And a Smile on the Face of the Dragon
Officers' Training Seminar: Building Trust and Teamwork in the Heavenly Army
The Rules of Engagement
Yozakura
String Theory
White Tiger
Summer Outing
Belling the Cat
Water Sports
Yuanfen
Body of Knowledge
If you were sent or somehow surfed to this lj, odds are it was for this series, so welcome and I hope you enjoy it. It all started out with my second-ever fic, which was written for a prompt on the Anonymous Saiyuki Kink Meme. Some of the feedback at the meme suggested I should: 1) get an lj; and 2) continue the story line, so here is the result. The series is currently unfinished, so expect to see it continued and expanded upon until you see an epilogue, which strangely enough is pretty much written. It's the middle of the tale that needs some serious work at this point.
There's also a few non series fics here, so feel free to browse. Grand majority is Saiyuki Gaiden, but there's a bit of the regular Saiyuki to be found. All are yaoi, so caveat emptor, people!
Some who have been reading along all this time will be surprised to see String Theory is currently in the series list. Not originally written for it, true, but the whole "what to name this series" brainstorming week brought on an inspiration as to how to tie the whole thing together and end it, and because of that String Theory needed to be included.
Oh, and a shout out of thanks for the input on the "naming the series" challenge!
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David Carradine behind the wheel: "We like it violent, violent, violent!"
As I do my taichi training at a shaolin kung fu school, I cannot help but have a special place in my heart for David Carradine, the star of the old tv series Kung Fu and the infamous Bill of both Kill Bill movies. In honor of his passing from an apparent sex scene done badly (that's the latest word on the subject, anyhoo, upgraded from suicide) tonight we watched my all-time favorite David Carradine movie; Roger Corman's 1975 Death Race 2000, the infamous "cross country car race where you pick up points by running over people" cult film extraordinaire. David played the racer Frankenstein (here's a pic of his car, the Beast); the film is also notable for the scene where he dukes it out with fellow racer Sylvester Stallone. You realize what that means; Rocky vs. Kwai Chang Kane! (Spoiler: the winner is the one with the hand grenade). Ah, yes. David was truly one of a kind.
We'll miss you, oh grasshopper!
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sad - Music:"Godzilla March" I think...
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theskywasblue !Orange paper plane;
perfect birthday gift for one
called 'theskywasblue.'
Today is the fifth of June, which, as any Saiyuki fan worth their manga collection knows, is pronounced "GO-JUN."
So today we officially kick off our freshly moved Goujun Appreciation Month, changed to June in deference to
jibii and other Sanzo Appreciation Month afficionados who believe March too small a month to celebrate two pretty boys in the same thirty-one day span.So, all of you who started something but never quite got it finished for GAM Mark One, you have another chance to Appreciate the Great White and Scaly One!
Remember to bop on over to
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haku_ryuu when you get a chance. tj_dragonblade is doing an outstanding job setting it up. Kudos!- Mood:
bouncy
macavitykitsune says "Why oh why did you do the Godzilla Edition?" and I answer "Would you rather have had a 50's Scifi Edition?" and she says "Yes!" without truly thinking through the repercussions of such a rash statement.( Cue creepy theremin music )
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macavitykitsune grumped at me this morning that she was worried I was filling my movie meme with Godzilla, I felt compelled to do this. It's your fault, girl. All Kaiju, all the time. Betcha thought I couldn't do it.1. Name a movie that you have seen more than 10 times. It’s easier to name the ones I haven’t; Gorath, Son of Godzilla, and Battle in Outer Space
2. Name a movie that you’ve seen multiple times in the theatre. Godzilla, King of the Monsters
4. Name an actor that would make you less likely to see a movie. Baby Godzilla… does he count as an actor?
5. Name a movie that you can do quotes from. Destroy All Monsters. “Listen to the monsters in their cries of horror and sudden death!” “You let all the monsters loose when the chief was gone!”
6. Name a movie musical that you know all of the lyrics to all of the songs. Mothra. “Mosura ya! Mosura! Dongan katta kuyam indomu!” (all Mothra songs are allegedly in Indonesian, you see)
7. Name a movie that you have been known to sing along with. Gamera vs. Guiron MST3K wrote a “translation” of the Gamera theme for this film, and I swear you can’t watch it and not sing “Gamera is really neat/ he is filled with turtle meat/ we all love you Gamera!”
8. Name a movie that you would recommend everyone to see. Gojira (1954) Unmarred by westernization or added Raymond Burr footage. Original, uncut, and surprisingly good.
9. Name a movie that you own. All of the Showa series. Half of the Heisei series. ¾ of the Showa Gamera. 2 of the Heisei Gamera… assorted knock offs like the Korean Yongarry, Monster From the Deep.
