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dayadhvam_triad :
"Comment with OOOOO PICK ME! and a fandom and I'll give you a character. You post answers to the questions under the cut. OK? OK."
I have been assigned Kanda Yuu of D.Gray-man.
1. Do you like this character?
Um, yes? He ties with Road Camelot as my second-favorite D.Gray-character. (The first is Allen Walker; third gets rather muddled with General Cross Marian and Tyki Mikk and Lavi and Lenalee Lee and Inspector Howard Link and the Millennium Earl all vying for position and by the time I try for fourth I don't know which way is up...) He hits up some of my favorite characteristics--bitchy, trigger-happy, ummm, pissy, vicious, cold, carries a weapon, blunt, pretty, blatant fanservice, fun to mock...actually, most of those are different ways of saying the same thing... [[EDIT: How could I have forgotten his potty mouth? He swears more than I do. ♥ ]]
2. What name/names do you call this character?
Um? In the past, Bitchyface, um..."Kanda." Prettyboy. Ponytail. Token Samurai. Actually, I made that last one up.
3. What image-colour do you associate with this character?
Um. *squints hard* I tend not to do stuff like "associating colours" with characters, but...black? dark blue? blood red? forest green? hot pink for the lulz?
4. What image-song do you associate with this character?
...Song? People do stuff like that? Wait, I guess they do. OSTs and FSTs and all. Gah, I have no idea. Kanda's the one main character we haven't really gotten to know--Walker chicklets Miranda Lotto and Arystar Krory have more background than him, and they're not even in the Fab Four. We barely know anything of his character or backstory, which is one reason fanfic portrayals of him range so widely in character. (Of course, the other eight-hundred-and-ninety-two reasons are that FanFiction.Net is where good writing goes to die, and a great deal of fantards seem to have selective memory when working from canon and total amnesia when writing AUs.) Also, I am a pop culture n00b--or of any culture at all, really--and completely fail at having appropriate music like that.
Unless you want me to pick a Rurutia song for him, in which case, let's have a go! Um, "ELEMENTS" from R° (track 01) seems most suited, followed by "GOLA" from Promised Land (track 09) and "ABINTRA" from Chorion (track 01). [mE] [mG] [mA] "PAVANE" from Water Forest (track 01) and "HALLELUJAH" also from Promised Land (track 01...wait, I'm sensing a pattern here...beginning tracks of all four albums? if I were superstitious I'd be climbing a tree right now) aren't that bad either. [mP] [mH] The Meme album proves entirely useless, and Seirios isn't translated enough yet--and seems to have an entirely different tone and songwriting style besides. They all might be a bit too girly though...I dunno.
[[EDIT eight months later (what is wrong with me indeed): I've been turning it over in my head and decided a long time ago that ELEMENTS fits him very well if at all (the bit about a shepherd coming, brandishing a sword and ripping through the silence and laughing all the way (ha ha ha), well, it works); for some reason I've latched onto Cross, actually, for PAVANE, and ABINTRA was always a general theme for the entire series. (Also, Seirios? NASA. *hee*) Thinking about it now, HALLELUJAH sounds more like the Noah to me; GOLA...can't think of anything at the moment, but in light of the more recent revelations about Kanda's character I do think that of all the songs I mentioned ELEMENTS is the best. It's also the first track on the first album, and I'll always associate the music with that one YouTube video of high-speed neon car racing...]]
5. What blood-type do you think this character is?
Well, I could tell you for certain...but then I'd have to get up out of the comfy chair, leave my heating pad, climb two flights of winding stairs, clamber over my bed (my room looks like something exploded in it, seriously), grab the tankoubon, and make my way back...only to discover that I have the wrong volume, because my life just works like that. (The Three Cardinal Laws of my life: there was but one true prophet; his name was Murphy; and he was an incurable optimist.) I'd guess he's an O or maybe an AB, though science has proven ketsueki-gata to be about as credible as astrology...I'd totally die laughing if Kanda's a B. *screw it, I'm going to go check the books* Nope, he's AB. *feels special for having guessed something so patently obvious as to be self-evident*
6. Of all of the titles that this character appears in, what character do you like to put this character with?
I'm assuming by "titles" you mean "pairings"/"ships"? I could tell you the most commonly found sooner than I could tell you my personal choice. o_o Um, seriously, the only canonish pairings that have rushed in and struck me over the head with a brick labelled "SHIP" are RoadAllen, LaviLena, KroryEliade (Kroriade?) and NoiseMiranda (Marienda?). And of course Lenalee's head over heels for Allen, and they're obviously going to wind up together eventually, and Cross' habit of hitting on Klaud may or may not be significant (and then there's Anita!), and sometimes something pings me with a tiny "Leecest!" (but I'm good at ignoring things like that)...but for Kanda? Not a peep. He has beef with Allen, history with Lavi and Lenalee, works well with Noise, and doesn't appear to give a fuck about anyone else except his mysterious "person" (whom he may love, hate, have promised someone else he would find for them, hell it could be some random dude who owes him money, I have no fucking clue).
