Shameless Self-Promotion Returns: My newest fanfic

Flight of the Dove is something I've been working on since this summer. It of course concerns Jetman!

I was inspired partly based off of the need for a replacement for Gai if the Vyram somehow manage to return. And I was inspired by Red Hawk, the name Red Hawk. Ryu is essentially a military man. The word "hawk" can be used to describe people who are for wars (used during the Vietnam war). Dove was used to describe people who were against fighting, pacifists, based off of the dove as a symbol of peace. So I thought the perfect opposite to Ryu would be a Dove, a pacifist, someone who it would be even harder to get to join the team than Gai. And that's how I came up with Ariana. I put a little bit of myself in Ariana, without making her a Mary Sue character (mainly the political side of me, and my hair), just to warn you, it deconstructs the idea of an author avatar.

My worst fear is people thinking Ariana is a Mary Sue, though.

Think of Ariana as Haley Smith on American Dad.

Ariana's also kind of a female expy of Gai. She rides a motorcycle, hates Ryu initially and refuses to join the team, and smokes... stuff....

Also, the story breaks the forth wall a number of times, makes fun of a lot of conventions of super sentai, and fanfics.

You'll get to know where the rest of the team is now. And just so you know, Ako's going to end up with someone when the fic is over. I'm pretty sure you can guess who it can be.

The fic has some mature themes (Ariana and her friends smoke, like Gai, only what they are smoking is something Gai probably wouldn't touch). So if you go to fanfiction.net, it wouldn't appear through the pre-set filters. So here is the link.

Click Here to Read It!

Let me know if you find Ariana Mary Sue-ish at all.

Also, I know doves aren't silver, but white is already taken. And hawks aren't red, so there!

He's Still Awesome: My thoughts on Gokaiger Episode 28

Probably one of the better tribute episodes yet!

Gai Yuki is still awesome.

The ultimate power was great, with the giant flaming phoenix, and the attack.

I really wish Ako could have more stuff like that on Jetman.

I liked how Joe seemed to understand what was going on with Marvelous.

Oh, the Bounty Hunter, Boba Fett---I mean Kiaido was chilling. I really hope he could come back, and there could be six of him, one in blue, one in yellow, one in green, one in pink, one in silver you see where I'm going. They're all trying to get the Gokaiger's bounty. I mean, he stabs himself, to purposely give himself a weak spot, so Marvelous could be motivated to kill him, since Kiaido doesn't like killing weak people.

Oh, and when he catches the bullets, and drops the shells on the floor, and they bounce, and the sound echos, for some reason, that's really chilling.

I wonder why Gai Ikari couldn't see Gai Yuki. Maybe because he's an earthling, or maybe because Gai Yuki didn't want Gai Ikari to be drooling over him, and asking him to sign his shirt.

Oh, sorry fans, it's confirmed, Gai Yuki died. Although, it gradually got revealed. Gai Ikari said Gai Yuki mysteriously disappeared, and no one knows what happened to him, then Gai Ikari can't see him while the rest of the team can, then they reveal Gai Yuki's grave. And I'm okay with him being dead. For those of you who think he didn't die after he got stabbed because he didn't excessively bleed, you can bleed internally, and blood doesn't splatter out all the time... okay, I'm getting gross.

But even though he's dead, he still can kick ass, and become Black Condor without a Ranger Key. And he can fight out of suit too!

I'm really surprised Gai Yuki flirted with Luka over Ahim. Ahim's more feminine, and Gai Yuki did flirt with the dainty, rich Kaori, instead of the mouthy, slightly tomboyish Ako. Anyway, he does have one thing in common with Luka--they both LOVE to cheat. And I think Gai Yuki didn't like being touched by men, and Luka definitely doesn't like being touched by men (or used as a human shield). I think this was the first guy in the series that Luka was blatently attracted to (she thought Gai Ikari was "cute" but then he started shaking her...).

Nice callback to the series. Gai Ikari singing "Jetto, jetto, jettoman..." while searching, showing Gai Yuki's grave:

Looks like Ryu and Kaori left red and white roses, Raita left a basket of delicious organic vegetables, and Ako left a cup of ramen, and Gai Yuki's favorite treats: Booze and Cigarettes. (Or Ryu left the Booze and Cigarettes, and Kaori left the flowers...)