10. Name an actor that launched his/her entertainment career in another medium but who has surprised you with his/her acting chops. Yumi and Emi Ito, aka “The Peanuts” singing duo, aka the Twin Fairies of Infant Island
11. Name a movie that you keep meaning to see but just haven’t yet gotten around to it. Nope. Seen ‘em all.
12. Ever walked out of a movie? I can’t watch Son of Godzilla. That’s almost like walking out.
13. Name a movie that made you cry in the theater. Ah, well, when I went to see Terror of Mechagodzilla at a matinee the kids were so rowdy they stopped the movie. I was close to tears…
14. What’s the last movie you saw in the theatre? Godzilla: Final Wars
15. What’s your favorite/preferred genre of movie? Kaiju eiga
16.What’s the first movie you remember seeing in the theatre? Terror of Mechagodzilla
17.What movie do you wish you had never seen? Son of Godzilla
18. What is the weirdest movie you enjoyed? Bambi vs. Godzilla
19. What is the scariest movie you’ve seen? Matango, the Fungus of Terror giggling mushroom people? *shudders*
20. What is the funniest movie you’ve seen? Gamera vs. Guiron or Gamera vs. Zigra- how does one choose between magnitude 18 earth quakes, sparkly space women with glowing eyes who do the bidding of goblin-shark spaceships… and giant knife monsters with brain-eating alien hotties who feed you donuts? I ask you, how?
21. One movie you loved when you were a child: Godzilla vs. Mothra the giant insect with the mostest, baby.
22. One movie you’ve seen more than once: Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster
23. One movie you loved, but were embarrassed to admit it: The X From Outer Space Giant Space Chicken rampages across the
24. One movie you hated: Godzilla (1988) that thing with Matthew Broderick… ouch.
25. One movie that bored you: Atragon, the Flying Super Sub Absolute snoozeville until Manda the dragon gets his screen time.
26. One movie that made you happy: The
27. One movie that made you miserable: King Kong vs. Godzilla. Just this side of Son of Godzilla in sheer leg-chewing horroribleness
28. One movie you weren’t brave enough to see: any of the Kaiju Big Battle series
29. One movie character you’ve fallen in love with: Ah, of all of them, I’d have to say Mothra is my favorite. Winged version, of course. You go, girl!
30. The next movie you hope to see: Godzilla 3-D (set for a 2011 release date)
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macavitykitsune knows I am a big movie So here goes!
1. Name a movie that you have seen more than 10 times. Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1954) …though you could easily add a zero to that number.
2. Name a movie that you’ve seen multiple times in the theatre. Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)- and in 3-D to boot!!!
3. Name an actor that would make you more inclined to see a movie. Vincent Price
4. Name an actor that would make you less likely to see a movie. John Wayne
5. Name a movie that you can do quotes from. Addams Family Values (1993) “These Addams men, where do you find them?” “It has to be damp.”
6. Name a movie musical that you know all of the lyrics to all of the songs.
7. Name a movie that you have been known to sing along with. Top Hat (1935) “…and I seem to find the happiness I seek when we’re out together dancing cheek to cheek!”- I also dance to it. A bit. *cough*
8. Name a movie that you would recommend everyone to see. The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
9. Name a movie that you own. Every one of the films I’ve mentioned so far, actually… as well as such lovely obscurities such as Bride With White Hair II (1993)
10. Name an actor that launched his/her entertainment career in another medium but who has surprised you with his/her acting chops. Buster Keaton
11. Name a movie that you keep meaning to see but just haven’t yet gotten around to it. Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams (1990). I’ve seen pretty much everything else released overseas, so might as well…
12. Ever walked out of a movie? Many. The last one was Mr. Hulot’s Holiday (1953)
13. Name a movie that made you cry in the theater. Bambi (1942)
14. What’s the last movie you saw in the theatre? X-Men: Origins (2009)
15. What’s your favorite/preferred genre of movie? SciFi- the cheesier, the better
16.What’s the first movie you remember seeing in the theatre? 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)… I was six years old at the time, and my folks obviously hadn’t found a baby-sitter for the evening. I kept asking about the monkeys. “Shhh, they’re space monkeys, now be quiet” my mom told me…
17.What movie do you wish you had never seen? Last Year at Marienbad (1961) run far, far from this boring bit of pretentious twaddle. I’ve warned you.
18. What is the weirdest movie you enjoyed? Dr. Caligari (1989) Not the silent film Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, note. Not a remake, either. It’s… trust me, it’s even weirder than Un Chien Andalou (1929), and that’s saying something.
