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[ SECRET POST #2562 ]

⌈ Secret Post #2562 ⌋

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[Picture is the cover art? of the 20th anniversary special edition of the manga "Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon". It shows the titular character, a young woman with light skin, long blond hair done up in two buns that end in pigtails, and blue eyes wearing a sort of sailor-style school uniform and looking cute.]

I want to be excited about this, but... There's no solid release date, no promo art, no voice actors confirmed and no news on dub licenses. It's disappointing.

Until we get SOMETHING confirmed, my assumption is that it isn't happening at all.

[Picture is a close up of two hands that are linking their little fingers together. The hands belong to Brittany Pierce, as portrayed by Heather Morris, and Santana Lopez, as portrayed by Naya Rivera, from the TV series "Glee". Brittany has light skin and (unseen in this picture) blond hair, while Santana has olive skin and (unseen in this picture) dark hair. They are both wearing a cheerleader uniform? consisting of a red sweater and a short red skirt. They often did the little-finger-holding thing in the series.]

I thought the finger holding was SO SEXY.

Secret Because: I'm a Straight girl.

[Picture is the comedian Doug Walker better known as "That Guy With the Glasses" and "The Nostalgia Critic". He is a man with light skin, short dark hair and a very thin beard and mustache wearing eyeglasses, a dark cap, a white T-shirt?, a maroon tie and a black suit jacket. He is making a sort of fierce face while he lifts his fist at something off-screen.]

I nearly stopped watching after his Pearl Harbor review where he glamorized the genocidal horror shows that was Imperial Japan at the expense of the US military and then went on an angry, humorless rant about Michael Bay disrespecting sailors by showing that some of them couldn't swim. (So? Some of them ACTUALLY COULDN'T SWIM.) Then again after his AI review, where he said that religious belief makes you less human. But I gave up on him completely after his Top 11 Dumbest Lord of the Rings Moments review, where he in all seriousness criticized the films for making Sam and Frodo's friendship too gay.

[Picture is a fanart of Tauriel and Kíli from the film "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug". Tauriel is an elf with light skin and long red hair wearing green and brown clothes (tunic, vest, cape, trousers/pants, arm guards, boots), while Kíli is a dwarf with light olive skin and longish brown hair wearing brown clothes (tunix, vest, cape, trousers/pants, arm guards, boots, if warmer looking). They are contentedly hugging each other. Kíli is shorter than Tauriel, so he is resting on her lap.]

After watching the movie, I kept wondering why I fell so hard for this ship (I was prepared to hate it). I finally figured it out:

It's the role reversal. The typical gender roles are totally switched around- It's Tauriel, the girl, who protects Kili and saves his life (multiple times even!) instead of the guy doing all the protecting and saving, as it is usually in movies. Meanwhile, Kili plays the usually female role of having a crush on the hero and swooning after her. Unf.

(Art used without permission.)

Links to fanart:

On DeviantART:

http://spader7.deviantart.com/art/Kiliel-419756888

On Tumblr:

http://spader7.tumblr.com/post/69992155836

[Pictures are the posters of the movies "The Avengers", "Sherlock Holmes" (directed by Guy Ritchie), "The Dark Knight", "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (directed by Peter Jackson" and "Star Trek" (reboot), plus the logos of the TV series "Battlestar Galactica" and "Doctor Who".]

Whenever I'm watching something that is an adaptation/continuation/reboot/re-imagining of something that's been around quite a while, I find myself trying to imagine what it would be like to be a fan from decades ago who suddenly traveled forward in time and stumbled upon this new version. If I had just turned on the TV and started watching any particular moment, how long would it take me to realize what I was seeing? Would I like it?

I've started having a hard time NOT doing this. I wish I could just enjoy things normally again.

[Picture is Donna Noble, as portrayed by Catherine Tate, and Amy Pond, as portrayed by Karen Gillan, from the TV series "Doctor Who". They are both women with light skin and long red hair wearing white wedding dresses.]

I think part of the reason I love Amy so much is, when she was first introduced, I sort of assumed that she was meant as a "fuck you" to RTD for what was done to Donna. Since then, I've learned enough about Moffat to know that's not what happened, and Amy grew in different directions, but in my mind, she still ended up inheriting some of Donna's awesomeness by association.

[Picture is a white owl with a little black in its feathers.]

Of all the deaths in Book Seven, Hedwig's hit me the hardest.

[Picture is the actress Michelle Trachtenberg, who portrayed Dawn Summers in the TV series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", mock-attacking the creator of the series Joss Whedon with a sword. Whedon is giving a sort of meta/fourth-wall-breaking look at the camera.]

Knowing his obsession with petite young women who kick ass, I assume this expression is the prelude to Joss Whedon's O-face.

[Picture is Delenn, as portrayed by Mira Furlan, from the TV series "Babylon 5". She is a humanoid alien with no hair, light pinkish skin, blue eyes, and this sort of exoskeleton bone thing wrapping around her head. She is part of the religious caste of the Minbari species. She is wearing pretty classy clothes and smiling.]

The way her lips shape when she smiles is very similar to mine. This makes me feel kind of awesome.

Edited (thanks, anon!) 2014-01-08 05:38 (UTC)

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[ SECRET POST #2562 ]

Transcripts!

Secret 1 - Sailor Moon (new upcoming anime adaptation)

Secret 2 - Glee (TV series)

Secret 3 - The Nostalgia Critic (internet comedian and reviewer)

Secret 4 - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (film), shipping, Tauriel and Kíli (characters)

Notes

Secret 5 - Adaptations, reboots, re-imaginings, continuations

Secret 6 - Doctor Who (TV series), Amy Pond and Donna Noble (characters)

Secret 7 - Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows (book)

Secret 8 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series), behind camera scenes, Joss Whedon (director)

Secret 9 - Babylon 5 (TV series)