Sweet Dreams

I love that this fannish5 question came up today because I just finished watching Death Note last night, an anime chock full of geniuses, evil or otherwise. (Even if only one of them made the cut for this list.) Appropriate, ne?

Name your five favorite geniuses - evil or otherwise - from any fandom.

1. Charlie Eppes (Numb3rs)
2. Yagami Light (Death Note)
3. Hermione Granger (Harry Potter)
4. Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)
5. Otori Kyoya (Ouran High School Host Club)

FYI: I completely fail as a fangirl. -_- I totally forgot about Charlie the first time I made this list, since I was focusing mainly on anime. How could I possibly forget the awesomeness and beauty that is Charlie Eppes/David Krumholtz?! I'm not worthy! (In case you're wondering, the character that got cut was George from Paradise Kiss, who I consider an artistic genius.)

Now for my thoughts on Death Note....dgja;ghjafhjalfghj!!!!!

I totally and completely loved it. Definitely up there among my all-time favorite anime, although I had a bit of trouble deciding exactly where to rank it. I wanted to put it either above Super GALS, which is currently my second favorite, or below Fruits Basket, which was my third favorite, so I compromised and put it the middle of those those to for now, making it my new third favorite overall. In any case, it earned a 10 (Masterpiece) rating from me on MyAnimeList, joining an exclusive group consisting of just five other (non-movie) titles: Kaleido Star, Super GALS, Fruits Basket, Princess Nine, and Ginban Kaleidoscope.

Even my mom liked it. She only saw a handful of episodes though, so when I told her I was planning to buy it, she was all "Yay!" *laughs* Now I just have to wait for Right Stuf to have a good sale on it. It's possibly good enough that I would consider buying retail if I had the money, but I do think the retail price is a bit steep for a two-boxset, thirty-seven episode series. Hopefully they'll come up with a cheaper, complete boxset once they finish milking the series for all it's worth. (Ugh, I hate this new trend of splitting up series that don't need to be split up into separate boxsets just to make more money! It's so annoying! I really want to buy Ouran High School Host Club, too, but it's the same deal with that one. At least make the boxsets a bit cheaper! Nobody wants to pay forty, fifty, sixty dollars for only half a season!)

Anyway, back to DN. Favorite character, in case you haven't already guessed from the above list, is Light. As somebody who is against the death penalty, I can't agree with his ideology at all, but dang it if he isn't just totally and completely fascinating as a character. (And he's hot, too, which is always a plus in my book. Added him to my Harem of Bishies, along with Matsuda.) Second favorite is Matsuda, who is just adorable, followed closely by a three-way tie for third place between Light's father, Misa, and Aizawa. Didn't care much for L, although he was an okay character. He was a little too quirky for my taste, I guess. I prefered Near.

And like I predicted a few entries back, of course I've got plot bunnies! -_- Right now I've got a Matsuda/Sayu fic swimming around in my head, but I doubt I'll write anything until I have the chance to watch the series again. It lost me a couple of times with all the Death Note switchings, so I'd rather wait until I have a good grasp of canon before I actually try to write for it. Good thing, too, since I already have enough on my plate!

It's Christmas Eve! Yay, presents tonight! For the first time in years it seems, I'm really excited about opening presents. I think it's because I actually don't know what a lot of them are, like I usually do. That means I probably won't get a lot of the stuff I actually want, but the surprise element is rather nice.

Anyway, like I mentioned in my previous entry, every year, I like to watch all the Christmas-themed anime episodes I own, and every year, I have to go through my anime collection, trying to remember which series have Christmas episodes. Well, this year I was smart and made a list of all the episodes so I don't have to go through the headache.

