You Know You're Obsessed With Escaflowne When...
* you can sing along to the Japanese theme songs - and you don't even know Japanese!
* you're extremely jealous of Hitomi
* you wish you were 15 years old, a sword fighter had black hair and was a king of Fanelia
* you make an outfit that looks exactly like Hitomi's uniform
* you buy a pack of tarot cards and tell the future to yourself and to your friends - just like Hitomi!
* you imagine yourself in a Guymelef, fighting against the Zaibach troops
* . . . and feel so regretful, as they're all so cool/cute!
* you bang your fists in frustration at the end of every episode, while screaming. "NOOOOOO!"
* you fantasize about any one of the characters. . .
* . . .marrying them. . .
* . . . having kids with them
* someone tries to tell you that Escaflowne is not real, and you reply with, "Well, not HERE!"
* you look outside at night and you swear you can see Gaea
* you name one of your cats, "Merle"
* you decide to go on the track team, even though you know you suck
* you search in all the jewellery and antique stores in your area until you find a necklace that swings like a pendulum
* on one stormy night you go to your schools' track and set up a lightning rod - and wait for Van to appear
* when you look at the word, "minivan", you think of Van when he was younger
* you get excited every time you ride in a van
* you will only date someone if they look or act like Hitomi, Van, or Allen
* teardrops are a big-turn on!
* you're a fan of one or more of the leaders of the Zaibach Empire
* you bleach your hair until it's white, spike it up, add some purple eyeshadow and a purple tear and presto! Instant Folken!
* . . . and you're a girl
* You think Folken is sooo dreamy!
* you search in all the clothing stores trying to find a cape like Folken's
* . . . but you don't, so you decide to make one yourself
* . . . you do, and wear it, much to the amusement of your friends (but you don't care - Folken's cool!)
* you name your car, Escaflowne (or names of the any of the characters)
* you try to include "Van" in all your statements
* you paint a white strip on the crown of your forehead (Yeaaa, Escaflowne hair!)
* you try to force your boyfriend into learning swordfighting
* you make your boyfriend wear those awesome Van clothes you designed especially for him
* you try slapping as many people as you possibly can
* . . . especially your boyfriend, as he makes the cutest Van faces!
* you make up a language which you are sure is what they talk like on Gaea
* you're actually proud to wear a school uniform
* you've taped your own copy of the theme songs, and you play them every night before you go to bed
* you hum the theme songs in class
* you sing the theme songs aloud in class, completely oblivious to the fact that everyone in the class is staring at you and doesn't understand a WORD you're saying!
* every star outside is to you, Gaea
* if someone was to ask you what planet you live on, you'd reply, "the Visionary Moon, duh!"
* you feel a personal relationship with each and every one of the characters: their pain, loves, hunger, their need to scratch their crotch. . .
* you try to lengthen your nose
* . . . by making a wish (they all came true in Atlantis!)
* you make an Escaflowne page!
* you write a YKYOWTNEW. . .
* you make spin-offs in your head (Folken's alive, Allen's hair is cut, and Hitomi is wearing something other than her uniform. . .)
* when you see the word "flown", you add an "Esca" and an "e"
* the only reason you wake up in the morning is because of Escaflowne
* you often dream of Van with his wings, rescuing you (e.g. you can actually feel yourself lifting from your seat in math class)
* everyone that has a long nose becomes strangely interesting to you all of a sudden
* you make your eyes as large as you can, giving you a look of continuous surprise and wonder
* you convince your boyfriend to rename himself to either Van, Allen, Folken, Dilandau, or Dryden (why Dryden I don't know. . .)
* you now refer to your worst teacher/enemy as "Dornkirk".
* you make your own fate redirector machine (??)
* you can also read Atlantean!
* you eat, sleep, and breathe Escaflowne
* you are known as that "Japanese cartoon freak"
* you own all of the taped episodes
* you have set up your own shrine
* you have written fan fiction
* Escaflowne has now changed your life FOREVER!
* You talk so much about Escaflowne, people now pretty much think you're critically insane
* you can have a one-way conversation about Escaflowne. . . by yourself, and you're having so much fun!
* you have Escaflowne doodles on the sides of your notebook pages
* you try to find the Van in everyone and everything
* you make Escaflowne paper dolls (now Hitomi can die and leave Van up for grabs!)
* you make up theme songs for all of your favourite moments
* you get excited on a cloudy day - when the clouds part, the sun shines through, creating what looks like to you a column of light. . .
* . . . and you attempt to jump into it
* the teacher calls on you, you tend to be in Escaflowne daydreams
* If anyone makes fun of you for your obsession, you pity them - for they know not the joys of Escaflowne. . . yet!
