Meme

[elementalhero]

Top five meme! Comment and I will give you three fandom top fives to do. redbrunja gave me the following:

Top 5 Naruto moments:

Oh, wow, what to choose...

5. SAKURA PUNCHING SAI OUT.

OTPPPPPPPPP~  I love this scene because it demonstrates three key things about Sakura: one, she is badass; two, she's not totally over Sasuke yet, but isn't going to sit around and weep about it; and three, SAKURA IS BADASS.  (also, her face here after doing it, gleeeeeeee~)

4. SKINNY CHOUJI.

(No, not just for the skinny part)  I will admit that I never really had respect for Chouji as a character until his fight in the Sasuke Retrieval arc with Jiroubou.  But...his whole speech about being considered a failure, and Shikamaru being his best friend and always believing in him, and his willingness to die not for a cause that he didn't really believe in, but for his best friend and the sake of that best friend's belief in him...  D''''''':  THE WORST PART WAS THAT I THOUGHT HE DIED.  I WAS CONVINCED.  I WEPT.  I want more Chouji--OH WAIT, WE ALREADY GOT SOME AND THEY WENT AND KILLED HIS DADDY, WHAT JERKFACES.  THIS KID NEVER GETS A BREAK.

3. EPIC FOREHEAD POKE.

I jawdropped.  I WTF'ed.  I walked away from the computer, and walked back to see if the screen had changed.  I gasped so hard that I was in danger of aspirating my entire hand.  In a manga deeply entrenched in a genre filled with stereotypes, I DID NOT SEE THAT COMING.  And the symbolism of the next image, that of the blood being washed from Itachi's hands... I caught that on the reread, when the symbolism would make sense, and my heart broke about seven times in a row.  *weeps* ILUUUUUUUUUU~~~  Y U DIE????

2. Valley of the End.

There is something ineffably moving about this image.  I still get all misty when I see it.  When I can put my finger on exactly what is so beautiful about it, I'll get back to you.

And finally, my personal number one Naruto moment, ever...

1.ITACHI RAEPFACE.  (WARNING: NOT SAFE FOR SANITY)

I laughed until I cried.  It was the sort of shocked hysterical laughter, the kind that feels like you just got punched in the gut, that one produces when one is in a state of absolute shock.  Just....that face.  On that character.  I just... *pfft*  (I dubbed it the "Itachi raepface" after the more famous filler!Ikkaku "raepface" of capslock_bleach.  Too lazy to go get a pic, so you'll just have to go scour CL_B.  Don't worry; it's everywhere.)

Top 5 favorite fanfictions:

5. About Ten:

This is Akatsuki crackfic of the highest order.  Featuring OCD!Madara, amusinglyincharacter!Itachi, despairing!Pain, and a whole lot of Akatsuki history.  The basic gist of this one-shot is that no matter what, there have never been ten members of the Akatsuki at one time, because they could never get through a meeting wihout one dying.

4. Chivalry

Anything by this author comes highly recommended.  This fic in particular is a Bleach AU, exploring the idea that Tatsuki, Keigo, and Mizuiro all get their own spiritual powers and get to come on the Rukia rescue mission in the SS Arc.  Well-written, asorbing, and completely amazing.

3. Piano Man and Church Boy

Hidan and Itachi crash a wedding.  It's great.

2. The Eleventh Hour

A Riku-centric Kingdom Hearts AU-ish sort of thing that is absolutely amazing.  Features time-travel, Vexen, replicas, Xehanort, guilt, and awesome symbolism and motifs.  VERY AWESOME.

1. Mixed With the Lightning of Slaughter

This.  Is.  Amazing.  I cannot articulate how amazing it is.  A refreshing take on the typical Naruto time-travel AU, this fic is filled with Sasuke, gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous description, a perfect melding of past and future and present, and incredibly amazing description of insanity.  I mean, it is a head trip and a half, in a very good way.  Even if you aren't quite a fan of Sasuke (which, apparently it isn't in style to be anymore?  Please don't wank at me, fandom), I highly recommend this fic for its imagery and just...epicness.  It's wondrous.

Top 5 superpowers, multifandom:

Not numbered, because I consider them all equal.

Flight--With wings.  For a long time, not too long ago, I had a spate of dreams where I could fly and I had wings to do so.  They were so realistic, I could feel the muscles and bones with every flap.  Then I'd wake up, not have wings, and be depressed.  Seriously.

Intangibility--The ability to go through things.  I got really into the idea of this from my old favorite show, Danny Phantom.  I think that it would be awesome to be able to walk through walls, put your hand through things, etc.  I'd never have claustrophobia again.  Plus, in a fight, you could phase someone into the ground, and then let go and let them get crushed by the rock underground.

Fire--I love fire.  Period.

The ability to put someone to sleep just by looking at them a certain way--I had this for a while in dreams, too, though it was a long time ago.  I wonder what that symbolizes... Anyway, I think the chill-out factor would be cool.  I could go into the middle of war zones and be like, "ALL OF YOU.  CHILL OUT."

The ability to summon animals--Animal summoning is great.  I'd never be alone, and I could have proxy fighters to fight for me, or to distract my enemies, or to do whatever.  One of my favorite spells in Baldur's Gate.

 

Comments

[the-sun-is-up.livejournal.com]

Valley of the end

IT HURTS MY HEARRRT TO LOOK AT THAT PICTURE. T________________T Aw man, those two are hazardous to my health. No one should be allowed to be that OTP.

ITACHI RAEPFACE

BRB, LOLING FOREVER. BEST FACE EVER.

Hidan and Itachi crash a wedding. It's great.

I... um... I MAY NEED TO READ THIS.

[star-x-faery.livejournal.com]

I AM SHOCKED AND APPALLED THAT YOU'D THINK I'D EVEN BE REMOTELY TEMPTED TO PEEK AT THE NARUTO MOMENTS.


Flying ♥

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Oh, total word on Sakura punching out Sai. It was epically awesome. Plus, I love all the subtext, both with regards to SaixSakura, and about how much Sakura is dedicated to protecting Naruto. (That she takes Sai's annoyance, as it were.)

Also, meme me please!

[keepdreamingxx.livejournal.com]

Oooh, pick me pick me!! :D

[bamboozle.livejournal.com]

Oh, awesome, I will definitely check out those fics XD
<3

Meme me?

MOST IMPORTANTLY: ZOMGZ RAEPFAAAAAACE!

I HAS AN ICON OF IT FOR MAH IKKAKU RP JOURNAL! IT WILL BE AWESOME!

[feilyn.livejournal.com]

God, you are so winsome. For serious, I can't stop lol-ing. ILU~

Mrow, meme me! I wanna do it again~