On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, David H. Siegel wrote:
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"Well, she's adequate, but she has no
improvement skills (to which Hayama interjected,
'Improvisational') and you see, you really can't see
how badly she emasculates (Hayama: Enunciate) when she's
only voicing for animation, you know what i mean? She
hasn't got the grace, the charm, thebeauty... *beams*
And I've done a great job, didn't I, Hayama? Didn't
I?" (Hayama: Uh-huh.)
Hooray on the Sana. Speech patterns down pat, but you should really
include some sort of indication of her speed. Yes, I know, scrunching
words is ancient and looks bad, but I can't think of any other way to
render the sheer alacrity of her babbling.
In the interview, I deliberately didn't scrunch her words, as I assumed
the editors of the magazine wouldn't want to look like they had been
sloppy. With regard to later, I forgot ;_;
Oh, and you can thank David Tai for helping to improve my Sana dialogue;
it was originally not so good.
> > Namura nodded. "Thanks. I'll probably be moving some
time soon."
Oh yeah. This reminds me...
I like your Namura. No, scratch that. I HATE your Namura. Accurately, I
like how hateable you've made Namura. In MB, he was portrayed as some
kind of tragic figure when he seemed to me to be more akin to pond scum.
You've at least made him the proper villain, and used the
Meiko+Miwa=Destiny idea that I've always hewn to.
I wanted to cry when I realized that Meiko was going to end up with that
bastard.
<Rant>
I mean, damnit, the teacher-student relationships are a bad idea and
ALWAYS the fault of the teacher in any case, but the facts of Meiko's
home situation makes Namura perhaps the only truly reprehensible
character in Maramalde Boy. Even Rokutanda was more pathetic and
comical, and the Piano guy just an irritating jerk. I'm just waiting for
Zwei-lite to detonate from his reflected attack. Ryoko will be sad, but
the bastard deserves it.
</Rant>
I cheered when Miwa punched him out :)
"<I would like,>" Ginta read out loud in English from the
exercise book.
"<I would like,>" Yuu, Miki, and Meiko repeated. Meiko
said it calmly and fluently, while Miki and Yuu stumbled over
the 'l' sounds.
"<To feed your fingertips,>" Ginta continued.
"<To feed your fingertips,>" Yuu and Miki said,
stumbling along on this part as well.
"<To feed yo...,>" Meiko paused and stared at Ginta.
"Are you sure you read that right?"
The doorbell rang, and Rumi went to go get it.
"<To the wolverines,>" Ginta concluded, then said to
Meiko, "Did I pronounce it wrong?"
"<To the wolverines,>" Miki and Yuu finished.
"My..hovercraft..is full..of eels."
Heheheh :)
Ginta nodded. "Miki will probably have to go up against
Kaiou Michiru, their best player. She's one of those geniuses
who does everything well. Perfect grades, plays violin
professionally while still in high school, paints...does just
about everything."
This reminds me, as well.
We've got Saturn, but who are you planning on for Neptune and Uranus?
You could always use the original two, as the demonstrably exist here,
and you're running out of MBStandard females (You've already had to
swipe one from EH). Mrss. Koishikawa and Matsura? Jinny and Wossname?
Wossname...thinking of the girl Rokutanda eventually hooked up with?
Oh, and if Jinny shows up, it will probably be as a Youma, as I hate her
the most of any MB character.
It's even harder if you want to retain the original relationship.
Ahh. If you really, really want to know, I can tell you by private email.
It will be revealed, and there's been a few clues, but it'll be a while
before this comes out.
Although I admit the idea of Miki and Yuu's Moms as Uranus and Neptune has
a certain appeal...:)
"Today's photo of Sana-chan:," she said, then struck a
pose that Miki knew well. "Tennis Warrior Moon!"
This is what happened in reality. In manga, at least.
Cool.
"It just gets stranger from here," Artemis said.
"Anyway, most of the Earth's Golfers were dating various
Tennis Warriors before the big whoops. Now, as to figuring
out who was who... Mars was seeing Vulcan, Jupiter was
seeing Zeus, Mercury was dating Hermes, Prince Endymion
and Princess Serenity were lovers, and Moon was frequently
caught smooching Orion."
Ah! Information! Wai!
Orion=Yuu
Vulcan=Ginta
Zeus= Zwei-lite/Namura?
Hermes=Makoto
You are wise in the ways of science :)
Good mapping, by the way. Orion was known for his pride, Hermes is the
trickster/knowledge god, and Vulcan is lame but attached to the most
beautiful of the goddesses. It also gives an indication that Namura is
simply corrupt and not truly evil, while still implying that him and
All of the Generals have been corrupted by playing on the flaws they
already possessed.
Meiko is the pairing of EVIL. That I can live with. It will even make
Ryoko happy, which is good, although it implies that Namura survives,
which is BAD.
We shall see :)
Then again, maybe it's not Na-chan, Meiko thought,
then frowned and shook her head. Our love is destined, she
thought. It has to be. And surely he can't be one of the
other guys. A tiny voice nagged at her as to how Luna's
description fit someone else she knew, but she stomped on
it until it passed out. He has to be Na-chan. Has to be.
<Ruri Quote Goes Here>
Who?
"Well, if she wants to come over and study, I might say
yes if you clear it first," Taiki said. "Because I wouldn't wish
several months with her parents on anyone."
The tree isn't far from where the apple fell, hmmm?
Yep.
This Makes Me Happy.
Good!
Keep at it. And SMR. And SMZ. And Chasing. Write, curse you, WRITE!
I'm working on it. Chasing the Sun and the Moon has hit a big writer's
block, and SMZ, I'm stuck waiting for Jeff to finish 18. This and
Children of Fire have no such barriers, however :)
John Biles
Emperor of all He Surveys
http://www.tass.org/~rhea/falcon.html
"How embarrassing must that be for the Kree when they try to explain their
government: "Yes, we worship a giant green head in a tank."
--Reed Richards in a FF parody on psycomic.com