19. What is the scariest movie you’ve seen? An Inconvenient Truth (2006) I’m still haunted by the polar bears…
20. What is the funniest movie you’ve seen? Ooh, that’s a tie between Inframan (1975) and Horror of the Blood Monsters (1970) alternate title; Vampire Men of the Lost Planet. The former a Shaw Brothers rip-off of Ultraman, the other, well… imagine, if you will, a shoddily constructed repackaging of a Filipino caveman vampire flick, where the American release somehow puts it all on a distant planet filled with Filipino vampire cavemen, and in an attempt to cover up the fact the original, not US-made footage is B&W, they give it various color washes and wave it off as “Chromatic Radiations” showering the planet with bouts of being red, green, yellow, blue… you get the picture. John Carradine is involved, so you know it’s good
21. One movie you loved when you were a child: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
22. One movie you’ve seen more than once: Quatermass and the Pit (1967) Hammer Horror at its best!
23. One movie you loved, but were embarrassed to admit it: Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (1988) Chainsaw wielding prostitutes carving people up for the blood sacrifice in their Egyptian cult? Gotta love it.
24. One movie you hated: Blonde Cobra (1963) Oh, film school sounds like fun, sure, but you need to suffer through experimental shit like this all the time. This one left scars.
25. One movie that bored you: La Jetée (1962) Experimental isn’t always bad, and I was so looking forward to this one. Talk about disappointing…
26. One movie that made you happy: Tonari no Totoro (1988)
27. One movie that made you miserable: All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
28. One movie you weren’t brave enough to see: Horton Hears a Who (2008) What next to be desecrated? One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish?
29. One movie character you’ve fallen in love with: La Bête in La Belle et la Bête (1946). You can see a lot of Goujun in him, now that I think about it…
30. The next movie you hope to see: Red Cliff, part II (2008) Just watched part one. Takeshi Kaneshiro as Zhuge Liang? Made of win!!!
Second place in minuswave Fluffy Flash Fiction challenge!!! YAY!!
Surprised me, since: a) I thought myself incapable of drabble (and so far I am; it's 788 words long so fully into short fic category); and b) I thought myself incapable of writing fluff. But it's not too very fluffy, just a sort of a goofy little awwww, so if you are as allergic to saccharine as I am, don't worry! It ain't like that.
For those few who might scratch their heads and go "wtf?" on the title- Tenpou tells you half of it, but the other half is a set of pieces by J.S. Bach called "The Goldberg Variations" which if I am not mistaken were written for this guy who had insomnia, and someone would play them at night to put him to sleep. Remember the scene in Silence of the Lambs where Hannibal Lecter had just done terrible things to his guards, and he pauses a moment to listen to this lovely piano music before he finishes them off with a "Ready when you are, Officer Pembry?" Well, he was listening to "The Goldberg Variations." And now you know.
The other "wtf;" Billina is a talking orange chicken in the Wizard of Oz books. No shit.
Oh, and a note to
helliongoddess ; this is the fic with a logical error in it. Well, some would say it's one big logic error, but one is rather nasty and shows Tenpou's basic misunderstanding of the mechanism. See if you can find it. ^__~Title: Goldberg Variations
Pairing: Kenren/Tenpou
Rating: PG
Summary: Love is a chain reaction… which sometimes involves a chicken.
Disclaimer: Standard disclaimer thingee. Not mine, hers.
( Tenpou Fugit... )
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mellow - Music:Goldberg Variations! Glenn Gould, piano 1957
theskywasblue that I have a thing for writing bad haiku. Specifically what I call Kaiju Haiku, kaiju being Japanese for "strange beast," of the type huge and rubbery and made famous by Toho Pictures. Poems like this one, which is my own personal favorite:Tokyo underfoot
Godzilla's backscales brighten.
Toy tanks no defense.
*bows* thank you, thank you. Brilliant, I know...
theskywasblue for putting the idea in my head in the first place!Anyone else who wants to post a Kaiju Haiku here as a response, I heartily encourage you to do so. Hell, I'd even enjoy kaiju couplets, kaiju limericks or even the odd Elizabethan Kaiju sonnet (looks pointedly at
macavitykitsune for that last one).A new genre of poetry is born!
Cherry blossoms fall,
scattering in the vortex
behind Mothra's wings.
Cherry blossoms fall,
the tree flattened beneath the
foot of Godzilla.
Cherry blossoms fall
unnoticed; Rodan has passed
the Sound Barrier.
- Location:watching "Space Monster Dogora"
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amused - Music:um... "Space Monster Dogora Theme," I guess...
I know, sounds like a Fisher-Price sippy cup or something. But it's not! It's a ficlet actually under 500 words, written by of all people, verbose me! Really, it was written for aeneus' minuswave challenge- but when I finished it I realized it didn't qualify, since the only "fluff" found in this piece is between bunny's ears. So, nothing for the challenge this time around (I think), but I can at least post this here, and sneak something into April at the last possible minute.
