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Karan's Bakery / Re: Stupid/Funny Headcanons (no matter if pre, post, reunion, AU)
« on: February 26, 2015, 03:49:03 am »
Quote from: Spyed
Pretty sure this is confirmed in the book. It's been a while since I read it, but I swear Shion explains how health and fitness is a big thing in the city when he's describing his bicycle and how it's different to other people's. Back when he was furiously pedalling to the park to investigate the dead body. Though it may have been earlier, I'm not sure.

That's with the Lost Town citizens though! In the Correctional Facility, Shion kept calling everyone fat. :l and we know those are the elite scientists. (From that one scene where this one couple talks to Nezumi and Shion about why they're going up to the third floor 'cause it stinks and the lady compliments Shion's hair).

Quote from: Ahiku
Haha, and when they reunite, Nezumi is looking in the window of Shion's room and Shion thinks he's standing on a stool, because he knows that the window is quite high. But then he realizes that Nezumi's not standing on a stool and his little world falls apart. He'd pout at least 2 months. (I mean it was always super important for Shion that he's taller or at least nearly as tall as Nezumi. X'D)

;____; I can see all these headcanons about Shion complaining about the height difference!! When they first reunited at 16, Nezumi was the one who brought up that he was taller, so it'd totally make sense for Shion to bring it up again when they reunite after since he has a good memory. T___T (sobs)

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Latch Building / Re: Names in No. 6
« on: February 26, 2015, 03:35:06 am »
@listenforthelove: Thank you for explaining that page to me!! :d I'm half-literate in Japanese so I tend to space out and misinterpret things. You're also quite right in that Asano used very particular names for these characters. (Getsuyaku?! Really!?) We could try and interpret why she chose each kanji for each of the No.6-residential characters, but something about how rushed Vol 9 was also tells me that it's possible she never fully brought out the characters' full potentials. :C so it feels like we'll never know why Getsuyaku was named Moon-Medicine T_T

@Ahiku: So the Moon Drop is a flower and we have a bunch of killer bees in this story. XD IS THIS HAPPENING.
But omg, it totally makes sense for the Blocks to just be referred to as North, East, South, West just to be degrading. :c
The origins of Lost Town seems to be lost on us. I wish the interview with her in the Completed Guidebook also mentioned name origins. T_T ... but if it did, we wouldn't be having all these fascinating conversations :d

@Curiousscarletteyes: That's so interesting that Kronos was king of the Elysian Isles! I really wonder if it was named "Kuronosu" just to embody both Father Time and the Titan Kronus. Father Time, I quote Wiki, was said to have a "serpentine shape." (Though I'm not really sure what that implies? Since all the statues of him depict a very human shape. Maybe it's considered serpentine because he is always sitting and that makes an S shape??) and I feel with this background knowledge about the Titan Kronus that the name (Kuronosu) really fits for the elite members who'll bring No.6 to prosperity.

and now, this is totally wild and partially nonsensical fangirl theorizing, but suppose Chronos is the serpent of the No.6 Moondrop / flower. Asters are meant to ward snakes away. (only after you burn them, but that can be up for interpretation) doesn't this essentially set the stage for Shion being vital in overthrowing No.6? Feels like a complete stretch, but it's a fun theory. (of course, it also doesn't clue in on why Nezumi is Nezumi aside from his majestic grey eyes. D: )

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Latch Building / Re: Names in No. 6
« on: February 24, 2015, 05:43:16 am »
@listenforthelove: I decided to look up Safu's name in Japanese to see what it'd come up with. and Google tells me that it's sort of an archaic name that gives an old feeling (maybe something akin to 'Agatha' in the English language) but also that whoever has this name is predicted to be a "strong, independent woman" who is generally super responsible in a family. XDD (http://coreblog.org/naming/girls/p_6c995e03.html) Maybe Asano-sensei wasn't actually going for plant-people-names in No.6, but just by what she liked. :[ .. considering how Lili's friend, Ei, also had a non-leafy name.

@Curiousscarletteyes: I love that hypothesis! Maybe Rou, as a researcher of the time, wanted to create this Utopian No.6 and desired "Elysium" so he hoped his fascination with this goddess-like being will also bring about great happiness and cookies?

I never quite understood the naming sense of the regions of No.6 either (like, randomly Chronos, then Lost Town?? wut).
but I'd be thrilled to think that she snagged a bit of it from Greek Mythology.

