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	cowgirled 2004-01-18 04:32 am UTC (link)
	Oh wow! So know we know her name--- Eve! A truly probable name for what (seems to be) a Hanyou living in Japan 500 years ago. XD (Reply to this)(Thread)

	thespacecat 2004-01-18 03:23 pm UTC (link)
	Do I have to point out just how many canon characters from very popular (many even good) anime/manga do the exact same thing (giving very non-Japanese names to characters in an ancient- or feudal-Japan setting)? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

cowgirled
2004-01-18 03:39 pm UTC (link)

Do I have to point out just how many canon characters from very popular (many even good) anime/manga do the exact same thing (giving very non-Japanese names to characters in an ancient- or feudal-Japan setting)?

Well name one from InuYasha please? Takahashi has meaning behind all names given to characters in her series. Some are based on an aspect of their character, some a witty joke... etc. Nonetheless- they're all Japanese names in that series, so using a distinctly non Japanese name for your OC is well... silly.

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	imnsho 2004-01-18 04:40 am UTC (link)
	My favorite line from any fanfic writer: Any questions or comments are welcome, but I must please ask that no one use my character images without permission. Because, you know, they always get permission to use the characters they use in their stories... (Reply to this)(Thread)

	tailfluff 2004-01-18 04:41 am UTC (link)
	Well, and like anyone would want to steal their Mary-Sues to begin with. (Reply to this)(Parent)

(Anonymous)
2004-01-18 04:54 am UTC (link)

now you see, it all depends on who the original character is. I've never heard of this MarySue (or author) before, but there are some fanfics (AUs, or ones with OCs that aren't MSs...rare, admittedly) that even I'd like cels for. Jadewing's "Transcending a Dynasty" comes to mind there...
Anyways. You're right, she probably could sell them without the OC. She's quite good at it.

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cowgirled
2004-01-18 04:58 am UTC (link)

I'm big into "InuYasha" fanfiction, and I can promise you that this "Eve" is not a character from any well known story. ^^; "Transcending a Dynasty" has some OCs if I remember right, and "The White Dog" (I don't like that story) has a few popular OCs--- but this is just a fangirl selling her Mary-sue. Like I said before-- I've gotten the impression that she hasn't posted her story yet. (Thank god.)

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(Anonymous)
2004-01-18 05:04 am UTC (link)

Yeah...I've gotten out of the Inuyasha fanfic-dom more or less since it hit TV...fanfiction.net, as if it wasn't bad enough, was just FLOODED with crap then. TAD did have a few OCs, but there were only a few who were of any importance (and most of them were ghosts, lol) (And yes, Jadewing is one of my favorite authors ^^;;) I liked TWD, but that hasn't been updated in forever...oh, and Chaos Comes in Many Forms. and the Divided We Fall saga, all of which have never been finished. Sigh.

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cowgirled
2004-01-18 05:07 am UTC (link)

I'm (currently) an "InuYasha" fic author, and I'll agree- the IY section of ff.net is just a hole of crap. It's horrible.

TWD was actually just updated recently, as in about a week ago. O.o First update in about two years.

As for "Chaos Comes in Many Forms," it's one of my favorite "InuYasha" fics. I know the author, and she's just been having some issues lately. She's going to be updating "Chaos" in the next month or so. *kicks Evercool into gear*

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(Anonymous)
2004-01-18 05:13 am UTC (link)

It was? really?
...blah. I'd have to read the whole thing again, and I *really* don't have the time. (To throw out another random fic, was that massive fic about Kagome becoming a hanyou...blah that's generic, can't remember the title though...it was MASSIVELY popular, but I personally thought it was really creepy the way Inuyasha acted...it started with an O? Kagome had a subduing spell as well? Bugger. Anyways. was that ever finished if ya know what I'm talking about?)
Ooh. CCIMF updating soon? I must look for it ^__^
...this is why I never wrote anything more than a few oneshots. If by some freak of nature a story became popular, I'd run out of ideas halfway through and have the fandom after my tail.

