Fanfic:

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( Kamen Rider )

( Power Rangers )

( Crossovers )

( Original Fic )

The absolute number one thing I love about toku shows, the thing that most attaches me to the genre, I think, is this:

The shows do not care if they make sense.

That doesn't mean that they never do! Some of the best have excellent plots that leave few, if any, holes.

That doesn't stop the fact that seriously wtf those two just mind-melded to become a bug-eyed dude fighting a giant dinosaur head (for instance). (For the record, the dinosaur head had arms.) (Seriously.)

These shows will only selectively care about science, if at all (in the land of tokusatsu, Batman is not special for his ability to breathe in space. Sorry, Bruce). Things will appear to threaten our heroes for no reason other than that, well, they need to fight something. Movies produced by the same production team as the series, at the same time as the series, will be completely and utterly irreconcilable with the events of the series. Nobody but the most continuity-needy will care, because that's part of the genre.

(I'm always confused by why so many Internet Fans of these shows who got into them in part because they grew up with Mighty Morphin Power Rangers lighting up their life are So Goddamn Bothered by this, considering that MMPR: The Movie has jack-all to do with the events of the series. Not only are the events of the movie completely ignored by the series, much of it is outright replaced by a different set of events. To these Internet Fans, MMPR is giant nostalgiabomb great, including the movie, but a non-continuity movie from a different series? "OMG U GUIS PLOT HOLES EVERYWHERE WAT IS THIS *ASPLODE*" Baffles me.)

And this is before we even get to the old stuff. There are the series from the late 70s/early 80s where the production staff are still figuring out what the hell they're doing. On top of the fact that the fights are pure nonsense to begin with a lot of the time, the editing during the fight scenes makes figuring out what the hell is supposed to be happening an unwinnable game. Fun, but unwinnable. And then there are the Space Sherrif series, which have decided to cross live-action monster of the week fighting with trippy, Alice in Wonderland-type dream logic and utterly surreal visuals.

It is, to a surprising degree, an experience of its own.

(For all of you who expected my #1 favorite part of this stuff to be the sheer levels of camp: I am actually kind of just as surprised as you that this edged it out. We'll cover the camp later.)

{Take the 100 Things challenge!}

I will be (on no set schedule), blogging 100 Things I Love About Live-Action Japanese Children's Superhero Shows (And Their Derivatives).

nb: that super long title is from now on 100 Things I Love About Toku. I just wanted to sign up with a name more likely to catch the attention of people not 100% aware of what toku is.

So Remix happened. I wrote Kamen Rider W fic, which was weird because I am like never interested in ficcing Toei shows for some reason. (Then estirose wrote W fic about the main characters being a family of choice and I am ALL OVER THAT. My buttons, they has been pushed.)

Author reveals were Sunday, so I'm not as late as I have been in the past but... something something yeah.

Title: All The Riches (Crab Canon Remix)
Fandom: Kamen Rider W
Remixed For: estirose
Remixed From: All The Riches
Summary: A case comes to the Narumi Detective Agency that shakes up the familial bonds within.
Pairings: Shotaro/Phillip, Terui/Akiko, background Queen/Elizabeth, OMC/OMC
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: There's a short moment of Dopant-induced behavior that's close enough to domestic abuse to be potentially triggery (as in, it only isn't out of the most hair's-breadth technicality), as well as mentioned stalking. It's not violent in the "causing injuries" sense, but there is grabbing.
Beta credit: terrierlee

( Makoto wasn't sure he was in the right place. )

So I wrote this for Alpha's Magical Fic Exchange and it posted back in early January. I am so good at posting fest/exchange fic here.

Title: Hunting the Rare Tiger
Fandom: Power Rangers Jungle Fury
Recipient: missmollyetc
Pairing/characters: Casey/Jarrod/Camille
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I don't own the series or the characters, Saban does. Which led to Nicktoons marathoning, which was pretty boss.
Summary: It's the first New Years after the rangers won. There are very good reasons for Casey not to kiss either of the people he'd like to at midnight. There's a kiss anyway. It may not be the bad news he thought it was.
Warnings: None that I can think of
Author's Notes: There's drunk kissing and off-screen drunk sex, but it's the kind where everyone involved already wanted to and just had hangups/courage failures while sober that probably doesn't really reflect reality very well but sometimes the tropes just happen.

Also, this is probably the kinkiest fic I've ever written (even if it's pretty mild) and if everyone could pretend to ignore anything it says about me (that hasn't already been said by my drunken Deka chatlogs) that would be great. (More notes after the fic, because I can.)

( Here there be fic )

Give me a pairing and I will tell you:
who is the big spoon/little spoon
what is their favorite non-sexual activity
who uses all the hot water in the morning
what they order from take out
what is the most trivial thing they fight over
who does most of the cleaning
what has a season pass in their DVR
who controls the netflix queue
who calls up the super/landlord when the heat’s not working
who steals the blankets
who leaves their stuff around
who remembers to buy the milk
who remembers anniversaries

DESERT BUS DESERT BUS DESERT BUS DESERT BUS DESERT BUS

DESERT. BUS.

DESERT BUSSSSSSSSS

So, my original plan was just to summarize the shocking and amazing discoveries that second_batgirl made while watching Dekaranger (and then Carranger) drunk, but the chatlogs are kind of a thing of glory so I might as well share the whole thing.

Just as a heads up: This is A LOT. Like, 60+ pages a lot. And it starts out clear enough but eventually devolves into ALL CAPS ALL THE TIME and less that perfect spelling. (I feel like that is part of its charm though.)

( Surely this will not make me look foolish in the least )

So! Who wants to join us next time?

(Also, TSB wanted me to include our tweets to Arrow, but there is already so much text and I have the Gokai raw waiting for me.)

SO.

I knew going into today that second_batgirl and I had plans to have some drinks and watch sentai.

WHAT I DID NOT EXPECT: discussing the Dekarangers' sex lives in detail.

Ban is a size queen and Hoji is happy to provide (provided Ban hasn't been disrespectful, of course).

There are also handcuffs.

And this is only scratching the surface.

(SO MANY TYPOS I FUXED YOU GUYS.

SO ANY)

Originally posted by old_blueeyes at Mississippi Personhood Amendment