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[koraki]

My tumblr url: kkoraki

Other sites: AO3 @ Koraki. My twitter, dA, discord, instagram, and YouTube presences are all under my pro account name but I'm happy to share those privately once we get to know each other!

My fandoms: lots and lots, I am a happy multifandom dabbler! I tend to get into animated movies/shows, manga and indie comics, web series, and books, plus the occasional older live action movie.

• Recent interests: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Hilda the Series, Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse, and RWBY.
• Long-term faves: the Fullmetal Alchemist manga, Steven Universe, Les Mis (mostly the Brick and the Arai manga, but I'm stupid excited for the hot mess that is BBC Les Mis), the original Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, Alien (and Aliens, and Resurrection), Warrior Cats, Cartoon Saloon films, Harry Potter, the Hornblower books, and Star Wars.
• Also I am currently (sloooowly) reading Monster by Naoki Urasawa for the first time and would like to start posting about that when I get the chance!

What kind of content I post: Right now just exchange letters. I'll be busy with work through the beginning of the new year but hope to start regularly posting about things I read for the first time/reread, discussing my reactions to new media and adaptations, and talking a little bit about the characters and relationships I like. I also want to post more fic and fanart in 2019 so fingers crossed for that. And since running a blog proper is a new thing for me, I won't talk much about my life outside fandom but I might post the occasional thing about seeing a cute spider, or interesting weather conditions, or what it's like working in animation and how I got into that field and how my job is going since I enjoy it a lot (without details of where exactly I work or what exactly I make, though).

Access/commenting policies: None yet... though I'm not new to dreamwidth overall and have been lurking here for years I'm pretty new to dreamwidth as an unanon blogging platform. So if you ask for access I'll give it pending a quick look at your blog, and I think I have anon comments on for all my posts?

Anything else?: Similar to my multifandom preferences I am a multicontent kind of person! I like fanfic, fanart, fanvids, etc... and while I'm a committed multishipper, mostly of dudeslash and femslash, I really love gen as long as it's not of the "why are you ruining pure perfect friendships with Teh Gay" variety. Good worldbuilding/character explorations/platonic or familial relationship explorations are the dream.

I am always looking for new interesting series to consume, especially if they're animated or written and star multiple interesting female characters. Since I'm faceblind I'm more tentative about getting into live action canons but will try them out too! Basically I am a rec hound and am open to anything, and love talking to other people about what they like (fannish or just hobbyish in general).

Like I said earlier I won't be super active until later in the year, but if you want to get a good idea of what I like feel free to check out the more recent exchange letters on my blog.

Finally, one of the things I didn't really enjoy about tumblr was the constant pressure to discourse and examine your preferences in every tiny aspect of your personality, so my one exception to my blanket-access rule is if your blog tends toward lots of analytical eat-your-vegetables posts, political stuff (general politics or intra-community politics), and applying serious academic-style media analysis to, like, shipping and character preferences. Nothing wrong with that if it's your thing but I am in fandom exclusively to have fun and talk about stuff I like! If you want to have fun and talk about stuff you like, come on over, let's hang out :D

Comments

[larissa]

Things I did not expect to see mentioned here: Monster.
Things I am thrilled to see mentioned here: MONSTER HELL YEAH

I don't actually share your fandoms aside of that and FMA, but you get a big high five from me regardless :D How far into Monster are you?

[koraki]

:D It's so good, and the art is so gorgeous, and Tenma is such a sad woobie! And the story is amazing, of course. I read through volume 3 this summer, took an unplanned hiatus because of real life stuff (good real life stuff, it just made me extremely busy), and just received volumes 4-6 as gifts from my friends so I'm going to start into it again in January and hopefully remember where I was and what was happening when I left off.

And actually FMA is my biggest fannish interest right now (and has been for four years, which is a record for me). So a double high five right back at you!

[larissa]

Honestly you should probably reread it, Monster is a hard story to jump back into. Are you reading the omnibus/3-in-1 versions or something else? (...is it even out in anything else these days.)

I actually got into Monster through the anime, but from what I know it's a really close adaptation. I have the manga too, but I've been lazy about reading it because watching the anime was such a good experience for me. I kinda just want to let it sit for a few years so I can go into it fresh, you know?

ANYWAY, FMA. I've been rewatching Brotherhood with a friend who's never seen it for the past few months, so I've been in a big FMA mood lately. TELL ME YOUR FMA THOUGHTS.

[koraki]

I've been thinking I might have to, honestly, so thanks for sharing your opinion there. (And honestly I want to reread it anyway, so...) I don't know if what I have is the omnibus or not! There are 9 volumes total of the editions I'm reading so I think maybe not?

Hmm I actually have an FMA reread planned for sometime soon too, so I don't have many fresh thoughts right now! I love almost all the characters to some degree, though my fannish interest is pretty firmly Team Scar-centric (my other faves are Riza, Olivier, Maria, Winry + her family and circle of Rush Valley peeps, and the Ishvalan background characters who pop up now and then like Shan & company). And while I don't have many fannish thoughts about them compared to some of the other characters, Ed and Al are some of my favorite protagonists of all time from anything. <3

How has your Brotherhood rewatch been going? I feel like every time I reread FMA or rewatch Brotherhood something new or newly interesting pops up to capture my attention because the world and story are so multifaceted...

[larissa]

Yeah, that's the omnibus! looks... haha yeah it's 18 volumes originally. I like the new edition though, it's very well done.

That's a pretty excellent list of faves 💯 tbh I can never decide who my favorite character is, there are too many amazing ones to choose. If I really had to I'd have to say it's Ed and Al, because I love my kids, but every time Olivier shows up on screen I go all 😍 and forget everyone else.

We just hit the start of the Promised Day, so we're really getting into the big stuff. I don't have a ton of new thoughts from this rewatch (I've been in this fandom waaaaaay too long), although I really thought Ling was in it more?? Like he just disappears from the story for ages, I was baffled. Could have sworn he'd come back sooner. Also I've been greatly appreciating Ed's fashion. I love the kid but he looks so much better in Real Clothes than his black-and-red outfit.

ALSO I have made a point of saying "FUCK KIMBLEE" literally every time he shows up on screen. Because FUCK KIMBLEE.

[coyoteclaw11]

Eyy Warriors and Harry Potter... those are like my OG fandoms from middle school and elementary respectively lmao I'm dying to see the new Spiderman movie, but I'll have to somehow convince my mom to get out of the house so we can see it together ;;