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''How Cruel the Dark Blade<br/> | ''How Cruel the Dark Blade<br/> | ||
''To Score the Spine Through the Throat<br/> | ''To Score the Spine Through the Throat<br/> | ||
''Liang Cuts Deeper<br/> | ''Liang Cuts Deeper<br/> | ||
− | ''-Nevada- | + | ''-Nevada-Tan’s Happy Boxcutters and Other Postmodern Haiku, Yui Yamato |
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'''Links''' | '''Links''' | ||
* Full Character Sheet: [http://homepage.mac.com/gothfae/nobilis/mika.html Liang Yi, Marchessa of Gender] | * Full Character Sheet: [http://homepage.mac.com/gothfae/nobilis/mika.html Liang Yi, Marchessa of Gender] | ||
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''I scowled, wishing I could spit into her perfect porcelain face, but found only dust between my lips. | ''I scowled, wishing I could spit into her perfect porcelain face, but found only dust between my lips. | ||
− | ''"But your latest confession, it has stirred my china doll heart William-kun. I was almost out of torturers as well. The people of Aster, they do not like me very much, and I am afraid they were not doing their best by you. For that I apologize. If they loved me more, perhaps they would have been more thorough months ago, and scoured this particular | + | ''"But your latest confession, it has stirred my china doll heart William-kun. I was almost out of torturers as well. The people of Aster, they do not like me very much, and I am afraid they were not doing their best by you. For that I apologize. If they loved me more, perhaps they would be have been more thorough months ago, and scoured this particular story from your wicked brain without so much scourging of your body." |
''A silvery straight razor fell open, shining in her small hand as she gazed up at my neck. | ''A silvery straight razor fell open, shining in her small hand as she gazed up at my neck. | ||
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''As she lifted her wrist to my lips, blood dripping, I heard screaming. It was with more than simple fear that I realized it was me. | ''As she lifted her wrist to my lips, blood dripping, I heard screaming. It was with more than simple fear that I realized it was me. | ||
− | ''-- from | + | ''-- from “I Don’t Like Mondays”, by Gervaise Goeth'' |
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* I wrote up the complete design before I found flowers that actually formed what I had described. I do have a pen&ink stylistic design in my head, but as far as a realistic depiction, it turned out perfect. | * I wrote up the complete design before I found flowers that actually formed what I had described. I do have a pen&ink stylistic design in my head, but as far as a realistic depiction, it turned out perfect. | ||
− | * In case it's not blatantly obvious. "Nevada- | + | * In case it's not blatantly obvious. "Nevada-Tan’s Happy Boxcutters and Other Postmodern Haiku" by Yui Yamato and “I Don’t Like Mondays” by Gervaise Goeth are complete fabrications, in spite of having correct bibliographical annotations on Liang's character sheer. |
** Both titles refer to schoolgirl murderers. Natsumi Tsuji, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada-tan "Nevada-tan"], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Ann_Spencer Brenda Ann Spencer], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POl4vFp-5os "I Don't like Mondays"] | ** Both titles refer to schoolgirl murderers. Natsumi Tsuji, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada-tan "Nevada-tan"], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Ann_Spencer Brenda Ann Spencer], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POl4vFp-5os "I Don't like Mondays"] | ||
*** Both girls have gone on to become pop culture memes. | *** Both girls have gone on to become pop culture memes. | ||
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− | + | Gender as an Estate of Hell | |
− | + | * From the write up, it should be pretty obvious that Liang still has a lot of Mika-chan in her, and that Mika-chan still cares very much about nurturing her Estate. This would seem at odds with the goals of Hell. Liang/Mika are the Yin Yang of Gender, but they are not separate people to the extent that it is disabling. Mika tells herself that Liang is a mask Mika wears for protection. And Liang tells herself that Mika is something in her heart she keeps around to keep from becoming the corruption she spreads. They are both correct. So as Mika nurtures her Estate and makes it more vital in Prosaic Earth, Liang knows full well that the more 'options' there are, the more it will make people suffer in the end. If there is only black and white, temptation has a hard job. Even if black and white are yin and yang and already have a seed of temptation within them. | |
− | + | * But if there are a thousand choices, then temptation becomes easier, and suffering becomes richer. To fully understand, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedwig_and_the_Angry_Inch Hedwig and the Angry Inch] would be a good primer. | |
− | + | ** Hedwig refers to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristophanes Aristophanes'] speech in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato%27s_Symposium Plato's Symposium]. This myth, retold by Hedwig in the song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll3KO-wtVSY "The Origin of Love"], explains that human beings were once round, two-headed, four-armed, and four-legged beings. Angry gods split these early humans in two, leaving the separated people to forever long for their other half. Hedwig believes that Tommy is her soulmate and that she cannot be whole without him. She feels driven to either reunite with him or destroy him. | |
− | + | * And such it is, that Liang keeps splitting Mankind into smaller and smaller pieces. Tell me that's not serving Hell. | |
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− | --[[User:Gothfae|Gothfae]] | + | --[[User:Gothfae|Gothfae]] 09:00, 19 August 2007 (PDT) |