Of course, crack is another story. D_T aptly suggested MugenKanda, which actually makes more sense than most other popular Kandaships if only because hey, it's hisinnocence sword, and he does appear to enjoy using it...moving on from the innuendo, though, there's always the cracky gay triad bubbling in the Pit involving various permutations of him, Allen and Lavi.
7. What would you want to say to this character?
Uhhh... Okay, um, to be frank, I may coo and wibble and mock and belittle Kanda and other characters like him, but if I actually met the guy live and in person? I would be very very quiet and very very respectful and trying very very hard not to piss him off. I'd like to live past adolescence and the hormonal stage, thank you very much.
8. Which do you want to do with this character: Shake hands, hug or kiss?
Again, Kanda? Really? I probably wouldn't even touch him for fear of getting my hands (or other important body parts, like, say, a leg...or head) chopped off. What little sense of self-preservation I have tells me that I'm better off not glomping someone who looks like they'd rather kill me than engage in prolonged nonviolent physical contact. Again, I still don't have a firm handle on Kanda's character, but no way in hell would I push my luck on a chance like that.
BTW, I hate hate hate this horrid pastel theme for my page and I've hated it ever since ten seconds after putting it up (much like that disgusting red-and-black thing that was up before, tasted too much like emo vampires) but I'm too fucking lazy to redo all the work it takes to switch themes without losing my settings but OH MY GOD IT FEELS LIKE THE INTERNET IS VOMITING EASTER INTO MY FAAACE [/dramaqueen]
dayadhvam_triad :"Comment with OOOOO PICK ME! and a fandom and I'll give you a character. You post answers to the questions under the cut. OK? OK."
I have been assigned Kanda Yuu of D.Gray-man.
1. Do you like this character?
Um, yes? He ties with Road Camelot as my second-favorite D.Gray-character. (The first is Allen Walker; third gets rather muddled with General Cross Marian and Tyki Mikk and Lavi and Lenalee Lee and Inspector Howard Link and the Millennium Earl all vying for position and by the time I try for fourth I don't know which way is up...) He hits up some of my favorite characteristics--bitchy, trigger-happy, ummm, pissy, vicious, cold, carries a weapon, blunt, pretty, blatant fanservice, fun to mock...actually, most of those are different ways of saying the same thing... [[EDIT: How could I have forgotten his potty mouth? He swears more than I do. ♥ ]]
2. What name/names do you call this character?
Um? In the past, Bitchyface, um..."Kanda." Prettyboy. Ponytail. Token Samurai. Actually, I made that last one up.
3. What image-colour do you associate with this character?
Um. *squints hard* I tend not to do stuff like "associating colours" with characters, but...black? dark blue? blood red? forest green? hot pink for the lulz?
4. What image-song do you associate with this character?
...Song? People do stuff like that? Wait, I guess they do. OSTs and FSTs and all. Gah, I have no idea. Kanda's the one main character we haven't really gotten to know--Walker chicklets Miranda Lotto and Arystar Krory have more background than him, and they're not even in the Fab Four. We barely know anything of his character or backstory, which is one reason fanfic portrayals of him range so widely in character. (Of course, the other eight-hundred-and-ninety-two reasons are that FanFiction.Net is where good writing goes to die, and a great deal of fantards seem to have selective memory when working from canon and total amnesia when writing AUs.) Also, I am a pop culture n00b--or of any culture at all, really--and completely fail at having appropriate music like that.
Unless you want me to pick a Rurutia song for him, in which case, let's have a go! Um, "ELEMENTS" from R° (track 01) seems most suited, followed by "GOLA" from Promised Land (track 09) and "ABINTRA" from Chorion (track 01). [mE] [mG] [mA] "PAVANE" from Water Forest (track 01) and "HALLELUJAH" also from Promised Land (track 01...wait, I'm sensing a pattern here...beginning tracks of all four albums? if I were superstitious I'd be climbing a tree right now) aren't that bad either. [mP] [mH] The Meme album proves entirely useless, and Seirios isn't translated enough yet--and seems to have an entirely different tone and songwriting style besides. They all might be a bit too girly though...I dunno.
[[EDIT eight months later (what is wrong with me indeed): I've been turning it over in my head and decided a long time ago that ELEMENTS fits him very well if at all (the bit about a shepherd coming, brandishing a sword and ripping through the silence and laughing all the way (ha ha ha), well, it works); for some reason I've latched onto Cross, actually, for PAVANE, and ABINTRA was always a general theme for the entire series. (Also, Seirios? NASA. *hee*) Thinking about it now, HALLELUJAH sounds more like the Noah to me; GOLA...can't think of anything at the moment, but in light of the more recent revelations about Kanda's character I do think that of all the songs I mentioned ELEMENTS is the best. It's also the first track on the first album, and I'll always associate the music with that one YouTube video of high-speed neon car racing...]]
