tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:172314 Bringing the crack since December 2003 Scans Daily 2012-07-30T18:11:51Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:172314:3890820 leoboiko 2012-07-30T17:52:32Z 2012-07-30T18:11:51Z magical public 5 Posted by: <span lj:user='leoboiko' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='http://leoboiko.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://leoboiko.dreamwidth.org/'><b>leoboiko</b></a></span><br /><br /><p>A pet peeve of mine is the depiction of magic in popular media. Too often magic isn’t portrayed as, well, <i>magical</i>. Magic is a thing of shadows and dreams, of mystery and awe and drunken midnight dances; it’s not simply <i>there</i>, in an obvious and mechanistic way like X-men superpowers; simply throwing fireballs around isn’t very magical. (Compare e.g. the <cite>Lord of the Rings</cite> books to the movies.)</p> <p>CLAMP is a creator-team who definitely Gets It. <cite>XxxHolic</cite> would be the obvious choice to show you guys, but for the One Perfect Moment week I'd like to draw one early example that stayed with me all these years (I hope it counts for the theme!). It’s from 1992’s <cite>Tokyo Babylon</cite>.</p> <span class="cuttag_container"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b>(&nbsp;<a href="http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/3890820.html#cutid1">Read more</a>&nbsp;)</b><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></span><br /><br /><img src="http://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=scans_daily&ditemid=3890820" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:172314:3757135 chocochuy 2012-05-10T23:32:18Z 2012-05-11T00:53:39Z You're the First, the Last, My Everything artistic public 10 Posted by: <span lj:user='chocochuy' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='http://chocochuy.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://chocochuy.dreamwidth.org/'><b>chocochuy</b></a></span><br /><br />Greetings, Mortals! Chocochuy reporting for duty.<br /><br />Today I would like to take some of your time to pay homage to the women that we all consider as the queens of our lives and to whom we will always be on debt for the gift of life. I think it does not take rocket science to deduce that I am talking about our mothers. It might get too personal but I hope you enjoy this, comrades.<br /><br /><span class="cuttag_container"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b>(&nbsp;<a href="http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/3757135.html#cutid1">Thanks for everything, Mom!</a>&nbsp;)</b><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></span><br /><br /><img src="http://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=scans_daily&ditemid=3757135" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:172314:2838014 chocochuy 2011-03-13T17:42:21Z 2011-03-13T17:42:21Z Livin' on a Prayer artistic public 6 Posted by: <span lj:user='chocochuy' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='http://chocochuy.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://chocochuy.dreamwidth.org/'><b>chocochuy</b></a></span><br /><br /><span class="cuttag_container"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b>(&nbsp;<a href="http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/2838014.html#cutid1">Devilman + CLAMP = Epic Win!!!</a>&nbsp;)</b><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></span><br /><br /><img src="http://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=scans_daily&ditemid=2838014" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments