Love Her and Despair is a dark AU sequel to Final Fantasy X answering the question: "What would have happened if Yuna had chosen the Final Summoning?" Main characters are Auron, Lulu, Isaaru and his brothers, with more or less substantial roles for Elma and Lucil, the Crimson Squad, Wakka and Rikku.

 Just ran across this screencap I took the last time I played FFX. I always have to stop and talk to this kid to find out his latest career choice (it changes throughout the game): 

 



have a userpic (above)

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I have never been entirely reconciled to the dolls, but I have to admit, this amuses me greatly. (Several other good cosplay photos in album.)



Lulu Cosplay (Final Fantasy X) by ~IsilielCosplay on deviantART

(see full-sized photo on DA)

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Between Tumblr and fandom decay and jobs and work, we're scattered now, but I wonder if Mugs is active somewhere and I missed the memo. Hopefully it's that promotion keeping her busy busy busy.

Can't help thinking of our RL Nooj, you know?

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While I have somewhat tacky taste, I comfort myself that I've seen far worse in some of the old properties my friends have bought.

However, I think the following ... whatever it is... beats out even the Bucolic Horror wallpaper (with faux plastic ivy) in HoRD and the Screaming Yellow Roses (with cherubs) that originally graced my guest bedroom in my parents' house. 

A RL mafioso's idea of luxury living

 Somehow, I'm imagining Rufus Shinra sprawled in the chaise lounge dispensing orders to minions while Reno amuses himself tossing spitballs at the mosaic when the boss isn't looking.

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NaturalReader has started going balky on me; it's lost its pronunciation dictionary. So, I'm back to the Mac's built-in voices. I rely a lot on text-to-speech to have my computer read aloud to me when my eyes are bothering me, when I'm doing chores or driving. I've even burned some favorite fanfiction to CD. (Justira's Clarion; for some reason I'm stuck on that story.) 

I discovered instructions for using the Mac's own built-in voices to create audiofiles of text files.

Things to add to those instructions:

• It works better if you save the file as plaintext. When I tried to convert RTF, the audiofile included thirty seconds of formatting codes before it got on with the actual textfile. 
• You need to move the computer's focus to the folder holding the text file, which means UNIX navigation commands. ls means "list stuff", i.e. the contents of the current folder or directory.  cd foldername means "change directory," that is, move to a folder within the current folder.  cd ..  means jump up a level. (So cd ../spoo means "go up a level, then down into folder spoo). UNIX commands are case sensitive.
• I can't seem to make it export as an mp3, only aiff, a soundfile which iTunes will recognize. Unfortunately, the iPad doesn't seem to read aiffs. Old versions of iTunes can convert an aiff soundfile to mp3 under the Advanced menu. Newer versions convert to AAC format instead, which works on an iPad. There's probably a utility out there for converting aiff to mp3, if your itunes is missing that helpful converter.

All of which sounds like a lot of work, but the end result is an audiofile of a story or fanfic of your choice. 

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Have you ever stumbled across something in an old folder you really don't remember writing or drawing? This is clearly my clumsy drawing, and it's a scene I am sure I wrote at some point, but I'd completely forgotten I tried to illustrate it.

So. Doodle. Set about a year prior to FFX, Lulu and Luzzu.

Title: "Message"

(If you've not played the game in a while, it's the moment when Lulu learned what had happened to Chappu.)



I've always liked Luzzu, partly because of his rueful "she hit me, too" comment about Lulu (direct Japanese translation: "She has furious fists!"), and partly because he's trying so hard to keep the cadets from getting themselves redshirted. 


The following ficbit is a backstory bridge picking up with the moment when Luzzu got on Lulu's bad side, segueing to the "Lulu's Contempt" FMV in which she rips Wakka a new one, and indirectly providing backstory for the "Kimahri Pounces* Tidus" FMV the next morning. Not all that exciting, but, character stuff, which used to be my forte. 

 

( She Hit Me, Too... )

 

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I don't know whether it's Dreamwidth or my ipad or just one of those random glitches that never appears again. I don't care.

Right now, when I view my reading list, the following userpic from heavenscalyx  appears instead of the triangle icon to indicate cut text:




In every post. Vieralynn, pixelnyx, thene, all of you are sporting this.

Thank you, gods of serendipity.

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I took the OTW Community Survey!

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...the worst science fiction show ever made. I loved it very much when I was six years old.

I had a lousy 24 hours, and I need me some Goldar. This episode is missing a monster in a rubber suit [MOLE-A-SAURUS!] but I guess it'll suffice.



Scarily, I can't tell that this was a thirty minute episode chopped down to 3.

Okay, that's enough stupid. I feel better now.

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