Avernus

Ugh. Exam angst has been kicking my ass today, to quote Smallville. (Really shouldn't be quoting Smallville should I. Crap, just lost any cred I may ever have had. *siiiiiighs*) Probable cause is the arrival of my Mods timetable today, which is possibly the scariest document ever to arrive in my pigeonhole. Eleven exams in seven days, anyone? Mmmm, stressful. *whimpers and hides under desk*

Well, since we spent so long designing the thing, might as well post my quiz result here - because one can't have enough narcissism and self-referential jokes, can one?

You're Jane!

The scary one of the Evil Fangirls of Doom, your uncanny ability to spot seiyuu at fifty paces leaves many astounded. Grown bishounen turn and run at your approach, lest they too find themselves denizens of your legendary Yaoi Dungeon. Oh, and angst *is* an addiction, y'know. Can't have anything interfering with the world domination plans... Which member of the OAV Committee are you?

Saw the character designs for Schwarz in Gluhen today. Which are....interesting. Schuldig looks femtacular, with angsty eyes and a Farrah flick, but otherwise survives pretty much unscathed (opinions are divided as to whether this is a Good Thing *ducks missiles from onee-sama*). Farf is written out, thank God. I don't know what anyone sees in the little psychopath. Ugh. Self-mutilation, self-pity and psychosis. There is no fun here. Nagi looks even more like a member of Weiss than he used to, though he seems to have acquired his own Male Hooker Chic, possibly so he and Schuldig can hang around on street corners as a matching pair. Oh, and Crawford is *so* their pimp. *snickers*

And speaking of Crawford....*sweatdrops* What *have* they done to his character design? Oiy vey. See, with the others they really didn't need to change them that much, since Schuldig was changed from Tsuchiya-sensei's original designs anyway, and Nagi they just needed to age a bit. But Crawford-san was lifted almost straight from the manga into the anime. With the result that the new look is....well, it's certainly dramatic, I'll give it that. As nee-sama put it, 'he looks like the bastard offspring of Treize and Muraki'.

(Which led into a Very Disturbing conversation about male pregnancy fics, and which of them would be the mummy... I mean, Treize is probably the more obvious uke, as the number of 6x13 fics out there will prove. But Treize tends to be uke when he's in vulnerable mode, and Muraki's methods aren't subtle enough to get Treize vulnerable. Nee-sama suggested Muraki might try to get pregnant on purpose in the hope of rousing Tsuzuki's maternal instincts, and chose Treize as the father because he has such good genes... Now I'm trying to avoid writing the fic - Muraki getting hormonal and Treize doing diversionary DIY, building himself kit mobile suits and lusting after the pretty blond gardener.)

(And just imagine what the kid would be like! I mean, Mariemeia was bad enough, but imagine her with Muraki's ruthlessness instead of Treize's scruples! Never mind the world, the *universe* would tremble!)

But in any case, Crawford-san's new design (complete with monacle and Cravat Of World Domination TM) makes him look rather like a character on the run from Count Cain. I can't quite decide if I like it or not. I just hope that the crazy look he has in that screencap is just a fluke, not a result of them transfusing Farf's personality into poor hapless Brad-chan...