5. What blood-type do you think this character is?
Well, I could tell you for certain...but then I'd have to get up out of the comfy chair, leave my heating pad, climb two flights of winding stairs, clamber over my bed (my room looks like something exploded in it, seriously), grab the tankoubon, and make my way back...only to discover that I have the wrong volume, because my life just works like that. (The Three Cardinal Laws of my life: there was but one true prophet; his name was Murphy; and he was an incurable optimist.) I'd guess he's an O or maybe an AB, though science has proven ketsueki-gata to be about as credible as astrology...I'd totally die laughing if Kanda's a B. *screw it, I'm going to go check the books* Nope, he's AB. *feels special for having guessed something so patently obvious as to be self-evident*
6. Of all of the titles that this character appears in, what character do you like to put this character with?
I'm assuming by "titles" you mean "pairings"/"ships"? I could tell you the most commonly found sooner than I could tell you my personal choice. o_o Um, seriously, the only canonish pairings that have rushed in and struck me over the head with a brick labelled "SHIP" are RoadAllen, LaviLena, KroryEliade (Kroriade?) and NoiseMiranda (Marienda?). And of course Lenalee's head over heels for Allen, and they're obviously going to wind up together eventually, and Cross' habit of hitting on Klaud may or may not be significant (and then there's Anita!), and sometimes something pings me with a tiny "Leecest!" (but I'm good at ignoring things like that)...but for Kanda? Not a peep. He has beef with Allen, history with Lavi and Lenalee, works well with Noise, and doesn't appear to give a fuck about anyone else except his mysterious "person" (whom he may love, hate, have promised someone else he would find for them, hell it could be some random dude who owes him money, I have no fucking clue).
Of course, crack is another story. D_T aptly suggested MugenKanda, which actually makes more sense than most other popular Kandaships if only because hey, it's his
7. What would you want to say to this character?
Uhhh... Okay, um, to be frank, I may coo and wibble and mock and belittle Kanda and other characters like him, but if I actually met the guy live and in person? I would be very very quiet and very very respectful and trying very very hard not to piss him off. I'd like to live past adolescence and the hormonal stage, thank you very much.
8. Which do you want to do with this character: Shake hands, hug or kiss?
Again, Kanda? Really? I probably wouldn't even touch him for fear of getting my hands (or other important body parts, like, say, a leg...or head) chopped off. What little sense of self-preservation I have tells me that I'm better off not glomping someone who looks like they'd rather kill me than engage in prolonged nonviolent physical contact. Again, I still don't have a firm handle on Kanda's character, but no way in hell would I push my luck on a chance like that.
BTW, I hate hate hate this horrid pastel theme for my page and I've hated it ever since ten seconds after putting it up (much like that disgusting red-and-black thing that was up before, tasted too much like emo vampires) but I'm too fucking lazy to redo all the work it takes to switch themes without losing my settings but OH MY GOD IT FEELS LIKE THE INTERNET IS VOMITING EASTER INTO MY FAAACE [/dramaqueen]
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(Also, not only am I incapable of keeping my answers short, I take silly things far too seriously and don't take actually serious things seriously enough. Ah~ one day I'll wind up giggling in the jaws of a very hungry tiger while debuting my thesis on the precise amount of human saliva and lingual friction it takes to get to the middle of a Tootsie Roll Pop (comparing and contrasting different licking techniques, of course...and doesn't this sound like it should be porn?)...)
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Mugen/Kanda. You know it. 8DDD
Hey, the pastel theme is a tad easier on the eyes (as opposed to the red-black theme from before). You could look up some layout comms though, like
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Ahhh, I'm so happy with this 'Nautical' theme. It's so pretty and relaxing and in no way pisses me off. ♥♥♥ I haven't been this happy with a theme change since...uh...mad long time ago. (I'm a little autisticky don't-like-change, and am really attached to Yati Mansor's "Flexible Squares" theme design, which I've used since I joined LJ (first in 'Fresh Paint,' then 'Eclipse' and 'Blue Gray,' I believe; it's 'Black and White and Red All Over' and 'Pastel Spring' that really rubbed me the wrong way). It comes in eighteen colours and I like at least half of them, so it'll be a while before I feel compelled to strike out into the wild style yonder.)
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I quite like the coloring. :DD Yeah, I don't really like change--I don't like color schemes that are light text on black background, I've had my layout for... more than a year. It's only the journal title/subtitle part which annoys me, but I'm so used to the color & font & everything else.
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It's so *soft* and *pretty* and actually does, in fact, remind me of the ocean and the sun and sky on a clear day~ ♥ I do so love the sea; I've always lived in Boston, and never get seasick, and the wind and the smell and the cries of gulls are total triggers for nostalgic reverie.
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Mmm, the Boston waterfront is gorgeous, I agree--I visited with my family last summer and the sun! the water! absolutely lovely. :)