grimorie | Life in bulletpoints

First of all, I'm aliiiiive! Sorry for falling off the radar but things have been a lot busy here but thanks for all the support and concern.

Apparently our section of the world is the go to spot for storms with one particular storm stubbornly over staying its welcome for ten straight days. Dammit.

In fannish news I'm trying to get reacquainted with a few series and picking up some new ones. Although, um, most of my new ones seem to come from the anime/manga spectrum. Although its mostly for the slice of life variety than anything else.

Sometimes I don't get fandom. Some vitriol towards a few anime/manga series seems so... out there. I mean, there's hate for Toradora, who would hate Toradora??

Usually I like sunny days but after the storms I find myself suspicious of sunny days. Sunny days are usually followed by torrential rains.

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We have finished the endless recursion of time. We have finished the endless recursion of time.

I think I'm a bit more patient than some fans but the Endless Eight in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya episodes tested me. I have no problem with groundhog day episodes but only if it tells me something new but the whole thing was just literally one episode over and over and OVER again.

Even the director and the voice actors thought it was excessive (and the original director attempted to fight the Execs on it and was... fired. Yeah.) but Executive Meddling still wanted to go through the whole Endless Eight by dedicating eight episodes to what could essentially be done by the third time loop.

Then I hit my boiling point when I learned a movie was coming out, it was an arc that was supposed to be included in the second season. It was in the trailer but it seemed midway the Executives changed their minds and thought to milk the franchise for all its worth and instead of getting just three episodes of Endless Eight we got EIGHT episodes just so they could fill the season 2 episode quota.

It is frelling annoying.

I've also been reading the Wild Mass Guess entries in TV Tropes and I continue to be annoyed by the theory that Kyon is really god and gave Haruhi powers. It doesn't sit right with me.

Although, while justified the fan hate towards Haruhi (the character not the series) annoys me too. Yes, she starts out as a jerkass but I think Haruhi is changing bit by bit and we actually see her change and while most of her actions are extreme in the end she actually doesn't want anyone to get hurt. She just wants to lead a fun and exciting life and have her friends do the same. Except the years she cut herself from social norms had consequences and its only through the SOS brigade, particularly Kyon that she's learning her way back to becoming a normal person.

Also, I think Dr. House is a far more jerkass person Haruhi ever could be and up until this season House was a total jerk and he still has fans loving him up and down the wazzoo.

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I heard the author is finally starting (or finishing?) the tenth Haruhi light novel. I hope he finishes soon because I've been curious how the showdown between the two factions will go.

On the other end, I really hope Haruhi is brought into the loop, I've mentioned it before but I'll mention it again: I'm not comfortable with Haruhi being out of the loop. I know the consequences or at least, I know what Koizumi think would happen and I know why Yuki and Mikuru aren't allowed to tell Haruhi but I'm curious to see how Haruhi will really react. Sure there will be some tough spots but I don't think Haruhi will consciously end the world.

Just look at the Remote Island Syndrome when Haruhi realized someone died, she wasn't ecstatic or thrilled. She became pensive and fearful. She didn't want anyone to actually die. She just wanted to have fun. So, I'm really curious how Haruhi will take to learning she has godlike powers.