An Update on my Life? Sure.

 Hello Blogging world,

It's been a while since we last spoke. Not a very long while, but still, a while. I guess I have had nothing interesting to post. I have been working on a picture filled post, but it takes time to come up with those! So it's going to...take some time to finish!

But I will give a simple (hopefully not rant-filled) update on my life!

It doesn't stop raining. It rains and rains and the garden had been so swamped, I am not sure if anything will grow. My flower garden is doing good though. So that's a plus. My Cosmos are getting really big. I had originally thought that they were 3 inches tall, so I planted them in the front. (I was trying to plant the big ones in the back and then go down so that the smaller ones were in the front.) But then my brother pointed it out that they were actually 3 feet. So now, the BIGGEST flowers are in the front...And I am pretty sure I planted Morning Glories. Unbeknownst to me that they take over gardens. Oops..

We finished Robin Hood. It was hard watching the last episode because ROBIN AND GUY DIIIIIIEEEEEED!!!!! Alan died too...along with the Sheriff (who we thought was dead but really wasn't!) and Guy's sister, Isabella. The end was sad. It was just like Merlin. Kill off the cool long haired dude (which would be Gwaine/Guy in that sense) and then the main character! (Which would probably be Arthur/Robin--even thought Merlin was more of the main...) Long story short, we are going to give Doctor Who a try! It seems like it is a pretty good show...and all we can do is watch and see if it is for ourselves!

I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH HOURS IN THE DAY TO READ ALL I WANT TOO!!!

Fili sits on my chest all night with his kitten paws and stares down at me. I don't want to sleep because he is watching me and then I can't open my eyes or blink because he will bat at them with his kitten paws. It's cute...but not at two-thirty in the morning, an hour after you have fallen asleep. Then his brother decides that its so much fun to make loud noises at four-thirty in the morning. I am not complaining, they're stinking adorable! ♥

I have figured out a quick way to get through my ever-so-thick Pinterest feed...

I wrote a note to a friend I haven't talked to in a year...

Um...I...

Watched movies.
Read books.
Wrote books.
Read more books.
AND then...

I took some naps.

That is about it...I think. I spend a lot of time flipping through the Art of The Lord of The Rings and the Art of Star Wars episode 3. That stuff is amazing. Stupidly amazing.

I think I shall post some pictures.
I shall return--

~~Natsu~~

And then there was Robin's wedding...

 I found this on Youtube a short time after I had watched it again tonight. (I was watching the extras--we save those for last.)  There is a few heartbeats of emotion on Guy's face when he sticks the sword into Marian, and it's just heartbreaking to watch. Basically, the whole rest of the episode was heartbreaking to see.

At first, it was like, come on, she's Marian, she's not gonna die. As it so happens, she does go and then we have to deal with the heartbroken gang and worse, a crying Robin.

But the end is so beautiful. I love how they got married before she passed. I think, that even though it did end that way, they did it in such a way that it was just something good rather than losing a loved character. It was a nice season 2 finale.

 

I know that I have already posted a rant on and on about this, but I had wanted to post the video with it as well. Fact is, I didn't have the time to look for it then and the post was already really packed with whining so I didn't include it.

So there we are, I hope the video works.

Have a good evening, because I will be crying.

~~Natsu~~

May I just Rant On?

 ****SPOILERS AHEAD Concerning BBC’s Robin Hood****

 Okay, out of all the things Gisborne has done, he has somehow stayed on my list of the top 3 favorite characters of the show. I always sat down to watch the show with the mindset that he maybe he would change in this episode. Maybe he would finally defeat the Sheriff or give up his lust for power or something. I had hoped that he would somehow become good…But now, even though he still continues to be on the favorite list (and I blame this on the fact that I think Richard Armitage is Bloody awesome) Gisborne did something in the last episode of the second season that I don’t think I can overlook. He killed Marian.

 Starting from the beginning of my story, Robin Hood has quickly become a favorite show. The beginning of the first episode was a little weird, but it doesn't stay like that. The show gradually gets better and better. The characters grow immensely as the seasons play out. I know I am terribly late, seeing as though this show came out in 2006 and finished in 2009, but we needed a new BBC show after Merlin ended. That may sound a little dramatic, but there is really nothing on American TV (drama-wise) that is any good. So do you see my point?

