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So I sat down today, trying to write some drabbles (not quite so successful yet), when I realized how hard it would be for Shizuru and Natsuki to surmount exactly what happened--and maybe did or didn't--during the HiME Festival. Of course, trying to get them to get over this and move on with their lives (whether separate or together) is my entire goal, but it's a big problem when you really think about it. Whether or not Shizuru actually or didn't molest/rape Natsuki, Natsuki still has the impression of it in her mind. I mean, she has that association and not only that association but also the very big, "Well, did she?" lingering in her thoughts. (Well, I would.) I'm definitely not of the type who believe that something like that can just be forgotten or pushed aside. It's as if, whether or not it happened, Natsuki was violated and any type of violation is bound to be really traumatic.

I really don't like the ambiguity of the anime on this point (aside from the psycho lesbian angle to begin with). I would have really preferred to have had it one way or the other because really the only way to resolve that problem is to have the question be outright asked at some point, "Well, Shizuru, did you or didn't you?" which despite being the most awkward question in the world to ask, would put some demons to rest. At least if I knew definitively what had happened, I could work with it, but I know that if/when I get to that point, I'm either going to piss people off or piss myself off. But that moment is still a ways off. /rant

fanart galore! (because I'm very distracted)

OMG SO WRONG LMAO. Thank you, Skirthike. That was even better than hitchhiking Kruger. Hehehehehehehe.

AHAHAHAHA. Also, Gokujou Seitokai: the wrongness doesn't stop. (not quite safe for work but also nothing too scarring)

And I can't express my awe for On Your Mark's music pics: Natsuki & Shizuru from her(?) journal/diary. OYM always has a very different style from most other sites and I'm never quite sure if I like or not, but I definitely like these. There's a drabble somewhere in there.

Jeez, this is never going to end... You can find Nao over at Lunar Surface's blog. OR, LMAO, Natsuki seemingly getting completely pwned. LOL. Plus: the hug we should have seen at the end of MO (damn you, Sunrise). And I might as well point you towards iPod Shizuru to go with the music theme. Man, Lunar Surface is awesome stuff; I'm glad to see the site, or at least the blog, being updated again. =D