This is a static copy of In the Rose Garden, which existed as the center of the western Utena fandom for years. Enjoy. :)
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I'm about 90% certain that Jean Claude is basically what would happen if Touga were an old-ass vampire.
And if anyone insists on reading the Anita Blake series, start from the beginning and stop when you finish Obsidian Butterfly. That is the book that pretty much starts the shift from great urban fantasy to mediocre paranormal erotica.
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Raven Nightshade wrote:
I'm about 90% certain that Jean Claude is basically what would happen if Touga were an old-ass vampire.
I must respectfully disagree. Touga would have been wayyyyy better at it than Jean-Claude. When do we ever see Jean-Claude manipulate or seduce anyone but Anita? The most boring connect the dots style of manipulation and seduction, too, relying on shit any vamp would know about their politics and his own looks, respectively. Touga's already at that point at 17. He'd run circles around Jean-Claude if you gave him a few centuries to practice.
Hence, Jean-Claude gets the appellation 'Discount Touga', much as many characters *coughcoughLuciferpilotcough* have had the 'Discount Akio' name bestowed on them. Or worse, the 'Bargain Bin Akio.' We don't wanna go there, though.
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I'm totally up for SKU: Vampire AU Edition
Yasha wrote:
"mounds of creamy goodness"
D: Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
why would you do that
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I'm pretty sure there was one or two books that actually didn't have a plot besides "hump vampires and then cry about it"
I'm just... I'm just not down with that.
YamPuff wrote:
I'm totally up for SKU: Vampire AU Edition
Me too! Miki would be a terrible vampire, though. What would he be?
YamPuff wrote:
Yasha wrote:
"mounds of creamy goodness"
D: Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
why would you do that
She was calling her boobs that, if it makes it any better. I didn't even think of other applications it could have.
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Yasha wrote:
YamPuff wrote:
I'm totally up for SKU: Vampire AU Edition
Me too! Miki would be a terrible vampire, though. What would he be?
YamPuff wrote:
Yasha wrote:
"mounds of creamy goodness"
D: Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
why would you do that
She was calling her boobs that, if it makes it any better. I didn't even think of other applications it could have.
Miki could be Kozue's blood boy. 8)
Oh her boobs.
Out of context I just thought.....*cough*
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YamPuff wrote:
Oh her boobs.
Out of context I just thought.....*cough*
I want to make a mounds/nuts joke, but can't think of a good one that scans to the Almond Joy/Mounds jingle.
Yasha wrote:
Miki would be a terrible vampire, though. What would he be?
Miki would make a very Rice vampire easily enough. Age, temperament, everything. He could hang out with Armand and his entourage.
How isn't there Lestat/Touga fic? Or pictures?
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Decrescent Daytripper wrote:
Yasha wrote:
Miki would be a terrible vampire, though. What would he be?
Miki would make a very Rice vampire easily enough. Age, temperament, everything. He could hang out with Armand and his entourage.
I can easily see this happening. Miki would probably gravitate toward Louis as well as Armand.
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Decrescent Daytripper wrote:
How isn't there Lestat/Touga fic? Or pictures?
I feel like this should be a bromantic comedy where two ridiculously overbearing alphas agree on nothing but spa day.
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Giovanna wrote:
Decrescent Daytripper wrote:
How isn't there Lestat/Touga fic? Or pictures?
I feel like this should be a bromantic comedy where two ridiculously overbearing alphas agree on nothing but spa day.
And we can get some Akio just chillin' with Marius?
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Akio chilling out with Marius would make early Armand flip his lid. And it'd be beautiful.
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So here's the discussion we had going on in the book thread about the characters and whether they would make good vampires. But hey, why stop at vampires? Saionji would be a totally badass werewolf, don't you think? If you don't think so, what would he be? A Red Cap? A Rawhead? Something else? Tell us what you think!
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......since when does a werewolf have dignity? Your chart is flawed and I refuse to accept this. Saionji would kick ASS as a werewolf, he's already got the land mine temper going on. All he needs is a little more hair.
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I think Saionji would be better off as an Anne Rice style vampire as well.... Tie his hair back in a ribbon, put him in a dark suit and tell him to start making long, dramatic emo speeches about eternity. He's eloquent and pompous enough.
