur/Morgana place this season (Who dare say it's wrong deserve a slap. Please, it was the first time in an episode Arthur and Morgana didn't exchange a line. NOT. A. DAMN. WORD.)
Just because this screentime was used for Arthur/Gwen. Not the best way to make us enjoy Arthur/Gwen, aah no.
 

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SHE IS TOPPING HIM BUT NO TENSION ?! Speak about chemistry between them :P


And when you look season 1 and episode 1 of season 2, it's obvious something is wrong. Going from a season full of ArMor sexual tension, fancying, snogging, to an episode jumping to another ship is...awkward. Arthur/Morgana was like totally canon in season 1, we know they wanted each other but their pride were in the way of confessing, So yeah, awkward. I was hoping for a smooth devellopment of each couple and instead it looks like I'll have to deal with ArMor season 1 and Arwen season 2. (And rushed one. Cool.)

And hum. For those daring calling Arthur/Morgana crack, the legend is watching you. When Arthur does really have a true love in the legend, it's in 80% of the case, Morgana, his half sister, aunt, whatever. And finally in the end, he returns to her so yeah...canon.
 

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Let's give shippers a little Morgana/Arthur touching scene so they won't feel cheated.
WE SAW WHAT YOU DID WRITERS ! :<


0/10 ARTHUR/MORGANA.

Morgana all alone. Gorgeous lady, gorgeous. In her nightgown she was gorgeous, in sleep, she was gorgeous. But was her only role this episode to have a bad dream ? So her nightmares are back cause the serie is starting again ? Whoah, how convenient :D
And finally she was there as well to heal Arthur. And that's it. So yeah, they found a way to give us some Arthur/Morgana. Like this ? Pfff, keep it then.

8/10 MORGANA. Cause she is Morgana. Yeah. I'm biased. I'll live with that.
 

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"Is that really all that I'm going to get after the amount of UST from first season ?!"


And finally, Gwen/Morgana. What I love in this version ? Gwen is adorable and Morgana and Gwen are friends. Which is awesome.
But how is this going to turn with the whole Arthur thing ? This can't end up well, and I'm afraid of that.
Conclusion ? Since it was nonexistent this episode (yeah the hug let me blank)
 

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"What is this sound ? The sound of a broken friendship !"


0/10 MORGANA AND GWEN.

Conclusion ? I really liked this episode. I liked the Gwen/Arthur thing apart from the "surprise" thing and the fact Morgana/Arthur was nonexistent. But I fear for the future. Especially when I see the nice look Arthur is going to give Gwen in next episode.
That is too much honest, if they want to stick up with canon, they have to do it totally, and well, not like...this.
 

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The breath of the Slah Dragon will save us all


The only thing cheering me up is episode 3, with Morgana's eyes glowing yellow like Merlin's.
And the fact that I know in the end she does end up with Arthur anyway. But damn, I loved their interaction and now some things seem so out of place.

Guinevere/Lancelot : Pfff true love ? She is going to marry Arthur willingly, please. I will never buy this in this version.
They even killed my Gwen/Lancelot now that I think about it...ahh, I'm still going to try to wait and see.

CONCLUSION ?
 

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Okay, I was a prat. I was stupid, arrogant, egoistic and I made you suffer.
But look, I'm cute and hot, so you can't resist me, can you ?
Yeah. Bradley James said it all. He saved the day :P

 

Tsun tsun love with a touch of Dere dere ~

  • Aug. 8th, 2009 at 12:44 AM
First and last Kiss ~ King x Queen
Latest Geass arts under the cut ~
Shower one and Tsundere one.

