More Naruto, Pitch Black

[thistlechaser]

luminata: If you haven't started this series yet, or if you haven't gotten up to ep 16 yet, stop reading until you get to the " -- ". Spoilers above the line (but I'm not lj-cutting, since they're more than a year old).

ladycosmos mentioned a split in the Naruto fandom over het/slashness of the series. After watch ep #16, I have to say anyone who thinks there's no slashiness in this series is smoking commercial grade crack. Sasuke /died/ for Naruto (or at least that's how it looks, I'm sure next ep he'll be fine), and Naruto broke his demon-seal-thingie because he thinks Sasuke died. And they flashed back to the kiss! And a couple scenes where their eyes met and there was visible blue-white electricity between them! The writers couldn't have made it more clear if the characters were naked and holding signs proclaiming their love for each other.

Sakura is very, very, very annoying. Does she exist for any other reason than lusting after Sasuke, fainting, and following orders (when she's not fainting)? Why the heck did Kakashi, who has never passed a single student after teaching enough of them to fill a book with their names, pass her? She's not a ninja, she's a pink-haired useless fangirl.

Oh, and I wanted to mention the music, too. I love love love the closing theme. I listen to it on every ep (as opposed to skipping the opening/closing themes, as I usually do). The opening theme scares me though -- it sounds like Billy Idol.

ETA: *sniff* The Haku storyline end is so ... tragic. I love this series: it's funny but it has such a serious side, too. Poor, poor, poor Haku just wanted to be loved and needed, and that bad guy whose name I forgot (exile ninja, they called him a demon -- edited again: Ah, Zabuza) was just using him, but came around in the end. "We've been together all this time... so I'll just die next to you..." If crying didn't make my contacts hurt for days after, I'd be sobbing right now. Poor Haku. Drat, can't keep from crying. Poor kid.

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I watched Pitch Black today, too. While the characterization in the movie is laughably bad, I still count it as a good movie. (Not good as in Oscar-quality, but good as in entertaining.) Nice scary/startling parts, cool aliens, nice effects, and yummy Vin. Two thumbs up.

Oh, and unrelated: My monitor is showing colors strangely -- too red, I think. I hope my new icons look okay on other monitors... (I almost can't wait to go to work on Monday so I can check them there.)

Comments

[animarelic.livejournal.com]

Sakura does, believe it or not, get much better.

And if you think the characters are cool now, wait until they start introducing the other teams.

Rock Lee is the cutest thing EVAR.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I'd reply to your comment, but I'm too captivated by your icon. How totally cute!

She gets better? Wow, cool! That's unexpected (but happy!) news.

Eeek! Can't wait!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Rock Lee is the cutest thing EVAR.

YOU LIE!

Arg! He freaks me out! And his teacher! And the giant talking turtle! Arrrggg!

*Sniff* Meanie!

:)

[morinotokei.livejournal.com]

I'm somewhere in the 30's right now (and hopefully will get a lot further this weekend), and completely addicted to this series. I'm sure you understand. ~grin~ Oh, and yes, definitely see the slash between those two.

Hee. I'm not surprised that you like Sasuke the most, especially since I have an idea of your favorite character 'type' now. ^_~

What episode are you on now?

And I love your new Whistle! icons. ^_^

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I'm near the end of 19 now. I paused it and came to add an "edited to add" to my LJ post in an attempt to break the ep's emotion and keep from crying, but I failed. Gods, poor Haku. His father tries to kill him, he ends up on the street at what looks like 3-4 years old, a monster take him in and *uses* him, the poor kid ends up liking that and him, then dies for him! Gah gah gah. I can't believe there's such wonderful seriousness and sadness in what I had first thought would be just a comedy.

Hee. I'm not surprised that you like Sasuke the most, especially since I have an idea of your favorite character 'type' now. And I love your new Whistle! icons. ^_^

Thanks! I'm waiting on making more until I can get my monitor's settings right. Something funky's going on with the colors...

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Oops. Apparently I failed "Closing HTML Tags 101"! :P