...taste
a morning!
A
happier post today! I just wanted to write down that I have
something to look forward to, so again I can look back at this
whenever I feel a little blue.
I’m
going to Paris! Only for a few days and to go to another Distant
Worlds concert, but I’m going nonetheless :3 Hope I don’t get
Paris Syndrome <__<
Funny, I've been around the world and never been properly to France,
despite it only being an hour or so away.
To be pedantic, I have been through France on a coach to Austria but that doesn't really count.
To be pedantic, I have been through France on a coach to Austria but that doesn't really count.
It’s
simply never been that high on my list, though the more I think of it
the more eager I become. After all, so many of my favourite books,
films, and games (even songs) have roots there!
Out
there like ordinary men, who freely walk about there
For
starters, my favourite I Want (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IWantSong) song is
in Paris~Out There from The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
It’s my favourite because, well, look at the animation!
It’s beautiful! I bought this on blu ray not too long ago, and for
a film that came out some 15 years ago it really looks stunning in high quality. The
Hunchback has my favourite animation in any film ever, the colourful
scenes are so crisp and it's just pure scenery porn for me. I've always been a sucker for cathedrals.<3
The meticulous detail into recreating Notre Dame is amazing, especially the
stained glass windows - I really can’t wait to see it in person.
Totally going to get my drama on singing Hellfire if
I get the chance.
Fun
Fact: My friend gave me a Valentine’s this year with Frollo on it
that said ‘Be Mine or You Will BURN’.
I gave her one back saying that my Valentine must be as swift as the coursing river, with all the force of a great typhoon...
Beyond
Notre Dame, France itself is at the heart of my three
favourite Disney movies - Ratatouille, Hunchback
of Notre Dame, and my all time favourite movie Beauty and the
Beast :3 While only two of them are set in Paris, I’m sure
I’ll get enough Franceness to get a feel for Beauty and the Beast, and Belle makes a cameo in the Out There song, so it kind of counts! XD I’d love to take a detour to go to Disneyland Paris, but I don’t
think we’ll be there long enough to make that excursion. I’m
going with a bunch of fellow Final Fantasy fanatics, and I’m not
too sure Disney will be too high on their priority list (it should be
though, chances are they like Kingdom Hearts. Maybe I’ll get luck and they’ll all be huge Disney fans
too.)
Normally
I’d be ranting on about how excited I am for Distant Worlds, and
believe me there will be a huge emotional train wreck of a post
someday about the 25th Anniversary one I attended,
along with the Final Symphony performance at the Barbican some other
time. I’m feeling too happy now to fall into a puddle of emotions.
Needless to say, I am already certain of the concert’s awesomeness
and emotions that I don’t feel the need to go into great detail
here :3
Just
one day and then, I swear I’ll be content with my share.
As
I mentioned earlier, a lot of my favourite books, films and games are
set in France, so I’m looking forward to seeing it first hand.
I love seeing things that you read about, see on television or play
in person~ and likewise I like seeing them interpreted and animated.
I wrote a small bit about this on my recent Deviant Art journal, with
the K-On! Movie in London and Unbreakable Machine Doll set
in my hometown Liverpool.
In
a weird way I feel like I’m going to Kalos because the French
references in X/Y are ridiculous. I always thought Sinnoh
was kind of French but Kalos is so blatant… But there are so many games I like with Parisian flair! Broken Sword, Rhythm Thief, even recently with Remember Me, and if you don't mind spoilers FFXIII: Lightning Returns... though I've not played those two. And of course, Out To Lunch.
You
can never be ready for Switzerland
Even with books (especially with books), I'd be remiss to omit Hugo's other masterpiece Les Miserables, and of course Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera (God I love The Phantom of the Opera). I'd give a lung for the Phantom to turn up at the Distant Worlds concert *O* Incidentally, if you ever get the opportunity to go see a stage production of The Phantom, I can't recommend it enough. It's pure melodramatic gothic horror and romance! Pretty much what I want my imaginary Castlevania life to be :/
Speaking of Castlevania and gothic stuff, Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire has New Orleans and Paris! And vampires! What more could a girl want? (answer: more books. And maybe a visit to Louisiana.)
I would be the worst English graduate ever if I didn't mention Dickens' wonderful A Tale of Two Cities in here somewhere. I won't detract further from the Paris fangirling, but I just want to say that it has arguably the greatest ever closing line from a novel.
It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.
Still gives me goosebumps.
Won’t resent, won’t despair, old and bent, I won’t care~ I’ll have spent one day out there!
Movies, songs, books, the list goes on. I'm pretty much going to be the worst tourist getting excited over everything. I can't even go around London without being all misty eyed at everything, and I've been there four times in six months! Heck, I live in Liverpool and still get a bit giddy when I walk by The Cavern. Still, I shouldn't complain. It's nice to be a little enamored with the world for a change, I hope this lasts a long time :3 (I've just jinxed an ocean of pessimism unto myself)