And finally, Gai Yuki leaves them, while sitting on a bench, like how he died. (Then Luka sits exactly where he was sitting, I don't know why I that seemed to stand out to me)

Apparantly, heaven is a bar, and god is a hot chick. This might have caused me to believe in heaven, but then Gai said that the booze in heaven sucks. If there is a heaven, then the booze would be good.

So, if the booze is bad in heaven, then Gai might not actually be in heaven--he might be IN HELL! Because the booze would be bad in hell! Okay, I'm thinking into it a little too much...

They did reveal that Ako is still an idol singer, Raita sells organic vegetables over the internet (I want some of those eggplants), and Ryu and Kaori are still married. And they all visit Gai's grave every day. And Gai doesn't want them to go back into battle, so that's why he warned the team not to contact them.

Toshihide Wakamatsu is still SMOKING HOT! I wonder if he's taken... If he isn't, I hope he can speak English or understand bad, broken Japanese. I wonder if he got work done... anyway, he still looks good. And he's really successful! I like how he was able to venture out into dramas after Jetman.

Okay, there were some things about the episode that were weak.

I bet everyone was happy during the promos to see the team turn into Bioman and Maskman--well, they were only them for, like, five seconds during the show.

No theme music, during the fight, but this kind of made sense, because the Jetman theme song didn't befit the tone of the battle.

The GokaiGuys did their own Jetman attacks while fighting Boba Fe--I mean Kiaido, but Luka and Ahim just flew by him. Both White Swan, and Yellow Owl both had some cool attacks, including one they'd do together, I would have liked to seen that.

Religious themes do make me uncomfortable, especially in children's shows (yet ironically Liveman is one of my favorite series, is chock full of them, although it sort of fits the redemption theme of the show). Although they did make god a woman, so props to that...

Episode 29 already aired, so I'm not going to show promo images--it was really funny though! And it was refreshing to see a female warrior do a dress-changing fight.

Poll Results: Which Yutaka Hirose Villain is Your Favorite?

Yutaka Hirose is one of my favorite tokusatsu actors. He is infamous for playing villains (and playing them really well), and actually making them somewhat lovable despite being villains (even though he's played some of the most evil characters)

The winner was Dr. Kemp (or Kenji Tsukigata) from Liveman with 64% of the votes. Liveman's just a great show, and he was one of the best parts of it. This was one of the first villains who wasn't entirely evil, and did have a chance at redemption (although he had many and blew them). He did redeem himself at the end. After reaching the IQ of 1,000 (which is physically impossible) Kemp's brain was taken by Dr. Bias who revealed his true intentions. Kemp's spirit lead the way in the final attack against Dr. Bias, along with the many generals before him, causing Bias to lose his youth and reveal his true age. This was important, because it allowed the Liveman to defeat him.

Next was Tranza from Jetman, with 48% of the votes. I'm surprised he got that much. Because he was fed up by being treated like a kid by both the Vyram and the Jetman, he aged himself, and now referred to himself as Tranza. After pwning Ryu, Gai, and Raita, he reveals himself, and then forces Radiguet to call him Tranza-sama. Although he's clearly more mature, he does exhibit some evil child-like-ness. In his last episode, he was rocking on a swing while laughing evil at Ryu and told him it was nice playing with him. And we all know how it ends, and Radiguet forces him to call him Radiguet-sama. I feel guilty referring to him as hot while playing this character, because he was simply a boy who went through puberty in three seconds.

Ley Wanda received 32% of the votes. He was Jin's foe in Flashman. He boasted that he was a superior being, and then learns that he was simply composed of four lesser beings of the universe. This gave him an existential crisis, and he sought to defeat Jin to prove himself. Also, he might have had a thing with Ley Nefel. Not too deep as Hirose's other characters, except for the existential crisis.

I was really surprised at this: Jin received only 25% of the votes. He was one of the best parts of Dairanger for me. He was more of an anti-hero than a villain, and was somewhat good in the end. He's one of my favorite characters in Dairanger. This is probably the culmination of all of Hirose's characters: an anti-hero, with vengeance, later tainted by the villains, then after Ryou saves him, and breaks him from the Gorma's control, he decides not to duel with him, because he knew Ryou could never kill him. He then was killed by the Gorma after leaving. But his spirit came back and motivated Ryou to defeat the Gorma during one of the final battles.

The last one I listed because he was in a video on youtube called "Don't you F!ck with Yutaka Hirose." and seemed somewhat noteworthy, but he got only 6% of the votes.

