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AND ONTO THE RECS:
Star Trek XI - 2 Fanfics
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - 2 Fanfics
Final Fantasy VIII - 1 Fanvid
Star Trek XI - 1 Fanvid
Katekyou Hitman REBORN! - 1 Doujinshi
VOCALOID - 4 Fanart
2009 GOAL: 697 (+ 195)/1700

Star Trek XI: When I Was Invincible by robanybody - [Note: Just go ahead and assume there are spoilers in the fic and this rec.] Oh, my, how could I resist this fic? Kirk is accidentally teleported into Spock Prime's universe and antics are had. Of course I was going to read it! And it was delightfully fun, seeing the XI version of Kirk interacting with the original series characters, how they're similar, but you can really feel the differences, and it's just. It's so hilarious and I love the sense of... even the ship is familiar but not quite the same to Kirk. I love that the fic covered pretty much all of the main characters and Kirk's interaction with them, I love that it just sailed right along, and asl;dkfjaslkj oh man. TOS Spock and XI Kirk interaction. It was so grand. (No warnings/pairings.)

Star Trek XI: tushah nash-veh k'du by medie - [Note: Just go ahead and assume there are spoilers in the fic and this rec.] This is a short piece set from Gaila's point of view, which I continue to be surprised by (the amount of Gaila fics in the fandom that are actually really interesting to read, that is) and it doesn't have to be long to get it's point across. It's just a moment of two people from different species, an Orion girl in Starfleet and a Vulcan in Starfleet, waiting to be rescued and trying to cope with the loss of Vulcan. Poignant and bittersweet, very nicely done. (No warnings/pairings.)

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Never Said by halcyon_shift - [Note: This is the third fic in a series and both the fic and this rec will contain spoilers for the second season/series finale.] This is the next fic in the line of this universe and it's... maybe it was just the mood I was in today, but something about this fic hit really hard, in just the way it was supposed to do. John's life is so hard where he's at now, especially with bits and pieces fraying all around him and there's no one to really talk to. The author does a masterful job of using the other characters in the universe, the tapes from Sarah, the visit from Martin Bedell, the use of Allison here, all of it contributes to the mood of this piece, which is kind of super painful, but brilliantly done. I just... there's something about this fic series that's really caught me, that fits perfectly with my view of this universe. I love it. (No warnings/pairings.)

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Widows of the Ashes by halcyon_shift - [Note: This is the fourth fic in a series and both the fic and this rec will contain spoilers for the second season/series finale.] This time, the focus changes to Sarah and Savannah back in present day and... I'll grant that they're not what I was hoping to read about, because the author's John has so captured my attention, but I also really wasn't bored while reading this. The author writes them just as brilliantly as she does everything else, the painful moments that are always there without being too over the top, the distance between the characters, Sarah trying to connect with Savannah and it's so hard on both of them. The use of Jesse was also brilliant here, I love that it fits so well with what TSCC was all about--tough women in this war against the machines, it picked up on all the themes that the show had going for it. I loved this one, too. (No warnings/pairings.)

Final Fantasy VIII Fanvid: Final Fantasy VIII Review - [Note: This is only the first part of the review, but it's pretty easy to hunt down all 11 parts to this. You may have to hit up the guy's website to finish them off, but it shouldn't be hard.] I picked this link up from a secret posted on fandomsecrets and, okay, technically, this isn't a fanvid, it's a game review, but I'm at a loss for how else to label it. It's not really a livejournal post, it's not really anything else... so, fanvid it is. What this video did for me was pull me out of one of those nights where nothing seemed to quite be going right and got me to laugh many, many times. It's eleven parts, each ranging from 9 to 25 minutes apiece and I watched the whole thing practically in one sitting, that's how addicted I was to the review.

Now, granted. The review is all about pointing out the many, many ways that FFVIII sucked and I have to admit that there are a lot of really good points about why the gameplay was so ridiculous and why the writing was really fucking lazy in parts. I love the game still, I adore the characters and I actually like the story and it's one of my favorite games/fandoms. And yet there was not a single part of this review that didn't get at least two IRL LOLs out of me. It might not be for all fans of the game, but if you have a strong sense of mocking the silly parts of something you love, I think this was a really hilarious review.

Star Trek XI Fanvid: ... on the dance floor - [Note: Go ahead and assume there are spoilers in the video and this rec.] There is something about STXI that attracts me to videos like this, I don't think I've hardly watched any serious, straight up fanvids, I'm always going for the lollarious stuff. And this one is indeed hilarious. The Flight of the Conchords song is a great one to set this about not enough women/an overabundance of men in the movie, making a point without losing the humor. The clip choice is hilarious and somehow just fits with the song and just. asl;dkjfa;lskjal basically it's the latest most awesome thing ever.

