As a side note to various discussions on racism in American media, Entertainment Weekly's list of The 50 Greatest Sidekicks of All Time includes a handful of black sidekicks to white main characters -- including one where the two were originally billed equally -- but nothing the other way around.
On that anon meme: OMG YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME. I mean, intellectually, I knew that already, but it's always nice to be reminded of these things. There are still a few I haven't gotten, but I haven't given up! The problem is I'm no good at identify writing styles. ^^ In all but two cases, what really gave it away were fandoms and commenting styles, with maybe a liiiiiittle bit of help from the writing.
Another thing I learned from this meme is that almost exactly one-third of my flist is also friened to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
obakesan. Nevertheless! Passing along an announcement for the other two-thirds:
RABU
Kristin Mandigma is trying to raise money for The Cabuyao Literary Society, a cultural enrichment group for Cabuyao, Laguna, the Philippines. She's had ridiculous amounts of trouble getting the municipal government to pay for anything despite the fact that they have a fund set up for exactly this purpose, and has resorted to selling digital copies of (her own) original fiction. Currently, you can buy a novel (The Miracle Merchant) for $10 or a short story (A Murder in D, a Sherlock Holmes mystery) for $2. This is for charity! But even if it weren't, I'd still recommend that you buy them purely because they are worth it. Tin's an accomplished and published writer. (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
team7, if you're reading this, I am eagerly awaiting the second half of Esme *g*.)
What else? You know that handheld fighting game, Shounen Jump Superstars? Where Light Yagami can beat up Ryouma Echizen with help from L and Misa? It works on a One Fighter, Two Supporting Characters system and the character support cominations are endlessly amusing. XD Dio-Hao-Butterfly, the Evil Overlord team! Son Goku plus sons, awwwwww. Tenipuri fans will have a field day, Ryouma is paired with Tezuka and Momoshiro while Fuji is paired with Tezuka and...Inui?! Meanshile Tezuka ignores Ryouma in favor of Atobe. The Golden Pair is a single character, LOL.
( further observations )
I have been trying and failing to write LoGH fic all day, instead I have been spamming livejournal -_-;;.
EDIT. Mushishi's been liscenced! The manga, not the anime.
On that anon meme: OMG YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME. I mean, intellectually, I knew that already, but it's always nice to be reminded of these things. There are still a few I haven't gotten, but I haven't given up! The problem is I'm no good at identify writing styles. ^^ In all but two cases, what really gave it away were fandoms and commenting styles, with maybe a liiiiiittle bit of help from the writing.
Another thing I learned from this meme is that almost exactly one-third of my flist is also friened to
obakesan. Nevertheless! Passing along an announcement for the other two-thirds:RABU
Kristin Mandigma is trying to raise money for The Cabuyao Literary Society, a cultural enrichment group for Cabuyao, Laguna, the Philippines. She's had ridiculous amounts of trouble getting the municipal government to pay for anything despite the fact that they have a fund set up for exactly this purpose, and has resorted to selling digital copies of (her own) original fiction. Currently, you can buy a novel (The Miracle Merchant) for $10 or a short story (A Murder in D, a Sherlock Holmes mystery) for $2. This is for charity! But even if it weren't, I'd still recommend that you buy them purely because they are worth it. Tin's an accomplished and published writer. (
team7, if you're reading this, I am eagerly awaiting the second half of Esme *g*.) What else? You know that handheld fighting game, Shounen Jump Superstars? Where Light Yagami can beat up Ryouma Echizen with help from L and Misa? It works on a One Fighter, Two Supporting Characters system and the character support cominations are endlessly amusing. XD Dio-Hao-Butterfly, the Evil Overlord team! Son Goku plus sons, awwwwww. Tenipuri fans will have a field day, Ryouma is paired with Tezuka and Momoshiro while Fuji is paired with Tezuka and...Inui?! Meanshile Tezuka ignores Ryouma in favor of Atobe. The Golden Pair is a single character, LOL.
( further observations )
I have been trying and failing to write LoGH fic all day, instead I have been spamming livejournal -_-;;.
EDIT. Mushishi's been liscenced! The manga, not the anime.