It was only when I was browsing through fandomsecrets and I came across this secret when I realized just how important fandom has become to people. I know I know, there are at least a thousand other secrets on how fandom has helped this person or other overcome suicide attempts and made life brighter in general, but that was the only secret which hit the switch for some reason. It reminded me a lot of this dialogue from the Hogfather television adaptation:


Death: Humans need fantasy to *be* human. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape.
Susan: With tooth fairies? Hogfathers?
Death: Yes. As practice, you have to start out learning to believe the little lies.
Susan: So we can believe the big ones?
Death: Yes. Justice, mercy, duty. That sort of thing.
Susan: They're not the same at all.
Death: You think so? Then take the universe and grind it down to the finest powder, and sieve it through the finest sieve, and then show me one atom of justice, one molecule of mercy. And yet, you try to act as if there is some ideal order in the world. As if there is some, some rightness in the universe, by which it may be judged.
Susan: But people have got to believe that, or what's the point?
Death: You need to believe in things that aren't true. How else can they become?

That last line of Death's says it all, really. When life becomes too much, when the big pile of shit that's been hanging over your head begins to topple, when your fingers finally slip from the edge that you've been desperately hanging on to for so long, you need a place to run away to for a while, even if it isn't real, even if it only exists inside your head. How else do you go on? It's like being too sober all the time. We all need that veil, that slight haze of not!life and not!reality to make things just that bit more bearable.

Speaking of the TV adaptation, I had no idea that there was an actor inside Death's costume. I honestly thought it was a giant puppet. XD; They hired this Dutch guy to play him, and there's a button inside which he hits with his chin everytime he opens his mouth and Death's dialogue comes from speakers somewhere AND IT'S ALL SO COOL-- *_* Although I thought Death's voice should be more booming and menacing.

And while we're on the subject of fandom secrets, this secret made me go AWWWWW while this one made me want to laugh and cry at the same time because it could have been me when I first started poly nine years ago. Wait, it's been NINE YEARS?! I'M OLD. T_T

Oh, and all of you should go watch Cloudy with a chance of meatballs if you get the chance. The main character's A-DORK-ABLE! ♥ He does his own narration and sound effects! His pet monkey is voiced by Neil Patrick Harris! And there's an over-zealous policeman IN SHORTS! :DD

So, about Bruno...

That was the first time in my life I stepped out of a cinema with such an empty feeling. ._. The advanced warnings were accurate, both for the cringe-worthiness of the film and the appearance of a certain part of the male anatomy (which also happened to be the literal representation of this site.)

In short, I am now traumatized and may never quite recover again. ._.

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APH drabbles! Most of which made sense at the time of writing but not so much now.

( People say that my cooking's bad, but it's done on purpose! )

( Italy sleeps over at Japan's house )

( In order of appearance: Poland, Lithuania, France, England. )

( Dating right back to the Middle Ages. )

( In my head canon )

( I have no explanation for this one. )

UP turned out to be a surprisingly sad movie. T.T The pacing of the entire show was something like "LAUGH! AWWW! CRY! LAUGH! GASP! CRY! LAUGH! AWWW! CRY!" It was a good movie, but I am weak and I don't think my feelings are up to such a roller coaster of a ride again.

Tomorrow I go to watch Bruno. I have also been warned to prepare myself for the appearance of a certain part of the human anatomy. How does one go about doing so is beyond me, but I appreciate the advance warning nonetheless.

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KHR drabbles! I cannot remember the last time I wrote any of these.

( Laugh maker, 80 + 59 )

( Mother and son, 5927 )

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINGAPORE!

44 years since the separation from Malaysia, 50 from the British. Still on speaking terms though! :D

In other news, G.I. Joe's a fun movie! People stealing things, things getting blown up, warheads and vehicles flying through the air, the Eiffel Tower being eaten by millions of nanomachines ("Les salauds!" cried France in horror, hands flying to cover his rose. "Your tourists I can put up with, but this, America, THIS is going too far!"), etc etc. The vehicles used in the movie were so cute! They looked like polished-up and shiny versions of those toy cars you could control them with a remote control!

Now, who's watching NDP and following that, Singapore Idol? :D

"Any chance of religious afflictions?"
"Nope. Hindu, Christian, Buddhist, we accept them all!"



Okuribito/Departures: such a beautiful, beautiful film. ♥ *sighs happily*

I have this tendency during long (>2 hours) films to suddenly think 'This movie is TOO LONG I AM DYING HELP' halfway though, but surprisingly enough I didn't for this one. The pacing is nicely done, the plot is simple, and it was a pleasure watching all the little sub-stories unfold within the main one. And the music is pretty as well. Pretty, pretty classical I could listen to all day long. ♥

The second half of the movie had everyone bringing out tissue packets and sniffing all the way to the end.

Photo dump now.
( Non-Hetalia fans can stop reading now )