madimpossibledreamer

log horizon has actual mechanics and mechanics that were plot and zhuge liang as an mc and people with bad habits that realize they're bad habits and grow as people (jealousy) and lack of judgment (that one transwoman in Souji's guild might look stereotypical but she's not the butt of any jokes and her fellow guildmembers aren't grossed out).  now that's my kind of isekai anime.
diversity is done in the background, without drawing attention to it as something "weird", which is the right way to do it.  shiroe's zhuge liang, and isn't totally into the machismo thing.
(i've heard there's a sexual assault scene in one of the novels so i'm reluctant to read that.) 
the two questionable things: allowing akatsuki to be treated like a doll, and treating one of the two main landers in the anime as less than human. (you could argue it's not in a bad way, but dehumanization particularly of a main cast member as other is never really a good sign)
spoiler alert: I haven't seen series 3 yet so my opinion might change, but the first two are great

What's up, people (by Maximum the Hormone)?  I just got done with dinner.  Yay.  10 hour shifts suck.  But now I get to post for all you lovely people out there, yay.
~Dreamer~

v  Red Moon Rising (Source: Livejournal)

Ø  http://what-we-dream.livejournal.com/62969.html#cutid1

Ø  Red Cliff [which is itself an adaptation of a segment from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms which I actually own and is a kind of fascinating read; I rec that book on its own]

Like a feather on the wind, Zhuge Liang, or Kongming (the Sleeping Dragon) dances into danger and dances out again.  It’s a fascinating character study that also has some action.  The dialogue is excellent (well…of course it is, all of my favorites are like that…), and it served as a good extension when I was searching for something to fill in the gap when I wanted more than just watching the film for the nth time.  I still remembered this fic years later, and knew I had to go looking for it to find it again.  (It also has nothing to do with the fic, but I was rather pleased and amused to note that the author’s icon on both of their Red Cliff fics is Sherlock Holmes in the 22^nd Century.  Good show, that.  Even if I don’t get the joke there.)
(Also, adding their fics will double the number of things in my zhuge liang tag...kinda sad when 3 of my icons are Red Cliff, really...)

Okay, this is what I was working on.  Until late, unfortunately, but it got done, and I'm really proud of it.  (I'll notice all the typos later, I'm sure.)  This idea has been rattling around my brain for a while, but it was only yesterday that I ended up writing it.  For whatever reason, this was brought on by reading Ukitake fanfic, including the lovely Meifu's Gate.  Really, I don't understand how my brain works.
This, like the earlier Patience, draws off of many sources, but I guess maybe first and foremost Red Cliff, since that's the only one where he's been depicted with a hawk's wing fan.  (Crane's wing is the usual.  I can't tell what the weapon is in Dynasty Warriors, and it's been a few days since I've played that, so I don't remember the name of his weapon.  Bad.  Okay, I'm gonna look this up.  Okay, it says swallow wing and raven wing, so the point still stands.)  It probably also draws a little off the Japanese Romance of the Three Kingdoms animated series, since I recently rediscovered that.  /grins
I actually had to do a little more research.  I usually go crazy with research whenever I find something new I like, but it's been a little while, and in any case I didn't know much about his family.  Or friends/schoolmates.
Poor Xu Shu.
If style names confuse you, look them up or take a peek at Patience, my Xiahou Dun character study.  This is kind of a character study, too, but it definitely has more action than Dun's.  Funny, huh?  The titles hint at that though.
Kongming = Sleeping Dragon = Zhuge Liang
Guangyuan = Shi Tao

Intrigued by this dialogue from Red Cliff:
"Why carry a fan on a cold day like this?" -Zhou Yu
"It helps me remain calm.  It's the one old habit I cannot give up." -Zhuge Liang
"You do not look like an anxious person." -Zhou Yu

Main Points:
Zhuge Liang fanfic, probably Red Cliff/Chibi movie based.
Summary: Zhuge Liang goes to 'school', but when he returns all is not well.
Word Count: 1870
Rating: T
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