Oh geez, if I thought the previous trips to Mexico were exhausting...
I'll just say about the whole thing that I really do not like the LA airport.
As usual, we've spent most of the time lazying around Abuelita's house, but I think this time I have more stuff to occupy myself with. True, a few years ago I'd been writing Mai's StoryZ while here (and would have an actual title if I could think of a decent one), but now I have more than one story, plus actual paper!!! This is great, since I was able to write down the little notes I wanted in the little journal thing, and was able to draw when I wanted to.
Wednesday I finished the drawings of (most of) the main characters, from the Lab RatsxFMA crossover (which I'm really hoping I'll think of a good title for too!). I think I actually did pretty decent on them considering I didn't have reference pics with me when I drew everything. I just barely got some yesterday, though, while at my aunt's (who has wifi), and finished up making a few tweaks on people. I drew all the Homunculi but Sloth (I'm sorry, he just seems way too difficult to draw, especially in the small space I left for him), then Ed and Al on the back of the paper. I was gonna draw Van and Trisha too, but... Ugh. I've already done so much work. Though it was gonna be interesting trying to put Trisha in modern clothes...
As usual, Al came out better than Ed. Ed's legs look too short, and his hair is still so FRUSTRATING! Of the Homunculi, I'm probably happiest with Lust, surprisingly, though I think Greed came out good too. (If you were wondering, the things on Wrath's sides are the sheaths for his swords, and Ed's holding his smartphone, though it just looks like a black rectangle. Because it is.)
On one of the planes here (we always have connecting flights) there were actually TVs, which I think we've had maybe one time before? I took the cue from the kid in the row in front of me and put on The Lego Movie first- which, like when I saw it at the movie theater, it was awesome. After taking a break from the earbuds and TV screen, I then was like "Hey, there was also Enchanted on the list, why not watch it now?"
Oh my gosh, I'd forgotten how much I love this movie.
The music is fantastic, it's funny, the music is fantastic, it's like Disney is making fun of itself in a tasteful way, the music is fantastic, it's cute, and did I mention the music is fantastic? It's all the way up there song-wise with Tarzan and Tangled.
And I actually know at least some of the words for all the songs because my sis and I were in Up With Kids! the years they did Enchanted and Alice in Wonderland. In Enchanted, I played Princess Jasmine and Grumpy. *amused cackle*
Anyway, I'd forgotten the names of the characters (besides Giselle, of course!) since I hadn't watched in a long time, so I almost laughed out loud when it turned out the prince's name was Edward.
So that got me thinking about Edward Elric, as you'd expect.
And I wondered... What if Ed Elric came to rescue Giselle in the beginning instead of Prince Edward?
So, once I had the moment, I started writing up an EnchantedxFMA crossover.
I'd at first thought I would just keep it short and sweet, but then I realized... Ed thinks in a totally different way than Edward, so why would he have come to Giselle? So I had to rethink that initial approach to the story... And then add some more beyond that... And before I knew it, I was figuring out how to put him through the rest of the movie. *sweat drop*
I did manage to watch most of the movie during the plane trip, but not all of it, sadly. I do remember some of the ending, but not enough to just write it out, so once we're back home, I'm going to watch the movie again the whole way through to make additions and adjustments and hopefully actually get this good enough for FFN! I am thinking people will probably not find it since I doubt any other crossovers like this are out there, but there's also the chance that because of that same reason people will freak out over it (in a good way), so we'll just see what happens, I guess...
Okay, serious time. A few days ago, and woman and her sons got run over by a bus right in front of Abuelita's neighborhood. We heard that all three died, but my cousin heard the younger son, about 2 or 3 years old, is actually still in intensive care in the hospital. Either way, it's horrible. I saw the woman's dead body on the ground.
Since then, that's been the most popular topic in the household, and it's driving me mad. I mean, of course it'd be horrible to just act like nothing happened, but I don't exactly like thinking about death and car accidents.
Especially because we found out yesterday that the bus driver didn't stop once he accidentally hit the family- no, he kept driving over them to make sure they stayed dead.
It's so horrible to know that the mindset of drivers around here is that if you have a big debt to someone, or accidentally hit someone hard, it's better if you kill them than let them live. (The companies' top machos even tell the drivers it's cheaper if you make sure whoever you hit stays dead.) And my cousin, who's a lawyer, admitted that that's true in the eyes of the messed-up law in Mexico.
For a while, there was a group of people in front of the neighborhood. I know some of them are probably still mourning over the family, but I just felt it in my gut that some of them weren't there for that reason. That they were there to do something that just would not make things any better.
Abuelita heard that they were planning to burn down the buses that took the same route as the one that ran over the lady and her kids.
As far as I know, they didn't get to do that- maybe the police finally made them go away- but it just made me lose more faith in humanity.
Killing? Rioting? Are people really this horrible and vengeful?
And of course, it made me think about how close my dad was once to dying because of a car crash. It was so bad he shouldn't have even survived, let alone have lived the life he has now. If he died then, he wouldn't have married my mom, have gone to college, had a family, had a career, have any of the experiences he's had now...
And I feel worse than ever about what I did to a character in "Family History".
It already hurt to put a person, even just a fictional one, through a crash, especially because of my reason for doing so, but it was with a heavy heart that I realized it was the most realistic way to go.
I already knew I was planning to let her be okay- at least as okay as can be- but now more than ever I want her story to end happy, for all of the other people who've gone though an accident and it truly changed- or perhaps finished- their lives forever.
Guys, these kinds of things really happen. Don't be so reckless as to assume that whatever you do on the road won't make something bad happen. Don't think nothing will happen to you. It can happen to anyone, and it will if you go on not being careful about your actions. Drive as safe as you can (or, even better, don't drive if you are unable to drive well, no matter the reason) because, if you don't, sooner or later it's going to ruin your and a whole lot of other people's lives.
And, in respect to my dad, please, please, don't drive around one of those huge trucks that barely fit in the parking spot just because you want to. They are dangerous for everyone around you when you drive. If you have it because it's part of your job, fine. Otherwise, don't be a *swear word* and just drive a normal car. You don't look manly in a big truck, you look like a giant snot.
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