It's Been Awhile Since a Proper Nerd Post

[talkingsoup]

So I got a Twitter. Mostly so that I could follow the Iran Election stuff, which has pretty consistently been the number one trending topic over there. Anyway, you can find me at TalkingSoup, if you so desire.

As for the business in Iran, well, things are pretty damn shitty, with the police beating the shit out of protesters and anywhere between twenty and a hundred people dead, depending on who you're listening to. My Iranian tweeters all seem to be legit and accurate, and basically, it's ugly over there. Plus they're dropping acid on people from helicopters. Nice.

I support their movement wholeheartedly, but I can't help but be reminded of a Carl Sagan quote: "If we like them, they're freedom fighters. If we don't like them, they're terrorists. In the unlikely case we can't make up our minds, they're temporarily only guerrillas." Are we Americans so enthralled by this movement only because they're trying to depose a leader we despise? Because they're trying to create a less theocratic--read: less Muslim--state? I sincerely hope not. Hopefully it's just us and our love of freedom.

ANYWAY on the less heavy side of things--okay, some of you out there know that I'm a fan of the show Soul Eater, and I've been meaning to read the manga for some time now. Even more so since the show ended on a rather...weird and poorly written note. And I just started reading it, mostly skimming through chapters 1-38, which is where the story diverges. And man. A chapter after the story starts diverging, and I'm already liking the story so much more. No wonder I felt so weird after Buttataki Joe showed up--the anime crams things together and explains things really stupidly, plus there's a lot of OOC stuff happening, now that I think about it. The manga just makes so much more sense. Plus the writing and general storytelling is better.

I'm a little leery of the art, but it's starting to grow on me.

Certainly giving me pointers on how to play Soul better, too.

I also finally finished Kanon, which I started, god, must be several months ago. It's a great show, though it suffers a bit from LotR syndrome--that is, it ends in about five different places. It's a sweet show all around, though.

Comments

[innamoramento.livejournal.com]

The manga for Soul Eater is definitely much, much better than the anime. I was very happy with the anime until it started to take its own path, then I just stopped watching it all together. Some of the stuff going on right now kind of came out of left field (*cough*themurderer*cough*), but I'm liking the new baddies and stuff. And yes, BJ is a million times more interesting in the manga, even if his appearance is much more brief.

I can't wait to see what's going to happen next with Soul :3

[talkingsoup]

Oh my god, it so is. I did end up watching the show to the end and it's...just weird. That's the only word I can give it.

Yeah, which is weird because in the anime he'd be the last person I would have expected to turn on Shibusen, so I'm wondering if there's some kind of...backstory reveal that shows why he did it. But awww man BJ ): And poor Marie.

I do like that, you know, people actually die in the manga. There were so many cop outs in the show.

Also EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I CAN'T WAIT. My Soul muse is just sort of going O_O

[talkingsoup]

Also I think this icon says it all about the show :|