And now, a distraction

[firecat]

Meme via ljgeoff. I edited it to remove the shoulds because I don't like shoulds.

Our online journals are little filters that we each see every one else's lives through, the parts others choose to share with us. That said, we all think we are close, but really we seldom know *a lot* about each other. So ask me something you think you should want to know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about. Ask away. Then, if you like, post this in your LJ and find out what people don't know about you...

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[yifu]

What prompted you to create a DW account in the first place? & Your favorite canon in regard of its treatment of its women.

[firecat]

DW account: I decided to migrate my account from LJ because I didn't like censorship things that were happening there, I wanted a backup, and I liked DW's business policies.

Favorite canon WRT treatment of women: Err. None of them? What's possible is just so much more than most of the stuff that commercial entertainment companies come up with. I guess I'll go with Princess Nine. Avatar: The Last Airbender is pretty good so far too, but I haven't finished watching it yet. I'd love to know which is your favorite.

[yifu]

re: favorite canon and its treatment of women
Shounen series are notorious for dismissing women characters, so Meitantei Conan (Detective Conan) can be a real delight. Not only are mothers allowed to be alive, they're also allowed to take down villains, and be famous for their skills and talents. Other adult women consist of, among others, snipers, FBI agents, breathtakingly badass police officers, and cunning villains, while some of the younger girls are good in martial arts. In short, whee.

[firecat]

Is that the one also known as Case Closed?

[yifu]

That's the one.

[firecat]

Excellent! *adds to netflix queue*

[yifu]

A fair word of warning: the anime is already at 500+ episodes and the 14 movies may not convey the ladies' awesomeness completely. This series has been going on since 1994 or 1996.

[firecat]

Wow. I'll keep that in mind...

[ljgeoff.livejournal.com]

We go to a classic greasy spoon, a diner, the kind of place where the waitress pops her gum and they serve hamburgers, grilled sandwiches, soup of the day and breakfast 24 hours. What'll ya have?

[firecat]

If it's your neck of the woods I'll ask what they do well. At the one I go to most often, I usually get a hamburger, medium rare, with avocado, with either onion rings or mixed fruit on the side. Or two eggs over medium with rye toast well done, hash browns very crispy, and bacon very very ... very well done (however many "verys" it takes to get them to serve it so crisp that it shatters when I touch it).

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

Do you have a favourite movie? (If so, what is it?)

[firecat]

I have two favorite movies: 2001: A Space Odyssey and Der Himmel Über Berlin (aka Wings of Desire).

I've sort of grown up with 2001 because my dad took me to it when it first opened. I was 6 or 7. I watch it every few years and I find it fascinating that different parts appeal to me each time; it seems some parts got dated and some didn't and some got dated and then got undated again. Also there's this dialogue it has with how culture and technology changed in real life, compared to how they were imagined at the time.

I first saw Wings of Desire in 88 or 89, and I hated it. I have no idea why I even watched it again, but the second time I watched it, it hooked into a spiritual/shamanic experience I'd had, and I ended up being really moved by parts of it. There are parts I still hate, but the parts I love matter to me more.