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Every once in a while, I go and read Joe Mallozzi's blog. I started because I adore SGA and he used to do rundown of the episodes and give us little insights to the show.

Some people don't really like him because he's a pretty snarky individual who doesn't pull punches. If you're an annoying twat, he'll tell it to you as he systematically destroys your argument in his mailbag.

And things haven't quite gotten better with the SGA cancellation. I get it, he's a visual figure of the Stargate writing staff and he actually interacts with fans. Online. Daily. Who does that? Most people say they don't even go online to read what fans say about their show.

I don't really hate him and I don't always agree with him but today I read something in one of his past posts that made me think.

On any production, number one on the call sheet sets the tone for the entire cast.  If your star is a jerk, then you’re in for a hellishly loooooong production.  But if your headliner is professional and considerate, then the production will be heavenly and over before you know it.

So.

Anyone else think he was talking about Flanigan?

Am I paranoid in thinking that Mallozzi had a thing against Flanigan? I don't really know what other fans think of it but it's always seemed to me that Mallozzi and Flanigan never got along very well... He's never mentioned in Mallozzi's blog, there are pretty much no pictures and whenever he is mentioned, it's like in passing and it's never quite favorable... I don't know, I always got the feeling that he was annoyed by Flanigan who was also annoyed at the writing staff not taking him seriously and is completely made up in my mind?

*shrugs* It's probably not that important in the grand scheme of things but it just made me think a bit. I'm probably reading too much into it though.

Anyway, in completely unrelated matters, it's really cold here! And I'm still trying to write/finish my Ginny/Harry scene. I don't know why I'm resolve their tension since it was supposed to be a source of conflict for Harry but somehow, my muse had lead me that way. Me, I'm thinking either Harry has co-opted her to have a much less complicated love life or that Draco did it so he would have no competition for Harry's affections. Either way, it's happening but I'm trying to delude myself into thinking Ginny's just biding her time and lulling Harry into a false sense of security before she pounces on Harry again.

And I've realized that as much as I adore FictionJunction Yuuka, there's really only one song of hers that I really want to be listening to, Dare mo inai basho (translated loosely by me as "The place where no one is"). It's just so beautiful! The piano! The violin! The sweeping instrumentals! I can't stop listening to it.

And the lyrics! My god, sooo good. My first urge to translate lyrics in a very long time.

誰もいない場所
FictionJunction Yuuka

気づいてた事がある
君がだった一度だけ
本当の事伝えようとしてた事

聞きたくない事だった
だから耳を塞いでた
搾り出すような心で君はそこにいた

途切れた言葉は二度と
戻っては来なかった
違う未来へのドアは
閉ざされたまま眠った

何かを大事にしたり
何かを無くして見たり
時々疲れてしまう
でも追いかけてる

もう誰もいない海に
波の音だけが高く
ただそこにあるものだけを
語り続ける

My, most likely very bad translation:

The Place No One Is
FictionJunction Yuuka

You've realize it
when you're the only one left
that you're are going to be told the truth.

It's something you don't want to hear
so you cover your ears.
Your heart clenches and you're there.

Interrupted words won't
come back a second time.
The door to a different future
was closed while you slept.

You're careful with something,
something you've lost.
Sometimes it tires you out
but you run after it.

In the ocean where there's no one anymore,
only the sound of the waves is overwhelming.
But it's only the things out there
that keep on calling out to you.

It's probably not the most elegant translation (or probably the most accurate ><) but I tried my best. And it took me 40 minutes... T_T I'm so bad at Japanese... :(

But what a sad song! It's like telling the story of how love was lost through inaction and indifference until it was too late to change things... Somehow, I feel like people drift apart like this a bit too often... *sigh*

My favorite parts are the second part and the last because I love the image of this person who tries not so hard not to hear the truth ends up still having to bethere and having to acknowledge it despite her denial. And the last because the image of an empty ocean with loud waves is just so beautifully heartbreaking. What can I say? I go for corny things like that. *shrugs*

And I've probably procrastinated enough... :\ Okay, maybe I'll get a little writing in now... Hopefully...
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