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Karan's Bakery / Re: HP/Hogwarts AU
« on: February 22, 2015, 05:30:13 pm »
@kinsdura: You're right! I really need to go back and refresh my HP knowledge. T_T

I think some people inferred that "being able to make a request of the sorting hat" (whether it's: 'I want to be in Gryffindor!' or 'Not Slytherin'!) as a sign of being brave because you're trying to take fate into your own hands instead of letting the Sorting Hat decide for you. (also, it takes courage to ask for things! ... at least, that's the case with me. orz)

And omg, would Nezumi take the role of Sirius? The sorely misunderstood and imprisoned one? XD

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Latch Building / Re: Names in No. 6
« on: February 22, 2015, 05:22:57 pm »
@Ahiku: oh man! I wish I was cool enough to speak German! But it was just a really good coincidence. orz

@listenforthelove: that's what I suspected too! That Rou was just a really cool dude who gained the respect of the aboriginals through tasty No.6 food. XD;

Have you guys ever looked up Shion's name? :0 there's always so many references to asters being the flower of remembrance in the Japanese language of flowers. (sob) but the more interesting factor was that asters used to be used to ward off snakes? http://www.list-of-birthstones.com/birth%20flowers/Aster%20birth%20flowers.html

Do you think Asano knew that or was that all a huge coincidence? Do you think other characters like Safu and Rikiga had such carefully chosen names? I still can't really figure out the significance of Safu's name.

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Karan's Bakery / Re: Stupid/Funny Headcanons (no matter if pre, post, reunion, AU)
« on: February 21, 2015, 08:46:05 pm »
@kare_rinko, LOL THAT'S SO CUTE. Maybe Shion will use those pictures as his desktop wallpaper and it's one of those that changes to a new picture every five minutes. (and maybe Nezumi will prank him one day by putting up a really scandalous picture and Shion opens his laptop one day right before a meeting and it's there and he's all flustered).

and omg, Nezumi leaving because he got fat from Karan's pastries. can that be canon.

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Latch Building / Re: Names in No. 6
« on: February 21, 2015, 08:36:20 pm »
@AoYokai and @listenforthelove, regarding Rou, I think there's a portion of the novel where Rou's giving his backstory and he mentions that he's years older than Karan but they were childhood friends. So I don't think he's /actually/ old, he just has a lot of authority. (and maybe he looks old too LOL)

Karan and I were childhood friends. I was much older than her, but we often played together. (Vol 6 Ch 5)

I can't imagine being 10 years older and still being able to call that childhood friends. :d but say he's 16, and she's 6 and they're childhood friends. In the "present" time, after Shion and Karan move to Lost Town, she's like, what, 40 at most? (since her son is 16.) That would only put Rou at maybe around 50. And the Mao Massacre happened 12 years before "present" time, so he would've been like about around his 40s. I don't know if you'd call a 40 year old as being in his elderly years, but..  the novel did make him sound really old, so.

Back to the topic of names, I love that the No.6 citizens all had kanji in their names!! That brings a much broader perspective of the education system between West Block and No.6 - like the stark different between the two. and also that most of the names had a plant-motif!! That's definitely something that doesn't translate well into English.

I like the idea that the Forest People didn't have names! or maybe if they did, it'd be very much related to nature. I always humored the idea that Nezumi's real name is Maus just because it sounds like Mouse. ;__;

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Karan's Bakery / Re: HP/Hogwarts AU
« on: February 21, 2015, 08:01:20 pm »
Wow, there's so much discussion about houses! :D

Personally, I feel like they can really fit anywhere. I think we forget that you can also /ask/ to be placed in a certain house (like what Harry did; I don't know if that was just an example of being brave so it automatically equated to him being in Gryffindor - someone posted the tumblr theory earlier about how the three main characters in HP had traits that would've suited the other houses, but they were placed in Gryffindor possibly simply because they were brave enough to make that request.)

but to be honest, I can actually kind of see Shion as a Slytherin too. Thaaat is if you're basing his character from the novels. Saaaay, his infamous line: "Destroy everything." Nezumi's also always accusing him of using words of kindness that are empty and self-serving. (but that's a small example, Harry's also shown Slytherin traits multiple times. Can the AU have a portion where the sorting hat is just like, "wow, you're so versatile, idk where to put you. :l" and then maybe Shion freaking sighs because he's not even thinking about the sorting, he's thinking about those grey eyes he say one night and the sorting hat's just like, "ok, we'll just put you where he is then." ) I'm personally also thrilled by the idea of Shion and Safu being childhood friends, expecting to get into the same house, then they're not and Safu's devastated. )

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Karan's Bakery / Re: HP/Hogwarts AU
« on: February 21, 2015, 03:43:07 am »
Hiii :d I've found this AU thread via tumblr too, thank you for sharing it!

I totally dig the idea of Nezumi being a Veela. They're known for being temperamental, beautiful, good at singing, fierce warriors. what more could you want?!
(source: http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Veela)
there's also a tidbit on here about how if a Veela's hair is pulled out, they die or get horribly disfigured. So, what if one night, while Shion and Nez are hanging out, Shion accidentally pulls out a hair of Nezumi's and freaks out and Nezumi covers his face with his hands and screams... before bursting into laughter and says that since he's half (or quarter or whatever) Veela, he's not bound by that rule (and he's not even sure it's real in the first place).

I totally see Youmin as the DADA teacher!
and I actually kinda saw Rikiga as someone like Filch, where he's a squib and a caretaker of the school. He spoils Shion with candy from Hogsmeade. I just can't imagine him being a teacher at all... (That, or I'd put someone like Getsuyaku in the role of caretaker of the school and he keeps Inukashi's werewolving secrets or something. ;n;)

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