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One link for two ~ )

Japan Expo Pic Spam

  • Aug. 8th, 2009 at 12:19 AM
Peaceful Kallen/Lulu day

So here is finally a pic spam post about this wonderful French convention, biggest european Con, and full of VIP (Come on Akemi Takada and Clamp are worth a try, fufufufuh ~)
Japan Expo Pic Spam; Very Geass centric, cause Geass was everywhere this year )

Crack Rurukare mornings

  • May. 21st, 2009 at 12:23 PM
Those looks were never given to anyone e
CRACK ADVERTISING /!\

That is a ...kind of Doujin. An almost Doujin, kinda totally Crack~ish

Wakamoto and C.C's experience to teach New apprentices~
The Real power of the King ... is in the blood~ )

Rebellion leads

  • May. 11th, 2009 at 1:38 AM
Those looks were never given to anyone e


Here is an Old KaZero one, I thought I lost this one when my laptop crashed but...no.
So well, it's a bit off for me, but still, since there is a lack of Kalulu fanarts, it's always that (But i'm not comfortable about this one. I...prefered my previous one)

Q1 x Zero <33
I want the blindfolded Kiss ...=.=



(I think I have a thing for arts with Zero/lelouch behind Kallen. :D)

May. 2nd, 2009

  • 8:31 AM
Those looks were never given to anyone e

 

" I have no interest in you...Only in your boobs" (ZOMG asexual Lelouch !)

Yesterday, I had this wonderful ZOMG occasion, to find the Lj of a fangirl, kinda making fun on me and an icon made by me.
Of course I didn't understand why...until I realized she was a KallenGino fangirl (Sure you aren't more of a CCLulu one ? Please ?) who didn't appreciate to see me, and seemingly other people, squeeing over the fact that KaGino was sunk (but was it ever floating ?)

Yeah, They barely kept in touch and Kallen, in the last PD, iis still in her dere mode while thinking about him.
Quite franckly, I think that's normal. Come on, her devellopment during all the serie wasn't to fall suddenly in love with another guy, so the end of CG fits her perfectly. And the future is for fanfiction. That's the anime world, and official release are pointing Kallen as an eternal widow, just like they did in Guren Lagaan and many others anime.

But well, that's not the point; So yeah this person spat on my opinions, with her pseudo unbiased attitude (Sure stating Lelouch loved C.C. while the Complete book stated it wasn't the case is totally unbiased) and when I replied, she simply a made a giant post to finally tell me she was replying but I wasn't authorized to reply in return.

I think the point of this entry is obvious isn't it ?
I'm going to pich up part of her and some others people message, to answer there, a kind of open letter, cause I really can't stand this kind of attitude.

So, Kay-Willow,

Code Geass is not a series in which characters don't evolve or change. I feel sorry for you that you can't see that, and that you imagine that Kallen is going to be static, forever, caught in the chains of dead people. There's a difference between holding someone who changed your life in your heart, and being enslaved to their memory.

If Kallen doesn't move on with her life, it negates the whole point of the epilogue and Lelouch's sacrifice!

Wait, what ? Did you follow official releases ?
Kallen's character song.
Kallen's regret message.
Her profile in G*net ?
Kallen is moving on with her life, and she is happy to do so, but she never striked me as a woman who need  guy in her life; You are in the anime world, how many character already finished alone cause the love of their life was gone ?
Kallen is happy, living her life an Lelouch's share, and I could accept the idea of a moving on, when it comes to romance, if there was any sparkle of romance between her and Gino.
But I guess I missed to realize how she seemed to bear butterfly in her stomach when she was mocking him.




In addition, it was completely 100% canonically one-sided, and Kallen was okay with that -- she never, ever tried to win or encourage the love he didn't ever show signs of feeling for her -- until the Black Knights betrayed him and he gave her an indication that maybe he did care for her. Then she became obsessed with knowing, and she kissed him, and there was nothing there, so she walked away. It wasn't until after the series that she was able to acknowledge what he meant to her, and deal with it like an adult. That poem is her reminiscing on why she loved him, not her undying pledge that she will love only him forever and ever.

