Escapade

Yes, I will be at Escapade this year. Will you?

You will know me by my glasses and my #2 clipper cut and my lip ring and the Fullmetal Alchemist keychain on my backpack. I'll do my best to look approachable. :)

If you meet me, call me Hal. I do have a Real Name, but I find Hal works best at these fannish things. No one should attempt to say "Halrloprillalar". I never do.

I've never actually been to a media con like this before. I've been to lots of gaming cons and to one sci-fi con, but that was also for gaming. (There were people walking around in Klingon outfits and/or vampire fangs and *we* were considered the weirdos because we played D&D.) So I'm interested to see how this is. What's fun that I should make sure I don't miss?

And it's OK to rub my head.

Anime fanfiction and Momoshiro Takeshi

A few people asked me about the characterization of Momoshiro in Journeys End and it's complex enough to warrant a separate post. It involves some general thoughts on writing fanfic for media from a different culture, so you might find it interesting even if you haven't read the story. (If you plan to read the story, do that first, though, since this completely spoils it.)

( general challenges of being a westerner writing anime fanfiction )

Okay, now on to Momoshiro. Please note that I am not trying to excuse him or to tell you what you should think about him. I just wanted to explain what was in my mind when I wrote the story.

( what I was thinking and why )

That's the background I was working from when I wrote the story. What do you think? Does it make any more sense to you now? Should I have done anything differently? Crit is always welcome; I'm not sensitive.

And you can still watch Momo get sporked.