Utena reference in Archie spinoff...

[monika]

And by "reference" I mean "plagiarism (http://larself.com/revolution/plag.html)".

Amusing? Sickening? Coincidental?

(I'm still deciding what to do.)

[Dagger]

That would have to be one HUGE coincidence (if it is a coincidence)... /images/graemlins/stunned0.gif

[The Pirate Queen]

Um. Wow. That's pretty bad...

[Isuzu Inugami]

At first I was going to suggest you see Utena under every rose signet and dueling arena you see, but...

Ko-Ushi-chan Dior will sue their tails off!

(On the upside, Archie comic writers are Utena fans! /images/graemlins/catgirl0.gif)

[monika]

[ QUOTE ]
Shimauma said:
At first I was going to suggest you see Utena under every rose signet and dueling arena you see, but...

[/ QUOTE ]

I do, but in order to contain the spread of the knowledge of my insanity, I only actually mention it when I think other people might see it too.

[AbeChinchilla]

Yooooooooooooooou're taking this tooooooooooooo seriously.

*runs* Mooooooooo.

[evilarrex]

[ QUOTE ]
monika said:
And by "reference" I mean "plagiarism (http://larself.com/revolution/plag.html)".

Amusing? Sickening? Coincidental?

(I'm still deciding what to do.)

[/ QUOTE ]

Does that mean they've watched the series? Are we going to get some Betty & Veronica Yuri??

[AbeChinchilla]

[ QUOTE ]
Arrex said:
[ QUOTE ]
monika said:
And by "reference" I mean "plagiarism (http://larself.com/revolution/plag.html)".

Amusing? Sickening? Coincidental?

(I'm still deciding what to do.)

[/ QUOTE ]

Does that mean they've watched the series? Are we going to get some Betty & Veronica Yuri??

[/ QUOTE ]

All I have to say to that is: "FINALLY."

[guyverfanboy]

Excuse my ignorance, but what exactly is Betty & Veronica ripping off from? I've never read Utena. /images/graemlins/knowital.gif

[nakimushi]

The designer cowbell fashion accessory idea.

[evilarrex]

[ QUOTE ]
AbeChinchilla said:
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Arrex said:
Does that mean they've watched the series? Are we going to get some Betty & Veronica Yuri??

[/ QUOTE ]

All I have to say to that is: "FINALLY."

[/ QUOTE ]

That would make me buy them comics again! /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

[rainking187]

I gotta have more cowbell!

[Mr. Nail Bat]

That... rules.

[akcoll99]

That's pretty bad. Though I'd also like to see this story that was just solicited for Archie #565 which comes out soon...

"The Manga Scene"- When Ms. Grundy catches Archie reading a manga comic book, she assigns him a 500 word composition on the subject. Can America's foremost comic book teen learn about his Eastern counterparts before the deadline?"

[Pelianth]

[ QUOTE ]
akcoll99 said:
That's pretty bad. Though I'd also like to see this story that was just solicited for Archie #565 which comes out soon...

"The Manga Scene"- When Ms. Grundy catches Archie reading a manga comic book, she assigns him a 500 word composition on the subject. Can America's foremost comic book teen learn about his Eastern counterparts before the deadline?"

[/ QUOTE ]
*winces* I don't even want to know how they're going to f that one up.

[michaelwb]

Debatable. They may have been influenced by Utena, but it existed before.

For one see Clarabelle Cow (http://stp.ling.uu.se/~starback/dcml/chars/clarabelle.html) in the 1930s Disney cartoons. I could be wrong, but I pretty much remember at least one cartoon where wearing the cowbell becomes a fashion thing because of something Clarabell did.

I can't find a more detailed reference, but I can recall at least a couple of cartoons with humans wearing cowbells as fashion.

And I know I've seen at least one comic where someone turns into a cow (pre-dating Utena) that was done as a parody of Kafka's story.

And I recall reading some parody fantasy stories pre-dating Utena with "werecows."

There are festivals in Europe and Latin America where folks wear cowbells, etc.

Influence sure, but to call plagiarism is a bit much.

[monika]

To note:

This (http://billykat.home.comcast.net/kat/katpg_01.htm) is the author's website. She likes anime. Amusingly, she puts "Please keep in mind that Yume Dream is copyrighted to me, Kathleen Webb. All images, characters, designs, text, etc., etc., is created by my blood, sweat, tears, prayer and hard work. So no filching, stealing, poaching, taking of images without permission is allowed. Copyright 1999,2000,2001,2002,2003, etc." right before a comic she made and has on the site.