Katekyou Hitman REBORN! Doujinshi (scanslated) - Blood Bond 0.5 - [Note: This post is locked, but the comm should be freely joinable.] Okay. This was only 13 pages total and it was really a filler thing, rather than advancing the plot forward and you do kind of need have read the previous book in the series to get what's going on here and even then it's really vague and dreamy. But. Well. It's Ciel and her art is gorgeous and this book is no exception--her Dino is beautifully done. I wish there'd been a few more pages to this, a little more detail in the panels, but I'll forgive it because she's creating a mood here and because those close-ups of Dino were hot. :D (Dino/Hibari.)

- VOCALOID - [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - Holy crap, it did not take long for me to fall in love with this site. Right from the beginning, the lines were sleek and cute, the colors just beautiful and vibrant, and just a hint of a softened quality on the images. A recipe just about guaranteed to make me fall in love. As the artist goes along, she gets more and more detail worked into the images and the art gets better and better. Okay, see, I never meant to get started with Vocaloid fandom, hell, it's not like they have any personalities or anything to get attached to. It's just... this site kind of represents everything that made me cave anyway--the art is so much goddamned fun that I can't help it. This was a great first site for me to visit properly, especially with all the pretty Gakupoid and the adorable as all get out Len and Rin art. ♥ (No warnings/pairings.)

- VOCALOID - [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - I was wondering how long it would take me before I ran into Len/Rin art, I knew it would happen eventually. XD And, while I do wish there were more art here, since there's only a little more than a handful of images, it's kind of hard to complain when it's such pretty stuff yet again. It's all sleek lines and glossy colors and really nice detail put into each of the images, the kind of art that really sort of forcibly reminds me why I started looking for proper art sites for them. While it's just a first stop for me (or one of them, anyway), it was a solid one I'm glad to have seen. (Len/Rin.)

- VOCALOID - [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - There's not as much art here as I'd like (I've been having trouble really getting into the corner of j-fanart sites for this fandom so far) but about halfway through what is here starts getting really cute and has really smooth, clean lines. The colors are also those bright and vivid ones that work so well with me for this series, especially the teals of Miku's hair, eyes, and clothes. Toss in a few cute ones of Rin and Len and it was a solid, fun little site this afternoon. (No warnings/pairings.)

- VOCALOID - [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - This site takes a bit to get going, but it was kinda neat to see the way the artist steadily progresses with just about every consecutive image that I went through, every one was a little better than the last until the artist was doing some really pretty art. I think the Miku illustrations were my favorites, but the artist also did some nice work with Rin and Len as well. It was a really fun site, a decent size for my travels so far, and netted me some shiny things to look at. I can't ask for more than that. XD (No real warnings, I wouldn't say?)

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Here's the link:

http://vocaloid.s1st.biz/

It REALLY is far too addictive . . . and I tried so hard to resist it after I saw the tag on pixiv (I'm hooked to enough fandoms already). Eventually my friend got me into it, and I was done for after seeing all the fanarts for Len and Rin.

Oh, goddammit (http://vocaloid.s1st.biz/rank.cgi). Well. There goes MY life for the next two months. :|

I really didn't need another fandom, I can barely keep up with all the ones I have to look for on pixiv now. But the art is so gorgeous and that alone is worth getting into it for. Every single one of them has totally fucking epic hair and I LOVE THAT.

I kind of love that this fandom is the epitome of fans not needing to see canon OR have defined personalities for the characters. They just need PRETTY, lolz. (And I am RIGHT THERE WITH THEM.)

It's hard to resist beautiful fanart for too long . . . with like you said, epic hair. Especially Miku's! Although, after seeing a fan video of her in Sailor Moon style it all made sense why I like her's most. XD

The creativity for the character's personalities really is amazing, especially for Kaito. He gets the funniest portrayals sometimes. I wonder where his fascination for ice cream came from . . . ?

And I also love how the couplings are so random. You can pretty much ship them all with one another and find a ton of fanart for all of them. I just wish the tags on pixiv were more organized for this fandom . . . for example, Len and Rin tag would have ALL the fanart for them together. It is so small in comparison to their single character tags. I guess new fans have to turn to searching people's favorites to find the good stuff, haha.

I kind of love a fandom that's pretty free and easy with the whole pairings thing and personalities for the characters--it's nice that it's basically almost an original seres fandom, you can make up just about whatever you want for the characters and it's cool to see the different takes on everyone.

But mostly it's the gorgeous, gorgeous art. Which I am beginning to discover some of the random pairings for--I found a bunch of Len/Miku art tonight and it took me by surprise and yet... pretty!

And I am still totally just depending on people's favorites pages--the vocaloid tag is, like, THOUSANDS of pages long. T__T

I hate saying it . . . but it's really refreshing seeing them drawn with the other characters. Don't get me wrong, I love Len and Rin, but they get paired up so much together that you rarely see them interact with the others by themselves. Then again, havent seen THAT much art yet so it might not be so rare.

