Me, the soapbox, 42 icons, and then some

[elranuial.livejournal.com]

Dear Naruto fandom,



Winter Break: I rediscover fandom. Naruto is suspenseful and exciting again. Shippuuden is soon to air. All is well.

Then.

Orochimaru moves to live in Sasuke’s head. Sakura resumes status as a nonentity. Sasuke impersonates a piece of cardboard. Naruto founds the “Angsting for Sasuke” fanclub. The series is renamed Sasuke. I stop reading. People talk about gay porn, ninja kittens, and color blindness.

Head. Meet desk. I’m exiting left.


Still, I bring some meager offerings as a token of my gratitude.

1. 2. 3.





I C O N S
Anime | 1- 16
Manga | 19 -42

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42

W A L L P A P E R
Size | 1280 x 1024






B A N N E R S






Comments | Make me feel warm and squishy inside.
Credits | Are entirely optional, because boxes of pixels about imaginary people just aren't worth it.
Resources | Are here.


It’s been fun and amusing. The crack was great. Thanks for the fish. I’m going to jump ship now.

Comments

[staceywoo.livejournal.com]

it's a shame you won't be around any longer. these are stunning. i took damn near everything :)
thanks for sharing.

[umi-mizuno.livejournal.com]

Beautiful banners/wallpapers/icons. 8O I love your coloring technique. All your graphics are made of pure win.

I agree with you completely about Sasuke. The fandom has gone completely out of control talking about the strangest things, and Kishi seems to have forgotten the title of his manga is NARUTO not SASUKE KING OF EMOS. Well Orochimaru's lover Kabuto is going after Sasuke. Wonderful.

But I'm sure fans love your contributions of wonderful graphics. :3

[dollhouse--x.livejournal.com]

Yah, that pretty much sums up the series. Sasuke and cardboard thing had my laughing really hard<3

Too bad we're loosing another one, hope you're brave enough to visit :]<3 Who know's what's going to happen in a few more chapters? Naruto might get his jiggy back and give up his dream to become Hokage and start inherit Ichiraku Ramen from that old guy

[copper-season.livejournal.com]

These are excellent!

I snagged a few and will credit.

Hopefully the direction will change and it'll make sense again.

*crosses fingers

[heartof-destiny.livejournal.com]

Snagged a bunch! Will credit if use.

[splendidshadows.livejournal.com]

Wow, I really love how you colour your manga! =D Thanks for the Sakura icons and will credit with use! ♥

Sakura resumes status as a nonentity.

So. Much. WORD! =/

[magical-poof.livejournal.com]

These are incredible! I love 'em! I wil lbe adding this post to my memories! These are some amazing icons, you know!

[ylmik-wisty.livejournal.com]

Cardboard. *snicker*

Lovely icons, too. Have fun wherever you're going.

[keoni-chan.livejournal.com]

Wow these are amazing! Your style is really great and text ones made me giggle XD

*snickers* I hear ya. And you're so right it's almost sad..
I still have some hopes it will all turn around and we'll stop have Emos United *sigh*

[thomasvye.livejournal.com]

People talk about gay porn, ninja kittens, and color blindness.

When did that ever not happen? XDD I must have missed that entry. You're not alone; I keep an eye on spoilers for Akatsuki scenes (because i love my boys, I can't help it), but I will never bother to read weekly again, I expect. *salute*

[fujiappletan.livejournal.com]

Beautiful style! Took many icons will credit when using. <3

[bubble.livejournal.com]

Agreed. ♥

[bubble.livejournal.com]

Your icons are absolutely amazing, and I just wanted to say that I agree with you. I've pretty much left the fandom myself (I seriously only ever come back for pretty icons); Bleach has my heart now. ♥

[shinta-chan007.livejournal.com]

Enjoying icon 29. if i'm not wrong thats a Kite Runner quote, very beautiful

[noctem.livejournal.com]

I feel the same about Naruto and its fandom right now.

Anyway, gorgeous work on the icons, allow me to snag that beautiful Kyuubi Naruto wallpaper. ♥

(frozen)

[jiah.livejournal.com]

Okay, I have nothing against you wanting to leave the fandom. Fine, that's cool. But why do you, a no-name fish in the giant sea of fandom, feel the need to bitch and whine to an entire community and proclaim "OMG IM LEAVING GAIZ"? This community has enough pointless criticism, so why do you feel the need to stir things up before you leave? Somewhat hypocritical, don't you think?
Ninja cats happened, if you'd bothered to do your research before saying innapropriate things. The colour discussion, I will admit, was irritating, but guess what you just stop reading it and be done with it. Gay porn is a part of any fandom, so get used to it.

Good luck, and good riddance.

[gonrie.livejournal.com]

Wow...they're stunning! *fav*

[thepinkangel.livejournal.com]

I'm sad that anyone's leaving, but I hope you find a new "home" that makes you happy :D
I'm holding out for a good ending to justify all the weirdness. If it's less than stellar, I just might be thoroughly ashamed to be a fan.

The graphics are AWESOME. I regret finding you so late in the game.

Take care~

(frozen)

[elranuial.livejournal.com]

But why do you... feel the need to bitch and whine to an entire community

Because while I'm not a BNF, have not posted 50+ posts, and did not accumulate a folder full of icon award banners, I invested time in this series. (See above post, bottom 5/6 portion.) I am genuinely frustrated with the direction this series is going, and I thought there were many valid points in my criticism. We may agree to disagree.

why do you feel the need to stir things up before you leave?

Frustrated fish like soapboxes, and those tend to make bubbles.

(frozen)

[innerve.livejournal.com]

What?

[elranuial.livejournal.com]

You are awesome. :D (It actually wasn't one of my favorite books, but I love that line, and it seemed oddly appropriate.)

(frozen)

[jiah.livejournal.com]

As you are NOT a BNF and your leaving really doesn't mean anything to anyone, keep it to your personal journal. This is a fandom community, not one to vent your every little problem.

As such, chuunin is not your personal soapbox. Sorry to burst your bubble.

[elranuial.livejournal.com]

Kishi seems to have forgotten the title of his manga is NARUTO not SASUKE KING OF EMOS.

Emo would be preferable to cardboard. *hangs head* (Where have my character standards gone?)

[elranuial.livejournal.com]

I always feel sorry for Sakura, because even after the timeskip, she will never be as important as either Naruto or Sasuke, much less the two of them combined. I don't know about you, but that just undermines the entire "Team 7 unity" thing they were going for, doesn't it?

(frozen)

[elranuial.livejournal.com]

Which is an elitist, rude, and overgeneralizing way of saying, "Sorry, but I don't agree with you."

But, okay, if bursting bubbles makes you happy. :D