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[radicallindsay]

Character/Fandom: Julia (Cowboy Bebop)
Title: Beautiful Phantom
Author: Radical Lindsay
Spoilers: Julia is perhaps the key character in the last 2 episodes of the series, "The Real Folk Blues part I/II." This character is also tied directly with the main character, Spike Spiegel and big spoilers will accompany him and Julia

Comments

[phantasy_hope]

WOW. I can tell you worked really hard on this, and I apologize because I KNOW that this comment can't possibly give it enough justification. That was really amazing - thoroughly researched and analyzed and clearly depicted. You wrote a great guide to the essence of the entire anime series! I was near tears by the end; you described Julia's character very well and brought up issues about her character that I have never thought about before. I really enjoyed the consistent nostalgic tone used throughout your work and the aura of mystery and phantom-like qualities you described Julia with - very accurate and well thought-out! Your last few paragraphs ("Awaken from the Nightmare now") especially struck me the deepest emotionally concerning Julia. The "Fun Stuff" section was rather enjoyable as well... Julia's unofficial theme song sounds beautiful. Concerning the AMVs, I've seen "Life is But a Dream" (created by ErMaC, I think) and it's really nothing short of amazing. I haven't really seen any other Cowboy Bebop AMVs concerning Spike and Julia (most of it is action-based or Spike/Faye from what I've seen). This is another good AMV concerning Spike/Julia, in case you're interested: http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members/members_videoinfo.php?v=13607
Well, just to wrap things up, awesome work! ^_^

[radicallindsay]

Wow, thank you very much for such a great comment! ^-^ I really appreciate the fact you told me so much in a nice, fat paragraph! ;P
Lol, yeah, I really got into it; so much so, sometimes I sat right in front of the screen thinking up a way to write out something I just thought up! Like the significance of Spike going to Julia after his faking death (I never noticed it was a scene in the ending sequence until I watched it credit-less analyzing the others Julia was in).
And yes, thank you for the AMV link! sarahtheboring linked me to "LiBaD," so thanks for especially linking my to the other! I'll be sure to DL it ASAP. :D

Speaking of AMVs, the Jazz Messengers site has nifty section of AMVs here. I have all of these to enjoy, except the unfinished one, of course. :P
4 of them (Failed, Whatever, Fruit, and MSPaint) are very humorous! The MSPaint one makes me laugh out loud EVERY time because these 2 or 3 dudes actually tried to sing "Tank!" and they animated the opening sequence with Paint! They sound so funny, I love it very much. XP Flash is nice, it literally goes backwards on Spikes life, it makes ya feel sadly nostalgic. ^-^; And End of the Day has Julia's death scene in it and is overall nice. (that one, and Failed Experiments are by the legendary CB artist E.K. [Big Big Truck]!)

Hehe, sorry, I'm quite an AMV nut myself! ^_^;

Anyway, again, thank you ssooo much for such amazing feedback! *huggle* You really made my day. :)