Also, and I don't have time to go into detail now, this is going far beyond "Utena had cowbells as a fasion statement and so did this." There are a lot more little things being copied.

[Isuzu Inugami]

[ QUOTE ]
monika said:

Also, and I don't have time to go into detail now, this is going far beyond "Utena had cowbells as a fasion statement and so did this." There are a lot more little things being copied.

[/ QUOTE ]

When I think about it, Veronica's basic deal is that she overreacts to status threats and ends up looking silly. Since she's the fashion-beast rich-girl type, it's only natural that there would be a story involving her going too far in the fashion arena.

Now this could be done with clothing, or accessories. In the case of accessories, the most logical route to humor is to have her wearing some accessory that is inappropriate to humans. But there aren't so many of those, and there are problems with most of them. A horse's bridle just doesn't fit humans, and a dog collar and/or leash is much too fetishistic for an Archie comic. Likewise, a bull's nose-ring would raise issues of piercing that an Archie comic isn't going to go into. When you get down to it, the only nonhuman accessory available is the cowbell. And at that point, the wordplay just automatically moooooves into the story.

I mean, when you take everything into account, it's a wonder every Veronica story does't involve cowbells.

[musouka]

But an inappropriate accessory doesn't HAVE to be something an animal would wear. Honestly, when I think of what you could do concerning a silly fashion fad, a cowbell is definitely not the first thing that comes to mind.

I think you're stretching more credibility more by trying to excuse it than the idea that it could be based on Utena.

[michaelwb]

[ QUOTE ]
Shimauma said:
[ QUOTE ]
monika said:

Also, and I don't have time to go into detail now, this is going far beyond "Utena had cowbells as a fasion statement and so did this." There are a lot more little things being copied.

[/ QUOTE ]

When I think about it, Veronica's basic deal is that she overreacts to status threats and ends up looking silly. Since she's the fashion-beast rich-girl type, it's only natural that there would be a story involving her going too far in the fashion arena.

Now this could be done with clothing, or accessories. In the case of accessories, the most logical route to humor is to have her wearing some accessory that is inappropriate to humans. But there aren't so many of those, and there are problems with most of them. A horse's bridle just doesn't fit humans, and a dog collar and/or leash is much too fetishistic for an Archie comic. Likewise, a bull's nose-ring would raise issues of piercing that an Archie comic isn't going to go into. When you get down to it, the only nonhuman accessory available is the cowbell. And at that point, the wordplay just automatically moooooves into the story.

I mean, when you take everything into account, it's a wonder every Veronica story does't involve cowbells.

[/ QUOTE ]

When you think about it, it's not exactly an original plotline is it?

Rich and/or popular girl wears something wierd, etc. Heck I've seen similar wierd thing worn becomes fashionable plots in the old American magic shows like Bewitched, etc.

And on the cow changing theme. There's the episode of UY about Lum turning into a cow. And on that note, Takahashi has acknowledged in the past her borrowing some of the central character dynamics from Archie comics.

It's just silly referencing which many shows and comics do both ways across and within cultures.

[monika]

Ice Ice Baby has an extra note in it.

[Isuzu Inugami]

[ QUOTE ]
musouka said:
But an inappropriate accessory doesn't HAVE to be something an animal would wear. Honestly, when I think of what you could do concerning a silly fashion fad, a cowbell is definitely not the first thing that comes to mind.


[/ QUOTE ]

Cowbells are a comedy staple!! They're as elemental and pure as dressing in drag and lemon-meringue pies!!! And clowns!!!

...clowns....

...clowns coming to get me....

[ QUOTE ]

I think you're stretching more credibility more by trying to excuse it than the idea that it could be based on Utena.

[/ QUOTE ]

I... umm... wasn't entirely serious in my logic.... I'll have to make my crazy arguments even crazier, I guess... /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[christianlf]

[ QUOTE ]
Shimauma said:
I... umm... wasn't entirely serious in my logic.... I'll have to make my crazy arguments even crazier, I guess... /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

Heh. Don't worry, it was rather obvious you were being facetious.

I mean, I figure the "moooooves" would have sold you out. I'd have suggested you went drier. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[michaelwb]

[ QUOTE ]
chmblspuzz said:
[ QUOTE ]
Shimauma said:
I... umm... wasn't entirely serious in my logic.... I'll have to make my crazy arguments even crazier, I guess... /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

Heh. Don't worry, it was rather obvious you were being facetious.

