Kris' Ramblings

I was rooting around amid my old, unfinished art the other night and found a sketch of Sango from "Inuyasha" that I'd played with in Painter. It was interesting enough I decided to clean it up for posting. So, here's some random Inuyasha fanart.

So, with the end of fandom_stocking, the holidays have truly passed. But, it was a good season if a little awkward this year. I got to see some distant family and many goodies were made.

My stocking is here, and it was bursting with awesome this year. Adorable cat photos, gorgeous snow scenes, holiday greetings, and some really nice fanfic gifts.

--Firstly, Changes by jordannamorgan, which is an absolutely amazing follow-up fic for the Ao no/Blue Exorcist anime and a sequel to her earlier fanfic, Crutch. Seriously, this story has all the elements I'd want to see in a continuation of the anime storyline.

--Then, there's Snow Maiden by cornerofmadness, a short fic that goes back to the early style of adventures in Ao no/Blue Exorcist with the Exwires on a monster-hunting expedition. Which is awesome since I've found myself missing that supernatural mystery/action feel as the story has progressed. Say what you will about Inuyasha's rambling storyline, but I always liked how, after every major arc, Takahashi put the Inuyasha gang back on the road for a few mostly stand-alone adventures battling new and interesting creatures.

--And, Hotsprings and Truces by vexed_wench, a sweet Inuyasha drabble wherein Sesshoumaru pretends he isn't looking out for Rin and succeeds in fooling no one.

Again, thank you to everyone involved!

Now, in the land of physical Christmas presents, it was mostly DVD's this year. I'm slowly amassing a nice library to have on hand through the cold months. Highlights include a complete set of the "Hero Tales" anime (love those Arakawa designs), a couple of the Marvel movies I hadn't collected yet, and "Seabiscuit". Then, there is the FMA hoodie that jordannamorgan sent (along with some fun goodies and peppermint). It is wondermous. Just look at it. Thank you so much, jordannamorgan! And, a thanks to all my other movie and goodie enablers.

And, another fandom_stocking is over. I wanted to do a bit more this year, but it just wouldn't come together. Still, I completed a oneshot, another installment in my dragon!Royverse, and two drabbles, all of which I'll be posting over the next few days.

My own stocking was a little bag of happiness. I got a lot of well wishes, gorgeous photo links, Inuyasha fanart, and two lovely fanfic gifts.

First, Wardrobe Adjustment by jordannamorgan, a wonderful Ao no/Blue Exorcist fic featuring all my favorite things - demon!Yukio, anime follow-up, sibling shenanigans, and awesome friendship feels between the twins and Shiemi.

Then, there were even more family/friendship feels plus wintry goodness in First Snow by evil_little_dog, a sweet FMA fic with Ed, Al, and Winry enjoying Al's first snowfall after regaining his body.

Thanks so much to everyone!

So, I'm just going to fangirl here for a bit because awesome fannish things have happened lately.

First, I finally collected all of the Inuyasha manga. Yes, all 56 volumes. In celebration, I gathered together my anime/manga collection once more just because. It's - gotten - a bit - larger - since - last - time. Mostly with manga. I've really been collecting manga lately.

Then, jordannamorgan sent me these awesome little guys she found at Anime Day.

Finally, as the icing on the cake, I was pointed to this fan comic of my old SWAT Kat fanfic "Nuke It!" And, the artist has expressed interest in doing a full-length project with part of mine and mintysage's "They That Walk in Darkness" series.

...I'll just be over here making embarrassing squeeing sounds, okay?

::points to her icon:: It did, in fact, snow today! It didn't amount to anything, but it was lovely to see all the same. One last taste of winter before the miserable heat comes. (Yes, mintysage, I know my brain is broken. If I thought I could do your job, I'd trade places with you. But, I can't count.)

In website news, I finally remembered that I had an Inuyasha site and posted my most recent drabbles along with doing a little housekeeping. My next project is the SWAT Kat Fanfiction Archive.

Blargh! I've spent the last few days half out of it thanks to allergies and such, but I think I'm finally winning. That or there's a lull in the pollen. But, I can work with that!

The allergy energy drain has made for very unproductive days, but I have gotten some sketching done. Mostly attempting to illustrate this little scene from jordannamorgan's fanfic Family. Please, please feel free to point out all eleventy billion things wrong with it. Al is slowly driving me to distraction since I know there's something wrong, just not exactly what. And, something weird is going on with the angles of Ed's book, but I can probably badger someone into holding a book for me.

And, of course, I finished "Inuyasha: The Final Act". And, the finale was everything I wanted. ( More fangirl babble behind the cut... )

And, another Inuyasha drabble. Inspired by last week's Inuyasha: The Final Act, episode 19.

( Impetus (Inuyasha) )

I'm still debating the title. Maybe "Whisper" instead?

Website Updates: ARGH! I was supposed to post this here weeks ago and kept alternately forgetting or putting it off. At any rate, the SWAT Kats Fanfiction Archive was updated back on the 8th.

Fangirling: --Warning - Spoilers-- Well, my initial disappointment with "Inuyasha: The Final Act" has faded. It took the series several episodes, but it finally hit its stride. I'm sad that I'll never see parts of the manga animated (and I liked those sword upgrade chapters too), but the show has developed a good balance between cutting what really didn't significantly advance the plot and giving proper attention to the parts that do. The Shippou episode was as hilarious as I remembered, and this past week's adaptation of Kikyou's death was perfect. I even sniffled. And, kudos to whoever decided to pull out the string arrangement of "Dearest". I was expecting Kikyou's theme, and we got that too, but... "Dearest" makes me sniffle all by itself.

And then, there's "Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood", which, as might have been obvious, has me completely hooked. Episodes 19 and 26 were made of absolute win. And, now... Finally! The Briggs arc, one of my favorites from the manga!

Lastly, "Nurarihyon no Mago" gets an anime! I've been following this manga for almost a year now and enjoying it as my "substitute Inuyasha", so I can't wait to see it animated.

Fangirling: They're animating the rest of Inuyasha! FINALLY!!!! YES! YES! YES! And, it's pathetic it took me so long to get the news... I wonder if it came up at that con panel I missed? Ah well... Anyways, YES!

I apparently started this drabble months ago and forgot it. I found it again tonight, gave it the final tweaking it needed, and here it is. It's set during the final chapter of the manga, but doesn't offer any major, major spoilers. I may change the title if/when I think of something better.

( Birth - Inuyasha )