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minervasoloGormenghast (Titus Groan, specifically) is already sneaking into my head. I'm a lot further with it than last time I tried to read it (I didn't even make it far enough to meet Steerpike last time), and the fantastical geography in my drean was rather heavily influenced. A huge, mostly empty castle. An evil old wizard. Me, poisoning people by putting pigeon shit in their desert cup things, and climbing around the architecture. A dream I actually enjoyed both while dreaming and after I woke up; now there's a change.
I also introduced my new housemate to Weiss Kreuz last night. I'd been thinking earlier in the day that I'm not particularly interested in angsty characters (Angel, Torchwood Jack Harkness, Batman, etc), but for some reason that never botheres me with WK. Possibly because it's so OTT, possibly because the terrible animation is wonderfully distracting, and possibly because I like that baddies better anyway, who don't have quite so much angst (or quite so many flashbacks). Also, they're cooler.
Actually, for something made clearly so cheaply, WK is very tightly plotted. Everything links to back to one of the bad guys, which then links forwards to the second half of the season. The writing is surprisingly good (at least, the humour is intentional). There's even some subtlety in the characterisation (flashbacks aside). Oh, and someone in the staff was clearly very much into cars (as![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
toasty_renfield informed me, when I showed him some of the series ages ago), which is amusing.
If I ever have money again, I will fork out for Gluhen. The difference in art is amazing, but the angst does get heavier than I like it. There's no let up, unlike in the first series. In the meantime, I have to fork out for new work boots, since after their adventures in the rain yesterday I've decided this pair are probably mostly dead. There's a hole from the inside to the heel, the backs are fairly worn through, and a pulled a long bit of metal out of hte inside of one which may have been structurally integral. I guess a year isn't a bad run, espceially compared the few months most boots last me, but having to budget for a new pair of work boots each year is annoying. Why doesn't anything last?
I also introduced my new housemate to Weiss Kreuz last night. I'd been thinking earlier in the day that I'm not particularly interested in angsty characters (Angel, Torchwood Jack Harkness, Batman, etc), but for some reason that never botheres me with WK. Possibly because it's so OTT, possibly because the terrible animation is wonderfully distracting, and possibly because I like that baddies better anyway, who don't have quite so much angst (or quite so many flashbacks). Also, they're cooler.
Actually, for something made clearly so cheaply, WK is very tightly plotted. Everything links to back to one of the bad guys, which then links forwards to the second half of the season. The writing is surprisingly good (at least, the humour is intentional). There's even some subtlety in the characterisation (flashbacks aside). Oh, and someone in the staff was clearly very much into cars (as
toasty_renfield informed me, when I showed him some of the series ages ago), which is amusing.If I ever have money again, I will fork out for Gluhen. The difference in art is amazing, but the angst does get heavier than I like it. There's no let up, unlike in the first series. In the meantime, I have to fork out for new work boots, since after their adventures in the rain yesterday I've decided this pair are probably mostly dead. There's a hole from the inside to the heel, the backs are fairly worn through, and a pulled a long bit of metal out of hte inside of one which may have been structurally integral. I guess a year isn't a bad run, espceially compared the few months most boots last me, but having to budget for a new pair of work boots each year is annoying. Why doesn't anything last?
