GoldenRat's Den

Finally fanfic100 approved.

Updated 12/4/2008

001.	Beginnings 5/20/06	002.	Middles.	003.	Ends.	004.	Insides.	005.	Outsides.
006.	Hours.	007.	Days.	008.	Weeks.	009.	Months.	010.	Years.
011.	Red.	012.	Orange.	013.	Yellow.	014.	Green.	015.	Blue.
016.	Purple.	017.	Brown.	018.	Black.	019.	White.	020.	Colourless.
021.	Friends 12/4/08	022.	Enemies.	023.	Lovers.	024.	Family 11/29/06	025.	Strangers 2/24/07
026.	Teammates.	027.	Parents.	028.	Children.	029.	Birth.	030.	Death.
031.	Sunrise.	032.	Sunset 11/5/08	033.	Too Much 6/8/06	034.	Not Enough.	035.	Sixth Sense.
036.	Smell.	037.	Sound.	038.	Touch.	039.	Taste 5/28/06	040.	Sight.
041.	Shapes.	042.	Triangle.	043.	Square.	044.	Circle.	045.	Moon.
046.	Star.	047.	Heart.	048.	Diamond.	049.	Club.	050.	Spade.
051.	Water.	052.	Fire.	053.	Earth.	054.	Air.	055.	Spirit 6/21/07
056.	Breakfast.	057.	Lunch.	058.	Dinner.	059.	Food.	060.	Drink.
061.	Winter.	062.	Spring.	063.	Summer.	064.	Fall.	065.	Passing 8/8/06
066.	Rain.	067.	Snow.	068.	Lightening.	069.	Thunder.	070.	Storm.
071.	Broken.	072.	Fixed.	073.	Light.	074.	Dark.	075.	Shade.
076.	Who? 12/4/08	077.	What?	078.	Where?	079.	When?	080.	Why?
081.	How?	082.	If.	083.	And.	084.	He.	085.	She 7/14/07
086.	Choices 6/29/06	087.	Life.	088.	School.	089.	Work.	090.	Home.
091.	Birthday.	092.	Christmas.	093.	Thanksgiving.	094.	Independence.	095.	New Year.
096.	Writer‘s Choice.	097.	Writer‘s Choice.	098.	Writer‘s Choice.	099.	Writer‘s Choice.	100.	Writer‘s Choice.

Behind the Shadow Play
1) 024. Family The Suicide of Trust
2) 021. Friends What World You Build

3) 001. Beginnings A Nameless Opium Den

The Mundane Edition
1) 025. Strangers From Today On, You’re an Employee
2) 055. Spirit Spirit Air

List fifteen of your favorite characters from different fandoms, and ask people to spot patterns in your choices, if they're so inclined.

1. Highlander, Methos
2. Inception, Eames
3. Hikaru no Go, Hikaru Shindou
4. Star Trek, Spock Prime
5. Yu Yu Hakusho, Youko Kurama/Shuichi Minamino
6. Vorkosigan, Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan
7. Naruto, Kakashi Hatake
8. Sherlock, Dr John Watson
9. Dark is Rising, Will Stanton
10. DC Universe, Superman
11. Leverage, Parker
12. Good Omens, AJ Crowley
13. Pysch, Shawn Spencer
14. Full Metal Alchemist, Roy Mustang
15. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Daniel "Oz" Osbourne

I <3 yoai as much as the next person on my flist. But, I am getting frustrated by two of the genre tropes:

1 - Everybody is gay! Come on people. I'm all for the boy love, but does everybody and his brother have to be so, well, gay? (Usually for said brother.) It's a wonder the human race continues in slashland, when all the men are boinking men and the token women end up with women. I really don't think all the side characters need to be slashed and frankly, it takes away from the main yaoi couple.

2 - Waay too much rape! A significant percentage of yoai couples seem to start with the guy raping his beloved. And beloved immediately forgives his rapist and starts up another round of sex. This really hard for me to *cough*swallow*cough* (sorry, couldn't resist). Rape is a pretty damn traumatic event, especially, when it's from someone you loved and trusted. Honestly, this one really bothers me.
Note: There is also quite a lot of date rape too (e.g. getting beloved drunk and having sex).

Huh, I was originally just going to vent, but I think the outright rape issue is more than a peeve.

Everybody should give Monochrome Factor a try. It's got great animation, an intriguing storyline (so far), and totally *squee*worthy characters. And a definite shounen ai flavor.

( Variety is the spice of life )


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Finally got around to seeing the movie Stargate. Gotta say I'm not impressed, the storyline wasn't actually that bad in a campy B scifi kind of way and the scenery, set, and props were absolutely gorgeous. But I have to say I definitely like the TV series way better, the storyline is much more cohesive and the actors much more talented (and better looking).