Sailor Moon S movie
Sailor Moon R Episode 78 - Venus Minako's Nurse Mayhem (Christmas isn't specifically mentioned, but there are decorations in the background of some scenes)
Card Captor Sakura (Winter Wonderland) Episode 35 - Sakura's Wonderful Christmas
Card Captor Sakura (Friends in Need) Episode 61 - Sakura, The Card, and The Presents
Rah-Xephon (Vol. 2) Episode 8 - The Dreaming Stone
Paradise Kiss (Vol. 3) Episode 12 - Future
Super GALS Episode 39 - Christmas Eve * Jingle-Jingle * Emergency Bell of Love
Angelic Layer Episode 26 - Angel Wings! Please Guide Me and Hikaru (at least in the very last scene)
Fushigi Yugi (Vol. 8) Don't know which episode exactly, as I haven't watched it in a long time, but I know there's one when Tamahome is in Tokyo.
Death Note (Vol. 9) Episodes 33 and 34
Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy (Vol. 1) Episodes 2-4 - Ah! The Troubled Queen of Revenge!, Ah! I Offer You This Feeling On Christmas Eve, Ah! I Offer You This Feeling on Christmas Eve!
Ghost Hunt Episode 12-13 - FILE 5: Silent Christmas
School Rumble 2 Episode 19 - Here, There, Everywhere Is Christmas! Bravely Moving Forward For Christmas! Shatter, Christmas!
Wedding Peach DX Episode 3 - Reunion ~ We Even Fight on Christmas ~

Rereading last night's entry, it occured to me that I don't think I've ever really posted an official list of who is in my hallowed Harem of Bishies. May have done so in my MJ once, but it certainly isn't current.

Sooo...

I present to you, Yumeko's Harem of Bishies!

• Helios (from Sailor Moon)
• Nephrite (from Sailor Moon)
• Hawkseye (from Sailor Moon)
• Tigerseye (from Sailor Moon)
• Fisheye (from Sailor Moon) - Honorary Member (He does prefer guys after all; I just keep him around for the prettiness ^_^)
• Kinomoto Touya (from Card Captor Sakura)
• Tooya (from Ayashi no Ceres)
• Sohma Shigure (from Fruits Basket)
• Sohma Hatori (from Fruits Basket)
• Sohma Ayame (from Fruits Basket)
• Sohma Kyo (from Fruits Basket
• Sohma Hatsuharu (from Fruits Basket)
• Hotohori (from Fushigi Yugi)
• Yuuki Keisuke (from Fushigi Yugi)
• Oyamada Masami (from Someday's Dreamers)
• Sasame (from Pretear)
• Allen (from Vision of Escaflowne)
• Coach Kido (from Princess Nine)
• Natsume Seishiro (from Princess Nine)
• Hanabishi Kaoru (from Ai Yori Aoshi)
• Amawa Hibiki (from I My Me! Strawberry Eggs)
• Kamina Ayato (from RahXephon)
• Kisaragi Itsuki (from RahXephon)
• Yagumo Souichi (from RahXephon)
• Fuuma Yousuke (from Wedding Peach)
• Night (from Absolute Boyfriend)
• Asou Yuya (from Super GALS)
• Kotobuki Yamato (from Super GALS)
• Yuri Killian (from Kaleido Star)
• Leon Oswald (from Kaleido Star)
• Lantis (from Magic Knight Rayearth)
• George (from Paradise Kiss)
• Katakura Kippei (from Aishiteruze Baby)
• Mr. Shirakawa (from Piano)
• Vash the Stampede (from Trigun)
• Nicholas D. Wolfwood (from Trigun)
• Tsujiai Hiroki (from Ultramaniac)
• Roy Mustang (from Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Maes Hughes (from Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Russell Tringum (from Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Arisugawa Sorata (from X)
• Aoki Seiichirô(from X)
• Kigai Yuto (from X)
• Kuzuki Kakyo (from X)
• Saiki Daisuke (from X)
• Dr. Wakaoji (from Full Moon wo Sagashite)
• Harima Kenji (from School Rumble)
• Ichinose Takumi (from NANA)
• Takagi Yasushi (from NANA)
• D'eon du Beaumont (from Le Chevalier D'eon)
• Durand (from Le Chevalier D'eon)
• William Jones(from Emma)
• Prince Hakim (from Emma)
• Chiba (from Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad)
• Minami Ryousuke (from Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad)
• Mido Seiji (from Moonphase)
• Sagara Sousuke (from Full Metal Panic)
• Kurz Weber (from Full Metal Panic)
• Raimon (from Tsubasa: Those With Wings)
• Yagami Light (from Death Note)
• Matsuda Touta (from Death Note)
• Suoh Tamaki (from Ouran High School Host Club)
• Otori Kyoya (from Ouran High School Host Club)
• Pete Pumps (from Ginban Kaleidoscope)
• Yuichi Aizawa (from Kanon)

Almost twenty guys... I'm such a slut. ^_^

Maybe that quiz that claimed I was into polyamory was right... >.<