This Wikipedia section on J.K. Rowling's response to the purported sexism in the Narnia books made me recall a somewhat similar scenario in CLAMP's work. In X, Arashi can't produce her sword after having slept with Sorata, which blows. Thoughts/discussion? There's a parallel here, but idk about "CLAMP and sexism" because I've always sort of had an ( Read more... )

Not this debate again.

LAjfa'fpalk argh. I usually try to stay away from debates because--believe me when I say this, I'm really not joking at all--I have no opinions of my own. As long as you put together a well-put, coherent argument that's easy for me to understand, I'll basically be your bitch. I'll agree with you 100 percent. I have no ( Read more... )

January's theme for fst is anything goes (round 2). I'll try to finish my Rosiel/Katan mix by then.

But honestly, I really don't know how I manage to drag myself into these things. I can't even scapegoat someone else because I know this is all my fault--I'm the one who always associates these random songs with deeply personal notions/encounters/ ( Read more... )