Good Plots, Bad Authors: Reincarnation by Most Authors

[paigehasissues]

We all know what reincarnation is, don't we? The idea of dying and then being reborn as a new person? Good. Off the top of my head, I can name three decently popular young adult books that have reincarnation as a main element: The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller, Fallen by Lauren Kate, and Evermore by Alyson Noel. Two of those sound a little

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[youjik33]

Even back when I was a teenager watching "Sailor Moon" I had the same gripes. I always felt a little sorry for Darien/Mamoru, who seemed to not really even LIKE Serena/Usagi but was with her because... it was destined, I guess. It was kind of depressing.

A much better anime dealing with the reincarnation theme was "Please Save My Earth". Two of the side characters in that were lovers in their past life and then the woman is reincarnated as a boy, and it's actually kind of heartbreaking. (I really liked the anime of it more than the manga, even though it didn't tie up every loose end -- I felt like the manga OVERtied them, which was more irritating, but that's just a personal preference.)

I vaguely remember an episode of The X-Files in which Mulder remembered past lives, and Scully was always a part of them, but their roles in each others' lives varied; sometimes they were friends, sometimes lovers, sometimes siblings. The only important thing was that they were always close. Unfortunately I remember absolutely nothing else about that episode or the context of it, heh.

[paigehasissues]

Ah, Sailor Moon. I remember watching that show as a little girl. Good times! I was too young to think of it then, but thinking back to some of the episodes that stick out to me, I get that vibe too. (And when I started replying to this comment, my music player started playing a song from one of the Sailor Moon movies. That was... strange.)

Please Save my Earth and The X-Files both sound like shows with the take on reincarnation I'm looking for. Thanks for mentioning them! The X-Files sounds like it's the closest thing to what I was talking about. The red string is wrapped loosely around them, helping them find each other again as reincarnated people often do, instead of strangling them and forcing them to be together the same way every time.

[hoperomantic]

The X-Files episode is season 4 "The Field Where I Died" btw.

"After an FBI raid on a doomsday cult called the "Temple of the Seven Stars." Mulder meets Melissa, a cultist who claims to have known him in a previous life during the American Civil War. Scully believes the woman is a delusional schizophrenic but Mulder allows himself to be drawn into her fantasies." (description from TV.com)