Watched the Clone Wars cartoon series at enemy_anime's tonight. I went into it expecting good storytelling, but that I'd find the animation style incredibly annoying. That was my impression from the small bits of it I'd caught on TV and the comics I'd read. They said it grows on you. It sort of did, I guess, and it wasn't as bad as I'd been expecting from what I'd already seen. There was less story than reviewers had implied, though, especially in season one. And while I usually find extended fight and battle scenes to be less than boring, I didn't mind these too much. The creativity and the animation style helped: I could keep myself occupied by wondering whether they were really doing it straight, or if it was meant as completely deadpan self-parody, and whether there's even any difference in a production like that.

But I'm still not reconciled to curly-jawed Anakin of the massive neck. He's just -- bah. Not even stylized. Grotesque.

Obi-Wan in his General Kenobi outfit, though, yum. And Master Windu, with his coordinating purple lightsaber and starfighter, was faaabulous. And a few female and alien Jedi got something resembling personalities before they were smote, yay.

After chapters 15 and 16, I find myself with the uncontrollable urge to 'ship Padme and Yoda. stellar_dust said phooey, and she'll never understand my sick desire to make all relationships romantic. Which, given the / vs & discussions that have been showing up in metafandom again lately, and in which I am firmly on the & side, really got to me. And anyway it's unfair: the only prequel trilogy relationships I 'ship romantically are Qui-gon/Shmi, Plagius/Sidious, and now Padme/Yoda. And I don't have *any* Rebellion-era Star Wars 'ships; for that matter, I'd have been just as happy if Han and Leia had stayed platonic. Their relationship would have been much more interesting that way, at least. (Of course, in post-OT EU I ship everyone from Mon Mothma/Bel Iblis to Karrde/Gaeriel, but that's the fault of the writers, for trying to pair everyone up themselves. Lando/Mara? WTF?)


Anyway. I will write a ficlet, any rarepair, any fandom in my lj interests, for whoever gives me an appropriately shippy slogan to add to my newly made Yoda/Padme icon. q-: (Cap from here.)