Saber

If you have seen the "Tomkyou" blog, she should seem familiar to you, albeit with her hair in a bun and blue. I just found this pic on my forum's "Bishoujo Pic Thread." I like it. It looks so serene, like she is sleeping. But perhaps she is wounded. Anyway, enjoy:

I forgive you, Archer.

*plants bomb under Archer's feet*

Unreasonable demands

*finished episode 4*

For God's sake, is it too much to ask to put Saber on an internationally-acclaimed rock band, and give her a blue Fender Telecaster to match her outfit and some huge Marshall amps with 11 as the highest setting on all the knobs? I bet that she would put Beck, Clapton, Page, Greg Lake and all the other great Brits to shame if she were to do a solo.

While you're at it, why not make Rin the frontman(woman)? I haven't heard her sing, but considering that all frontpeople stand mere inches above from a ginormous crowd of screaming, obsessive fans, who better to do it than She With The Awesome Legs and Black Stockings?

I'm not sexist, either. Bands can be coed. Put Greg Lake on bass, since Saber's guitar-playing is already shaming his classically-trained ELP ass. At least this way he won't feel like a total failure.

Do we need a drummer? SHRUG, I guess we cannot do without. We already have three kickass people on this band, so is rhythm necessary? I believe the thundering applause of the crowd is rhythm enough. I'll get back to this. Short of reviving John Bonham or Keith Moon, I sincerely doubt I can find a cool drummer. I can't think of a cool drummer in the anime world either. Ringo Starr seems like a good choice, but I think his simian ass is better off resting in the laurels of Beatle triumph.

I lied again.

Here's a superior Rin/Archer pic:



Let's see...more leggage, we see less of Archer's face, Rin doesn't look like a double mastectomy patient.... *thumbs up*

"Millions Knives with a bad tan"

Well, at least I think so.

More of Rin, with Archer in the background. I have no idea what the text is saying. UPDATE: I realize this is a really shitty fanart (esp. since it looks like Rin survived a double mastectomy and we don't get to see more of her legs). Tough. I am too lazy to find a better one.

Fate/Stay Night

For once, I am on the rising crest of an new anime phenomenon rather than becoming a fan of it three or more years after the peak of its popularity.

I speak of Fate/Stay Night, which is now available for download. I do not think it is liscensed. Only four episodes are available as I write (I have yet to see episode 4). Onto the anime itself.

It's about a Holy Grail War that takes place between 7 masters and their "Servants" (whose names are not names, but classes like Archer, Saber, Lancer, Rider, Assassin, Caster, Berserker). It's a fight to the death, I suppose and the last team standing wins. Only,... it doesn't actually have to be death. There's an overseer. Let me get back to that once I re-watch episode 3. But some other fellow (or lady) on the internet said that it is sort of like Battle Royale. I have not seen BR, but I know enough about it that it is like Lord of the Flies only much, much more violent.

Now onto some of the characters:

The main character is apparently a red-head named Shiro, who would remind me a lot of Kyou Sohma if only he wasn't such a doormat. Given that Fate/Stay Night was originally an H-ish interactive novel, one would expect him to be a typical spineless, uninteresting male lead of a harem anime. To an extent, this is true about him--but I actually like what I have seen of him so far. He is a just man, and still helps others even though they abuse him. Even though he is an absolutely incompetent (perhaps "inexperienced" is a better word) magician and wants no part in the War, he participates anyway so that he could have a chance to prevent tragedy. (Or perhaps the fact that he has a really great (and cute) Servant working for him influenced his decision).

You may already be familiar with his Servant Saber if you have visited the Tomkyou blog. I "borrowed" her head and changed her from a blonde to a bluehair and made her into the doting mother Humekitty Sabretooth Kitty. I have nothing much to say other than I really like her gauntlets.

And we have Rin Tohsaka. She is in a somewhat opposite situation from Shiro in that she is a overcompetent Magi with a Servant she is disappointed to have (Archer, who looks like Millions Knives with a bad tan). She is the most popular girl in school and I can see why--it's those legs. Damn those are fine legs. I also have a weakness for black stockings. I don't care if anything like this happens to her in the undoubtedly brutal Holy Grail War, just as long as they can preserve the legs. They belong in a damn museum. ROOOOOOWR. (It seems that Tomkyou is rubbing off on me).

Biblical villain?

A Child of Israel You scored 42% Pride, 30% Envy, 35% Ambition, and 37% Deceitfulness!

You are one of the Children of Israel. There were many good Children of Isreal (e.g. Jesus, Moses, Elijah, Daniel, Peter, and so on). However, for the purposes of this test, you are one of the bad Children of Israel. You are part of the chosen race of God, but in the Bible it seemed like you could never stop complaining and messing up. You are not really a biblical villain in the traditional sense. In fact, you possess a lot of godly qualities. You are humble, you love your neighbors, and you are quite trustworthy. However, your relative slothfulness and recalcitrance made it impossible for you to strive to reach the high purpose that God had for you. You were content to do just enough to get by. Therefore, since you're striving was not with God...it was against God. This is why you are considered a villain.

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 26% on Pride You scored higher than 21% on Envy You scored higher than 13% on Ambition You scored higher than 20% on Deceitfulness

Link: The Which Biblical Villain Are You Test written by MetalliScats on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

"In a sky full of people, only some want to fly, isn't that crazy?"