[answered on: 3/29/2022]

We sometimes look back on Memory AU, but no new recent thoughts, at least on my end. My interest in AT has been on the backburner for a while, not really having new thoughts about it... Eur. I've mentioned it before but I wasn't very happy with Distant Lands (I only watched 1 ep...) and for a while I was pretty put-off from AT as a result, kind of like it became a little bad to taste for a bit. I still love the early series dearly and really enjoy Finn and Marceline, and still am proud of my artwork for it, but I think I am a little stalled for new inspiration at the current moment. But pls never be afraid to ask more specific questions and poke me or Avvy about the AU; if there's anything you want to know, we'd be happy to talk about it, it's a very dear AU to us. In fact, asking specific questions might help stoke my mind a little more; I could tell you more exact details about things, as opposed to thinking about scenarios off the top of my head. (TBH, I feel like Avvy is better at this than me, even, so... I just encourage asking both of us stuff lawl)

As for obscure 2000's stuff... *face gets dark* Yes. I have various little 'obscure' things I like from the 2000's, especially manga/anime. When I was about 12 I discovered my library had a manga section, and finally began more consciously finding and reading new anime/manga, as opposed to watching whatever was on TV before. Actually, for the most part, when I was 10 and under, I mostly watched your run-of-the-mill shounens, like... I was casually watching Naruto, Digimon, Pokemon, Beyblade, Yu-Gi-Oh (original, GX+5ds), Bakugan (fsr got REALLY into. bakugan.) — anyways, you get the idea... But when I finally could pick and choose things for myself I immediately gravitated towards shoujo. So I started reading things like, Kitchen Princess, Kamichama Karin, Mamotte Lollipop, Pita-ten... and many more. I could not get enough of it all. I would have manga specially ordered from the nearby libraries, then come home with 12 volumes of a series, only to read them all in one night. Such an insatiable point in time. I remember having so much fun reading them too www...

Out of all the things I read, I would say I was the craziest about/for Kamichama Karin and Pita-ten. Koge-Donbo's art and writing style just really got to me, though out of the two of those I would only ssssort of recommend reading Pita-ten... I think it still holds up and is quite relevant to my tastes, tbh. Karin, not so, much, it is. A little more, crude, messy, and its sequel manga even moreso www... But nostalgia is nostalgia, I like them for what they are.

Anyways all that being said YUS I have watched Alien 9... I remember liking it?? Ah but, I have no clear memories of it, either, hmm... I would have to rewatch to become reacquainted. But from what I recall I liked it a lot, and aesthetically it is really delightful, I love the way the girls' proportions in their faces VERY much, and their distress is animated so deliciously. It's a valuable contained little OVA — oh, but it seems there was a manga originally? I'll have to peruse that... If only for curiosity's sake.