Onmyouji blogs on Tumblr

[charmian]

Am about 50% (somewhat less) w/ the Onmyouji readthrough I threatened.

http://notesonleaves.tumblr.com/tagged/onmyouji

I also made a tag index: http://notesonleaves.tumblr.com/tags

Comments

[charmian]

No, go ahead and textbook as much as you like!

Ooooh. I need to go and finish vol 2. -_- I finished the first vol but I got stuck on vol 2.

Wait, parody? Tell me more about this?!

I don't really have a problem w/ Tumblr for graphics, it just sucks because no one wants to use the Disqus comments -_- as they don't appear on the dashboard. It seems to be as though it might be possible to find a plugin solution with that, but no one seems to be trying.

[equalequation]

Well, there's the spinoff series(?) where Enokitzu is on crack because he's fabulous like that. And there's the 今昔続百鬼 series that stars one of the minor characters in the main series and operates on a 180 degrees principle from it. As in, the dude in Akihiko's position is a fat otaku (as much as you can get one in postwar Japan, anyway) who is out to prove that youkai are real dammit and his long-suffering sidekick who is smarter than he is but happens to lack a formal education.

Ah, so that's why nobody ever used the Disque comments on mine! Well. Except once. Which is sad because reblogging for discussion is a major pain in the ass. :s I don't really want to *just* agree with someone or go 'oh look this person has a brilliant idea!', I want to talk to them. I'm old.

[charmian]

Ah, what's the spin-off series called?

Yeah, no one uses it because you can't see it from your dashboard. Well... alternatively you could communicate by asks, but those won't let you put in URLs. I have discussed via reblog and it works if there are only two people doing it, but hte more people who get involved, the more confusing it gets. I guess even Twitter in a way is better then.

[equalequation]

I had to fish it off Amazon because I can't quite remember, but : 百器徒然袋. It's more like a collection of short stories, but you know. Hyakkiyakou's short stories could pretty much make a whole novel elsewhere.

I've done it only once or twice, yeah. It kind of works, but it's a bit unwieldy. Like using the reply with quote option in forums when there are no threads. Twitter works great when I use it with Japanese fandom but....not so much English, I guess. 140 characters limit and wordiness does not mix well.

[charmian]

Thanks.

Yeah, that guy likes to write long things. Anyway if you look on notesonleaves (if you are bored) you can find what else I've been reading, although for some of it, I'm not sure I'd recommend it.

[equalequation]

Pfft, I find it interesting! Sorekara no Sangokushi is something I thought I wanted to fic someday back when I still thought I could fic R3TK, although it looks like it could use a tighter focus and be a bit more character driven? And also I just noticed today that you have another tumblr even though you friended me on it. >_>

BTW, if the Asakiyumemishi you're talking about in your tumblr is the Waki Yamato manga adaption of Genji, it's worth plowing through. It simplified a bit of the original tales, yes, but it's still one of the fondest things I have out of the Heian era at this point.

[charmian]

LOL, I have around three tumblrs now, not counting the ones I totally abandoned.

I think the problem is not really the focus, re: Sorekara no Sangokushi, or the character driven, just the lack of really interesting characterizations.

Yeah, notesonleaves is like a secondary (?) tumblr, so that means it can't follow anyone. That was in some ways a mistake, but that means it's easy to switch between that one and the charmian tumblr.