the sleeves, the sleeves, the silk sleeves
Dec. 6th, 2002 12:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
incandescensI shouldn't go doing a search on "haori" on ebay. I yearn too much over what I see.
So, hm. Either I go up to London to do shopping this Saturday, or next week, or the week after that. Points in favour of this week; there are a few presents I want for friends overseas, and if I get them out of the way now, then they're sorted and can be sent in what one should assume is plenty of time. Points against; I was up there only last week and could really use a totally flopping weekend, there certainly won't be any new books in the bookshops -- well, it's unlikely at any rate -- and I might be able to fill those particular present slots via online ordering and get the mail cheaper at that. Hm.
Conclusion; do some checking on what is available tomorrow evening, then decide. Ah, Christmas, sweet time of postal scheduling.
So, regarding prophecy. If -- to take an example -- a young man is told he will die for a woman's sake, and this causes him to select a young woman to be "the one he will die for", and court her, and cause her to develop an affection for him, which drives her into an admittedly foolish bargain to make sure that he stays safe, which results in them fighting (you just can't trust those foolish bargains) and eventually has him killed trying to save her life, then whose fault is it? I remember reading somewhere that the prophecies Macbeth received caused him to take actions which he would not have done otherwise, which caused the prophecies to come true.
But as Nikeratos says in The Mask of Apollo, while debating how evil is presented in drama, "But it's such marvellous theatre." Yes. Exactly.
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"... I reckon now would be a good time to emulate the Wise Politician Caught within the House of Ill Repute Suspended by his Nipples with a Bag over his Head and Three Live Lobsters in Little Knitted Berets up an Inconvenient Orifice."
"What, hang on like grim bloody death and swear blind our wives'll stick by us?" said Kiru, dubiously.
"I was thinking more along the lines of making our excuses, hauling up our trousers and having it away on our heels."
-- Sky Pirates, Dave Stone
So, hm. Either I go up to London to do shopping this Saturday, or next week, or the week after that. Points in favour of this week; there are a few presents I want for friends overseas, and if I get them out of the way now, then they're sorted and can be sent in what one should assume is plenty of time. Points against; I was up there only last week and could really use a totally flopping weekend, there certainly won't be any new books in the bookshops -- well, it's unlikely at any rate -- and I might be able to fill those particular present slots via online ordering and get the mail cheaper at that. Hm.
Conclusion; do some checking on what is available tomorrow evening, then decide. Ah, Christmas, sweet time of postal scheduling.
So, regarding prophecy. If -- to take an example -- a young man is told he will die for a woman's sake, and this causes him to select a young woman to be "the one he will die for", and court her, and cause her to develop an affection for him, which drives her into an admittedly foolish bargain to make sure that he stays safe, which results in them fighting (you just can't trust those foolish bargains) and eventually has him killed trying to save her life, then whose fault is it? I remember reading somewhere that the prophecies Macbeth received caused him to take actions which he would not have done otherwise, which caused the prophecies to come true.
But as Nikeratos says in The Mask of Apollo, while debating how evil is presented in drama, "But it's such marvellous theatre." Yes. Exactly.
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"... I reckon now would be a good time to emulate the Wise Politician Caught within the House of Ill Repute Suspended by his Nipples with a Bag over his Head and Three Live Lobsters in Little Knitted Berets up an Inconvenient Orifice."
"What, hang on like grim bloody death and swear blind our wives'll stick by us?" said Kiru, dubiously.
"I was thinking more along the lines of making our excuses, hauling up our trousers and having it away on our heels."
-- Sky Pirates, Dave Stone
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Date: 2002-12-05 06:12 pm (UTC)-mjj
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Date: 2002-12-06 03:35 am (UTC)Besides, I sympathise with Arashi. Putting the burden of "I'm going to die for you" on someone is a hideous thing to do.
It's always a self-fulfiling prophecy . . .
Date: 2002-12-06 02:20 am (UTC)It's probably the fault of the person who told him Too Bloody Much about his future. Which was probably a result of Fate meddling to bring its own twisted little ends into being, because Fate enjoys a soppy melodrama as much as the next Power-That-Be/deity/omniscient being of choice.
cheers,
Eline
Re: It's always a self-fulfiling prophecy . . .
Date: 2002-12-06 07:16 am (UTC)The thing about X is that Nanase Ohkawa (the CLAMP member that writes the stories) has apaprently said that despite all the "their destiny is foreordained" yada yada yada, the characters of X make their destinies. So basically, I think it's a choice between them simply fatalistically walking the path set out for them, or changing it. At least Kamui and Fuuma are sure to change it at the end, if I know anything about CLAMP manga.
As for Sorashi, yes, the anime and the manga are diverging. But the latest manga installment pretty much conformed that Arashi DID indeed do the monumentally stupid thing she did in the manga, although I'm certain the thought process behind it is bound to be different than the anime. I'm afraid Sorata is still quite likely to go bai bai, though... it's al in the wishes... he WANTS to die for her. Unless he somehow changes his mind, Fuuma will probably oblige him sooner or later.
As for whoe fault it is... I agree with Eline. In the case of X it's pretty much all Hinoto's fault.
Re: It's always a self-fulfiling prophecy . . .
Date: 2002-12-06 07:22 am (UTC)-Mura