Enjoy!
Title: Heart Sutra
Characters: Nii, Bunny, Kougaiji
Ratings: PG
Warnings: Nii. ‘Nuff said.
Summary: Say anything else about the man, but Nii always speaks the truth. He just hides it under a pile of asshole so that you hardly notice.
Disclaimer: Hers, not mine. Blah blah blah.
( dribble drabble )
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pleased - Music:"Plainsong" The Cure
tj_dragonblade is busy setting up the new community devoted to our beloved white dragons of Saiyuki, Haku_ryuu. It's still being set up, so there may be a broken link or two- but she's done a fantastic job, and I for one shower her with appreciation for all her hard work.Thanks, everyone, for sharing the dragon lovin'! See you in June!
tj_dragonblade has put up a poll for the Goujun and Hakuryuu Comm. She's been working hard on getting at least part of it up and running before the end of the month, and she'd like your help in deciding on a name. So, please, go and vote! The commander has spoken!
This way to the poll
Check out
purpleicicles Distraction, pt 1 for shameless dragon lovin'!And remember to bring many, many napkins. Drooling on your computer might short the thing out, and you'd never get to see part 2 or 3 when they come out!
- Location:here, silly!
- Mood: bouncy
- Music:Sounds like the Mound City Blues Blowers...
Name: Tea and Sympathy
Pairings: Goujun/Tenpou implied
Rating: PG (for implying 10Gou in the first place)
Summary: Kanzeon is looking for a new shogi partner. Unfortunately, she’s read Goujun’s character profile.
Disclaimer: Hers, not mine. Blah blah blah and all that.
Written in honor of Goujun Appreciation Month! A little bit of humor with a trace of fluff poking out of its ears. I’ve had this plot bunny sitting around even before Minekura told us Goujun plays shogi, so I figured it was time to grow it into a March Hare. Hope you enjoy.
( this way to Goujun Appreciation )
tj_dragonblade has been working hard on the Big Dragon Master List, and is asking for your recs on the following items:RPs: we are aware of two rp sites with Goujun as a character; past_imperfect and ever_west. If you know of another one, please please please let us know!
AMVs: There's lots of video sites out there, and not enough hours in the day to go through them all. If you're aware of an amv with Goujun in it, send us the link asap so we can put it in the list.
DJs: If you have or know of a doujinshi that's Goujun-centric, tell us about it, please! We'd love to get it mentioned or linked on the list.
Thanks to all in advance to everyone!
ao_jun , a.k.a. Goujun, Dragon King of the Western Seas, Commander of the Armies of the Western Heavens! (at least my ever_west rp version of him)And a happy birthday to
moshesque , who plays Qin, Jun's brother at the ever_west rp! And me- may I be the first to wish me a happy birthday.As a birthday gift to all and in honor of Goujun Appreciation Month, I present you with a page from the Ao Family Album. Sorry, people. Don't own any fancy-schmancy programs to make pretty pics with, which is why this one looks suspiciously like colored pencil on paper. >.>
*pats the down on little Jun-kun's head* He's so fuzzy!
Jun and Qin at Their Shichi Go San
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tj_dragonblade with her Goujun Master Ficlist! First of all, don't forget to rec your favorites. Don't assume someone else will remember that lovely but obscure piece you read months ago. Be the one who puts it on the list!
Secondly, tj's got a preliminary page design and she'd like some feedback. So click on over and check it out (see link below). Let one of us know what works for you, what doesn't, what you want to see that isn't there, and what you see that you think can be tossed out. We're hoping to get a good working version (though not a completed list) of this up and running by the end of GAM, and this is an easy way to share in the dragon love.
Click here to see how the list is coming
lillypuff made this gorgeous banner to use for drooling over shamelessly pimping GAM both hither and yon. She says feel free to use it, but do remember to tell people who created it for us!
Have a favorite fic, picture, what have you? Give us the link here, and we'll compare it to
tj_dragonblade 's Big List of Dragon Lovin', compile the whole fic and pic shebang, and hopefully by the end of Goujun Appreciation Month we'll have the list complete and ready to peruse. Big thanks to yasashii_kawa and tj for volunteering to help work on that!What sorts of things could you recommend, you ask? Here's a short list of suggestions. If there's something I've missed, let me know and I'll add it to the list as we go. The sky's the limit, people! Anything that doesn't fit in a "fic or pic" recs page can go on an "odds and ends" rec page of it's own. I for one would love to see that!
Things you could recommend:
Fan fic
Images
Icons
Dragon Musings (interesting discussions about Goujun)
rps
Chinese Dragon FAQs and Lore
Thanks in advance to all who contribute! Hope to hear from lots of you dragon lovers out there. And remember- pass on the lovin'!
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