All and all, Yutaka Hirose, talented actor, handsome man, and great at playing villains. And he's aged pretty well.

Here is a recent picture with Kihachiro Uemura (Green Flash) Both have aged nicely.

My Fan Fiction. Tell Me What You Think.

A few months ago, I got a fanfiction.net (or as one of my friends to it, the pit) account under the name bushido girl. I've written three stories, two of them are completed.

The morning after is the semi-autobiographical account of the morning after a party, where I woke up, hung-over, wearing a suit, and had sand in my pants. Supposedly I blacked out when I smoked a hookah.... someone must have put something in there. Okay, it's not semi-autobiographical, but its funny! Anyway, I might write a sequel. I was inspired when Urataros possessed Natsumi, I think, in Decade. He says something like, "I don't possess girls that much, but this will do." I wonder if he just doesn't possess Ryotaro.

Read it here!



Dreaming Shinkenger was kind of the preview for my in progress fic. On Valentine's Day there were a crap load of Takeru and Mako getting married fics, and since I hadn't finished my fic, which focuses on Takeru and Kotoha, I decided to upload this little fic that's a homage to the ending scene from The Graduate. Read Dreaming, Shinkenger here. Just so you know, hintity hint hint, Mako is possessed by Dayu in my Wedding fic, hopefully it was hinted upon well enough.

 My latest fic that is still in progress is called The Wedding, which can be hinted about in Dreaming, Shinkenger. I don't want to summarize it, I want you to read it. I'm at chapter six, where Takeru and Kotoha are kind of in a relationship, but something's going to happen that will change them forever.

I got an idea this week about doing a Gokaiger crossover. One of my favorite toku actors is Yutaka Hirose aka.

Ley Wanda from Flashman

Dr. Kemp from Liveman

Tranza from Jetman

And Jin from Dairanger.

So, what if all of these guys were related? (which doesn't make a lot of sense, because Ley Wanda is the genetic amalgamation of four lesser space beings, and Tranza is some multidimensional being. But I'll find a way to make it all fit) And what if the youngest brother, or cousin (around the same age as the Gokaigers) wants vengeance. So he takes on these forms, and the Gokaigers fight as the Flashman, Liveman, Jetman, and Dairanger. He decides to revive his brothers or whatever they are, which doesn't work that great because Jin was more of an anti-hero than a villain, and although Kemp was loyal to Bias and did horrible things, his soul ended up leading the revolt against Bias, destroying him. So he ultimately did what was right in the end, and Yuusuke was later at his grave. Oh, and it definitely does not help that the real Tranza is in a catatonic state similar to Jack Nicholson at the end of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. So somehow, clones are involved, Ahim defeats Ley Wanda as Red Flash, Joe as Red Falcon, and the Revived Kemp defeat the Demon Beast Kemp clone side by side, Doc as Red Hawk defeats Tranza, Luka as RyuuRanger and Jin side-by-side defeat the Demon Boxer clone, and Marvelous as GokaiRed defeats the Youngest Brother.

What do you think of the pairrings (not the romantic ones, the duels)? Ahim in Flashman, Joe in Liveman, Doc in Jetman, and Luka in Dairanger. Ahim fits nicely with Flashman because she's a girl who lost her family too. Joe with Liveman because he had a falling out with his swordmaster (hmm... I wonder who it is cough cough, Barizorg), Don with Jetman (I originally thought that it would be Don in Liveman because they were all intelligent, and Joe in Jetman because they were militaristic and serious, but Don's more of a do-gooder, like the Jetman, and the themes in Liveman fit with Joe). Luka would have some good chemistry with Jin, who initially assassinated for money, but didn't care towards the end. It also seemed he loved the fight as much as Luka loved treasure.

So what do you guys think? Let me know!

Paging Doctor Kakeru, Gokaiger Episode 9

Joe, Luka, and Ahim are in the crow's nest, looking for the floating island. They've circled the Earth a number of times, but nothing's come up, and of course, Marvelous won't stop. Then they notice a cloud that they passed a few times. It's stayed the same shape. So Marvelous swerves the GokaiGalleon into the cloud, much to his fellow crew members' chagrin. But when they go closer, into the center of the cloud, they see a turtle-shaped island. And the Gokaigers couldn't be happier.

Meanwhile, on the Chariot Horse, Damaras and Insarn have found the floating island too. And they are ready to find the treasure first.

