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[oyceter]

Hi people who just added me to your reading lists!

Thank you for reading! And if I met you at Wiscon, hi again!

As you've probably noticed, my LJ is currently being dominated by posts on Wiscon. I have two more panels I want to write up, and then it will probably be back to business as usual, which means lots of posts on whatever TV I happen to be watching at the moment (right now, Homicide: Life on the Streets and Romeo x Juliet on the anime side), whatever manga I happen to read, and whatever books I happen to read. Usually I watch and read things with an eye on how feminist and anti-racist they are. I occasionally interrupt with posts on knitting and/or rats.

I have insanely organized tags and LJ memories if you want to browse.

Also, as always, if you find yourself getting bored by the cracktastic manga posts or don't feel like reading anymore, feel free to defriend; I won't take any offense.

- Oyce

Comments

[ktempest.livejournal.com]

Just wanted to say: somewhere on the internet you said I might not remember you but we saw each other and I wanted to say OMG of course I remember you cuz you were one of the people I was so happy to meet! I promise next wiscon I will NOT be so over scheduled and will have time to talk with you and other cool people. yay.

[oyceter]

Eeeee, yay!!

[mystickeeper.livejournal.com]

OMF, I need to catch up on Romeo x Juliet! If you catch up before I do, and post, I know that I will totally read your posts anyway, and spoil myself. It's so good! In addition to a shojo manga panel, maybe we could have one on anime, too. It's hard to find anime where the girls kick ass, :/

[oyceter]

Oh man! New episodes are out! Haha, and I have a paper due tomorrow...

OMG there should totally be a panel on cross-dressing girls in anime. I mean, I am sure there are lots of papers on it already, but still.

[mystickeeper.livejournal.com]

AND THEN WE COULD TALK ABOUT SHAKESPEARE! *nerdglee*

Although.....I guess most of Shakespeare isn't really considered sf/f. Sadness.

[oyceter]

I know!! Also Utena and Rose of Versailles and RxJ and and and!

[estara.livejournal.com]

ass-kicking anime girls: Princess Tutu, SuperGALs, Saiunkoku Monogatari, Twelve Kingdoms, Sakura Wars (but there they need the emotional support of a male), Card Captor Sakura, Kare Kano, Angel Links (but with tragic end).

Interestingly enough, writing these recommendations, I realise that most of the anime I have actually bought has ass-kicking heroines.

I used to own Utena, too, but the last episodes put me off and I sold the DVDs.

[mystickeeper.livejournal.com]

Aww, I *love* Utena. And yeah, anime is getting better at having more ass-kicking girls, but I feel like if there were extensive lists on both sides, I'm fairly certain I already know which one would be much longer.

Have you read the last manga of Kare Kano?

[oyceter]

Have you read the last manga of Kare Kano?

OMG *froths at mouth*

Um, yes.

[estara.livejournal.com]

Yes, I have and I intend to keep the series because the first arc and a lot of the side stories outweigh the soap opera trainwreck she managed to make out of Arima's story in the last five volume ^^.

And the fact that Tsukino is supposed to be just average at what she does. I wasn't so surprised at the bride-born-for-me turn since she had that doll-like girl falling in love with her new stepbrother.

Furuba seems to have much better explanations for its soap opera bits, but you couldn't call Tohru an ass-kicking heroine.

this might cheer you up.

[delux-vivens.livejournal.com]

Re: this might cheer you up.

[oyceter]

That is awesome!

[cynthia1960.livejournal.com]

Hi there, I added you at Wiscon. One of these days, we'll have to find a common time to meet at Sunnyvale's premier fiber pushers.

[oyceter]

Hi! Yes, that would be cool!

Hi back!

[apostle-of-eris.livejournal.com]

I'm one of the people who met you at Wiscon, but since I've been trying to take pages chronologically, I've already left a couple of comments elsewhere.
One of the things I want from a good con is new people, and you are one of the important parts of my Wiscon.

Re: Hi back!

[oyceter]

Hi! Cool, I'm glad I influenced your Wiscon!