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	(Anonymous) 2004-01-18 05:17 am UTC (link)
	remembered name! is a ditz, and rather hyper It was Turnabout is Fair Play. Not sure where I got "O" from... (Reply to this)(Parent)

cowgirled
2004-01-18 05:23 am UTC (link)

I think that's "Turnabout is Fair Play" by Ookami-chan. I disliked InuYasha's behavior in it too.
I can't buy his attitude in it at all- he's domineering, he's controlling, he's confident, he's rude to the point of me being disgusted, and overbearing, when in reality, despite his boisterous attitude and the bravado he puts on- InuYasha is a very shy, </i>very</i> inscecure boy.

Oh yah he was also horny all the time in it. -_-

I think it's been updated fairly recently--- I know it's not dead.

If by some freak of nature a story became popular, I'd run out of ideas halfway through and have the fandom after my tail.

XDD I've had to put some fics on official hiatus or list them as discontinued due to that. Getting reviews saying "UPDATE SOON NOW!" when you aren't planning on an update for a while can be a bit stressing.

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	kijikun 2004-01-18 05:27 am UTC (link)
	I still get voodoo death threats over not finishing a story I started back in 98 (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	schoenschoen 2004-01-18 10:20 am UTC (link)
	I keep getting whiny e-mails begging me to continue a story that I actually did finish - back in 2000. O_o has this thing about not posting until she's a good half of the way through with a story ^^;; (Reply to this)(Parent)

	(Anonymous) 2004-01-18 05:28 am UTC (link)
	ah yes, that was indeed what I hated about the story... which was too bad, because for the first 20 chapters or so it was really a very good story. And then Inuyasha became...ick. I think I left a few negative reviews, waited to see if Kagome would beat Inuyasha into the ground, then gave up and went on my way. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	mariagoner 2004-01-19 04:13 am UTC (link)
	Oh yeah. I honestly think its the Inuyasha fiction version of HP's Queen to Demons, in that it's a massively popular fanfic that started off great but quickly became a pit of (anti) feminist suck. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	(Anonymous) 2004-01-19 02:10 am UTC (link)
	Do you think you could link me to some of these stories? I've been hopelessly searching for good IY fanfic for ages now. ~twilight_star on LJ deep_midnight[at]yahoo[dot]com (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mariagoner 2004-01-19 04:14 am UTC (link)
	Try looking up Queen on fanfiction.net. She's a great writer. And her IY/Sailor Moon cross-over is one of the best pieces of Inu AND SM fanfiction I've ever read. (Reply to this)(Parent)

fryingpanofdoom
2004-01-20 03:49 am UTC (link)

I still maintain that the funniest IY fanfiction that I have ever read is "Big Buttocks", courtesy of The Fluffy Magazine (http://www.thefluffymag.nightsail.net/index2.htm). It puts the entire cast of IY into a parody of the show of Big Brother, with some seriously amusing results. Now I watch IY and can't stop imagining that Sesshomaru and Naraku secretly have a snog fest every night.

(They also started a fic a while ago that threw the cast of Fushigi Yuugi into the show of Survivor, but they never finished the first episode.)

Unfortunately, the maintainers are in the midst of a massive update so nothing is currently available. They are also Austrailian, and on a schedule that baffles this clueless American.

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	hmmm... iczer6 2004-01-18 04:56 am UTC (link)
	Ya know what? I don't think these should even count as fanart. The more I look the more it seems like she traced a scene from the manga and then did some alterations to make the image look different. And I'd bet my DJ collection that she did it for the other cel to. Hell I think I recognize the scene! (Reply to this)(Thread)

	Re: hmmm... yadda 2004-01-18 05:03 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, I thought the last image looked oddly familiar, too. Oh, and, word to your icon. Combo pairing names make baby Muhammad sniffle. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: hmmm... harukami 2004-01-18 07:34 am UTC (link)
	Jesus/Muhammad OTP! Juhammad! Muhammus! Theirloveissoinfantile! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	delfeus 2004-01-18 07:36 am UTC (link)
	ROFLMAO (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: hmmm... loki 2004-01-18 07:43 am UTC (link)
	XD (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: hmmm... musette 2004-01-18 05:05 am UTC (link)
	Totally unrelated, but your icon rules like a ruling thing. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Your Icon! (Anonymous) 2004-01-19 12:32 pm UTC (link)
	Snarry... oh how I HATE that pairing name... along with Sparrington and Spuffy. WHY GOD WHY!? Give me the /!! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Your Icon! virago 2004-01-19 06:14 pm UTC (link)
	Oh cripes, I'm not even in BtVS fandom (like the series, haven't braved the fandom yet) and the name "Spuffy" irritates the hell out of me. It sounds like a kids' show mascot. "Wiiiith Captain Twinkletoes and Spuffy!" Though then, I thought that the alternative would be... "Bike." snrk Good icon, though, yeah. Pairing names have always annoyed me. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Your Icon! eiviiaru 2004-01-20 08:28 am UTC (link)
	When I read "Spuffy," my first assumption is that some horrible, misguided person was writing slash between Jack Sparrow and Luffy D. Monkey. God, that hurt. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	allen 2004-01-18 05:16 am UTC (link)
	It frightens me that the buy-it-now price is $55. Maybe I should start selling some of my fanart of OCs from comics and such on eBay. Who cares if I have no following or fans? (Reply to this)