Anyway, so we ripped through the first season.  In the first couple episodes, the editing was a bit choppy, bouncing from scene to scene and the like, but it got better. I mean, I don’t really know that much about editing, but I know when it doesn't work. But that leaves during the middle of the first season. Since then, the editing has been fine. The costumes we thought were a bit weak until we watched the behind the scenes. That is where the costume designer explained that they were going for a more modern look. They wanted the costumes to be something that the modern kids nowadays would maybe like to wear. Honestly, if I was able to pull the dresses off as amazing as Marian did, I would only wear those. (Save for the times I would wear Susan’s Narnian dresses and ANYTHING that Arwen wore.) But then we (we being my sister and myself, of course) were nodding our heads, “Yeah.” When they explained that the costumes were supposed to be more modern and more like the clothes people wear today, it totally worked. And we saw it. It worked completely.

The characters are awesome. Much, Will, Djaq*, Allen, John, and of course Robin Hood, make the perfect team. In the beginning, it was only Much and Robin coming back from the war in the Holy Land. As the first season progresses, we see the gang begin to form. We meet Will Scarlet pretty early on, and we see Allen A Dale in the first episode. He was running away from guards, if I can remember that correctly. Robin basically saved his life. Sister and I figured out a system with their gang. If one dies, another will soon come to take its place. That’s how Djaq came in. I cannot believe how amazing she looked in season 2. Don’t take it as me being weird, but she was kick-butt! Amazing!

 I could go on and on about the characters, they are all greatly written. I don’t like the Sheriff, but he’s the villain, so I don’t know if you are really supposed to like villains or not. I saw this thing on Pinterest, it was the Genie from Disney’s Aladdin and the words were, “Villains are EVIL.” Then it was like, “Unless they are…” we all pretty much could guess where that goes. And he finished with, “They’re just misunderstood.” And that pretty much goes for Gisborne I guess. Eheheh.

I am done talking about the show itself. It’s amazing and we went through the first two seasons really quickly. Obviously, we don’t understand the idea of pacing ourselves. It was a bit sad learning that there were only three seasons, but after certain characters go, the story can only go so far. I am pretty sure that I caught the name of one of the writers that worked on Merlin on one of the credits in the beginning of Robin Hood. I think it was Julian Jones, but I am not sure. Again, the story can only go so far. It’s better having 3 seasons of a well-written show than having 7 weak seasons with a watered down story. Much like, well, any Sit-Com on Disney Channel. Bleh. Those don’t even have stories really…That’s Sit Coms for you.

But I came here for my real rant, so here it goes. I applaud you if you made it this far. :)

 Gisborne had always been a bit hard on the outside. We did catch bits of pieces of him showing actual emotion. Examples being when he was scared for Marian or when she said something that brought a little bit of relief to his mind. We go on and he is trying to get her to marry him. Everyone knows that she was Robin Hood’s from the beginning, and I don’t disagree with this, even though I kind of had hope for Guy and Marian. But Robin and Marian were so perfect together, so it’s okay to crush my dreams. Haha.

 Anyway, he did get a little better, but then there were the things he did. I understand Marian’s reasons because, that kind of stuff just doesn't get easily forgiven.

Examples,

v  HE TRIED TO KILL THE KING GOSH DARNIT!!!

v  He burned her house to the ground. On orders of the Sheriff, however, and he did say that he would take it back if he could. Marian and her ill father Edward were under house-arrest at the castle and Edward was living in the dungeon...My point still stands. He could have chosen to defy the Sheriff and he could have chosen against burning the house. Fact is, he didn't.

v  He stabbed her. Which wasn't really his fault because he didn't know it was her. Marian was being the Night Watchman and Guy was just trying to get him. Now that I think about it, basically everything he did was on orders of the Sheriff. His goal was to get power and wealth so he could show Marian that he could provide for her.  Marian ended up surviving this only because Djaq was able to fix her up. That episode was awful. It’s worse seeing Jonas Armstrong (Robin) crying than it was seeing Colin Morgan (Merlin) cry. And that’s horrible seeing Merlin cry. Seeing Robin and Marian was like watching Merlin and Freya all over again. OH THE HORRIBLE SADNESS. THE FEELS

And then there is just the fact that Gisborne is mean and demanding. Overall, he was a pretty good Villain/trying not to be a villain character. And he is still pretty good. But I Could. Not. Believe. That he would kill Marian. Not in a thousand years. He had tried so hard to win her heart—and he did get to the point where he almost married her…but she left him at the altar.

