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olivia, 19. self-indulgence is my one and only skill. this blog is almost entirely about that, but also its about my chosen girl gang members.
One time, I told you I was gonna make you somebody. That’s what you done for me. You made me somebody they’re gonna remember.
Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn, 1967)
agent-355 said: i still haven’t finished adwd (tyrion’s fucking chapters, omg) but jon was gr9 in it idec
i thought i would never finish the monstrosity which is that damn book because there were stages where it was either pages and pages of nothing or pages of tyrion saying the same shit over and over and thinking it hilarious even though it wasn’t even amusing the first time. but yeah it was JON’S chapters puling me through. ~sword in the darkness~.
omg he just cares so much and he is so mature and willing to accept and work on his own ignorance and build a better understanding between everyone even when it means putting himself at stake and he finally understands that being a man and a leader isn’t about honour like he’s been taught, you have to do what is just because it’s the right thing to do and not because you want people to respect you and JUST. istg JONNY BOY don’t make me stan you (…i totally stan him).
Usagi is a great character. We watch her grow from a clumsy, lazy, self-centered teenager into a fearless goddess of justice who takes down the force of chaos itself. But the great thing is? She doesn’t stop being the girl we met back in chapter one. Sure, she’s indomitably powerful and her teardrops turn into the universe’s most potent energy source, but she also likes video games and donuts and napping and she gets crappy grades on tests because instead of studying, she was playing video games and eating donuts and napping. She whines about having to study for high school entrance exams, then stops a Texas-sized asteroid from slamming into Tokyo. Also, she was totally having sex with her star-crossed-reincarnated-prince of a boyfriend.
J.K. Rowling once made a really interesting point about the Narnia books (which I have not read): “There comes a point where Susan, who was the older girl, is lost to Narnia because she becomes interested in lipstick. She’s become irreligious basically because she found sex. I have a big problem with that.” Takeuchi avoided this in Sailor Moon with such deftness and grace that I’m only fully realizing it now, at 22. Usagi and Mamoru were totally boning—there are all kinds of dreamy, gauzy artbook pictures of them together in bed or discreetly covered in feathers, not to mention the penultimate scene of the manga, where they wake up in a (seriously awesome) bed together all naked and cuddly. Moreover, check out the illustrations of Usagi in lingerie and just straight up topless that Takeuchi busted out for her self-published artbook. Usagi is pure-hearted, but she isn’t “pure” in the archaic sense. She’s sexual. And I love that she can be both. She’s the amaranthine avatar of goodness and love and serenity in the universe—she is every cherished ideal we hold of what it means to be a “magical girl.” She stands for truth and freedom and hope. She wears floaty pastel clothes and enormous pigtails and her weapons are covered in hearts and stylized angel wings. She’s often drawn with angel wings herself! And she has sex. It doesn’t make her dirty, or suddenly inappropriate as entertainment for young girls. She doesn’t lose her power or her magic. She is a multifaceted young woman who loves sweets and comics and vanquishes the forces of evil and also has sex.
And the thing is, this kind of attitude in entertainment helps everyone. It’s not just very sexually active girls who need characters like Usagi, or even just girls in general. I was a prudish kid who didn’t have her first kiss until the age of 18 and this particular aspect of the manga has always stuck with me and informed my attitudes about sex. Whoever you are, however you handle your sexuality—it never makes you dirty. You can be queen of the mahou shoujo and have sex and wake up the next day to slaughter the wicked hordes with your bunny-bedecked Magic Rainbow Sparkle Sword. You can do both. You can be both. One does not invalidate the other.
I really love this analysis! It’s really beautiful!
Even though I have been through a long trainee period, I still have many flaws. Having to lead the group as a leader was to me was a miracle. Time flies and Wonder Girls has been around for 6 years. The overseas stint broadened my horizons. What we experienced was something that cannot be traded for and I’ve also realized that “living is indeed a miracle.”
Project WG. Transmission begin. Bionic women given the title of Wonder Girls. They are perfectly designed for complete domination. The future is now.
