Do you hear me screaming?

[cornerofmadness]

Everything was on fire today. I was glad to get to lab. At least that didn't explode.

Books for next semester are due. Barnes & Nobles (our online book seller) doesn't think I exist. I go to fill in our book store's excel spread sheet (as I'm not alone in being erased) and our book store has sent it for THIS semester, not next. ARGH


I get a message from the chair 'there's problems with the schedule' yep there was. At least that's an easy fix but that's still a chunk of my day gone.

The greenhouse watering system is off so not only were the plants I dragged off the porch yesterday sad and stressed so were my greenhouse plants. My office is now a nursery for plants on the edge. Crosses fingers.

At least I got everything graded at long last. Midterms are due in tomorrow. Wanna see the line out my door of people panicking over the zeroes I put in for the stuff they didn't do. Oh wait? that matters?

Fannish 50

I am gonna ask a question in a sec but again fans do better! One creator let it slip that there is a ship they don't like (didn't say which one) and now a hunk of fans are yelling at them, calling them immature and mentally ill for even mentioning it. Good lord, fans, cool the fuck down (though at this point creators are probably going to want to keep their mouths shut about ships, fans are so toxic)


So my question, I'm thinking of doing a panel at the con next year and one thing I've noticed that as per usual there is an overemphasis on male characters. I was thinking of doing one on the strong women in animation. I could fill a quarter of that hour on Fullmetal Alchemist alone.

So the question is who would YOU add? I'm thinking any time period. I was not into Sailor Moon but sure probably deserves to be there. I see lists online and a lot of them I don't necessarily agree with, like Mikasa Ackerman from AoT who fizzled out along with Rukia from Bleach.

My only caveat is I wouldn't be including the ridiculously fan service ones like Shura from Blue Exorcist and if I could I'd be willing to put in non-anime, say the ladies of the Owl House. And it doesn't have to be physical strength I'm after. I'm thinking more the independent woman types.

Comments

[goddess47]

I'm not really into the fandom but maybe Miraculous Ladybug? It's a F/M pairing for the most part *I'm not into the fandom to know if there are any F/F pairings!) but Ladybug might draw some panelists or participants.

Sadly, that's the best I've got! ;-)

[cornerofmadness]

I think there are some f/f pairings in Ladybug, not her though. Thanks for the suggestion. I didn't mind her (but she had very little growth unfortunately)

[suzume]

Oh, Leia Organa! And Captain Kathryn Janeway. <3

Frieren (of Frieren Beyond Journey's End) and Asirpa (of Golden Kamuy) would be good candidates, but I don't think you know almost anything about them, ha ha.

[cornerofmadness]

was there an animated Leia? I know there is of Janeway

no I don't but hey I wouldn't need to know much to work people into an hour talk

[suzume]

Hmm, maybe I'm wrong about Leia (oh, maybe she was in Star Wars Rebels?), but there was definitely animated Janeway! (I mean, I actually watched her *lol*)

Frieren of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End and Asirpa of Golden Kamuy.

[cornerofmadness]

Yes I've seen Janeway too but only S1

EEEEEE! I have been looking for Frieren! I saw the manga once, thought it sounded cool but I bought something else that day and then promptly forgot the title (but not the plot summary) Yay. Now for me to remember this until I get back to Books a million.
Thank you

Asirpa also sounds interesting. I know zero about Ainu culture other than they exist.

[suzume]

I saw her in both seasons, heh heh.

Oh! I'm so HAPPY for you! I'm so happy I could connect you back with Frieren and her manga! :D

Asirpa is really a wonderful character, beyond being Ainu. She's one of the best characters in Golden Kamuy. (I love her and Sugimoto about equally)

[cornerofmadness]

yes, very happy thanks again.

The reason I haven't tried Golden Kamuy is the length of the manga series (and no one here carries it in the library)

[suzume]

I think this (Golden Kamuy) is one of the series my mom bought me the first volume of because it stood out to her.

I read all of the manga in order and after getting through to the end, offered them to her (unlike the Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service- that one had a pretty horrific cat death in the first volume that I had to cover with a piece of paper...when I was re-reading all the volumes I thought something along the lines of 'How bad could it be?' It was still pretty bad. XD;).. My mom is more of a reader than a watcher, but she's always glad when a manga becomes an anime (especially one I've really enjoyed).

[cornerofmadness]

I like both manga and anime

I'm pretty sure I read Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service but i don't remember the cat. Must have blocked it out

[suzume]

I appreciate them both- for different reasons.

Well, you're probably more inured to that kind of thing.

[cornerofmadness]

yeah I have seen some things

[suzume]

ha ha ha, yeah, I can imagine!

[fauxklore]

It's from 1998 or so, but you might want to check out All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku, which was described as the story of a boy, his cat, and a major weapons manufacturer. His mother, who is waging a custody battle for the boy owns the weapons manufacturer and has two office women who can shoot off fire and ice. It's way weird but entertaining.

[cornerofmadness]

I don't know that one at all, thanks. I'll have a look at it, thanks