The Gokaigers explore the Animarium, but before they can find their treasure, they are ambushed by Action Commander Bowser, and some Gormin and Sugormin. The Gokaigers change and fight, defeating most of the minions, however Bowser has a little trick up his sleeve. He has super speed, so the Gokaigers turn into the Turborangers to counter it. They perform the combination attack against them.

But then they hear a lion's roar. And so does a hot vet, fixing a puppy's hurt leg.

The roar belongs to GaoLion, who is not amused. Bowser orders the gormin to go after the lion, but Gaolion shoves the Gormin out of his way. Then Gaolion goes all "Get the hell off of my property." And shoves both the Gokaigers and the Zangyack off of the Animarium. Both the Gokaigers and the Gormin are falling through the sky. The hot vet goes outside his clinic to watch the commotion and HOLY CRAP, IT'S KAKERU! The Gokaigers become the Jetman so that they can fly and not plummet to their death, and Sugormin becomes a glider for Bowser to use. The Gokaigers dodge him, but he hits Ahim's leg. Ahim plummets into Doc, and Mavelous, Joe, and Luka use the Bird Blasters to shoot at Bowser, who falls.

Don and Ahim land into a bunch of boxes, while the rest land safely. Ahim struggles to walk as she has a pain in her ankle. The team realizes that GaoLion is the source of the Legendary power. Marvelous says that they should go and get him, but someone interrupts him. It's Kakeru.

Kakeru tells them that they can't go on the island if they are going to trample there just for power.

"And what if we?" asks Marvelous.

Kakeru says it won't happen for them.

Marvelous asks who Kakeru is.

Kakeru says that he's a veterinarian. Marvelous says they're pirates.

Cue Western Showdown eyes.

Joe says they really don't care what he thinks, and Luka says they have their own way of doing things. The team takes their leave when Ahim collapses in pain. Luka and Don rush to her side. Ahim tells them to go without her, or else the Zangyack will defeat them. Joe tells Don to look after her, and Marvelous, Joe, and Luka exit. Ahim struggles to get up. Kakeru immediately goes to her side.

"Are you hurt... let me see..." he pulls down her bootleg, revealing some blood on her sock. He tells Ahim he will treat her. Don says that he thought he didn't like them. Then Kakeru goes Hippocratic Oath on him.

Meanwhile, on the Chariot Horse, Damaras and Insarn find out about GaoLion as the source of power. Damaras tells him to get the Lion before the Gokaigers do, and if he refuses to be captured, to destroy him (poor GaoLion). But...

 BUSTED!!!

Back at Kakeru's clinic, Kakeru wraps a bandage around Ahim's ankle, while Don holds the puppy Kakeru was treating earlier, in his lap.

In possibly one of the cutest moments, the puppy runs to Ahim, who picks him up. I guess even in the Sentai world, Princesses are friends to all animals.

"Are you worried about me, even though you are injured too?" asks Ahim to the puppy.

Don tells Kakeru that he's not an ordinary veterinarian, since he knows about the red lion, and the legendary power.

Kakeru tells them that the red lion is GaoLion, and that he's a guardian spirit that protects all life on Earth. He says that he was his chosen warrior, GaoRed on the Gaorangers.

And cue the image flash over Kakeru.

Don and Ahim are surprised. Don concludes that that lion is the Gaoranger's power.

Don asks if they can have it.

Kakeru says he can't give it to him, because the power of the Gaorangers is GaoLion's power, and he doubts he'd share it with a bunch of treasure-hungry pirates. Ahim tells him he's mistaken.

Back on the Chariot Horse, Oiles Gil lectures Damaras about how silly he was. They'll soon rule the entire universe, so that will mean that everything in the universe will belong to the Zangyack, so its foolish to search for the power now. Damaras has this look on his face (well, you can't really see his face making expressions) that looks like he is fighting every urge to kick the boss's kid's ass. Oiles Gil tells Barizorg that there is a change in plans. "Yes boss."

The rest of the team is continuing their search for GaoLion, when they notice that the Gormin are attacking civilians.

Ahim tells Kakeru that they aren't simply in pursuit for treasure, and if they were, they would have abandoned her when she fell. Don says that they have a habit of sticking their neck out for others, and if they see something that bothers them, they'll forget about the treasure and deal with that instead. They say that if they only cared about treasure, then they wouldn't have let neither of them on the team.

Back to Marvelous, Joe, and Luka, who decide to "pay back" the gormin (really their way of saying protecting civilians). Marvelous says "Hey, treasure, we'll be back for you in a sec!" And they change and fight.

