a mega drabble and some live action anime casting

[cornerofmadness]

First off there's this casting call for Cowboy Bebop

Honestly, I think it's bad casting. Then again, I didn't really like the show that much so I don't really care all that much (seriously, I thought the show was good but I couldn't get into it. What I DO like about it, it seemed to be the spark to reopen the way for anime in a way we haven't seen since Robotech in the 80's)



Moving On in Her Own Way
Author – cornerofmadness
Disclaimer – not mine, all rights belong to Arakawa
Pairing – Ed/Winry
Rating – PG-13
TimeLine – some time after Winry goes to do her apprenticeship
Summary – her friends want her to move on
Author’s Note – written for alchemyotaku75 who guessed the title of my story For I am Hollow but I have Touched the Sky came from Original Star Trek.

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All her friends tell her its time to move on, to find someone reliable and more importantly, never leaves home. No one in Resembool understood her and Edward’s relationship. Many days neither did she. Ed could be so weird and yet the thought of him completely out of her life frightened her.

The only one who moved on was her. Winry didn’t know if she would make Rush Valley her home, bland, hot and dry, especially after lush Resembool and yet was unsure if she would ever go home again permanently. She dreamed that one day she and Ed would find their own place.

Until then, she tried not to let him make her nuts, easier said than done. Mr. Garfiel was a sympathetic ear when she vented after one of his calls or Al’s letters. At least he never tells her to move on. Instead, he tut tuts about the course of true love never running smoothly and promises he’d ‘fix that boy’s wagon’ if he made Winry crazy any more. The thought of Garfiel in his best dress chasing Ed through Rush Valley with metal snips allowed Winry to chuckle herself through her few dark moments.

Winry was a patient young lady. In her heart she knew one day she would move on at Edward’s side.

Comments

[silvrethorn.livejournal.com]

You're right about not being able to get into Bebop. There's just something about it. I really tried, but nothing ever sparked, and the ending--well, finally meeting Julia the Cardboard Cliche killed it for me. She was so much better as a concept than as a character. I've watched the "Descendants of Darkness" set you sent me more times than I have my complete set of Bebop, and given what a mess "Darkness" was, that's no compliment to Bebop.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Oh here i thought you liked Bebop. I read Black Cat manga (which is like for turning off the brain) which always gets compared unfavorably to Bebop and I don't know why. The characters are better developed.

Like I said, I did like that it seemed to open the floodgates but really, it did nothing for me.

As for DoD the manga was better ...kinda

[silvrethorn.livejournal.com]

Maybe that was it. The Bebop characters never seemed authentic--their angst came off as either cliched or contrived, the characters themselves were one-dimensional, and they just never resonated with me.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

that was my take on it. I just never said so loudly because at the time EVERYONE loved it. (though I was less kind about telling everyone Ithought Firefly was a piece of crap)