I mean, I figure the "moooooves" would have sold you out. I'd have suggested you went drier. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

But what about the hidden cowbell conspiracy.

In the Bewitched TV series Darren carried a cowbell with him upstairs one episode (http://www.harpiesbizarre.com/scripts2.htm)

The Bewitched movie starred Will Ferrell (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002071/) played Darren.

And Will Ferrell was on SNL in the "More Cowbell" sketch playing the cowbell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Cowbell2.gif)

You just can't explain these things away.

[Nyanyaan]

I'm really not sure of any Utena allusion. Certainly there are plenty of themes that could be 'borrowed' from Utena and put into another product involving two girls that would be more noticed than a cowbell.

To an American audience, the mental pictures I would first expect to be refrenced by a cowbell would be 'strange, backwards, perhaps a little slow', (i.e. the cowbell as a vision of country backwater). Certainly something 'out of place', which seems to be what is intended here.

[aquapermanence]

[ QUOTE ]
monika said:
Ice Ice Baby has an extra note in it.

[/ QUOTE ]

That's just an artifact caused by the conditions of the recording. That note is only audible when the song isn't Under Pressure.

::rim shot::

[populuxe]

So if Veronica is Nanami and Betty is Utena, does that make Archie Anthy? And is Jughead Wakaba?

[michaelwb]

[ QUOTE ]
Mike Dungan said:
So if Veronica is Nanami and Betty is Utena, does that make Archie Anthy? And is Jughead Wakaba?

[/ QUOTE ]

Jughead is so Touga. Seriously dude what were you thinking? /images/graemlins/catgirl0.gif

[Lego]

I was waiting for someone to mention SNL heh. I love that skit. I personally can see why a fan might take notice, but in the end I think it ends up being something like Stealth. I remember with Stealth some thought it ripped Macross Plus off and etc.

The movie bombed, and it really didn't.

[Dylonius Funk]

Sorry to go off topic for a second, but i had to mention this. My brain must not be working right this morning because when i saw the subject liune the first thing i thought off was Archie Bunker. I was wondering how they managed to get a Utena refernce in an episode of "Archie Bunker's Place", or "The Jeffersons" /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif. I've never been a big comic reader so i didn't thinkof Archie and Jughead until i read the actual post. Still the idea of a Utena reference in All In The Family has much comic potential /images/graemlins/sweat000.gif

[michaelwb]

[ QUOTE ]
Dylonius Funk said:
Sorry to go off topic for a second, but i had to mention this. My brain must not be working right this morning because when i saw the subject liune the first thing i thought off was Archie Bunker. I was wondering how they managed to get a Utena refernce in an episode of "Archie Bunker's Place", or "The Jeffersons" /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif. I've never been a big comic reader so i didn't thinkof Archie and Jughead until i read the actual post. Still the idea of a Utena reference in All In The Family has much comic potential /images/graemlins/sweat000.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

Is Edith, Anthy?

Now my head hurts. /images/graemlins/stunned1.gif

[Mr. Nail Bat]

[ QUOTE ]
michaelwb said:
[ QUOTE ]
Mike Dungan said:
So if Veronica is Nanami and Betty is Utena, does that make Archie Anthy? And is Jughead Wakaba?

[/ QUOTE ]

Jughead is so Touga. Seriously dude what were you thinking? /images/graemlins/catgirl0.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

So, is Reggie Saionji?

[monika]

Hello Monika--

"Called" me on "She's Too Bossy?" I'm not sure what you mean by the term.
"Phoned" me for an interview? "Called me out" into the playground to beat
me up??? ;-)

The idea actually came from an episode of an anime ("Revolutionary Girl
Utena") that I saw. It went a different direction (definitely a *surreal*
one!) than I took the story, but the germ of the idea was there. The point
of my version of the story was kind of a stab at how people sometimes get
caught up in fads that are rather ridiculous. And Veronica is prone to
that. Plus it was a vehicle to see how many bad puns I could slip into it.
Nothing more.

If you have any other questions, fee free to ask.

Sincerely,
Kathleen Webb

[Isuzu Inugami]

Well, she admits the influence, but doesn't see it as plagiarism. Personally, I think it's too close for mere influence, but since she doesn't actually copy word for word sections of dialogue, I don't know that it would actually hold up in court. You can't copyright ideas or plots.