Luka says that she thought they were looking for treasure, but Bowser said there has been a change in plans. Navi alerts Doc and Ahim that the rest of the team is fighting with the Zangyack.

"Oh man, they're sticking their necks out again."

Ahim hands the cute widdle puppy back to Kakeru and thanks him. Kakeru somewhat smiles as they take their leave. Kakeru watches Doc and Ahim fight their way through the Gormin. He then watches the rest of the team fight: Marvelous fighting some Gormin and telling a civilian to run.

Marvelous throws his GokaiSabre to Joe, who uses his duel sword technique to defeat some Gormin. Some girls run up to him and thank him.

They swarm around him, and gush and flirt like he's a Beatle or something.

"Hey, studly!" shouts Luka as she throws her grappling hook at Joe, who holds up his sword while still schmoozing with the girls. Luka grabs the GokaiSabre with her grappling hook, and uses her Grappling hook/sword technique on the Gormin. Luka then throws her sword not at Bowser, but at some Gormin who are attacking some civilians.

Kakeru flashes back to what Marvelous, Joe, and Luka said to him. Kakeru says they are pretty rough around the edges. They are just down to a few Sugormin and Bowser. They fire at the Gokaigers, who block them and fire back. Joe asks Ahim if she's going to be okay, and Ahim says yes.

The Gokaigers become the Gaoranger, and get their own henshin sequence. They battle. Luka uses Gaoyellow's flight powers, and pins a Sugormin against a wall. Joe uses GaoBlue's Surging Rush attack. Doc and Ahim pair up and attack another Sugormin. Marvelous takes on Bowser. They finish up with the Gaoranger's final attack or finisher, the Hundred Beasts Sword, destroying the Sugormin who are shielding Bowser. Kakeru asks GaoLion if he saw that, and what he thinks about it. GaoLion roars in approval.

The Gokaigers defeat Bowser with the final wave, GokaiBlast. And of course Insarn revives them. The Gokaigers form GokaiOh. They are about to do the Gokai Starburst attack, but Bowser launches a claw at the clock dial thingy on Gokaioh's back, preventing them from doing this. The Gokaigers are screwed, until GaoLion roars. Their Gaoranger keys glow. Ahim says that GaoLion must have accepted them. Luka asks if the two had their own adventure again. They put in their Gaoranger keys, and the claw and the Sugormin fall off of Gokai-oh, after a burst of power. GaoLion comes off of the Animarium. GaoLion lunges at Bowser and claws him. He then looks at the Gokaigers and roar, meaning that he wants them to combine with him (how cute!) They form GaoGokaiOh. The Sugormin become motorcycles, and they fight against them, reminding me of the chariot race in Ben Hur. The Gokaigers then finish Bowser off with Gokai Animal Heart.

Kakeru looks up at his successors, and says to GaoLion that he hopes that he gets along with the pirates well, and he walks back to his practice. He looks a bit tearful.

GaoLion bids the Gokaigers farewell for now as they sail away from the Animarium. Four down, thirty to go. Joe questions what made GaoLion change his mind. Don and Ahim smile and exchange glances. Marvelous smirks and says who knows. GaoLion Roars.

Next Episode, Joe and Luka wear makeshift Gormin costumes to sneak aboard a Zangyack ship to steal a weapon--oh and they will play a card game, probably something high-stakes. We see them as BoukenBlue and BoukenYellow and, since they're playing a card game, what team is better to battle as than JAKQ. And Luka finally becomes Big One!

Great episode, though I did have a few objections (okay, one).

I wanted them to use the Gaoranger's powers more, that was my only objection-- I was pissed that Luka didn't use Gaku's wings! (I also wanted Kei Horie to appear and the hottie who plays GaoSilver, but they both have busy careers!)

I had the pleasure of watching this episode with one of my friends, and she enjoyed herself. I think ti was interesting for her to see Turboranger and Jetman especially. She then noticed that I became very excited to see the promo.

This was probably the cutest episode so far.

I liked seeing the Turboranger attack in hi-def. Also, Don could barely support Ahim when they did the Turboranger pose. His legs were trembling.

I would really like to see Joe or Luka interact with a past Sentai (together or separately). Which sentai do you think they should interact with?

I liked the use of the Gaoranger music during the fight sequence, and the sound cue that happens every time they summon a Power Animal.

Next week, so psyched!