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[rainsometimes]

I’ve been thinking about the Beatles lately.

Yes, the Beatles.


As with most artists I like, there are some periods when I can’t get enough of their music; there are other times when I enjoy it but don’t crave it; and then there are periods when their stuff don’t do much for me at all. This seems to be especially pronounced for me when it comes to the Beatles, though. When I don’t feel like it, I really don’t. Not that I suddenly start hating their songs, but…

I’ve heard other people mention that the Beatles have a special kind of energy and drive – they seem to be in such a hurry – in their early songs, and that’s true enough, I think. But for me there’s something else and more - a sense of, not joy exactly, and not heart either, but of boundless and almost frightening hope and optimism. Of open air and spring winds; of something very fresh and vivid. Sometimes that really picks me up but at other times it can make me feel, well, inadequate might be the best word for it. Kinda paradoxically down-cast.

I don’t know if this hopeful impression may be due to something that was in the air in the music those days. You often hear those who were young then – my parents’ generation – say something like that. But while there are other artists from the sixties that I’m fond of, they don’t give me anything like that particular Beatle feeling.

Maybe that’s why the later Beatle songs, near the break-up of the group, can be so heart-breaking. Not that they’re devoid of hope exactly, but there’s certainly a lot less of it. On the other hand there seems to be more heart in them (the best of them) than in the early songs, or at least that’s how they appear to me. There’s more humour in them, too (defense mechanism, maybe?).

(Man, about every single time I listen to “Golden Slumbers” I feel ready to stand up and declare Paul McCartney a god.;)) Alright, enough of that.

Got another weird kinship theory, crackier than the last one since it would entail crossovers and thus some inter-dimensional travel. It would also involve the future of One Piece rather than the past...



At least character-wise I think it makes perfect sense. :D And Yotsuba is a foundling after all.

Obviously Osaka (from Azumanga Daioh!) would somehow stumble into the future of the One Piece universe, where she and Luffy would have a whirlwind romance or weird sexual misunderstanding or quite possibly both. Osaka then gets back home into our own world carrying Luffy’s child., delivers the baby and subsequently mislays it somewhere.

I admit the green hair is a puzzler, but I figure it’s probably a red herring since Yotsuba is nothing like Zoro.

AND SHE WILL GROW UP TO BE PIRATE QUEEN ONE DAY. (nods)

Comments

[tonko-ni.livejournal.com]

...it--it all makes so much sense now.

I admit the green hair is a puzzler, but I figure it’s probably a red herring since Yotsuba is nothing like Zoro.

XDDDD

[serrende.livejournal.com]

It DOES, doesn't it? XD
No, almost-seriously - I think Luffy/Osaka could make its way into being my new crack OTP.
Though I think I'd be scared of writing even a drabble for it.

Though it WOULD be great if one could incorporate Zoro into the theory...Maybe Osaka is actually a foundling too and wandered into OUR world as a baby from the world of One Piece where she was Zoro's long-lost sister? Thus carrying dormant recessive green hair genes?
Possibly more plausibly, it's Zoro who's actually from our world and who got lost wandering the dimensions as a baby. (nod nod)

[tonko-ni.livejournal.com]

it's Zoro who's actually from our world and who got lost wandering the dimensions as a baby.

I wouldn't put it past him at ALL. I still love that line from Enies Lobby where he goes off the opposite direction of Chopper and Nami and even Chopper is getting tired of it. "I'll make a medecine for incurable idiots!"

But then... inquiring minds must know if Zoro is related to Ryoga, of Ranma 1/2 endless-wandering fame.

Btw, um... Do you ever... beta for people? Cause you'd make a good one. And I'd like a good one.

[serrende.livejournal.com]

Speaking of Ryoga and Zoro, I once tried to write a crossover in which those two were in a formal arena-type fight while Akane and Usopp watched and commented. It was lamentably low on direction jokes, though, and I think I made Zoro too weak. Oh well.

I think being an old Ranma 1/2 fan and a Ryoga fangirl to boot has perhaps made it easier for me to keep the logistics of dealing with directionless people in my head, when writing Zoro scenes. At least I hope so. (Ryoga does seem a BIT less in denial about his problem, but it's still just as bad or worse.)

I've only beta'd (or 'pre-read')the one fic, but it was a pretty big one with 30 long chapters that went on for quite some time. I was there for about 24 or maybe in total 22 of those chapters, and the writers seemed to think I did a good job.

Wouldn't mind doing some prereading again: it can be rather rewarding, in fact.
I've almost never had a beta myself, though. (peers at tonko_ni hopefully)

[tonko-ni.livejournal.com]

!!! Genma icon! Ah geez, the memories, Ranma 1/2 was my second big anime love (first was, um, Sailor Moon. Hee) and I thought it was sooooo romantic... Your fic idea sounds like a good one XD though I know how it feels to lack jokes--I myself can hardly ever be funny on purpose (not that it shows up by accident all the time either, more's the pity).

I think, some aaaaages ago, I read a Ranma fic where Ryoga showed and was about rambling about the planet from Dune or something ("Thee moons... giant sandworms..." Hehe.

Just from your crit in comments, I like seeing what you have to say. It makes me think about why I did something (or how I can better get across what I meant). Well, and makes me facepalm when I do lame-ass typos >.> Valuable input ftw :D

I would totally love to read stuff for you too! I have beta'd stuff as well, but not for a while either (oddly, the biggest thing I ever worked on was a Gil/Nick CSI slashfic!).

I store a lot of my stuff on Google Documents these days, as well as on my computer at home, mainly 'cause it gave me the chance to work on them while I was at the office (heh) though I'm quitting this job soon for another without internet access. Still though, it's handy for putting stuff online, multiple people can have access to one document which is convenient for annotating and stuff.

[serrende.livejournal.com]

Well, I managed putting some other jokes in Akane and Usopp's dialogue. But then it turned all angsty and I had no clue on how to end it. (Hey, if you'd want to take a look at it some day it would make me pretty happy. Even if it can't be salvaged, I'd enjoy having at least one more person see it. If you can't stand Akane you might not like it, though.)

I'm very glad you like my comments. And you know, I do lame-ass typos too. Frequently in comments. (Wait, maybe I've said that before? Well, still true anyway.) Not to mention stupid formatting mistakes. XD Hence my own wish for beta.

I don't know how Google Documents works, though. I could look them up, I guess...I've done all my prereading through e-mails before. (Could PM you my e-mail address if you want it.)

[tonko-ni.livejournal.com]

Sure thing! I'd love to read it. I've had stuff get funky on me too, you just write, and then you're like "...okay crap."

I have no problem with Akane, I was all about the Ranma/Akane back in the day. <3

Google documents is pretty nifty. It's like having an editable word document up where more than one person can get at it. You don't appear to need gmail to have access--I'll send you a test invite to one of my docs. Just poke me at dragoncat at gmail dot com to tell me yours :D

Though if you don't like it (or it doesn't work), I don't have a problem emailing stuff either!

[serrende.livejournal.com]

Cool! (goes to poke you)