sincere: TOV: Estelle in a field of flowers (ring a bell ;;)
Hey, you. You out there. With the Playstation 3.

Buy this game.

Please buy it. In fact, preorder it.

Help me help you help me help myself.

If this game doesn't sell well, despite their incompetent handling of everything ever, they may never bring over another Tales of game, and then I will cry.

Here's what you need to know:
  • It's a Tales of game.

  • Tales of games are traditionally awesome.

  • You should support Tales of games.

I would tell you more but that is literally all that I know and I'm excited for it. So you should be too.

Go buy it. I will love you if you do, okay?
sincere: DGM: Lenalee's back to the viewer (VIOLENCE ;;)
VIZ forced Mangastream to drop their JUMP content.

Nooooooo! Fuck you guys! Seriously? Ughhh. This is just the worst month. Mangastream doesn't even keep archives, they delete all their stuff after a month, what more do you want, shitheads? No one is going to wait to buy your crappy tankoubon eighteen months after a chapter comes out just because you have some delusions about shutting down all internet piracy forever, starting with the least offensive scanslator you could find.

Good luck with that.
sincere: TOV: Yuri reclines with a smile, natural (he's got it all ;;)
This is my fandom-pump-up post! I want YOU to get involved in Dreamwidth fandom!

There are currently three seasonal prompt fests just getting going:


[community profile] kinkfest! This is the Dreamwidth version of the LJ comm "springkink". They are currently accepting prompts for all fandoms. You can submit as many prompts as you like! Prompt submission ends February 29th. No one will ever even know that you were the one who requested things, so don't be shy! So go throw down as many prompts as you can think of, for all the pairings you like, and maybe you'll get to read that fic you always wanted. Go now!

[community profile] areyougame! This operates the same way as the above, but it accepts video game fandoms and franchises only. So all you Tales of and Final Fantasy people, go here... or double up and do both! You can submit as many prompts as you like, no one will ever know you're the requester, and prompt submission ends February 18th.

After the prompts close, they will open for claiming, and you can go "Oooh, that one really inspires me. I want to write that!" Then posting will be in March (for [community profile] areyougame) and May (for [community profile] kinkfest). Anything of 100 words or more, or any fanart, or even in some cases fanmixes is acceptable! There is no reason not to participate!


And finally, [community profile] no_true_pair is a totally different take: you submit a numbered list of eight characters from your favorite fandoms / a mix of fandoms, and then the contest posts a list of prompts: For instance, "4 never expected to find 6 in a place like this." Then you fill in your numbers and you can write any that inspire you -- there's no obligation to write a certain amount of them. They can be as shippy or as gen as you like. They'll be unveiling the prompts on February 12th, but you have until February 29th to sign up if you want, and posting starts in March!


Go forth and participate! Or at least submit prompts!
sincere: DGM: Lenalee's back to the viewer (bulletproof ;;)
Now it's time for a few recs.

Mine

[community profile] insincere: For my fic. Yeah yeah.

[community profile] bunnyguild: Because everyone but me had a musebox. Shut up.

Dreamwidth-specific

[site community profile] dw_community_promo: Advertising communities -- a lot are springing up, so check it every now and again if you want to find new communities.

[community profile] dreamcodes: Profile codes, muse lists, CR charts, etc. All the delicious code things a roleplayer could ask for.

[community profile] dreamwidthlayouts: Are the official layouts not cutting it for you? Here are people constantly making more, and they're easy to implement, and gorgeous.

P.S.: If you're not using this layout, you are missing out.

Fandom-related

[community profile] talesof: The Tales of... general series community. Go here to crosspost your fic, have discussions, ask questions, etc.

[community profile] anime_manga: What it says on the tin. All anime and manga content can go here.

Writing!

[community profile] 100_women: I adore big challenge charts and female characters. So this is perfect! It's no-claims, and there are charts for 100, 50, or even just 10 challenges, so it's very low-pressure!

[community profile] tales_100: This is a drabble community for Tales of fandoms; limited to 100 words only. The current prompt is "any past prompt you like", so look through them and see if you're pinged?

[community profile] fic_promptly: Every weekday they post a new topic (for example, today's is "umbrella") and you suggest prompts in the comments that can be specific to whatever fandom you love. It's like a prompt meme on demand. You can also go back and fill old unfilled prompts at any time~ I'm kind of in love with this idea now that I've figured it out.

[community profile] 1sentencefic: 1 sentence writing challenge, naturally. A big table with 100 prompts for which you can write one sentence apiece.

[community profile] no_true_pair: Scheduled. Make a list of 8 characters, and the mods give you a list of prompts -- pairing determined by the number you chose! It's fun and irregular.

[community profile] areyougame: Scheduled. Throw down prompts for your favorite game fandom and then write others!