Good Happenings Meme: Day Five!
Sep. 23rd, 2014 06:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mithen1. It was my first day of one of my more difficult classes, and the energy seemed generally positive and interested, which is good. I'm trying some new things and hoping to turn it around a bit (we have three-year-long seminars here, which is wonderful, but if the mood starts to sour it can be a panicky feeling, knowing there's still a year and a half to go!)
2. My usual haircutting place has moved to a new place next door and it's all shiny and new, which is nice!
3. Yuletide nominations are open and I'm having a lot of fun contemplating my possible nominations! So far I think my three are going to be:
--Lord of the Rings Online, because I've fallen in love with two of the characters original to that game (a Dunlending and a Rohirrim who fall in love, I'm rooting for them so much and hoping they don't get a cliched tragic ending) and would love to see fic for them.
--The Bride's Stories, which is a wonderful manga about a woman in central Asia in the late 1800s who has moved from a rural tribe to a town to marry. The marriage is basically arranged, and the groom is 12 and she's 20 (in the context of the manga, she's considered far too ancient for him). Over time as he matures, she truly falls in love with him. The supporting cast is amazing, the art is staggering, and I find the romance incredibly charming (I suppose it's a bit squicky and will probably require an "underage sex" tag, but damn it, they're so sweet together!)
Here's a page that shows how dynamic the art is:
And here are Amir and Karluk together, shortly after Karluk has saved her life and she suddenly finds herself flustered and awkward around the groom she has always seen as a boy:
--Koi to ha Yobenai, the manga I mentioned a while back, because it's sooo cute.
2. My usual haircutting place has moved to a new place next door and it's all shiny and new, which is nice!
3. Yuletide nominations are open and I'm having a lot of fun contemplating my possible nominations! So far I think my three are going to be:
--Lord of the Rings Online, because I've fallen in love with two of the characters original to that game (a Dunlending and a Rohirrim who fall in love, I'm rooting for them so much and hoping they don't get a cliched tragic ending) and would love to see fic for them.
--The Bride's Stories, which is a wonderful manga about a woman in central Asia in the late 1800s who has moved from a rural tribe to a town to marry. The marriage is basically arranged, and the groom is 12 and she's 20 (in the context of the manga, she's considered far too ancient for him). Over time as he matures, she truly falls in love with him. The supporting cast is amazing, the art is staggering, and I find the romance incredibly charming (I suppose it's a bit squicky and will probably require an "underage sex" tag, but damn it, they're so sweet together!)
Here's a page that shows how dynamic the art is:
And here are Amir and Karluk together, shortly after Karluk has saved her life and she suddenly finds herself flustered and awkward around the groom she has always seen as a boy:
--Koi to ha Yobenai, the manga I mentioned a while back, because it's sooo cute.
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Date: 2014-09-23 02:57 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-10-02 04:49 am (UTC)