Essay

[brigdh]

Gah. Deadlines make me procrastinate. If I'm told, for instance, that something is due on September 3rd, I'll think, "That's not for another two weeks. No need to worry now." And I'll wait till the last minute. When I'm writing fic, I want it done as soon as possible, so I don't spend nearly as much time playing Soltaire instead of writing.

But then the deadline's here, and I'm not ready! I need more time! Why did I ever agree to this!

Which is all a long way of saying that I've posted my Tsuzuki/Hisoka essay to ship_manifesto, and I am so nervous about it. Why do I have t go after all these super-cool people? I can't equal them! And why do I have to be the very first anime? Wah.

Comments

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[llorelei.livejournal.com]

You shouldn't worry about it, rushed or not, it was an amazing reading. I'm still in awe at how you could argue your case well without spoiling the series to people. I'd never be able to, my first reaction would be 'Let me tell you about the end of the Kyoto Arc...' *g*

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[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Dude, the temptation was *so* there. I mean, when you think Tsuzuki/Hisoka, the first thing that comes to mind is 'They'd rather DIE THAN BE APART OMG THE EPIC LOVE'.

But I realized that most people on

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Dude, the temptation was *so* there. I mean, when you think Tsuzuki/Hisoka, the first thing that comes to mind is 'They'd rather DIE THAN BE APART OMG THE EPIC LOVE'.

But I realized that most people on <lj="ship_manifesto"> would never have heard of the series, and as I am greedy and want to seduce as many people to the fandom as possible, I thought I'd better let them discover it on their own.

And thank you so much for your comments. You have no idea how nervous I was; I've been sitting here obsessively refreshing my inbox, going "No one commented! No one commented! No one commented!" ^^;

[greekhoop.livejournal.com]

Oh, crap! ship_manifesto!

I completely forgot! *blind panic*

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Bwahahahahaha!

Well, you have. Um. Two whole days?

[kessie.livejournal.com]

Your essay rocked! I now want to go back and watch all the anime and reread all the scanlations and translations obsessively alllll over again, and rediscover Tsuzuki and Hisoka again for the first time.

...'cept I have to sleep because I've work tomorrow. Damn.

*settles for putting on Eden*

Your essay reminded me of my reaction when I finally finished watching the anime and was convinced that Tsuzuki ended up with Tatsumi at the end: "NOOOO! Tsuzuki's supposed to end up with Hisoka, what's going on?! *cries*"

Of course, it was 3am and I was completely exhausted, but anyway. :)

Still can't believe you wrote an entire, extremely convincing essay with little to no spoilers. *awe* My punchline when telling people about YnM is: "And at the end of the anime, Hisoka tells Tsuzuki to live for him, and everything is going to hell, and they're hugging each other, and you just gotta watch it because they love each other!"

*coughs*

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you! #^^#

And hee. It was hard- I do the same thing when I'm telling people about Tsuzuki/Hisoka, usually. I mean, that scene! It's so beautiful and heart-wrenching and sad and happy and OMG OTP OTP. But I figured trying to describe it would never work as well as actually seeing it, so I didn't really talk about it.

[kessie.livejournal.com]

LOL When I saw that scene, I could practically see the plot bunnies bouncing in front of me. ^^; I remember whimpering out, "New fandom, new obsession, well, damn."

[mistressrenet.livejournal.com]

I didn't think to say but I'm so glad you were the first anime, because you handled it with such class.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Aw, thanks. #^^# And I can't wait for your essay! When is it coming up?

[mistressrenet.livejournal.com]

Goyjo/Hakkai/Sanzo is around the 20th, can't remember exactly but I'm already a little panicked about it. I feel like I should watch the anime or something. But really, I know the appeal of them as a trio, so I'm just going to hold to it (and maybe babble a little about Hakkai/Gojyo and Goku too, because the whole of Saiyuki is just a big balancing act...). And then Vash/Wolfwood's further out, I think in October.

[redshoeson.livejournal.com]

See, ppl loved it.

Dope. :P

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Hee. #^^# Thanks.