Wait what ? CANONICALLY ONE SIDED ?
Canon disagrees with you obviously; The fact their kiss was stated as MUTUAL (and ther redone scene in BD 8 shows that in a better light) the fact he told her to live on, the fact he had a little' wich for her all alone, the fact he pushed her away for her own safety even though it could have screwed ZR (Hello she nearly killed him, don't you think for a genius like Lulu it's better to have all cards at hand ? PLEASE it's just awesome there) And the mysterious gum line with an Aishiteru assumption ? And Kallen's regret message with an Aishiteru assumption ?
And the fact she seems convinced her feelings were reciprocated (LOL kallen okay with that ? She was dying to learn if he felt the same way about her; She caml down after his death cause, if geass*net doesn't lie "She understood his feelings when he was stabbed"

Please dont' use the word Canon when canon staff disagrees with you. Or at least back it up (But well when you can't...Kinda hard)
Seriously, Canonically One sided ? But well, I remember your "Gino and Kallen are canonically interested in each other" so well XD


I also like Gino/Kallen, because unlike Lulu/Kallen, he actually is interested in her (canon!), has two significant interactions with her in a very short period of time (canon!), makes a good team fighting with her (canon!), and sticks by her side during the wedding (canon!) and in the official picture drama epilogue (canon!). "Crack pairing"? You wish.

OMG Gino said she was hot ? Come on Lelouch implied that 2 or 3 times during the serie, and you never used that as a proof of Lelouch interested in her but suddenly, cause in Turn 9 he said she was hot, he is CANONICALLY interested in her. Bias ? yeah I smell that.
Sure for a guy like Gino to think a girl is hot is certainly the better love proof ever.
I mean it's not like he was a kind of playboy, who, after that, only shown interest in her pilot skills XD
And please, even in the PD he barely kept in contact with her; Where is he interested ?
And LOL two significant interactions ? Kallen and Lelouch are plenty,w..why aren't you screaming canon ? :'(
And yeah, very sgnificant, in the first one he was looking for Suzaku and his photo album made Kallen focus one more time on Lelouch, and the second time he stated himself her true face was showing only thanks to Zero. VERY SIGNIFICANT sure.
And yeah Kallen was beside him in marriage. Anyway was as well, But I guess it doesn't count; Since the start of this serie, it's like " Let's ship Kallen with every guy of the show but lelouch !" Kallen can't talk to Suzaku, Li, or Gino, without a bunch of rabid fangirls screaming "this is LOVE !"
Kallen of the Rebellion : Screw them ALL !

i'll try to remember that standing beside a man is considered as a marriage proposal in Asia.
And no Crack pairing my wish, Crack pairing CANON. And...unlike to you, I have enough to back up my point, instead of putting the word canon in every line while I seemingly forget to take a look to staff thoughts and side stuff.


If you assume Kallen's heart isn't dead, and she isn't a "grieving widow" lolol doomed to do nothing but sit in a rocking chair and mourn until she's eighty, Gino is plausible. And, hey! This time she'll love someone who actually likes her back. But I guess she doesn't deserve that! She deserves ONLY Lelouch, the 50% asexual dead guy who loved C.C., Nunnally, and Suzaku more than her even when he was alive, and if she can't have him then NOBODY gets to have her!

Kallen's heart is not dead; She is simply more of a Rose that a lady gaga, if you see what I mean. She doesn't need to screw a guy to move on with her life, she was ready to die since her brother's death, and Lelouch's death was even more meaningful to her since he gave her everything but him, thanks to ZR.
So yeah just like Simon who lost Nia in TTGL, I assume (and until official stuff screwing with Kallen's fate, i'll stick on my opinion) that she is going to move on happily, withour mourning and sitting on a rocking chair thanks, taking care of her mother and enjoying the wold Lelouch created with her friends. Kallen doesn't need love, from what we learnt from her profile, she is perfectly fine keeping her feelings for Lelouch inside her heart.
And what ? Lelouch loved even C.C. more than Kallen ? Where the hell did you go search that ? he cared for C.C., but his pseudo romantic feelings for her were sunken by the Complete Book.
"He never yearns for her to be a lover or a mother, not even once"

You see, this, was canonically stated, and this, is the proof you are totally wrong there. Lelouch's most important person was Nunnally, and Okouchi has an odd habit to name Nunally and Kallen when it comes to Lelouch. How weird.
Yeah yeah, Canon evidence ne ? LOL.

And once again, Gino doesn't like her, neither does she. Look above.


