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hak42 and caitirin! Not all of them, but I
did get my Old English books and my companion to Shakespeare. The
Shakespeare text I had to get was the fifth edition of the complete
works, and I own the fourth edition from the last Shakespeare class I
took. So, I e-mailed my professor and she said it was fine to use that
edition. Yay for not having to spend sixty dollars on a textbook I
already practically have! And I get the added bonus of using a text
I've already written notes and drawn amusing illustrations in. Maybe
I'll make another book cover *rubs hands together*
Loved
going to see_melisande_ and her family tonight ^_^ We missed _melisande_ so
much! And she's so smart for getting such a good grade in her heinous
evil scary Latin class of difficultness. *cheers for her and throws
confetti* AND she's so brave and incredible for not dying after having
sinus surgery!_melisande_, you're my hero.
I've
been working on my icon set. There's this one bit that I saw in the
pictures, that was really interesting( not that it all isn't). In the
episode in which Wakaba becomes a Black Rose Duelist, she (as they're
wont to due) challenges Utena to a duel. Her motives, other than being
controlled by Mikage, come from the fact that she was harboring Saionji
in her room after he got kicked out of school and then, when he had a
chance to get back in, he gave Mikage the hair clip he'd carved for
Wakaba. Wakaba saw Anthy wearing it and went to Mikage to become a
Duelist and challenged Utena in order to kill Anthy. Anyway, normally
during the duels, Anthy just stands around looking blank and watching.
If she does anything, it's usually to distract the other duelist or in
some other way screw with their minds. She usually does this very
innocently, though, and you'd miss it if you blinked; the only
exception being later on in the series when the Sword of Dios
disappears and she intervenes to pull it out of Utena's chest. However,
in this episode, Utena is reticent to draw the sword from Anthy because
she doesn't want to hurt Wakaba. She dodges a bit but never actually
draws the sword - and here's the interesting part. During all of this,
Anthy takes on this completely authoritative tone in asking her to pull
the sword. Utena refuses, and keeps refusing, even though Anthy
eventually gets to the point where she's ultimately saying, in
Anthy-polite terms, "Utena-sama. Draw the fucking sword NOW."
Utena
wins the duel without ever drawing the sword. She manages to twist
Wakaba's wrist, holding Saionji's spirit-sword, and cut the black rose
off her chest with that. But Anthy never acts like that in any other
duel. It's very interesting.
hak42 and caitirin! Not all of them, but Idid get my Old English books and my companion to Shakespeare. The
Shakespeare text I had to get was the fifth edition of the complete
works, and I own the fourth edition from the last Shakespeare class I
took. So, I e-mailed my professor and she said it was fine to use that
edition. Yay for not having to spend sixty dollars on a textbook I
already practically have! And I get the added bonus of using a text
I've already written notes and drawn amusing illustrations in. Maybe
I'll make another book cover *rubs hands together*
Loved
going to see
_melisande_ and her family tonight ^_^ We missed _melisande_ somuch! And she's so smart for getting such a good grade in her heinous
evil scary Latin class of difficultness. *cheers for her and throws
confetti* AND she's so brave and incredible for not dying after having
sinus surgery!
_melisande_, you're my hero.I've
been working on my icon set. There's this one bit that I saw in the
pictures, that was really interesting( not that it all isn't). In the
episode in which Wakaba becomes a Black Rose Duelist, she (as they're
wont to due) challenges Utena to a duel. Her motives, other than being
controlled by Mikage, come from the fact that she was harboring Saionji
in her room after he got kicked out of school and then, when he had a
chance to get back in, he gave Mikage the hair clip he'd carved for
Wakaba. Wakaba saw Anthy wearing it and went to Mikage to become a
Duelist and challenged Utena in order to kill Anthy. Anyway, normally
during the duels, Anthy just stands around looking blank and watching.
If she does anything, it's usually to distract the other duelist or in
some other way screw with their minds. She usually does this very
innocently, though, and you'd miss it if you blinked; the only
exception being later on in the series when the Sword of Dios
disappears and she intervenes to pull it out of Utena's chest. However,
in this episode, Utena is reticent to draw the sword from Anthy because
she doesn't want to hurt Wakaba. She dodges a bit but never actually
draws the sword - and here's the interesting part. During all of this,
Anthy takes on this completely authoritative tone in asking her to pull
the sword. Utena refuses, and keeps refusing, even though Anthy
eventually gets to the point where she's ultimately saying, in
Anthy-polite terms, "Utena-sama. Draw the fucking sword NOW."
Utena
wins the duel without ever drawing the sword. She manages to twist
Wakaba's wrist, holding Saionji's spirit-sword, and cut the black rose
off her chest with that. But Anthy never acts like that in any other
duel. It's very interesting.
