multiple dimensions

[incandescens]

End of convention good; much good anime watched overall; bring and buy proved profitable and pleasant; generally speaking a good weekend.

But I am very glad that I booked tomorrow off work. It's not just for recuperation; it's to catch up on all those weekend tasks like cleaning and ironing and so on. All right, it's for recuperation too.

I had some thoughts while watching Peacemaker Kurogane yesterday which I was trying to formalise.

There are three dimensions in which we see something; length, breadth, height. (Ignore the fact that anime is twodimensional and work with me here.) In something like PMK, where we know the future and the past of most of the characters in the series (unless the author decides to deviate drastically from historical fact, or moreso than already) this knowledge will inform our viewing. If we know that Okita Soushi is going to die of consumption, that lends an added nuance to each scene we see him in, and to our comprehension of how he behaves, and our perception of what he does. So the fourth dimension is time.

The fifth dimension is fiction. As mentioned earlier, the author can deviate from historical fact. The question is, how much will they do so?

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[pureyaoi.livejournal.com]

The fifth dimension is fiction.

... I love the way your mind works. That is pure brilliance.

[petronia.livejournal.com]

In Kurono's case, cleverly. Up to this point I don't think she has deviated from the broad lines of historical fact: she's merely... added malevolent human agency to events that probably did not result from such. The strategy reminds me a bit of Dumas. (She's also tossed in catboys, ninjas and engrish, AFAIK on the common mangaka assumption that catboys, ninjas and engrish are spices that give flavour to any story. Possibly Dumas would have concurred, were he around to read manga. XD)

I've been thinking along these lines too, while reading Renault. :/

[incandescens]

Ever read Perez-Reverte's The Ninth Gate? Note that I say read as opposed to watching the movie, though the movie does have its own charms.

[petronia.livejournal.com]

Yes indeed. Consumed quite a lot of Perez-Reverte last year. (Have also seen the movie, so... yes. *g* It was a very good movie, for an adaptation that removed the central focus of the book entirely.)

[incandescens]

(Damn with faint praise...) Yes, it was a good movie. It was only if you'd read the book that you realised just how much was missing.