Haruhi Suzumiya - episode 00/11

I rewatched this episode in the dub because I had originally seen it subtitled. I liked it in both-- some of the parody works better in the japanese because I think Kyon's dub voice doesn't get the quite right narrational tone for this... it's not as good as his normal narration because it's bad, and it's supposed to be bad... it just works better in the subbed. On the other hand, the acting of the other characters (Itsuki, Mikiru, Yuki, etc) is way funnier in English, because now I can tell that they're acting is bad. In English they can ennunciate and do "bad acting" voices, which is a distinction that goes totally over my head with the Japanese cast.

"I undertand that he--no in this scene it's me, so I--I am a kind of key. And a key by itself does not have any power whatsoever. And a key is nothing a but a tool with which you can open the door. And when that door is finally opened, something is going to change. And I know that what will change is... ... ...That's about all I understand, Yuki. But right now I don't have the right to make that decision."

You know, I only just now got the fourth level of meta in this scene. There's at least four levels of "meaning" to this scene, and only two of them are recognizable the first time you see it. At least one more becomes clear after episode 6/14, and even then I didn't really *get* it until just now.

( Here, I'll try to make a list. Of the meta. Spoilers abound. )

Fic Recs please? ...Furuba.

Does anyone have Fruits Basket fanfic recs?

note: I'm spoiled for up to volume 17 or so (I can't remember exactly... I stopped reading at Chapter 108). I know volume 19 is out, and 20 will be out in July, but I am still behind I think. I will probaby go tomorrow to the book store and catch up to volume 19.

Because of my fierce desire to keep myself pure from spoilers I haven't visited the FB section of ff.net for like two years. Terrible, I know. But I can afford to wait for this series. What I wanted to ask you folks on my flist, though, is if you have any fanfic recommendations. Long fics, short fics, doesn't matter. I'd love to hear about them, and I trust you guys to be forthright about the spoiler warnings.

I would have read fanfic at ffnet except I didn't trust people not to spoil me in summaries, like what happened with a major thing in Trigun and also happened with the end of season 6 for BTVS.

But... I miss it. I miss furuba fanfic. I miss the deranged and tragic Sohma family. And I figure it's safe to ask you, my flist! So... help?



EDIT: Let me quote, also, a warning I said about Fruits Basket back in 2006 when I swore off scanlations:

If anyone reading this mentions anything about FB to me beyond chapter 108, you will become as a pancake: flat and mushy and bleeding syrup, an abused piece of pan-fried pastry that no one wants to touch because you've been beaten to a whitish pulp and left wasted on the kitchen floor for three days.

I mean, seriously folks. There's few things that I love like I love the FB manga. You can spoil me for Battlestar Galactica and I'll whine a bit and feel some irritation, but that's it. You spoil me about Avatar and I'll cry in the corner for a few minutes, probably talk in CAPS. You spoil me for Fruits Basket and YOU HURT MY SOUL. MY SOUL. I will gladly taken the label of paranoid and over-reacting and bitchy if it means people won't spoil me.