Aug. 29th, 2011

swatkat: wonder woman in the hiketeia (dcu: diana is always on top)
+ I watched the Utena movie, which I think makes perfect sense if you treat it as a direct sequel to the anime—as Utena's fever dream, which Anthy helps her rescue herself from. I have no idea why Juri hits on Miki in it, however, although I must say that if Juri ever were to consider dating boys Miki is the first person I'd ship her with. Also, a TRAGIC lack of Nanami in the movie—TRAGIC and UNPARDONABLE, because Nanami is the best and my favourite (well, apart from Utena herself. And Juri). Nanami is the Queen Cordy to Utena's Buffy, the comic mirror and the tragic foil, and the ONLY other character who gets an arc that long (even if some of them are filler episodes—but the Nanami filler episodes are the best, Cowbells of Happiness is probably my favourite episode in the entire show apart from the finale itself).

+ It occurs to me that a lot of the problems in the Merlinverse would be solved if someone introduced Morgana to Utena, who could tell her that her that she doesn't have to be either a Princess or a Witch.

+ In a recent Newsrama interview, Brian Azzarello said:

Azzarello: Of course not. I don’t care. It’s not important to the story. Listen, if it were my choice? She’d be wearing that skirt!

Nrama: Wait a minute. Is that a hint? Why the skirt?

Azzarello: Because it looks good! Like her original costume? I think that’s great.


This is a man after my own heart. Also, guh, have you SEEN Cliff Chiang's pages from Wonder Woman #2?

image under cut )

That flirty smile? That's the Diana we know and love, the one I dearly miss. I want her back now. *grabby hands*

I also approve of Diana gaining her own Gabrielle, since the Wonder Girls seem to be off-limits in the main Wonder Woman book for reasons incomprehensible to me.

+ The Ivy Crown by [personal profile] briar_pipe, Merlin, Gwen/Morgana, ~75,000 words, "Late one night, several prisoners escape from the dungeon, Arthur disappears, and fate takes a left turn. Morgana and Gwen are dragged along into a new world of intrigue, magic, and war." This is the kind of Gwen/Morgana I've always wanted to read - long and absorbing, with an absolutely fabulous warrior queen!Morgana.

Archimage by Jude, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Utena/Anthy, ~140,000 words, "What happened to Utena after the end of the series?". Epic post-anime story, featuring the entire cast and doing justice to ALL of them while weaving a twisty tale that would make the creators of the anime proud. PS: GROWN-UP POLICE OFFICER!JURI FTW!!!1!

Roses Grow by sharnii, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Utena/Anthy, novel length. Wonderful post-anime story featuring the entire cast, with romance, intrigue and surrealism. It also has a sequel in progress featuring a fantastic Anthy voice.

waaah

Aug. 29th, 2011 09:42 am
swatkat: wonder woman in the hiketeia (dcu: diana is always on top)
I cannot believe we have to wait till September 21 to get our hands on this (press ESC to stop the gif):



(courtesy sadieblodgett on Tumblr)


Wait, I'm supposed to be cynical and not at all optimistic about DCnU. *facepalm*
swatkat: (dcu: scary batperson)
Writing has been hard lately. But with September just around the corner, I wanted to talk about some of the things I'll miss in the DCnU. ♥

Title: Golden
Fandom: DCU
Character(s): Damian Wayne, Stephanie Brown, Dick Grayson, Diana of Themyscira
Words: ~1,400 words
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: The characters don't belong to me. I will never make money off this.
A/N: No specific spoilers beyond the events of Batman RIP and Wonder Woman #600; ignores Odyssey.


Summary: 'No, Girl Blunder, she isn't here yet. Which, by the way, is none of your business because she asked for Batman's assistance, and since Batman—'

'Stolen Amazon artifact, yadda yadda yadda, I know,' Stephanie interrupts. Damian hates being interrupted. 'O tracked it down for her.'




I want to be her when I grow up )

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