Mononoke (no princess involved)

[elspeth_vimes]

I kinda can't believe I've actually dropped Orlando at DDD. I mean, the only difference it's really going to make at this point is that I'll stop going "Oh, I should have Orlando tag there later," and feeling guilty when I don't. But playing him was a very important experience for me, it's sad to let it go. I know I'll never have something quite

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[fruitsgrow]

I've felt that way before, but the beautiful thing about rp is that there's a reset button, and you can always find another important experience with the character. If not that, there's warm fuzzies to keep.

Part of that ability rests on my favorite aspect of the writing, the unreliability of most witnesses. Witnesses lie, lie by omission, have convinced themselves of the lie they've been telling, or have blocked things out.

All witnesses are, in essence, unreliable. There is no such thing as a true story -- it has someone's perspective on it; it can have numerous perspective. It always has spin; it always has slant. No matter where you get it from. Thus witnesses don't even have to be unreliable because they lie or repress something.

[elspeth_vimes]

Oh, it's still possible, but it'll be a different kind of experience. That's really what I'm a little sad about, I suppose. Orlando was my first character anywhere on lj, playing him at DDD still brought back echoes of those feelings of...novelty, I guess?...from when I started him. It's not a bad thing at all to move on, just different. Kinda like growing up I guess. /lame

Yeah, I know. It's one of the things I get annoyed at crime shows over (...though it doesn't stop me from watching them).
Mononoke exaggerates the unreliability.

[fruitsgrow]

Oh, well. Something like that can't be recreated, yeah. The bittersweet passes eventually.

Haha, yeah. I've noticed how some witnesses give hard facts, and "what, have you ever listened to someone recount a gruesome crime?" Of course, the plot would probably be harder to pull... I haven't watched Mononoke in a long while, so. I can't really say much on that; from memory, though, I remember it being big on surrealism.

[elspeth_vimes]

I know. ♥ And anyway, this might actually get me to make a musebox.

It's the worst in Cold Case. "Oh, yes, I was lying before, but in actuality I remember perfectly the events of that one night 30 years ago." But the fact that most cold cases are probably put down by new hard evidence/new analyzing techniques just isn't as dramatic! It's the magic of television.
Oh yeah, definitely big on surrealism.

[magicnoire]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! This is one of my most favorite series so I like pushing it at people, insisting they watch it.

[elspeth_vimes]

I believe I shall also be doing that!

[seireiishtar]

I'm still sad to see Orlando go. He was always so much fun to watch, and I still plan on picking up those books because of him.

And that really sounds like a show I should check out sometime.

[elspeth_vimes]

...*wibble*
*stifled sob*
And everyone should read Otherland. For great internet justice.

Y'know, come to think of it, I would especially recommend it to Sandman fans!
(Link for future use~?)

[karakael]

Having gone and watched the AMV on magicnoire 's LJ, I see what you mean completely in the art. It is like Gunkutsuo, but combined with something like The Yellow Submarine or maybe Kaiba. (An odd match, I know, but that's the best description)

[elspeth_vimes]

Mostly Gankutsuou, but some of the stuff with patterns actually made me think of Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, along with the traditional Japanese bent.
Still haven't seen Yellow Submarine.

And yeah, this is laaaate. >.<

[karakael]

Its the colors from Yellow Submarine, and a bit of the shifting art style from Kaiba.

RL>internet, I understand!