EVEN AS AN IMMORTAL VAMPIRE I CANNOT ACHIEVE ETERNAL FRIENDSHIP
IMMORTAL TOUGA NOTICE ME
PLZ
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Yasha wrote:
Raven Nightshade wrote:
I'm about 90% certain that Jean Claude is basically what would happen if Touga were an old-ass vampire.
I must respectfully disagree. Touga would have been wayyyyy better at it than Jean-Claude. When do we ever see Jean-Claude manipulate or seduce anyone but Anita? The most boring connect the dots style of manipulation and seduction, too, relying on shit any vamp would know about their politics and his own looks, respectively. Touga's already at that point at 17. He'd run circles around Jean-Claude if you gave him a few centuries to practice.
Hence, Jean-Claude gets the appellation 'Discount Touga', much as many characters *coughcoughLuciferpilotcough* have had the 'Discount Akio' name bestowed on them. Or worse, the 'Bargain Bin Akio.' We don't wanna go there, though.
You don't think Touga would get complacent after a century or three? After all, vampiric mindfuckery makes things a lot easier. Or do you think that he wouldn't even use it short of a last resort?
Also, Saionji as a werewolf is believable because he reminds me a lot of the bastardized version of Richard we get in ABVH after Obsidian Butterfly.
In general, though, SKU characters seem to be a better fit as Anne Rice (Ricean?) vampires. They seem to have the proper level of angst and melodrama required.
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YamPuff wrote:
I think Saionji would be better off as an Anne Rice style vampire as well.... Tie his hair back in a ribbon, put him in a dark suit
Oh, Oh yes. I'm into this....
YamPuff wrote:
and tell him to start making long, dramatic emo speeches about eternity. He's eloquent and pompous enough.
EVEN AS AN IMMORTAL VAMPIRE I CANNOT ACHIEVE ETERNAL FRIENDSHIP
IMMORTAL TOUGA NOTICE ME
PLZ
And now the crushing reality.
Sad.
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Is this going to devolve into another round of finding stupid things to photoshop Akio's head onto? And if so, may I suggest a Hydra?
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Everyone kind of pairs off with Rice vamps well. Touga and Lestat, the posy lions. Saio and Louis, the angry masturbators.
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Anne Rice Revolutionary Vampire Utena may be my new favorite thing in the world.
EDIT: Nanami, queen of the vampires! [and my heart]
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YamPuff wrote:
Anne Rice Revolutionary Vampire Utena may be my new favorite thing in the world.
Right? This needs to manifest in a larger and more fan-arty fashion, but I can't even fake the SKU style.
What's the name of the statuesque redhaired matriarchal vampire? Because she, her sister, and Juri probably have a lot to talk about.
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Mikage: a merrow AKA an Irish merman. He lacks the ugliness but he'd totally keep human souls in jars.
Akio: A long necked cetus or generic sea monster. Princesses were sacrificed to them all the time in Greek mythology.
Saionji: A beautiful beautiful male siren (sighs and blushes)
Okay, okay, okay. Saionji would be a cyclops. He's violent and suffers from unrequited love like the giant Polyphemus.
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Riri-kins wrote:
Saionji: A beautiful beautiful male siren (sighs and blushes)
Okay, okay, okay. Saionji would be a cyclops. He's violent and suffers from unrequited love like the giant Polyphemus.
Sirens are violent and petty, too. Jealous. Saionji would do just fine.
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Keiko, Aiko, and Yuuko: a trio of hippocampi/sea-horses. I can't imagine them being anything but mythical beasts of burden.
Decrescent Daytripper wrote:
Sirens are violent and petty, too. Jealous. Saionji would do just fine.
Violent yes, but jealous? I was always under the impression that they lured sailors to deaths just to eat them. Naw, he'd be a brutal one-eyed giant for sure.
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Decrescent Daytripper wrote:
What's the name of the statuesque redhaired matriarchal vampire? Because she, her sister, and Juri probably have a lot to talk about.
Are you thinking of Maharet and Mekare?
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Riri-kins wrote:
Mikage: a merrow AKA an Irish merman. He lacks the ugliness but he'd totally keep human souls in jars.
This makes sense. I see Mikage as a pretty, smoother male version of Disney's The Little Mermaid's Ursula. In that making a deal with him costs you your soul.
Saionji: A tengu. Having a very strong traditional Japanese vibe going on, I can see Saionji as a wrathful, very proud tengu. Bonus points for green wings.
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