sincere: DGM: Lenalee's back to the viewer (a modest prayer for awesome ;;)
Soooo, we were too tired to play last night, but I made up for it by playing a fuckton today.

Unfortunately, all of that playing was to get back to the same point where we already were! That's right. I restarted. Because I saw that I had missed a sidequest and a discovery, and I make good decisions.


Starting from: "Sophie?" has joined the party!
sincere: DGM: Lenalee's back to the viewer (come hither ;;)
In which we hope to earn Asbel's disco suit so that I can beg and plead for a costume to replace it with.


Starting point: Tiny kids in Barona.
sincere: TOV: Estelle is fond (the sweetest thing ;;)
Now that all that bland horror stuff is out of the way, are you ready for friendship?! That's right, I didn't think so. Well, brace yourself. Bonds of friendship are eternal, as the game box informs me!!


Starting from: YOU'RE NOT MY REAL DAD, I mean, tiny Asbel just met with his father to learn about the new kid coming to visit.
sincere: DGM: Lenalee's back to the viewer (really? really...? ;;)
Oh my god okay so Tales of Graces go.

We had to go out and it took for-fucking-ever. I've already played what I choose to pretend was an hour of TOG because otherwise we won't get to play Downpour.
sincere: DGM: Lenalee's back to the viewer (where did we go astray ;;)
This is a translation of the Tales of Vesperia novels: The Silence of the Dragon-rider, Judith's story. I am only responsible for translating it, and for any content in ((double parentheses)).

In which every horrible thing that could happen happens. )
sincere: DGM: Lenalee's back to the viewer (sweet as candy ;;)
Get your stinking paws off my food, you damn dirty cheagles!

aka, it's time for more of Kay Plays Tales of the Abyss 3DS. Today we will get some new party members or I will eat my hat. And they will insinuate things about Luke and Tear that I won't appreciate!

Spoilers will be contained herein, and you're welcome to spoil me. Or to try. I am pretty tough to spoil, considering I completed this game years ago.
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 (you'll like it ;;)
Yeah yeah. You know the drill. I will make comments as I go through. They probably won't be awesome or insightful comments.

It's okay to leaves spoilers in this one, guys.
sincere: DGM: Lenalee's back to the viewer (the best at everything ;;)
Okay. I'm alive again. Back to my 75%. I have today off and I took tomorrow off because I'm probably still contagious and I'd like to not spread the plague to Colorado. I'm going to do a whole bunch of things today. Here, I will talk about them!

  • Shower.
    Yeah. Don't ask about the last time I was clean. You won't like the answer.

  • Consider doing some of the 72 tags in my inbox.
    But I don't know if that will happen. That might take more energy than I have.

  • Play Tales of the Abyss 3DS.
    I don't know if I'm going to be able to app Peony at [insanejournal.com profile] marinasylum in March given the current state of my tags, but we'll see.

  • Watch some of the pile of TV I want to finish.
    Here's the current list of TV shows I want to watch: finish Sherlock season 2, and catch up on Parks & Rec; try Big Bang Theory, Grimm, Once Upon A Time, The River, Alcatraz, Ringer, Homeland, Smash, and Terra Nova. Fuck yeah.

  • Transcribe more of the Silence of the Dragonrider chapter.
    I meant to do more of that while I was at the funeral, but... yeah. Deathly ill and incapable of movement or not being in pain prevented that from happening, so I'm very behind.

  • Write, write, write.
    I have a lot of reasons to be psyched for writing. Here are all the things I am writing for:
    • [community profile] fic_promptly is doing a challenge week -- fill as many prompts as you can. No one submits Tales of Vesperia prompts but me, so I will be filling out my own prompts + old Vesperia prompts, plus whatever "any" prompts catch my eye. (2 done so far.)

    • [community profile] areyougame prompts are up. Few of them are Vesperia, but for some reason a lot of other series ones caught my eye. I will be trying my hand at those.

    • [community profile] tales_100 prompt for the week, "wintry".

    • [community profile] no_true_pair prompts are out, and I have 4-7 things I want to write for it, minimum. I have one started at about 10%.

    • My [community profile] newgameplus assignment is about 60% done. It is not Vesperia-related! I know this writing list is shocking. (DONE.)


  • Let's see how awesome I can be today! (gym)
sincere: TOA: Ion hovers uncertainly (your eyes open ;;)
I ordered Tales of the Abyss 3DS and I was hoping it would arrive in time for me to play it while I was in New York for the funeral and had nothing else to do/play. I tracked the shipment diligently.

It was shipped on the 12th, so I was excited.