I know! The tag is huge . . . just as scary is Miku's tag. 60,000+ fanarts . . . that's much more than the Naruto and Bleach tags combined.

Black Shooter's is surprisingly smaller than expected. At least it's more navigable.

I... I really like Len and Rin together in fanart, it's just... yeah, I have to admit, after awhile it gets kind of... I don't know. I feel like I've seen it and seen it and seen it. But neither of them are really my favorite character and I'm not as into the shota/loli-esque feeling of their characters. I tend to prefer the slightly older, more epic-hair-having characters.

You know, I've been in Vocaloid fandom for less than a week... what the hell IS Black Rock Shooter anyway?

It irritates me too how some artists draw them so . . . ugh. I've seen a few drawings of an older Rin, but rarely her with Len. Sometimes it would be nice if they would draw them that age too. How do you feel about Luka, by the way?

Black Rock Shooter is pretty much an original character made by a fan artist named Huke. She may look like Miku, but she's not her. This explains why she never appears with the official cast much. I'm not completely familiar with her either, just think her design is amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLzOrik5YJ8

I think this was the first video of her.

I've seen a couple of them looking slightly older, yeah, and they look hot as hell like that, I wish more artists would do that. *__* And omg I already adore Luka. I think Miku is probably my favorite, but only by just barely over Luka, who has an AMAZING character design. And she looks like an adult, so that's a major plus.

Okay, that helps me narrow down what I'm searching for and... from what I can tell, Black Rock Shooter was an original fan-created Vocaloid that became so popular it actually started getting merchandise and stuff put out for her?

I've seen a bunch of images of her and you're right, her design is AMAZING and, holy shit, that PV is totally epic. *___*

I have to admit, at first Luka's seemed a little too much like a diva to me, even though her design is GORGEOUS. I didn't really start to like her until I watched this (sorry for the PV spam):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inTzq-haO6U

And I totally fell in love with her character, all versions of her. I'm a sucker for tragic stuff, so maybe that's why I like her PVs? All of them are so sad. XD

Yep, pretty much Black Rock Shooter is an OC . . . but a very VERY popular one they even make merchandise for her. I didn't believe it till my friend told me, I thought she was Miku's dark side or something. XP

Wow . . you made me look and find this:

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa306/Tessa07_2007/Black_Rock_shooter_1-726069.jpg

WANT. Want this so much. *_____*

Really? The impression I've gotten on her (admittedly, from looking at all the fanart) is that she was a very shy, very sort of internalized person that had trouble talking to others, but that might just be what I wanted to read into her.

She does seem like she's kind of sad in a lot of the stuff I see, so I can imagine her as a tragic sort of figure, too. And that PV was so lovely, though, AHHHH, like I need a YouTube spree while I'm hitting up Pixiv! (And yet I love the spam, it helps so much, when I'm just getting into the PVs. *__*)

Nobody really knows precisely what Black Rock Shooter is, her songs have been Miku songs, I take it? So... sort of like an AU version? ....man, for a fandom that is all about not really having much of a canon, this is complicated. XD

I SAW THAT. OH MY GOD IT IS SO INSANELY GORGEOUS I WANT ONE SO BAD. *___*

Really? LOL, may have just been my bad luck to stumble upon fanarts that don't show her in the best light. I have to admit I didn't look at much of her fanart after seeing this:

http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=2642691&tag=VOCALOID

This was the first time I saw her. I didn't know it was a joke that she was a "threat" since she's the new VOCALOID. XD I think it was on the top page of pixiv before.

Would love to see you rec some youtube vids, especially since there are so many amazing PVs for this series. *_*

I'm getting confused about Black Rock Shooter now too. It doesn't help everyone keeps saying different stories on who she is.

". . this stunning figure is a model from a picture done by Huke. He's actually the artist behind vocaloid Miku."

I'm confused now on whether she's OC or not . . . LOL. There really needs to be a site that explains everything about the fandom.

By the way, found out about Kaito's fascination with ice cream:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shf49MOhbqQ

I have a new OTP after watching this . . . hahaha.

About Black Rock shooter figure . . . I'm scared to look at the price of it. XD

I can definitely see how that'd be a bad introduction to her, like she was taking away from all the other Vocaloids you already loved. I came in awhile after she'd already been out, so I see all this pretty fanart of her and she looks so angsty and pretty while she does it that I'm just SUPER WEAK to her already. *___*

And ;asldkfjl;asjk oh my god in the last couple of days I've amassed about 150mb worth of Vocaloid fanart and I wasn't really even TRYING until today and now you're trying to make me get into the PVs? That's just mean.

