(Utena IV) Power

(Please note that these posts are and will continue to be filled with horrible, horrible spoilers. If you haven’t seen Utena, please, for the love of whatever deity you do or don’t worship, go away and fix that.) This wasn’t going to be the next Utena post, but, with all the recent debate about feminism, [...]

Why “indie” has become a genre word

Some days ago there materialized a Rock, Paper, Shotgun article about how the term “indie” is…well, let me quote: In essence, it’s a relic. Perhaps it held meaning once, but now it’s a rusty reminder of bygone times. … We use it constantly, and it’s created a plethora of negative, oftentimes limiting connotations. Eh. Basically [...]

We Remember Love is my…opponent? (and other allies)

Let us be clear about this from the outset. A vote (in the, you know) for We Remember Love on Monday is a vote for two posts by me. It’s a vote for two posts by Cuchlann. It’s a vote for dialogues in which lelangir and Shance play considerable parts. It is of course a [...]

Bodacious Space Hacking

One of my favorite depictions of far-future space travel comes from Dan Simmons’s Hyperion (or it might be Fall of Hyperion, which takes place five minutes later, so it doesn’t matter). Therein, your average ship of the line has a crew of about ten, all packed into a relatively small room full of consoles. You [...]

Assorted Explorations is my honorable opponent!

So I guess it’s time for the anime blog tournament thing? I haven’t been paying much attention, partly due to my schedule and partly because I have mixed feelings about these things. If I may evoke an immortal excuse: it’s not them, it’s me. I’ve never done much in the way of publicity. I’m fascinated [...]

(Utena III) Players

And all the men and women merely…yeah. That bit from As You Like It remains quotable in all circumstances. It’s particularly applicable to Utena, though, and in this post I think I’ll manage to address something that Ryan A. brought up in a comment to the last.

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