All art is at once surface and symbol

I have a lab exam on Monday, a Biology final coming up (both of which I'm struggling with), and I've got an English paper due Monday that I'm uncertain I even know what I'm writing about. Oh, and sleep issues as always.

This is not a good week for me, guys. D:

My brother's playing FFX HD. I still can't believe that game's on its tenth anniversary. It still feels like yesterday it had come out on PS2. *sobs*

fannish5: Five worst outfits you've ever seen on screen.

Hell, I'm just going with media in general. I don't consider myself a fashion expert, but boy, do some clothes rub me the wrong way...

1. Zero from the Shaymin/Giratina movie. There are a lot of ridiculous designs in Pokemon. Some of them you get used to. But I was never able to get over how hideous Zero's outfit is. Oops, I mean costume. But even if it was meant to be a costume, it fails at its purpose so fucking hard. This was supposed to look like Giratina? Except for the yellow spike thingees, it barely resembles Giratina at all! Yeah, last time I checked, Giratina was a gigantic puke-yellow worm with a couple black stripes on it. Seriously, if you want to cosplay Giratina, I've seen WAY better from gajinkas.

2. Tetsuo Nomura's designs can be summed up as this: BELTS AND ZIPPERS. BELTS AND ZIPPERS EVERYWHERE. And miniskirts and strips of cloth held together by MOAAAAAAAAAAAR BELTS!!11!1 They're ridiculous, but interesting in a train-wreck sort of way. It makes me glad I quit following the Final Fantasy series after X, though. :P I miss Yoshitaka Amano. :( Though if I had to pick one... this one has considerably less belts and zippers, but Rikku's X-2 outfit makes me feel uncomfortable.

3. The DC reboot of Starfire, Harley Quinn, and Amanda Waller. I know practically nothing of comics, but wow, this is degrading. This isn't just "DUR HUR HUR LET'S TURN THEM INTO SEX MACHINES", this is taking the characteristics of what made those three women so popular, then smashing them to smithereens and spitting on their graves. No wonder people are pissed off at DC. Okay, so my criticism of Waller comes from COMPLETE DESIGN UPHEAVAL rather than her clothes (though yeah, I just love how it's impossible for her to button up her shirt now), but my point on Harley and Starfire's "outfits" still stands.

4. I was never into Weiss Kreuz, so what little I know comes from mainly Jayden and my sister being a huge fan back in the day. Then I remembered Aya's sweater. Not only does it not look flattering on him, it's the color of burnt macaroni-and-cheese. I recognize this sweater, and not because it's attractive. Then... the Gluhen designs. Take the members of Weiss, for example. They went from looking like this to this. AAAAAAAAAAA MY EYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEESSSSS.

5. Thank god Ken Penders isn't in charge of the Archie Sonic comics anymore. 'Cause well... look at his rebooted designs for Lara-Su, Julie-Su, Lien-Da and Dimitri for his "Lara-Su Chronicles." DEAR GOD THE COLORS. WHY GOD WHY.

Why Oscar didn't embrace Avatar

Really? I thought Avatar lost not because of its genre, but because its plot was cliche as hell. :P Beauty over substance, anyone? 'Sides, those examples were rather poor, I hated E.T. and wouldn't have wanted it to win Best Picture. XD Star Wars is a space opera, whatcha expect? I haven't seen Hurt Locker and I don't plan on it, but I'm proud of the fact that a woman won Best Director AND Best Picture. The fact that Bigelow reached to so many people and voters with a sensitive topic people are already sick of really attests to something. :P

Damn, FF4 has a way of sneaking up on me to punch me in the gut. D: I wanna play it again, but I still haven't gotten the remake from Jean. Baaaaaw. D: "Tsuki no Akari" is so damn gorgeous it makes me wibble. It doesn't help that I hear songs like "Famous Blue Raincoat" and think, "Oh god, it's them." Why must they break my heart, especially a certain dragoon? God Cecil needs a hug. D: Kain too, maybe, after all that fucking craziness. DDD: Rosa wasn't one of my favorites since she felt like a Helen of Troy to me; I thought she seemed oblivious while Cecil and Kain tore out their hearts for her. Then Puri reads stuff like Seclusion (A fanfic that still has shaken me to this day. Thank god for Wayback Machine) and listens to a song like "Still" by Alanis Morissette and it hurts dammit. It hurts. D: I see Rosa in another light and I feel like I can somewhat understand her better, it hurts. DDD: It doesn't help that I have a friend who was once in Rosa's situation, and had a horrid ex-boyfriend who was a lot like Kain and had his worst qualities.

Seclusion made me think a lot, especially since I was probably way too young when I first read it (probably in my early teens, and I was even more obnoxious and stupid back then) A fanfic that made me go, "Oh my god, my favorite character just did that. And I can believe it happened. DDDDDD:" It's hard for me to explain, especially when Seclusion is a fanfic to read in full before making quick judgements. Chapter 10 broke my heart and threw the pieces on the ground and laughed. Especially the beginning and end. If I talk any more, I'll sound stupid and shallow. I'll probably look back on this entry a year later or so and punch myself for being so dumb and insensitive, I don't know. But stuff like this makes me think. It makes me want to talk.