2009-08-10

strina: text only "no one has ever done this before probably because they would be killed to death" (txt - killed to death)
2009-08-10 11:57 pm
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A Calm and Unbiased View of Tenhawk's "Journeyverse"

JOURNEYVERSE, HOW SO TERRIBLY ADDICTIVE. IT IS SO VERY BOYS' ADVENTURE, I CANNOT STAND IT. MANY OF THE CROSSOVER TEXTS CAN ACTUALFAX BE FOUND IN THE MEN'S ADVENTURE SECTION OF BOOKSTORES, EVEN. GUNS GUNS GUNS BABES BABES BABES SAVE THE WORLD KICK ASS BUILD STUFF FORM ARMY = IT IS A WINNING FORMULA. I CANNOT LIE: I ALWAYS WANT MORE "BUILD STUFF" IN FIC, IT IS KIND OF MY FAVE. THE ARMORERS GET THEIR OWN SIDE-SERIES, THAT'S HOW MUCH "BUILD STUFF" THIS THING HAS. A+++.

WACKY CROSSOVERS ARE WACKY! WALKER TEXAS RANGER + THE PRETENDER + PREDATOR + JACK OF ALL TRADES + HACKERS + KNIGHT RIDER + ASKEWNIVERSE + HERCULES + THE CROW + LA FEMME NIKITA + BOONDOCK SAINTS + THE SHADOW? WHO DOES THAT SHIT. THESE GUYS. (WALKER TEXAS RANGER = BEST SURPRISE CROSSOVER EVER; THE FIC EQUIVALENT OF PULLING THE WALKER LEVER. AWESOME.)

I KIND OF LOVE THE FIGHT SCENES. THIS SERIES IS AWESOME AT "RIGHTEOUS ASS-WHOOPING", BUT ALSO AWESOME AT "MISTAKEN IDENTITY", AKA, XANDER KEEPS ACCIDENTALLY GETTING IN FIGHTS WITH THE GOOD GUYS.

BUT THERE IS ALSO SOME UNCONSCIOUSLY WEIRD GENDER STUFF - AKA, THE AUTHORS LOVE STRONG WOMEN AND THERE ARE LOTS OF THEM, BUT THERE'S ALSO THE WEIRD STEREOTYPED STUFF THAT YOU GET WHEN A BUNCH OF MACHO GUYS ARE TRYING TO COLLABORATIVELY WRITE STRONG WOMEN. ALSO, THE FAITH/DANA THING WEIRDS ME; THE FAITH PERSONA IS ARMOR FOR SQUISHY INNER DANA! YET ALSO THE PERSONA IS THE REAL GIRL, JUST GROWN UP! YET ALSO, FAITH WILL KICK ASS WHERE DANA CRIES ON YOUR SHOULDER AND JUST NEEDS HUGS, WHAT (HINT: CHRISTMAS, PRESENTS AND PLEAS = NOT MY FAVE. ALSO, IT MAKES HARRY TASKER LOOK LIKE A GIANT DOUCHENOZZLE. THUMBS DOWN.) ALSO, I SKIM THE AERIAL BATTLES BECAUSE I CAN'T VISUALISE THAT KIND OF FIGHT. ALSO, THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE THAT MAY BE ORIGINAL CHARACTERS OR MAY BE OBSCURE FANDOMS, I CANNOT TELL. I HONESTLY THOUGHT HE MADE UP ANDRZEJ KONZAKI, FOR ONE. BUT NO, SECRETLY HE IS ONE OF THE LIKE TWENTY CHARACTERS FROM THE STONY MAN SERIES, WHICH, IDK, SEE ABOVE RE: MEN'S ADVENTURE BOOKS. ALSO, XANDER GETS ALL THE GIRLS, TELLS ARCHANGELS TO SUCK HIS DICK, AND IS, IN ALL WAYS, INFINITELY MORE BADASS THAN YOU (I MOCK, BUT SECRETLY I KIND OF LOVE THAT PART, TOO. AND ACTUALLY HE JUST GETS, LIKE, FOUR AND A HALF GIRLS - HE IS GOING TO END UP WITH BUFFY, BUT WE ARE NOT THERE YET, HENCE, HALF.)

I TOTALLY CANNOT FIND THE THING I READ WHERE TEN ADMITTED THE REWIND WAS TOTALLY FOR SHITS AND GIGGLES, BUT I AM CONVINCED IT WAS REAL. I COULD NOT MAKE THAT UP. IN THE MIDDLE OF AN EPIC MULTIAUTHOR SERIES, ONE OF HIS BOYS WAS LIKE, HEY DUDE, I'D LIKE TO KILL EVERYONE AND THEN THEY CAN USE TIME TRAVEL TO UNDO IT; JUST LET ME PULL A JOSS FIRST, FOR SERIOUS, IT IS MY HEART'S DESIRE TO END THE WORLD. AND TEN WAS LIKE, HEY DUDE, WHATEVER MAKES YOU HAPPY...WAIT. BRILLIANCE IS FORTHCOMING: DO THAT, AND THEN FUCK UP THE TIME TRAVEL. FUCK SEVEN DAYS, LET'S GO FOUR MOTHERFUCKING YEARS. JUST FOR THE FUN TIMES WE CAN HAVE FUCKING WITH THEM. OH, BTW? THE BAD GUYS TOTALLY HAVE TEMPORALLY SHIELDED EQUIP, SO THEY WILL BE ARRIVING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, WHEN NO ONE IS PREPARED/GOING TO LISTEN TO THE CRAZY 16-YO WHO SAYS HE KNOW THE FUTURE. UNTIL HE WHIPS OUT HIS OWN AIR FORCE. HEEEELLL TO THE YEAH.

THIS IS SUCH GUY-FIC, IT IS HILARIOUS.