#uses this stock western music i've come to despise

[why-its-kai]

for comparison this is the menu on the complete series dvd set that came out around the same time. while i find the design very underwhelming and bland (especially compared to the pioneer/geneon releases), it's at least easy to read and navigate the menu choices lmao

also i have no idea why "gunsmoke weekly" was put on the dvd menus, i think they carried over part of the box graphic design that was to make it look like a magazine cover without realizing that was not part of the show title/tagline???

shout out to the trigun badlands rumble bonus disc for having the worst dvd menu graphic design of all time

[sillyfanturtle]

This or That

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hardcover or paperback - hardcover anyday, they are sturdier, especially since I read some pretty hefty novels ^^;; though I do own paperbacks as well

rent or buy - as far as books are concerned, always buy :D

reads in silence or reads with music - I love music as much as I love reading so yeah, I tend to give them individual attention ^^

standalone or series - I don't particularly care if its standalone or a series, as long as I love the plot and characters, either is fine.

annotations or pristine pages - pristine, because as a kid, our teachers never allowed us to annotate anything in textbooks or notebooks, so weirdly, I got used to not scribbling

ebook or physical copy - physical copies always, because I love the smell and feel of books (think leather bound!!) and have some form of irrational hatred towards ereaders in general. Sorry ebook lovers (´._.`)

dog ears or bookmarks - absolutely DON'T ever dog ear a page, remember the page numbers or use a fancy bookmark, there are loads!!

mismatched series or complete set - mismatched ahhahaha but that's just my Discworld series. Like some are complete such as LoTR, I do have a few collections missing a few stories (only because they aren't available or out of stock) T_T

Cover matters or you don’t judge - I've picked many a book with a plain or really poor cover art, which turned out to be fantastic! So yeah, absolutely no judging from my side.

lend books or keep them to yourself - I learnt a harsh lesson lending out a book so never again. If you don't wanna be my friend because I refused to lend you a book from my hard earned collection, bye bye!

enjoys lit classes or despises them - I rather like them as long as I don't have to sit an exam haha!

browses shops or orders online - both! I love browsing bookstores and generally buy a lot of books like this. But, I also read a lot of non-Western authors (not including danmei), whose books are quite hard to come by in libraries or stores. So these ones end up via online orders most of the times.

reads reviews or goes in blind - a bit of both, but I do also read reviews. Of course, bad reviews haven't stopped me before...

unreturned books or clean library record - ahahaha!! ^^; so I have just the one book from a library that I forgot to return 13 years ago, but the library never reminded me either so clean record!! >_<

rereads or once was enough - always rereading my faves haha

fanfic enthusiast or a stickler for canon - fanfic all the way. Those ships could use extra help for sailing xD

deep reader or easily distracted - deep reader, I read the back of shampoo bottles with the same amount of concentration as I would read a thriller...

must read the book before seeing the movie or order doesn’t matter - I tend to treat them as entirely different stories altogether haha. So I don't really do the comparison between the two.

has neat bookshelves or messy bookshelves - neat because I have no other way of finding out what book is where xD (I have too many books in my tiny flat!)

skips ahead or resists temptation - I ❤️ spoilers ^_^ (detective genre is the exception)

reads aloud or in your head - sometimes, I'll do them voices in my head too xD

guesses plot twists or never sees them coming - Sometimes I'm bang on the money, but honestly, those times are super rare!