The 14th came and went.

On the 15th they updated the USPS delivery date to say it would come on the 21st.

I left for New York on the 16th.

And wouldn't you know it, it arrived mere hours later.

It never fails! I can't have nice things.
sincere: DGM: Lenalee's back to the viewer (where did we go astray ;;)
This is a translation of the Tales of Vesperia novels: The Silence of the Dragon-rider, Judith's story. I am only responsible for translating it, and for any content in ((double parentheses)).

In which Hermes realizes, I've made a huge mistake. )
sincere: TOA: Ion hovers uncertainly (your eyes open ;;)
This is a translation of the Tales of Vesperia novels: The Silence of the Dragon-rider, Judith's story. I am only responsible for translating it, and for any content in ((double parentheses)).

In which things get a little brainwashy up in here. )
sincere: DGM: Lenalee's back to the viewer (sketch is life ;;)
This is a translation of the Tales of Vesperia novels: The Silence of the Dragon-rider, Judith's story. I am only responsible for translating it, and for any content in ((double parentheses)).

In which Hermes wins a Father of the Year award, I'm pretty sure. )
sincere: DGM: Lenalee's back to the viewer (lies awake ;;)
This is a translation of the Tales of Vesperia novels: The Silence of the Dragon-rider, Judith's story. I am only responsible for translating it, and for any content in ((double parentheses)).

In which Judith finally meets someone who can teach her to use her nageeg. )
sincere: DGM: Lenalee's back to the viewer (where did we go astray ;;)
This is a translation of the Tales of Vesperia novels: The Silence of the Dragon-rider, Judith's story. I am only responsible for translating it, and for any content in ((double parentheses)).

In which we finally meet 'him', and tomorrow doesn't come. )
sincere: DGM: Lenalee's back to the viewer (for her grave ;;)
This is a translation of the Tales of Vesperia novels: The Silence of the Dragon-rider, Judith's story. I am only responsible for translating it, and for any content in ((double parentheses)).

In which 'someone' has no luck at all, an eight-year-old Judith enjoys school even less, and Krityans don't seem to be as benevolent as we've all heard... )
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!
sincere: DGM: Lenalee's back to the viewer (sketch is life ;;)
This is a translation of the Tales of Vesperia novels: The Silence of the Dragon-rider, Judith's story. I am only responsible for translating it, and for any content in ((double parentheses)).

In which a six-year-old Judith doesn't enjoy school, cooks for her dad, and 'someone' is very, very lonely. )
sincere: DGM: Lenalee's back to the viewer (purity of heart ;;)
gdit fine I'll have a Plurk. Stupid universe. Friend if you got 'em.

I've been doing an awesome amount of writing. \o\ Yay for [community profile] areyougame and 750words! I got two Tales of the Abyss ficthings and one Kingdom Hearts ficthings done at [community profile] insincere. Tomorrow I have an actual Tales of Vesperia piece due. My first TOV fic. *inexplicably weirded out*

Have a meme. This is a "First game fandom of the year/Last game fandom of the year" meme. But I'm bored, and mostly interested in this part: Tales of Vesperia, last fandom of the year, go!


GAME ★ Tales of Vesperia
These are a few of my favorite... )
sincere: DGM: Lenalee's back to the viewer (simple purity ;;)
After having read the summary of the first part of the Tales of Vesperia novel with Raven's backstory, I... think I ship Raven/Sodia. In the game and in the novel Raven has compared her to Flynn (he said that Yuri and Flynn remind him of himself and Casey; since Raven and Yuri have a lot in common, I've always assumed that Flynn must remind him of her). This is still a decent comparison after reading the novel; they certainly have a lot of attitudes and conflicts in common.

But Casey seems very Sodialike, too. I thought so the moment she snapped at Duke for suggesting they flee the battlefield, because that's not what Commandant Alexei said; when they said things like she never made sarcastic commentary; when they commented on her strict unsmiling hostility towards young!Raven. Now I kind of want to fic Raven/Sodia.

Also, Casey was a captain? Awesome. Go go female captain.

Also, loved the Alexei we saw in this novel, it explains so much about why Flynn idolized him.



Doing a fun fandom meme because I've wanted to do it and [personal profile] cypher posted a version I haven't done yet. With some tweaking because I'm fussy:


Ask me about any character I know, and I will pick [at least] one most of the following and tell you:

(a) Three facts about them from my personal fanon.
(b) Two reasons they're amazing.
(c) Five things that I'd like to see happen to them.
(d) Three people that I might ship that character with and why.


Ask if you're in doubt about a fandom!