manhwa: Bring It On Vol 4-5 (end)

Though a blast right up until the (bitter?) end, this was a woefully anticlimactic manhwa! I think the manhwaga literally got to near the end of the arc, decided she was ready to end it (or was told it was time to) and added an epilogue.

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Despite the ending (which is not so much bad as it is an inconclusive non-ending) this is a really fun series that plays around with a lot of the normal shoujo tropes, and consistently manages to avoid going predictable routes.

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Has anyone bought incense from Earthbound Trading before?  They opened a store in the mall and I was looking around it today.  The only place in town to get incense that isn't really out of my way is Wal-Mart, and I tend to not be impressed bytheir selection.

Girl geeks did not exist before Twilight! If they did, it was only because of Buffy!

So, Newarama has a post about the scary scary women invading comicdom and geekdom and SFF and attributing most of it to Twilight. Actually, the post itself is ok, mostly saying "Hey! Girls are starting to like this stuff!" and theorizing on why while being completely ignorant to the fact that, uhm, it's really nothing new. But then, of course, there are the comments.

Like this one:

When a girl tells me she's a "fan" but is obviously just a fan of Twilight, I usually attempt to save her soul by recommending some of Whedon's stuff or Gaiman's Sandman. If she goes for it, then I've done my duty and fandom really will have another member of the fairer sex. If she doesn't, well then there was just no helping her anyway!

By the way, am I the only one who's asking himself where all these hot girls were at the comicons back when I was young and single? *sigh*

If you are a woman who likes Twilight (and most of you know my thoughts on that one, I think) YOUR SOUL MUST BE SAVED BY WHAT A FANBOY DEEMS WORTHY! No really.

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I should mention that there are also plenty of people going "uhm, no," but the general thought process seems to be that if it's not Twilight, then it's because a guy kept foisting things on them until they saw the light or something.