Overhauling the LJ

I discovered that some of my tags had become pretty much just catch-alls for a particular topic, case in point the fanfiction tag, so I decided to start splitting it up. The main "fanfiction" tag is now mostly for actual fanfictions, while I've created the "fanfiction: notes" for posts where I'm talking about things I'm working on, and "fanfiction: theory and criticism" for when I'm posting about fanfiction as a form of literature. I may do the same with the "writing" tag, splitting it into "writing: original fic" and "writing: fanfiction". This should make it easier for anyone trying to find my actual fanfics. I'm also eliminating the "fanfics" tag and merging it with "fanfiction", since it's redundant.

The catch is, this is taking a while and I haven't been able to make a whole lot of progress on it, since last night my dad and I made an abortive attempt at getting the laptop I've been wanting/needing for some time. Turns out the rebate from Dell which we got only works if you're ordering from the website, and if I did that, the model I'm looking for would cost more than it did at Best Buy. So... we're going to ask my dad's friend "Dana", who's an expert at finding budget-priced laptops if he can find what I'm looking for.

Writer's Block: Thumbs down!

[Error: unknown template qotd] Hard to say, but I think the ones I tend to avoid the most are sports movies and westerns, unless they're classics or they've been recommended to me. I'm not much into sports anyway. And I've found just can't get into most westerns (so explain why I like spaghetti western-inspired anime like Cowboy Bebop and Trigun? :: Laughs:: ).

One tag reorganized... One tag to go (contains anime and fanfiction-related randomosity)

Now to finish reorganizing the "writing" tag, though I'm taking a break, since there's about 200 entries to go through.

Started watching Trigun in earnest: gotta love Vash the Stampede, he's like Abel Nightroad's goofy kid brother who stole Alucard's red duster and orange sunglasses, then modded them a little. Also had more Hey, It's That Voice moments: Vash sounding like The Other Shinigami Named Kurosaki (Ichigo, in Bleach, which I need to get back to); Aramaki as yet another Random Old Guy; Meryl sounding suspiciously like Rit-chan from Those Who Hunt Elves, and a cameo of Mistress Celcia's VA from ditto.

One project that I ditched: adding more tropes to the Yami no Matsuei page on TVTropes. I realized there were way too many tropes (particularly eye-related ones) that fit Muraki too well and I got sick of it.

I also came up with a theory on the identity of the mysterious Edward McLeod, who voiced a certain crooked energy vampire: I remembered something from the commentary on the Evangelion DVDs, where Matt Greenfield came forward as the VA for Huyuuga, and described how he'd stepped in, under a stage name to fill the role when the guy they'd contracted just never showed up for the recording sessions. I wonder if something similar happened when they were dubbing YnM, only in this case, the VA who was supposed to voice Muraki ditched the role after he read through all the scripts, probably thinking to himself, "I can't voice this character, he's an evil [expletive][deleted] in every sense of the words!"

Also banging away on the last full chapter of the Twhinelite crossover: I'd started to write one bit that hinted that something might be going on between Tatsumi and Mercy while the boys were out chasing vampires and whiny girls, but then I remembered that Mercy had been out looking for Bella, though I suppose it's logical she could have gone back to the crummy hotel after she found Bella had gone missing from the hospital. Still, it was fun to imagine the boys' suspicions when one of them notices that the buttons of a certain meticulous fellow's vest are somehow buttoned crookedly...