* you have converted several people into watching Escaflowne
* you start to see the cast in your coffee cup
* you're by yourself, you often picture one or more of the characters at your side
* you actually begin to choke when someone prints up beautiful pictures off the net from Escaflowne
* when someone forgets to return your Escaflowne tape, you feel a need to cry
* you print out Escaflowne pictures on your school's computer. . . even though it's HIGHLY FORBIDDEN!
* you sit down and ponder about Dilandau. . . you don't know what to make of him
* you love the crazy and wacko looks Dilandau makes!
* you join an Escaflowne fan club
* you know the main characters birthdays
* . . . and you celebrate them
* you dream about destroying Milerna (her and her stupid smirks!)
* you have two twins cats, but with varying shades of colour, so you call them Nariya and Eriya
* you wish so much that you were Eriya (remember the roleplaying??!!)
* it's not a cartoon, it's an ANIMATED SERIES!
* you do a tarot reading for each of the characters
* you wish you had a claw
* you have an affection for all of Allen-sans crew members (even the really dirty scummy ones)
* you even begin to like Plie. . .
* . . .wait. Pile... Plie is just toooooo disgusting!
* you ask your grandma is she was ever transported to another world
* and you're not surprised when she says "yes"
* you wonder if your best guy friend will look like the guy you'll fall in love with on Gaea
* you sit down and ponder for at least twenty minutes on how Folken got his tear tattoo
* you scream when you find a pair of gloves that looks JUST LIKE VAN'S!
* . . . and you put them away, carefully, in a safe, special spot
* you rewind your favourite moments from the episodes, again and again
* . . . and in slow motion
* you get chills when you think about your favourite character
* you feel guilty about cheering both sides on
* thinking about your favourite character helps you go to sleep
* you make an astrology chart for your favourite characters
* you can draw a perfectly acurate map of Gaea (or your version of it!)
* you pick out the constellations of Van, Hitomi, Allen
* you sculpt your eyebrows to match Hitomi's/Van's/Allen's/anyone elses!
* you scream at anyone who thinks April 12 is "just another day" (and you know what's on April 12!)
* same goes for December 9, February 17, etc.
* you get so excited when you find out one of the characters' birthday is one your own (yay! Double whammy!!)
* you incorporate Van/Hitomi into everything you do
* you carry pictures of Van/Hitomi in your wallet
* . . . or in a heart locket
* you wake up at night screaming, "Vaaaaaaan!' and/or "Hitomiiiiiii!!!"
* your wear your kilt pin in the specific way that tells others that you're dating someone. . . and you tell everyone you're going out with Van/Allen/Folken.
* all your past lovers left you because you kept screaming out "Van!" in bed
* you have become incapable of talking about anything other than Escaflowne
* in any conversation that you overhear all you hear is "Van, Van, Van, Van, VAN! And Folken! Folken, Folken, Folken and Allen, Allen and Dilandau, and Dilandau!
* you tuck in your uniform shirt-to be like Hitomi
* you wear your watch like Hitomi
* you compare every guy you meet to Van/Allen/Folken
* you carry your gym bag everywhere just in case you get transported to Gaea
* you try so hard to have visions that you get migranes - yet you never give up
* you will never turn your back on your enemy and run. . . NEVER!
* you don't understand how you ever lived before Escaflowne
* you have a picture of Van next to your bed
* you refuse to go out with anyone who doesn't have wings
* you wear your school uniform outside of school hours (like at 8 pm on a Saturday)
* you have a glow-in-the-dark planet Gaea on your bedroom wall
* you made yourself a tape of the Escaflowne soundtrack, and don't care that it has the crappiest quality!
* . . . and you can't start or end your day without listening to it
* When you hear the line "I want to take you away. . ." and you see Van with his arms outstrectched, you yell out, "Anytime, Van, anytime!!"
* you can write the most outrageous YKYOWTNEW. . . using only your personal experiences
* you dye your uniform skirt brown
* you print out this page, and show it to your friends. . .
* . . . and you shake your head in agreement
* you skip class to sneak back to your locker to look at your huge collection of Escaflowne pictures
* you have a photo album of pictures
* . . .and you take it to class
* you haven't even seen the show, but everyone around you is so hyped up about it, so now you are too!
* you name your friends/underwear/pencils after specific characters
* you buy a telescope, and hope to look into the future
* you often Redirect Fate!
* you cross Escaflowne with other anime, like Sailor Moon (Sailor Gaea! Gaea Guymelef Burn Burn Attack!)
