Oh LJ, how I have neglected you so...

It's felt like forever since I've posted! Well besides that random Sims bit, but eh I don't think it counts.

This post signals the return of fandom posts Spotto knows too well. And I'm sure you imaginary readers are wondering what I'm going to discuss/fangirl today! Is it Negima? Something about gaming like SC2? Or the current state of the BW Pro-scene? (GO BISU!) Perhaps another theory on why I liked such and such from older fandoms, the CONTINUATION OF THE PPG REVIEWS MAYBE!?!? Even Hetalia!? Or hell, Digimon, PPGZ...so many, so many.

Well if you guessed any of those you're dead wrong! The winner is South Park.

And my imaginary readers gasp. Wait, Spotto you've NEVER talked about South Park before! No, I really haven't, but recently there has been something very major happening that has caught my attention. You see as a child I watched South Park regularly with my brother. (Well, I shouldn't have been watching such a show so young but whatever P: ) and I even have the movie on my computer somewhere deep in the depths of my hard drive, but ever since my brother moved out I've stopped following it. I just kept forgetting to turn the TV on at 9pm every Friday...not to mention we no longer even HAVE Comedy Network...

But, sometimes when I'm bored I use the wonders of the internet to watch a few episodes. South Park is incredibly easy to watch online after all. However there are already 14 seasons and I've probably missed a boatload of episodes so I really don't have the time to watch it all, but I do tend to catch the sagas. Imaginationland for one, I watched. I also watched 200 and 201, since it is such a milestone in the history of this show. I know a few friends who watches it as well so it's not like I have no one to talk about it to.

Last year I managed to watch The Coon. The Mysterion character interested me quite a bit, but I knew of this show. I quickly assumed that if they never show his identity, they never will, or if they do it's some random kid we've never heard of or a really, really minor character from Mr. Garrison's class, but when I found out who he was in the latest episode? Oh yeah. That was awesome. I rewatched that episode three times, and such remarkable luck that it's a three-parter! So one more episode is still coming to show us more Mysterion.

Besides, everyone knows I love superheroes. Not in the sense that I buy a bunch of DC Comics or something, but the concept I really do like. The notion that one person can save everyone just sounds incredibly idealistic, yet so intriguing at the same time. Of course the concept itself is not new obviously, and I've watched many superhero movies, but still. There is a reason I turn random fandom characters I like into superheroes just for the hell of it. This is the first time my little dreams just became canon. Okay, so not of the fandoms I usually toy with, but I do enjoy South Park. I never really had a single favourite character. I mean I thought they were all pretty awesome, except maybe Cartman but he serves to make you laugh somehow with his absolutely offensive and degrading antics, even then he was acting disturbingly cute this episode trying to tame Cthulu so it would work with him on his own deeds. Man. o_o

I did like Kyle for a while, but I always did like Kenny. He just didn't feature that often so my interest in the series just wasn't there. Granted South Park is more about offensive parodies about EVERYONE, but still... (I do enjoy those nonetheless. I was so disappointed when they censored half the things in 201...GARGH.) Of course it does help that the Japanese fandom spews out lots of pretty fanart. Can't beat that after all! I also know there's a very large following of fangirls for all the Ho Yay scattered all over the place. I haven't gotten into any of that, don't know if I want to. South Park's just one of those shows I catch once in a while, not something I'd draw for, but hey you'll never know. (And Woodland Critter Christmas is finally dethroned as my favourite all-time SP episode by Mysterion Rises! ...speaking of which, "The Dark Knight Rises" is a stupid title.)

It's just nice to see my childhood, with all these issues like Cartman's dad, the continuity of Kenny's constant deaths, etc. be issued in such an ingenious way (without making it outrageous, even though South Park is often extremely outrageous P: ) Ah well, but as of that episode my favourite is definitely Kenny now (then again he probably gained TONS of fans from that episode alone!) and that doesn't mean I don't like Kyle or Stan or Butters or any of the children anymore, but finally after fourteen seasons... I have a definite favourite.

Or maybe it just isn't Kyle because he said he liked Family Guy in that one episode. Bleh, Family Guy.