fic (cont.), plus insane ramblings on 3rd division symbolism
Last time I posted was up to chapter 3. Hooray, now there's 7 chapters! This is coming along very slowly, and I apologize for the non-chronological jumpiness and... general weirdness. There is a goal! It's just that the journey is loopy.
Tiger Got to Hunt, Bird Got to Fly: On LJ | On FF
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I recently had a conversation with someone on FF about Gin, and that led me to actually trying to put down in words the stuff I was thinking in regards to the symbolism surrounding the 3rd division. It's my humble opinion that there is a LOT of symbolic imagery to be found, and it's not that I'm saying Kubo intentionally put all this stuff into the characters when he created them, but that these are symbols of cultural/psychological significance. Bleach tends to show a lot more of these myth-as-psychology symbols than most anime/manga do because of Soul Society resembling feudal Japan.
Um...yeah. If I haven't totally lost you yet, Gin is a goddess. Please excuse my vulgarities and mental disorganization. :x
Tiger Got to Hunt, Bird Got to Fly: On LJ | On FF
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I recently had a conversation with someone on FF about Gin, and that led me to actually trying to put down in words the stuff I was thinking in regards to the symbolism surrounding the 3rd division. It's my humble opinion that there is a LOT of symbolic imagery to be found, and it's not that I'm saying Kubo intentionally put all this stuff into the characters when he created them, but that these are symbols of cultural/psychological significance. Bleach tends to show a lot more of these myth-as-psychology symbols than most anime/manga do because of Soul Society resembling feudal Japan.
Um...yeah. If I haven't totally lost you yet, Gin is a goddess. Please excuse my vulgarities and mental disorganization. :x