	lots42 2004-01-18 06:53 am UTC (link)
	Yanno...when I click on the link, I foolishly expected originallity. Such as an original costume. Or maybe even an original weapon. I definitely expected an original hairstyle. And I did not get any of that. My soul burns at the pain of the badness of that picture (Reply to this)(Thread)

	kijikun 2004-01-18 07:24 am UTC (link)
	Shall we play name the riped off animes? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	iczer6 2004-01-18 08:26 am UTC (link)
	Oh! Oh! Can we, can we? I know she ~~ripped off~~ borrowed Inuyasha's design for the outfit and face, and I know the hair is from another character I can't recall... (Reply to this)(Parent)

	loki 2004-01-18 07:48 am UTC (link)
	That? For $55? More like 5 or 10 would be more appropriate; since it looks like she drew Inuyasha for the face. And the hair is ugly. (Reply to this)

	rewind 2004-01-18 10:29 am UTC (link)
	Look! A cel of just the OC! In all honesty, I have absolutely no comment on this. None what so ever... (Reply to this)

	delfeus 2004-01-18 12:25 pm UTC (link)
	Okay, can someone explain this cell business to me? It's really bothering me. What does cell mean in this context? (Reply to this)(Thread)

aloysius
2004-01-18 01:09 pm UTC (link)

Cells are transparent sheets that animation is drawn on. It's painted, then put on top of a background, and filmed.

Well, except the fact that no one uses it anymore, because practically all coloring and animating is done on computers now. Cells are highly collectable, and the lack of original ones makes people collect fan-made ones ... I suppose.

I should probably also tell you that many fan-made cells are actually quite pretty, with detailed art and backgrounds.

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	Re: delfeus 2004-01-18 10:14 pm UTC (link)
	Can one actually do something with them, or do they just sit around looking pretty? I mean, if they're transparent that limits their use... Oh well, I shouldn't speak. I collect dreamcatchers... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	aloysius 2004-01-18 10:25 pm UTC (link)
	Umm ... I don't think it's the costom to use them for anything. I think people frame them and hang them on their wall, like other people hang reproductions on their wall. But I don't know, I don't collect them myself. Hm. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	banal_o_rama 2004-01-18 10:42 pm UTC (link)
	Nope, there's nothing useful about a cel. Just as there's nothing useful about figures, UFO catchers or doujinshi. Damn nice to have a few around, though. :D (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: delfeus 2004-01-19 05:24 pm UTC (link)
	I think doujinshi is useful... it's entertainment. :D Figurines... glances at her The Endless set well, they don't really need to be useful. :D (Reply to this)(Parent)

	smo 2004-01-19 04:26 am UTC (link)
	Yes, but dreamcatchers arguably serve a purpose, and have ancient cultural significance and shit. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	dwarfjen 2004-01-18 12:34 pm UTC (link)
	Looks like she's already sold some fanart - not any of the stuff featuring the OC, though. Hmm... gee, wonder why that might be. (Reply to this)

	mariagoner 2004-01-19 04:18 am UTC (link)
	She's already sold original cells of just Inuyasha characters. For about $2-8 per cell. So I have no idea why she's jacking up the price of cells when they feature her own signature characters. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=39557&item=3264308420 (Reply to this)

	feenix 2004-01-19 05:19 am UTC (link)
	Off-topic: I almost confused Kohaku with Michael Jackson. I need sleep. (Reply to this)