 I honestly screamed, and forgive my English, WHAT THE BLOODY HECK WAS THAT!!?????

It was unbelievable that he would actually take her life. He had saved it once before. When he found that she was the Night Watchman.  The penalty for that—because it was basically what Robin’s gang did, steal from the rich to feed the poor—was death. But Guy didn't want her to die. So he had Allen (who was on his team by then) pose as the Watchman so that she didn't have to die. The Night Watchman just “escaped.”

 I suppose that’s the end of my rant. Mother says not to get sad over the deaths of characters, but I cannot help it. IT WAS MARIAN.

*This was only about the characters, not the actors; all of the actors were amazing. ~wink~

  

You are so amazing Richard Armitage. ♥

Thank you.

~~Natsu~~

--Updated two days later--*It's actually spelled "Djaq." I had wrongly assumed that it was spelled Jack, and for this I apologize. It has, however, been fixed. :)

Aye, there's a picture a brewing!

 Now say it with a Scottish accent. You know you want to. :D

I find a lot of my stuff on Pinterest. I found out that my Uncle is on Pinterest...OH YAY FOR DAYS!! I basically live there. All I need to survive there is internet, a water bottle, and some oyster crackers. You know, those little octagon ones that you put in soup? I am kind of addicted to those...

What?

This is me, everyday of my life.

This is awesome. Precious...

The comment on the bottom, and I quote, "My OCD hero, ladies and gentlemen." This comment is true. I hate it when they stack it in a mess! Because then, you cannot find what you are looking for! And then there's me. Who waits in the pharmacy straightening all the vitamin bottles on the shelf because they aren't straight...I am OCD...No, that would be CDO...Alphabetically in order.

I ripped that off of somewhere. I am not original. ~bawls~

I don't watch Spongebob. I think it's kinda...uh...really stupid. But this was funny and basically me on bad days...

This is something that relates to the last post...It's true. So you yell at your sister and the random teenager sitting on the floor by the manga shelf at the library --he's reading Bleach-- and he's like...? Never mind.....*so many feels*

This here, horrified me. I don't know why. I just...don't know why. I mean, I am not an Elvis hater...my Grandma loves him...this just struck me as...yikes. It was funny though. :O)

Oh dear...saw this and facepalmed. Really. Really? Clever wordplay, I will give them that. Oh gosh...

Speaking of Benedict Cumberbatch, I found this picture on Pinterest yesterday. Someone morphed him and Robert Downey Jr. They both play Sherlock, and this is what they got:

I thought it was pretty cool.

Pretty cool...yeah.... ^.^

I realize now, how depressed I am over the series finale of Merlin. We started BBC's Robin Hood the other day and I can't not watch it and think Thorin. It's like, in the first episode, he gives you one of those, "Thorin stares" as I call it and then everyone respects him. But I can't get over how negative his attitude is so far. It's so angry/mean almost.

But it's also hard to not sigh over Richard Armitage.

I am such a bloody fangirl.
BUT HE IS SO COOL!

Needless to say, Guy is my favorite character. Out of 3 whole episodes...YEAH.

 I must go now, I guess. It's late. 

 I was reading with my dying flashlight on my bed until midnight. 

 Then, in the morning, around 10:30, I fell asleep during my Science. Bacteria is boring! I got in an excellent nap though. It was so short lived--

 Oh, I forgot this awesome painting of Fili I found--

I wish I had the program and the talent to do stuff like this. I think it's amazing. Kudos to the artist!!

Man, I love it.

I am such a fangirl. 

♫I don't care! I love it!♫

~Natsu