Wikipedia says that "Kei" designed the original Hatsune Miku and he's the one doing the Maker Hikoushiki Hatsune Mix (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maker_Hik%C5%8Dshiki_Hatsune_Mix) manga based on her. So, I think huke did the design for an OC (BRS), the creator of the software saw it, loved it, and kind-of-sort-of approved it?

IDK. I AGREE THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A VOCALOIDS WIKI IN ENGLISH SO I CAN UNDERSTAND THIS CRAP.

.....LOL AT KAITO FOREVER AFTER THAT. LOL LOL LOL, WHAT AN IDIOT, I LOVE HIM.

I love angsty Luka . . . there needs to be more fanart of her like that. MORE! ~~I'm hoping you'll share some of her soon?~~

The PVs help you understand the stories behind some of the fanart. It increases enjoyment. ~~But really, I'm just being evil as I can and give you more work.~~

And wow, 150 MB??? Wow . . .

BTW, Black Rock Shooter is hurting my brain. XD Thanks for clearing that up, it was so hard to find information about her designer.

I LOVE KAITO TOO! BUT . . . WE'LL NEVER COMPARE TO HIS ICE CREAM.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mm0XfxdgXY

OR MIKU? LOL . . . OH, KAITO. What ships do you like for Miku, btw?

I think Miku will probably get the lion's share of art I'm looking at, mostly because Miku seems to be the most popular one, but I remember seeing a lot of really gorgeous stuff for Luka. And now you've got me curious if I was looking at them properly or just interpreting her as I wanted to see her.

*mutters* Not like I didn't already have enough to work on. Not that I can guarantee anything, of course, especially since it seems like you've been doing really awesome at finding PVs yourself. *__*

... ♥ I think, if I had to pick a ship, it would probably be Kaito/Miku, but I am really, really, really flexible right now. I would also happily ship Miku/Luka or Miku/Gakupoid and fanart gave me a soft spot for Len/Miku (if he's a bit older) and then there were some pretty Mikuo/Miku images... but, Kaito/Miku definitely is at the top of my list. THAT JUST MAKES ME SHIP IT MORE.

Kaito/Miku is my favorite too . . the fanart for them are really beautiful. It makes me curious why he gets paired up with Meiko more. Miku/Luka sounds good too!

BTW, found this:

http://vocaloid.wikia.com/wiki/Vocaloid_Wiki

. . .

This should be A LOT more easier to find. XD

Okay, reading more of this, it looks like Ryo and huke are part of supercell, which produces a lot of music and so forth, but I'm not sure about their relation to the actual Vocaloids original series now. I am... totally confused. But, well, I'll just look at the pretty art and that's all I really need to know. XD

You know, I've hardly seen ANY Meiko art yet! A few in group images and stuff, but almost nothing of her by herself, which is odd. But, then, I'm still just browsing favorites, I haven't, like, hit up any of the actual tags yet or anything. XD

Black Rock Shooter is cool, that's all we need to know. XD

Checking out your new Vocaloid fanart recs btw, enjoying them so much!!

AND I NOTICED THAT TOO! Rarely you stumble upon a fanart for Meiko alone. When I first saw her I didn't realize she was a official Vocaloid, to be honest. Lacks the bright hair color the others have? XD Her tag is only 7000ish too . . . which in Vocaloid, is pretty average compared to the others. Especially since she's an older one than most of them.

Yes, that's it exactly! XD I'm glad you're enjoying the new recs, I am having so much fun in this fandom and this whole thread has made it twice as much fun, so I'm glad to give something back. ♥

She does seem sort of... I hate to say "dull", but in comparison to the bright, vivid designs of the others, she does sort of seem a little flat. Clearly, she needs a pastel hair color to stand out more. XD ....oh, lord, I can't believe you just said Her tag is only 7000ish too and I was agreeing right along with you that that's pretty small. orz

I'm happy to hear this fandom is a lot of fun for you! I'm enjoying this thread a lot too!

Meiko's sometimes given a orange reddish look to her hair:
http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=2683303

But that's the only time she stands out to me. XD This is sad . .

And about the number of fanart in Meiko's tag . . . well . . .

"Vocaloid standards". That's all I have to say. :P

Oh, man, that one is really adorable and I can see where she might have had a pastel-ish sort of orange hair, but... I don't usually see that on her, unfortunately. She looks much more in the same theme here.

;adklfjasldkj jesus, I used to think the Pokemon tag was insane. XD

After sleeping over it, I feel bad for singling out Meiko. She has even more artwork than Black Rock Shooter, Gakupoid, etc. It's just weird that her fanarts dont show up more.

Saw the Pokemon tag when you posted it before. . . and I didn't realize it was THAT huge. Especially since I didn't believe the fandom was alive much anymore, and was I wrong or what. @_@ I didn't even care to know about the newer characters like Dawn (new for me, who stopped watching in season 2) until you started posting artwork of her. Pretty artwork is very persuading!! Stop making me weak to into huge fandoms! XD

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