(Interestingly, if the comic came out in 2000, she wasn't watching R1 releases.... /images/graemlins/catgirl0.gif)

The thing is, as comitted to Utena as you are, and as (justifiably) disgusted as you may be, this isn't really your fight, Monika. It's a matter for Ikuhara and Saito and their publishers, and I'm not too sure they'd regard it as a significant infringement on their copyright, or just an amusing variation on the typical doujinshi scene.

[monika]

I've posted my reasons for disgust on the RBT non-blog. I'm disgusted because she did a terrible terrible job parodying Utena. I take the parodying of Utena very seriously, and I believe that is my fight by right.

Any fighting words in the page I linked were put there to guard against Archie people bitching at me for hosting their work.

Semi-coincidentally, I stumbled upon this while working on another parody (http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Sandman) (with lots of references to the source material, of course.)

[evilarrex]

[ QUOTE ]
michaelwb said:
Jughead is so Touga. Seriously dude what were you thinking? /images/graemlins/catgirl0.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

Dude! Jughead is soooo Akio!

[michaelwb]

[ QUOTE ]
Arrex said:
[ QUOTE ]
michaelwb said:
Jughead is so Touga. Seriously dude what were you thinking? /images/graemlins/catgirl0.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

Dude! Jughead is soooo Akio!

[/ QUOTE ]

But I thought Akio was Mr. Weatherby?

[evilarrex]

[ QUOTE ]
michaelwb said:

But I thought Akio was Mr. Weatherby?

[/ QUOTE ]

Mr Weatherby is a front. Like Mikage. /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

[quenelf]

[ QUOTE ]
monika said:
And by "reference" I mean "plagiarism (http://larself.com/revolution/plag.html)".

Amusing? Sickening? Coincidental?

[/ QUOTE ]

'Borrowing' gags is hardly new - all comedians do it. I'd go easy on it, chill out, etc. It was funny but not exactly an important part of Utena - basically a single joke idea.

(Also, is it me, or is that comic not very funny? So, like, whatever.)

--quen

[Jarred]

[ QUOTE ]
quen said:
'Borrowing' gags is hardly new - all comedians do it.


[/ QUOTE ]
Hell, there was even a movie made about it, The Aristocrats (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aristocrats).

[Elana]

[ QUOTE ]
Jarred said:
[ QUOTE ]
quen said:
'Borrowing' gags is hardly new - all comedians do it.


[/ QUOTE ]
Hell, there was even a movie made about it, The Aristocrats (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aristocrats).

[/ QUOTE ]

BTW, if you watch that movie, not Bob Saget is a very, very dirty man. Very, very dirty. He has no filter. Also, don't try to get through the extras where they simply keep repeating the joke over and over. Eventually, your mind starts to numb over. /images/graemlins/happy.gif

Other than that, it was a reasonably good documentary on a very sick joke.

"Have I got an act for you..."

[monika]

Bob's always been a notoriously dirty dirty man. It's a wonder they let him work with kids.

[Elana]

[ QUOTE ]
monika said:
Bob's always been a notoriously dirty dirty man. It's a wonder they let him work with kids.

[/ QUOTE ]

He made the most horrendous remark about the Full House kids during one point... *shudder*

[Isuzu Inugami]

[ QUOTE ]
monika said:
I take the parodying of Utena very seriously, and I believe that is my fight by right.

[/ QUOTE ]

Fair enough. /images/graemlins/catgirl0.gif

[ QUOTE ]

Semi-coincidentally, I stumbled upon this while working on another parody (http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Sandman) (with lots of references to the source material, of course.)

[/ QUOTE ]

Oh... my....

[monika]

I'll take that as approval.

Thanks!

[Daniel_Perales]

[ QUOTE ]
monika said:
I've posted my reasons for disgust on the RBT non-blog. I'm disgusted because she did a terrible terrible job parodying Utena. I take the parodying of Utena very seriously, and I believe that is my fight by right.

[/ QUOTE ]

Uh, Monika? You may be an ultra Utena fan and I kind of understand on how you feel, but like Shimauma said, if the original creators of Utena are not doing anything about it, then it shouldn't be any of your business. I mean, you have a right to give an opinion about it, but you have no right to fight over it. When did the Utena creators made you their representative?


Danny

[monika]

Am I really that hard to understand?

Let me make this clear: I AM NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS. I posted it here because I knew you'd all be AMUSED by it. EVERYTHING I EVER SAY IS A JOKE. STOP IMAGINING ME SPAZZING OUT.

Because then I actually will.

[AbeChinchilla]

[ QUOTE ]
monika said:
Am I really that hard to understand?

