Except that the author's work wasn't destroyed. The film was never meant to replace the novel, just serve as an adaption. [hide]And to earn money.[/hide]

I actually think Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings was entertaining. It definitely wasn't the most faithful of adaptions (*cough* Arwen *cough*), but it was fun to watch. So as a movie, it's definitely good to me.

The fact that Ryukishi [hide]portrayed the mystery fans as goats (which is not a good thing)[/hide] irritated the Japanese fandom. Or so I heard. /jp/ isn't particularly reliable. Spoilers Spoilers Spoilers [spoiler]I wish Ryukishi just built up to Ep.8 better. Sure, there's some Anti-Mystery/Fantas...

One of these days, Cirno's going to be in ninth place. And it will be glorious.

I suppose the results for the Touhou popularity poll are relevant: [spoiler]1. Reimu 2. Sakuya 3. Yuuka 4. Remilia 5. Marisa 6. Sanae 7. Alice 8. Satori 9. Flandre 10. Aya 11. Mokou 12. Yuyuko 13. Youmu 14. Yukari 15. Koishi 16. Utsuho 17. Patchouli 18. Nitori 19. Byakuren 20. Tenshi 21. Suwako 22. ...

Or German as Latin's brainwashed slave.

Blame the French~ [spoiler]The evolution of English is pretty interesting, actually. You'll be hard pressed to find any English speaker that understands Old English. Which makes sense. But I guess that's what happens when a language that's heavily influenced by other dialects and languages becomes t...

So, The Inferno. Just finished the fifteenth canto, which I have affectionately named "Chilling With the Sodomites."