*gleefully grabs manga dl* TANK OO. *retreats to fandom-cave to commence with the addict-like reading*
Oh dude, mousapelli's Ragin' Meijin remix! FAVOURITE. Especially Isumi's last line, which never fails to destroy me with laughter. It's interesting to see this one classified as a TTNH, although it fits the parameters quite nicely; for me, this is one of the fics that has a canon-weight veracity of feeling behind it, and its function as TTNH is a product (artefact?) created by its metonymic nature. The subtlety of that metonymy is what moves this piece for me from entertainment into the strata of genuine delight. And, see, for Touya, Shindou IS his chance at the Hand of God. So those two may not be separable for him!
And, um, about Pru's 19x19 AU (http://rageprufrock.livejournal.com/167103.html) -- I was thinking. (I'm out of practice, so please bear with, but it's a fic worthy of sustained consideration, no?) Out and out changing Shindou into a girl throws all our shadow-subtext into the bright glare of canonicity; with that one revision, Shindou becomes the focus of intense media scrutiny and Touya is Shindou's rival-or-more, while the relationship with Akari shifts into an entirely different register. The immediate casting of Touya as girl-Shindou's love interest by everyone around them, combined with the comparisons to shoujo manga and bad love comedies, really demonstrate the deterministic aspects of gender in the world Pru constructs. I don't know, but I do suspect that the intensely disorienting aspects of the genderswitch come from Go's primarily male-centred image, both in life and HnG, Umezawa-sensei notwithstanding.
Also, cofax7 likes to break me into small pieces. Her Jack certainly did.
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Oh dude,
And, um, about Pru's 19x19 AU (http://rageprufrock.livejournal.com/167103.html) -- I was thinking. (I'm out of practice, so please bear with, but it's a fic worthy of sustained consideration, no?) Out and out changing Shindou into a girl throws all our shadow-subtext into the bright glare of canonicity; with that one revision, Shindou becomes the focus of intense media scrutiny and Touya is Shindou's rival-or-more, while the relationship with Akari shifts into an entirely different register. The immediate casting of Touya as girl-Shindou's love interest by everyone around them, combined with the comparisons to shoujo manga and bad love comedies, really demonstrate the deterministic aspects of gender in the world Pru constructs. I don't know, but I do suspect that the intensely disorienting aspects of the genderswitch come from Go's primarily male-centred image, both in life and HnG, Umezawa-sensei notwithstanding.
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