Let me make this clear: I AM NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS. I posted it here because I knew you'd all be AMUSED by it. EVERYTHING I EVER SAY IS A JOKE. STOP IMAGINING ME SPAZZING OUT.

Because then I actually will.

[/ QUOTE ]

ToooooooooooooOOOooooooo late? *runs*

[monika]

Yeah, sheesh.

[Elana]

[ QUOTE ]
monika said:
Yeah, sheesh.

[/ QUOTE ]

I hear bells tolling in the distance.
Cow bells?
Or are they portending the coming of the Rose Bride? /images/graemlins/wink.gif


Do we get a kick-ass sword fight now, Monika?

[monika]

Again? I just did one, like, last episode.

[Elana]

[ QUOTE ]
monika said:
Again? I just did one, like, last episode.

[/ QUOTE ]

Awww! I missed it. Tivo must have recorded over it with the Olympics.

[monika]

Bonus for anyone who's made it this far without thinking I'm some crazy Utena activist. (http://larself.com/revolution/sound.html)

It's still a prototype and I don't know how I plan to incorporate it with the rest of the site yet, but heh. Lemme know if there are any problems.

I find there's a very delicate balance between finding good clips and finding clips that aren't major spoilers. Sorry about no spoilers...

[AbeChinchilla]

[ QUOTE ]
monika said:
Bonus for anyone who's made it this far without thinking I'm some crazy Utena activist. (http://larself.com/revolution/sound.html)

It's still a prototype and I don't know how I plan to incorporate it with the rest of the site yet, but heh. Lemme know if there are any problems.

I find there's a very delicate balance between finding good clips and finding clips that aren't major spoilers. Sorry about no spoilers...

[/ QUOTE ]

I click the links and nOOOOOOOthing happens?

[monika]

/images/graemlins/sad.gif No?

Do you at least get spinning roses?

I've uploaded them separately as Juri (http://larself.com/revolution/juri.wav), Mikage (http://larself.com/revolution/mikage.wav), and Nanami (http://larself.com/revolution/nanami.wav). It might also be a loading issue. I've always been really lazy about making loading bars for flash things, but I should.

[remo]

The original link works for me.

[Fencedude]

[ QUOTE ]
monika said:
Bonus for anyone who's made it this far without thinking I'm some crazy Utena activist. (http://larself.com/revolution/sound.html)

It's still a prototype and I don't know how I plan to incorporate it with the rest of the site yet, but heh. Lemme know if there are any problems.

I find there's a very delicate balance between finding good clips and finding clips that aren't major spoilers. Sorry about no spoilers...

[/ QUOTE ]

Those were GREAT.

[monika]

[ QUOTE ]
AbeChinchilla said:
<no worky>

[/ QUOTE ]

What kind of internet connection do you have? Also, what flash version?

[ QUOTE ]
remo said:
The original link works for me.

[/ QUOTE ]

/images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif yay!

[ QUOTE ]
Fencedude said:

Those were GREAT.

[/ QUOTE ]

::blush::

Now I just need to find clips from everyone else. UAI deadline might make that hard.

[monika]

Miki (http://larself.com/revolution/miki.wav)'s been added to the thing. (http://larself.com/revolution/sound.html)

[Fencedude]

[ QUOTE ]
monika said:
Miki (http://larself.com/revolution/miki.wav)'s been added to the thing. (http://larself.com/revolution/sound.html)

[/ QUOTE ]

Hilarious.

*goes and browses around the site*

...you know, I really, REALLY want to see this now.

Edit: The Character Bios just killed me. I almost spewed Diet Coke all over my monitor.

[Fencedude]

Monika...this "Mythophage"...did you invent this concept? Or did you get it from someone else?

It sounds...intriguing...

[monika]

As far as I know, I'm the first person to call it that and explain it like that. But I'm sure other people have noticed that &lt;strike&gt; <span style='color:#dddddd;background:#dddddd'>all shoujo is the same</span> &lt;/strike&gt; Ikuhara is clearly in a life and death battle with a strange supernatural story eater.

PS. Don't miss the two semi-invisible character bios!

[Fencedude]

[ QUOTE ]
monika said:
As far as I know, I'm the first person to call it that and explain it like that. But I'm sure other people have noticed that &lt;strike&gt; <span style='color:#dddddd;background:#dddddd'>all shoujo is the same</span> &lt;/strike&gt; Ikuhara is clearly in a life and death battle with a strange supernatural story eater.