Banning you (and incorrupts and the sockpuppet journal just in case), and deleting all future comments from you, because I really don't need ship wars in my journal and I don't want your gratitude for my translations if you can't understand the very simple concept of respecting other people's opinions. People like you, following me to my journal to tell me for the third time today why your pairing (the least canon of Lelouch's harem pairings, above only Kaguya and maybe Milly) is better than mine -- people like you make me feel like Lelouch/Kallen fans are insufferable, and make me like the pairing less by association. You are taking Kallen from a strong female with a tragic love to a pitiful, weak creature chained to some fantasy romantic love she didn't even have -- which she wasn't, in canon. It's gross.

Yeah please, ban those who aren't ok with you, and those you pointed out in your post. Sorry but I don't like being publicly pointed out, so sorry to have took the time to answer to your post. How do I dare like Kallen and lelouch ?
The less canon of Lelouch's pairings ? Damn, if only you could try to back up your words with some canon things, instead of affimring wrong things; Actually we are kinda convinced, with all the official releases, lelouch loved Kallen and Shirley, while your idea of the most canon pairing when it comes to Lelouch was TOTALLY SUNK without any ambiguity.
Kallen is a strong girl exctly. That's why she doesn't need to screw every guy of the show to satisfy others pairings fans. And Okouchi's lover analogy shown us kallen's main trait was devotion, and loyalty for her lover. With all the things we learnt through official material...she realived lelouch never betrayed her so...what can this mean when it comes to her feelings for him ?
Come on Kallen was hated for being with Lelouch, against Lelouch, kissing him...and all of that on LJ, where the majority of people are either CCLulu fans or Yaoi fans. How weird.

And once again, stop using the word canon when you aren't even able to back up your stuff with canon back up. Not like the staff gave you the possibility anyway.

So yeah. Thanks to that, i'm even more happy with my pairing, cause I saw so many flaws there that I'm now like "Great, you choose the good ship, Bravo !)

So that's it. Awesome Code geass fandom. But well, aren't we used to things like that ? Inoue is shipped with everyone in the serie but Ichigo (and I'm an ichiruki shipper mind you, I just think it's way too much comfortable; Relena is hated, Kallen is the girl who has to screw every person with a penis, and so on. Hard to be a strong love interest.)
And please, It was simply polite, thanks to some amazing translators, I had a transation of this PD one week ago. Come on, don't turn al High and Mighty because you translated one PD. It would have maybe be better to translate stuff like Complete Book, side stuff, and so on  to avoid such wrong CANONICAL statements.

I'm okay with Kallen x Whatever man you want. But that's my right to call them crack cause until today, that was the case, and something tells me it's going to be the case latter. I'm fine with fanfiction and fan stuff but that's what they are; geez, I even happen to like CCLulu fanarts while I never saw them in a romantic light; This is fan stuff please, don't use the "anaything can happen" to justify your CANONICAL statements. It doesn't make sense or I can say that Lelouch is going to return, straddling a flying pic cause well, anything can happen.

And yeah, KallenLelouch is the closest pairing to canon cause it's actually the only pairing with a real mutual kiss, with some real side stuff giving always more depths to her and Lelouch's feelings, cause it's one of the two pairings which weren't sunk by Complete book (How hard...) and cause it was the way things had to be.
But I guess it's hard to be acknowledged at that if you don't have many official pics. Cause actually, promo pics are canonial stuff you know, while who cares about what happened in the serie.

Enjoy that haters and so on; Kallen loved Lelouch, Lelouch loved Kallen, and it can't help but bothers you amazingly.
And I actually enjoy that. (On a side note, i've nothing agianst people who dislike this pairing or things like that. I'm just bothered by this Kallen x Whatever man is canon tendancy. An well this last line is directed at pretty rabid Kalulu haters, I can understand why for some people, Lelouch loved her but wasn't in love with her and blabla, but in this post this person said "he loved more CC than her, it was one sided and she was ok with that, she is CANONICALLY interested in Gino..." and for this...I had to use some short, rabid lines.)

Kallen x Lelouch FTW !

(And darn, it bothers me to no end to have to argue there, there is a much more better place...a place where this kind of person don't dare post I guess. )

 


 

Digital painting is annoying to learn

  • Apr. 12th, 2009 at 4:58 PM
Those looks were never given to anyone e
Because King x Queen shipping shall never die.



Because no matter what They say, She will always be his Queen... )