Brainstorming! (and another ficathon that looks fun)

[sholio]

... okay, I think I'm gonna go sign up for this too: Three Space Shows and a Movie mini-ficathon. 500 words of gen fic for SGA, SG1, or ST (TOS/AOS), by late September? I can do that! :D

Sigh. I think I have a problem.

Anyway! Now that I've posted my latest songvid, I already know the next one I want to make! In the comments to one of my Avatar posts, jalendavi_lady mentioned "pretty boys playing with fire" as a common theme between FMA and A:TLA, and I went "OOOOH" because that just begs to be a multifandom vid. I have the perfect song for it, and I can think right off the top of my head of three shows that would fit perfectly - FMA (Roy), A:TLA (Zuko/Azula/Iroh/Ozai), and One Piece (Ace).

So here are my questions for you, my f'list/circle:

- What other anime or animated series/movie can you think of that has character(s) with fire powers? I can use energy-based chi attacks for filler clips, if I need to, but I'd really like as much actual fire as possible. I can think of a few "maybes", but in these cases I've only seen a little of the show and I can't remember specifically if it fits what I'm looking for - I seem to remember that Sasuke on Naruto has fire attacks, and also, the red-haired girl in the main triad on Rayearth. But I don't remember either show very well. Any suggestions are welcome!

- One Piece people! What are some specific OP episodes that I should look at for Ace doing his bursting-into-flames thing, or episodes that have some kickass Ace fight sequences? For the vid in general, I'd like to avoid majorly spoilery stuff and just stick to fun, flying-around-and-flaming scenes. And can you help me find good-quality, sub-free raws for source footage? I can get DVDs from Netflix, but it looks like they've only got it up to Skypeia. You can PM or email me if you don't want to post links.

Comments

[shayera.livejournal.com]

*chimes in with Ace expertise*

There are fiery action sequences with Ace in episodes 94, 95, 97 and 101 at the beginning of the Alabasta arc, and then episode 325 right after Water 7. That's it, actually, unless you want the very recent episode 461, which has some good fire action scenes, but it might count as spoilery.

If you have problems getting any of these, tell me, and I could send them to you!

[friendshipper.livejournal.com]

Thank you~! ^_^ (That's it? Really? I watched the anime up to about episode 100 or so, back in my initial OP period when that's all the anime that there was, but I assumed there would be lots more Ace by now! There are big chunks of the manga I haven't read, though, so I'm not really clear on how much of it he's actually in ...)

Anyway, this is hugely helpful! Thank you so much! Uh ... since it's only a few episodes, do you think you could enable me with getting hooked up for the eps? ^^;; My email is layla at ravenschildren dot com if you don't mind! It would be so much easier than trying to get just one or two DVDs for those. I know I have the fansubs around here somewhere on one of my old media drives, but they're not very good quality ...

[shayera.livejournal.com]

That's it! Ace appears in episode 91, 94-101, 145 and 325, and then the recent arc. And the above episodes are the only ones that have him in any kind of action scene. In the manga, he also appears in a cover picture story arc, but that was never animated.

I could certainly enable you! XD I'll have to upload the files to some file sharing service, though - it might take a while, since they're relatively big (222-378 MB). Working on it now!

Glad to know you enjoyed that Ace vid! ^_____^

[friendshipper.livejournal.com]

Oh! And I don't think I ever said this (because I suck) but I really loved your Ace vid! I wasn't really into OP when I watched it (but I did remember Ace!), so I don't think I commented, but it was a really gorgeous vid and very nicely edited!