Two years Prince of Tennis experience

[prillalar]

I was looking at old entries in my LJ and found that it was two years ago this month that I came out about Prince of Tennis. Most notably, I said:

I don't anticipate that I'll be reading in this fandom a lot or that I'll be writing in it at all (or even posting about it much in LJ)

Oh god.

Comments

[meiface.livejournal.com]

PoT sucks in our unsuspecting souls...

[prillalar]

I think it must be subliminal messaging.

[hecatehatesthat.livejournal.com]

*points and laughs*

[prillalar]

I deserve it.

[leviosa8.livejournal.com]

What surprises me the most after reading that post is that you were shipping TezuRyo almost before InuKai. Heh.

[prillalar]

Yeah, I really was. And then was surprised when I found out that essentially no one else did. It seemed so obvious to me. (Thank god the stage of wanting fluffy romance about them didn't last long, though.)

[merith.livejournal.com]

*snicker* oh how true that statement was. ;)

[prillalar]

I almost feel like I should apologize. :)

[silverfox1027.livejournal.com]

That icon wins at everything.

[annotated_em]

*laughing* Oh, man. PoT is the fandom that blindsides.

[prillalar]

And I still haven't figured out *why*.

[svz-insanity.livejournal.com]

I want to laugh, but I can't because I'm almost positive I made a similar post in my LJ at one point. ("Taking a break from Hikago and upon recommednation, I'm now watching a show about middle school boys playing tennis. God, I don't think this relationship will last very long...") <-- heavily paraphrased

[prillalar]

Do you think Konomi made a deal with the devil?

[shadows-in-mind.livejournal.com]

He must have! I watched more after one random episode because I thought it was so ridiculously bad it was worth few laughs. :3 And now, after a year and a half.. Well, I'm still there, and my opinion about it hasn't changed.

[prillalar]

I know! But there's something there that just pulls you in.

[inthetatras]

Ah, hindsight.

[prillalar]

Hindsight's a bitch. :)

[emcyclopedia.livejournal.com]

*coughs* ... *represses giggles* >.>

Oh, you're love. ♥ Glad you did actually write and brought us some wonderful InuKai and TezuRyo~ :DD

[prillalar]

It's funny how these things creep up on us!

[emcyclopedia.livejournal.com]

I know. DD:

I swore I will never step into the anime fandoms because it'd ruin the canon.

... Look what I'm doing, right now.

*facepalm*

[branchandroot]

*snickering* I think there are fandom demons that keep an eye out for those kinds of statements. I know I'm a lot more careful these days about saying 'this is probably the only example of X I'll ever write..." because, sure as the sun comes up, next thing I know I've written some massive arc of the thing in question. Gotta be demons.

[prillalar]

Yeah, I'm a lot more careful these days too. I think this is why. *g* Though if it *was* demons, I should really thank them. And you too, since it was your fault I started watching the anime in the first place.

[branchandroot]

*gets that nice Recruiter's Glow* Glad to have helped. *grins* Or enabled, at least.

[laylah.livejournal.com]

Yes! Absolutely. I've caught myself at it once or twice. "You know, I'd never actually write any [thing], I just...oh, hell, I just said that out loud, didn't I?" I try hard not to rule anything out completely anymore, because it just dooms me harder.

[prillalar]

It's saying that that gets the brain working. So much so that I think I should try that with the WIP I'm stuck on. Hmm, if that works...

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

Hey, as long as you're having fun...

[prillalar]

Oh, I am. :)

[swtjemz.livejournal.com]

XD

It just sucks you in without you expecting it.

[prillalar]

It really, really does.

hijacked!

[kormantic.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you love something so much. I LOVE love!

One day you will show me Prince of Tennis.

Re: hijacked!

[prillalar]

I love your love of love. :) When you see Prince of Tennis, you will say, what the hell? Because it's a show about kids playing tennis.

[marksykins.livejournal.com]

Ah yes. And I remember my fateful conversation with mousapelli about ...oh man, nine months ago already. "But I don't even like tennis!"

[prillalar]

I still don't like tennis. Good thing PoT tennis has nothing to do with the real thing. :)

[mitethe.livejournal.com]

*grin*

(My TeniPuri love began shortly after I pointed and laughed at the silly tennis manga on display at Kinokuniya. Oh, karma.)

[prillalar]

This is why I try to never mock anyone's tastes. For lo! it could be me in two months.

[disutansu.livejournal.com]

Prince of Tennis : us :: Tezuka Zone : tennis balls?

[prillalar]

Good comparison! We are helpless to resist.

[disutansu.livejournal.com]

We shouldn't even try and just enjoy the ride! XD

[silverfox1027.livejournal.com]

I would like to laugh, but I remember when my sister first told me about PoT I was like "Eww, that sounds pretty lame." Said the same thing about Naruto and Hikaru no Go.

I hate hindsight.

[prillalar]

Yeah, it happens to us all. :)

[i-smile.livejournal.com]

Man. I have a friend who seems to get really into ridiculous things--assassins who run flower shops, demons & priests on a roadtrip across China, middle school tennis manga, medical drama-comedies. Of course I make fun of her taste, right? And then, within six months, whatever it is is eating up hours of my week. I should start paying attention when my instinct is to mock, just so I know what I'll be getting into next.

(I wasn't sure if my friends list would still talk to me after they found out that I liked Prince of Tennis, but it was such a relief not to have to hide it anymore after I came out.)