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ETA: excerpts from : Samurai Warlords - The Book of the Daimyo, by Stephen Turnbull. I love this guy, all the dedications are to his wife and 3 kids, whom he seems to have dragged along with him. ^^

An inset describing the picture here, which I was lazy and only scanned half of.

pg135. This plate is an attempt to reconstruct the appearance of the Shugendo sect, the yamabushi, as they would have appeared in the sixteenth century. They are on pilgrimage in the Yoshino mountains and are paying homage to a statue of Fudo. Fudo is always represented with a fierce expression and surrounded by flames. In his right hand he holds a sword to strike down demons, and in his left he holds a rope with which to bind them. The yamabushi themselves look unkempt, which is supported by contemporary descriptions of them, but they wear their traditional skull-cap and carry staffs. These, with the details of the robe, symbolize various aspects of Buddhist doctrine.

pg 140-1, ( Communication with the spirit world.  )

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Okay, and so. I bit, now I must be bitten. >.>

The first ten people to comment on your f-list gets to request a fic from you. In return, they should post this in their journal and write a fic for you.
Post all fandoms you're willing to write for. Your friends can pick a relationship, a story arc, a missing scene, commentary! Or pretty much anything they want, unless the author has previously mentioned that they will not write it. They comment with what they want, and you write the fics and post it in your LiveJournal.

Ronin Warriors/Samurai Troopers.
Harry Potter
Mega Man (Legends mostly as it's the only one I have! *wails*)
Final Fantasy (3, 7 - I need to finish the rest of the ones I have, it's been waay too long. I need a new copy of 8, too, but that's beside the point. ...I think. ...Did i have a point? << )
Yugioh
Xiaolin Showdown

Furthermore. This is how bored I was at work yesterday. (Well, after the first writing-rush wore off and I wanted to do something with the energy besides hurt my head poking at things that need pondering and not poking. ...don't ask, you don't wanna know) I came up with:

( T-Shirt mottos that I couldn't wear at work, but would really like to.  )

Also, when a friend asked what I was doing as she was leaving? I told her and she supplied one from a shirt that she used to have : "Four out of five voices in my head agree that I should have called in to work today." << I don't think she knows why that was so funny to me. *snerk*