* you have an immediate attraction to anyone names Allen
* you carry Tarot cards with you everywhere- just in case
* you use your favourite pictures of characters as your wallpaper on your computer
* . . . or in your room
* your sister is abducted, but you don't feel too bad, 'cause now you and Allen share something in common!
* you learn Japanese so you can stop reading the subtitles and focus all your attention on Van/Hitomi/Folken/Allen. . .
* you buy an entire wardrobe of red shirts and light-beige pants
* you wear hoop earrings- Folken style!
* you can count up to 15 in Japanese now!
* you wear a red bow tie on your uniform blouse
* you stay up at night thinking about Escaflowne
* you scratch out the word "Earth" on your map of the solar system and replace it with "The Visionary Moon."
* you make the names of characters into acronyms (e.g. Valiant Alluring Necrophilist)
* you talk about Escaflowne so much people around think it's real. . .
* . . . you think it's real
* . . . because IT IS!!!
* you listen to "you know you're a redneck if. . ." and start thinking about YKYOWTNEW.
* you hear/see/smell/touch/ anything and it reminds you of Escaflowne
* people tell you that you snore to the tune of Escaflowne's opening theme
* you quote Escaflowne even if you don't understand Japanese
* you decide to become an astronaut. . . so you can visit Gaea
* in a crisis you wonder "What would Van do. . ?"
* your teacher gives you an "F" and you wonder if she/he's from the Zaibach Empire
* you are no longer embarrassed to say that "yes!" you are in love with an anime character
* you don't have friends anymore because you ignored everyone to watch Escaflowne
* you cut/dye your hair to be like someone on Escaflowne
* you start to think Dilandau is kinda sexy
* you act out scenes from Escaflowne much to the amusement of those around you
* you react to everything that happens on Escaflowne as if it happened to you
* you screamed at the TV like you're watching football or something ("Van-don't. you'll die - Vaaaan -Saamaaaa!")
* you cry/laugh/scream with the characters
* you wonder if you also have an older brother in the Zaibach Empire
* you like Dornkirk - no. . . that'll only happen if you're insane
* you hate everyone named Isaac
* you mimic Dilandau's facial expressions
* you kill seagulls, pluck your feathers, and make yourself/your boyfriend some wings
* your parents threaten to take you to a therapists - to help you get over this "Escaflowne thing" damn them
* you get a shlong haircut
* you wear white puffs of fur on on your wrists, ankles, and shoulders
* you paint stripes on your arms and legs and face
* you beg your teachers to take you on a field trip to a Dragu-Energist mine
* you start expressing your anger in a way similar to Dilandau
* you tape a picture of the Earth and Moon over your window, then stare at it and pretend that you're on Gaea
* everytime you open your mouth your non-Escaflowne watching friends sigh "She/He's about to go off on that show again!!. . ."
* . . . and your friends were right
* you make up your own dance routines to the songs on Escaflowne
You place theme songs with each of the characters
You change the words of a popular [song] to fit the story and characters of Escaflowne
-You see that picture of Van when he runs in on Hitomi and Allen kissing and you want to burst into tears.
-and you burst into tears
+ you have to chant "they're just drawings, only drawings..." in order to keep from throwing yourself at the computer screen.
+ you develop an emense hate for orange cats... _
+ you refuse to date a guy that does not have wings... preferably white...
+ you cried for hours/days/months/years when you found out Dilandau was Celena
+ . . .you're *still* crying
+ when you start to say "Esca..." your friends automatically tell you to shut up
+ you devolope an extreme passion for burning things...
+ you sign emails VAN AND DILANDAU R O SO SEXY!!!!!
+ You've developed a sudden respect for Issac Newton.
+ You wonder who the heck made Issac Newton a "sir" ( I can't remember the significance of this... will sometime e-mail me and tell me what Issac Newton has to do with anything... at first I thought it was funny and I'm all, "heh. This girl is crazy... what.. huh.. okay. Now I'm just babbling. I'm crazy, too..meeeee... CRAAAAAzeeeee... you know what I also hate? I hate how I always misspell "just". I always, ALWAYS have to retype it. Here, I'll show you: jsut, jsut, jyust... I never comes out right. Why? YOu know, I thjink... erg, I'm too lazy to retype that, okay I will. I think I'll dedicate myself to inventing a type writer that doesn't let you misspell "just"... I.. what THE HELL AM I TALKING ABOUT?.. I think... I'll go take a nap.)
+ you build a clay guymelef in art class,then beat your little brother up for breaking off the arm
+. . . you kill your brother
+. . . and he comes back to life with a metal arm (even Escaflowne has affected your reality.. I mean... you're too weak to kill your brother!!)