PS. Don't miss the two semi-invisible character bios!

[/ QUOTE ]

Hah! I did miss those.

Amusing.

Anyway, you are quite correct about the dangers Princess Tutu was playing with.

Making a story about a story about a story is just ASKING for trouble.

Especially when the characters in those stories don't like staying where they are supposed to...

*eagerly awaits seeing the second half of Tutu*

[AbeChinchilla]

[ QUOTE ]
monika said:
[ QUOTE ]
AbeChinchilla said:
&lt;no worky&gt;

[/ QUOTE ]

What kind of internet connection do you have? Also, what flash version?

[ QUOTE ]
remo said:
The original link works for me.

[/ QUOTE ]

/images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif yay!

[ QUOTE ]
Fencedude said:

Those were GREAT.

[/ QUOTE ]

::blush::

Now I just need to find clips from everyone else. UAI deadline might make that hard.

[/ QUOTE ]

/images/graemlins/shy00000.gif

Earlier I didn't have my speakers on, I didn't realize these were sounds. They sound great!

[populuxe]

[ QUOTE ]
Geoduck said:
[ QUOTE ]
michaelwb said:
[ QUOTE ]
Mike Dungan said:
So if Veronica is Nanami and Betty is Utena, does that make Archie Anthy? And is Jughead Wakaba?

[/ QUOTE ]

Jughead is so Touga. Seriously dude what were you thinking? /images/graemlins/catgirl0.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

So, is Reggie Saionji?

[/ QUOTE ]

Yes, exactly. It's all so obvious.

[monika]

Ah good. I'm always paranoid that stuff I'll make in flash won't work.

That also reminds me that I need to make the html version of the new site at some point. Well, it'll either be something I don't have time for or something I do while I'm procrastinating... Stupid work and stuff...

[AbeChinchilla]

[ QUOTE ]
monika said:
Ah good. I'm always paranoid that stuff I'll make in flash won't work.

That also reminds me that I need to make the html version of the new site at some point. Well, it'll either be something I don't have time for or something I do while I'm procrastinating... Stupid work and stuff...

[/ QUOTE ]

So... is this something about Revolutionary Boy Touga? I never actually got what that was all about, aside from some Touga-ish desktops on the old website... ?

[monika]

It's a movie. About a boy who wants to be a princess. It's a little something like Utena, with a few changes.

[Daniel_Perales]

[ QUOTE ]
monika said:
Am I really that hard to understand?

Let me make this clear: I AM NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS.



[/ QUOTE ]

So posting this........

Hello Monika--

"Called" me on "She's Too Bossy?" I'm not sure what you mean by the term.
"Phoned" me for an interview? "Called me out" into the playground to beat
me up??? ;-)

The idea actually came from an episode of an anime ("Revolutionary Girl
Utena") that I saw. It went a different direction (definitely a *surreal*
one!) than I took the story, but the germ of the idea was there. The point
of my version of the story was kind of a stab at how people sometimes get
caught up in fads that are rather ridiculous. And Veronica is prone to
that. Plus it was a vehicle to see how many bad puns I could slip into it.
Nothing more.

If you have any other questions, fee free to ask.

Sincerely,
Kathleen Webb


........is not doing anything? /images/graemlins/happy.gif


[ QUOTE ]

I posted it here because I knew you'd all be AMUSED by it.


[/ QUOTE ]

Believe me, I am amused, but I've seen when fans think that they should take it among themselves to protect the works that belongs to others, even though they didn't asked for it.

[ QUOTE ]

EVERYTHING I EVER SAY IS A JOKE. STOP IMAGINING ME SPAZZING OUT.

Because then I actually will.


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So that means that I shouldn't take any of your posts that you made in the past, present and future, seriously? /images/graemlins/happy.gif

Before you actually "spazz-out", notices how I'm using all those "smileys", here. /images/graemlins/happy.gif /images/graemlins/happy.gif


Danny /images/graemlins/sweat000.gif

[monika]

Emailing the author asking "out of curiosity, has anyone called you on 'She's too Bossy'?" I would say yes, counts as doing nothing.

It's technically "doing something" in the same sense an email to CMX going "Dude! Did you notice you drew panties all over TenTen? That's kinda funny." is doing something about it.

[Pelianth]

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monika said:
It's technically "doing something" in the same sense an email to CMX going "Dude! Did you notice you drew panties all over TenTen? That's kinda funny." is doing something about it.

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I now want some completely "clueless" person to do that at a CMX panel...