Between the good and bad, that's where you'll find me, Reaching for Heaven

So... I've been a bit invisible lately due to Not Feeling Like Myself due to That Time of the Month impending and simply crashing after all the emotional roller coaster rides I've been on lately. I've been by turns:

--Watching random classical music vids on YouTube

--Sloooowly catching up on carpe_ho_ras tags (Next to Parsifal, Ryuk has had the biggest intro to date of my characters: proof of how popular Death Note is).

--Typing/posting another fic for comment_fic; will post to another entry

--Alternating reading chapters of Gormenghast with watching the miniseries (via YouTube): Best way to compare and contrast them (And I like 'em both. Drat the nay-sayers who whine in the YT comments about the Pre-Raphaelite art design and the brighter lighting: I think it creates a better contrast, and in some cases, I find it an interesting foil to the Gothic elements). And phooey on the nuts who gripe about Jonathan Rhys-Meyers: he might be prettier than the book version of Steerpike, but boy, does he have the personality nailed left, right and center (scary....); there is something to be said for good-looking villains: it's that whole "evil looks attractive" thing. ( :: Glares at another good-looking villain, in headspace, for drooling...:: ) Also having some Carpe Horas-related hilarity whilst reading the critical essays in the back of the omnibus (borrowed from the Lowell Library; will likely be returning it once my own copy shows up in the mail -- used via Amazon): One essay describes Steerpike as having "vampiric qualities", which lead me to snerk, "Not quite, but his self-appointed mentor does, and if the cards get played right, he might wind up as a sympathetic energy phage..."

--Rewatching Blood Plus, since Riku Miyagusuku has joined the chorus in headspace, and I think he'd be an interesting new arrival to the Mansion: Nice, sensible, cute little guy who just happens to be a dhampire/chiropteran chevalier. I had forgotten how much this anime plays like what you get if you throw Hellsing, a Robert Ludlam novel, a schoolgirl samurai flick and some warm-fuzzy family drama into a blender. And is it me, or is Van Argiano an Expy of Muraki (and possibly a role Crispin Freeman took up because he'd flaked out taking the role of His Paleness in the dub of YnM)? Also, there seems to be much Talking To Himself in this anime: the guy who voiced Kai Miyagusuku also voices a desk clerk who dickers with him, and then there's Crispin Freeman voicing a mook technician who grumbles at Argiano.