+ you try to convince your history teacher to show escaflowne when you are studying ancient japan.
+ he says it's too violent and almost calls your parents to tell them what you are watching in your free time
+ then you burn him with your homemade flamethrower - cause he just plain DESERVED it!
+ a pencil reminds you of Escaflowne because you wish you could write a letter to Dilandau,Folken, and Allen (about your fantasies)
+ and you sing the theme song at your school talent show In front of all the school..
+ and people hooted and hollered at you and threw tomatoes.. then you smiled because tomatoes are red.. and you know who likes to wear RED!!! (this could go for either Dilandau or Van)
+ When you're 46 and think it's cool!
+ You find ways to incorporate Escaflowne into your scholastic assignments
+ you are SERIOUSLY late to your work because you were reading YKYOWTEW on the
web.
+ You talk about how hottie Van is in your work place
(I just got bored and lazy with making all of those cross things...)
....with your female co-worker
....and you both realize that you're talking about fictional character
....but really don't care after a second thought, because he is cute
when someone cuts grass in your backyard, you immediatley say "Scent of Field... Van's scent...", just like Hitomi did.
you finally convinced your boyfriend to go to anime conventions with you
....and cosplay as Van while you dress up as Hitomi
....and create all the romantic scenes that you didn't see in the show
when you are bored, you make your boyfriend yell out "Hitomiiiiiii!" or "Kanzakiiiiii!!!!" just like Van
you felt sick while watching Escaflowne Movie
....just because Van was bleeding
you think about how to make wings for Van's costume
....and you actually think about how to make it suddenly APPEAR like Van's
wings
you talk about Allen's womanizing behavior
....with your female co-worker
....and boss thinks Allen is somebody's boyfriend
you think about your boyfriend in movie version Van's costume
....and then think if you should make him shave/wax his arms
you wish there was "Escaflowne Cast singing CD" and imagine what Van would
sing
you get really upset when someone mis-pronounces names in Escaflowne
you will actually watch the FoxKids dub version of Escaflowne
....even though you have seen the entire show like 10 times
....even though you own the entire set of sub VHS
....but you still plan to tape the FoxKids version of show
you already know how to sing Yubiwa(Escaflowne Movie theme song)
....and the movie's not even released yet(as of now)
....and you also know how to sing Sora's song from the movie
....even though it is in Gaean(?)
you thought about sending bomb threat to Nobuteru Yuki for ruining Folken's
image
....or you have done so already
you buy PSX Escaflowne game, knowing that it will suck
....and you finish the game in 4 hours, right after the purchase
you realize after reading this, you would love to come up with
dredful/loving Escaflowne moement list
....all from your OWN experience
....and you amazed yourself by coming up with 20-some list in less than 15
minutes
Did I already write this one? Setsuna actually did it..:
-you make up your own Escaflowne game by hacking up your Monopoly board...
*You beg everyone for Escaflowne Stuff
*You miss the FoxKids Version of Escaflowne
*You wonder what life is like w/o your Esca obsession...
...and pity the ones who havn't experience of anime
...and try to convert them
*Wonder why Monet or Van(^_^****)Goh didn't paint anime
*Wonder why all TV isn't anime
*Draw anime in spare time...
... and have the need to perfect it
...and draw chibi to quality anime(-_-***)
...and you mean Escaflowne wothyness
* Make others respect the Escaflowne
... then the anime
... then the chibi
... then the wine
...then your other things you worship
*You have sleep-overs to watch Escaflowne
... and do the Escaflowne Drinking Game[May be done w/ beer or high in sugar beverage(^_^)
...and passout in first episode using general terms only sipping
... and have hang-over/hit by semi feeling next morning
...and adults freak out
*You listen to Esca music/read fan fics where ever, whenever
... and your friends say your changing to your anime personality
...and you kick them and start to zone-out
*You think how scary your scriveled, smirfy reading teacher is from the movie THE OTHERS. Wait, why am i going off topic? Why am i even writing what i am thinking(_?_***)?! I'll do some more and get the sleep i missed these past few days. WHY AM I STILL WRITING TH...(^_^****) never mind.
*You draw only chibis
*You say words in Japanese and Gaean even though you don't know what it means
* You write these fan fics
... and add on
... and send them on
...and your friends delete them
...and they write hate mail back to you
*You need to get on w/ life and don't want to stop
*You get out of PJS at noon
*You burst a vessel when someone disrespects anime
Ok count them up! How many did you actually say yes to? Add some if you feel the need!
think that you could--would--probably do all of the things on the list...
) to Gaea and be with him 
