Yubsie's Yammerings

I don't think I was supposed to have the reaction I did to walking into the room full of captives in Kingdom Hearts. :p I'm not sure what reaction they were going for, exactly, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't "Why don't any of the women in this game have any AGENCY?"

Seriously! I mean, yes, a lot of those women have always been damsels in distress, but not Alice! And Belle and Jasmine weren't as badly off as all this!

Then there's the OCs. Sora gets to be the protaganist, Riku gets to be a villain and Kairi gets to be... an inanimate object. Not cool, Square. NOT COOL.

Even the guest characters! The only female guest character is Ariel. Would it have KILLED them to give some of the females some sort of agency? Other than... MALEFICIENT?

The game is fun, but it would be even funner if it didn't spark things like this. :p

Also, my second choice Maria won. I wanted Janna to win, but I'm quite happy with Elicia. Also, Andrew Lloyd-Webber delights me beyond words. Him and the host! "I really see you as more of a Mary Magdalene. I don't know how to love you, Gavvers!" :p

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Also, the bonus episode of Torchwood this week? AMAZING. And whatcha mean TWO MORE WEEKS?

... wow, mediaplayer. Wow. :p

Hmm, I think I'll do a random ramble post. :p

I went to look at bridesmaid dresses the other day. I have a few ideas, but am definitely going to look at NOT a bridal shop to come up something my poor bridesmaids can actually afford. I do feel the need to mention one particularly HEINOUS dress I saw. It was fuschia and had multi-colour beading all over the bodice. THe skirt had a meshy overlay with random sequins. And it was FUSCHIA. Oh, and $300. Bad taste knows no price limit. :p

I actually bought Sacrifice. I debated it, but eventually caved if only because I need to see how such a major development plays out. I'm not very far yet though. I'm currently in the first of what I'm sure will be MANY Pointless Mandalorian Interludes. I wish the Mandalorians would stay in the prequel era where they actually FIT. Oh EU, sometimes I wish I could quit you. :p

I want to kill Winnie the Pooh, and Tigger too! The Hundred Acre Wood seriously has the most EVIL minigames I've ever seen. Tigger's involved these RIDICULOUS jumps. If I wanted to play a platformer, I wouldn't be playing an RPG here! :p

I went to see Pirates again on Saturday, since Shannon hadn't seen it yet. It was great to see Shannon again, and the movie was just as fun the second time around. And I know longer feel like I need a chart to follow some of it. :p

My family are all such geeks. My brother and I actually had a conversation about "Gee, I knew I should have put some skillpoints into the lockpicking skill." "I gave myself the skill, but I forgot to equip myself with lockpicks!" We managed to lock the bathroom door with all of us outside it. We knew the lock COULD be picked, because my sister accidently picked it with a sucker when she was seven. It just took us a while to find the appropriate sized implement. :p

So, I'm apparently all about the movies this summer. Ryan and I watched The Nightmare Before Christmas a couple days ago, which was great fun. I'd never seen the movie before, because I live under a rock. Ryan kept telling me to pay attention to the layout of Oogie Boogie's house because I was going to need it when I got to Halloween Town in Kingdom Hearts. :p

We also watched the other random Tim Burton stuff on the DVD. Including a Frankenstein type thing with a boy and his dog, which demonstrated that everything would have been FINE if Victor hadn't rejected his creation. Well, and been less whiny. :p

Yesterday we went to see Shrek the Third, which was also very fun. Cute little ogre babies and dragon/donkey freak babies! And fun with the Arthurian myth. We were trying to figure out why Artie's voice sounded so familiar. I was shocked to discover it was Justin Timberlake. :p And the stuff with Fiona and the damsels in distress? SO awesome.

I also played a bit of Kingdom Hearts, finishing up with Monstro. The High Jump ability is AWESOME... even if it does mean that I keep overshooting my target. :p The parasite cage only killed me once. Stupid poison. :p Also, it was so weird seeing Gepetto and Pinochio after reading Fables. :p

And of course, there's always Sims. :p Anakin Solo aged up to toddler... I'm hoping he'll grow into his cheekbones. :p I really need to make Mara, because Luke is next up in the rotation in the main neighborhood, and one sim houses are BORING. Timothy and Marigold Tam started university, along with Timothy's girlfriend, Skanky Pink Leggings Girl.... err, Meadow. :p I've decided to change Marigold from Romance to Pleasure when she finishes Sophomore year so she won't have to constantly cheat on Thisland to achieve her LTW. Monty and Saffron had a baby girl, who I named Bridgit. Monty and Saffron split up after Monty caught Saffron flirting with Mal. Monty and Mal now live together, and Mal just ADORES Bridgit, it's so cute.

Oh, and apparently Alderaanian birth control kinda sucks. I had my second "oopsie" baby since getting InTeen. The first one was Han and Leia. This time, it was Tycho and Winter. So they now have a baby boy named Bail. They also have very little money because I had to build them a nursery and they had the baby in the second semester of sophomore year. At least Han and Leia waited until they graduated. :p

Oh, and I read Destiny: A Tale of Deaths Foretold, because I found it on the two for one table at Gamezilla. It was a cool little comic. My fondness for Destiny continues to grow. Which is strange, because I used to think of him as a rather boring character. Also, the art was quite nice. I don't exactly read comics for the art (See: Preludes and Nocturnes) but it's always a nice bonus when there's pretty art.

So adventures in applying for jobs I don't want continue. This is all so depressing. :p

Things that make me happy? Cute Neville/Luna fic! There's been a lot of activity on govt_stole_toad lately to cheer me up. :p

However, American Idol almost made me cry this week. I can't believe anyone could DO THAT to "You Give Love a Bad Name"! NO BAD WRONG!

Oh, and I played some Kingdom Hearts. I finally collected enough plot coupons to send away for the plot starting! Also, JIMINY CRICKET! This game makes me ridiculously happy. :p

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