Utena/Anthy hurt/comfort fic. I read one earlier today and got all "eeee~" about it.

I find it amusing that those two have to be one of my favorite couples in anime OF ALL TIME </kanye> but they're two girls. And I still consider myself straight!

Anyway, I never really thought their gender really mattered. In Revolutionary Girl Utena, that matters way less than the feelings between the characters. As I'm sure I've said before, I think that's what I like about it. Love that transcends gender. That concept has always fascinated me way more than loving, or being attracted to the male gender.

Lately I have been thinking again about my ideas to continue Reborn Again. How I wish there was enough energy and inspiration in my body to do that now! I still need to heal, mentally, though. Everyone's worried about me, because I'm always so worn out, to the point I can't even keep up with my games and I have to keep taking mini-breaks from Dragonrealms.

This is a document I've been working on for the Order. It's a rough draft and likely needs correcting. It may not even be any use to anyone besides myself. It's not meant to give to recruits, more as a collection of info Talliska will cover with them face to face, possibly over multiple interactions.

I am posting it in its current state just 'cause I sat here and worked on it long enough that I might as well share it! :P

EDIT: Updated with more Empire history. Read more to see.

Here is an old poem I wrote in college, inspired by The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin. It's possibly the only poem of mine I've EVER liked.

Also very much self-inspired... You'd recognize that if you know me well :)

Nothing should have flourished here
Not in this silence like the space between heartbeats
Not in this darkness pressing like damp cloth against my eyes
Not in these ancient hallways I know like the lines on my palms
These hallowed, hollow veins whose winding paths may cross
But never end together

Recently I got an email from someone who read Reborn Again and had hoped it would be finished by now.

Unfortunately I've never really ever gotten the drive to do the rewrite. I had... I don't know, an INCREDIBLE amount of writing for RA. 500-600 pages worth. And the rewrite? It would've been even longer than that just to get back to the point I was on.

I had a thought just now that I could still try to continue more or less where I left off. Something of a reboot of the Oasis City portion of the story, except written with all the changes I had in mind for the series. Basically, it'd be like starting the second or third book in a trilogy, after which I could go back and RE-write all the parts that came before.

I'm completely and utterly excited about this. It could mean I may finally break my RA block and finish the story as written in my head. Then rewrite / polish up / add to the past chapters and bam, have a Reborn Again trilogy (realistically this could be years of work, of course!)

Seriously I think this may not be a fluke. I may actually be able to finish. o.o

Something I wrote that's Saisen/Talliska-centric. I NEVER do that. But we're playing them now in my 2nd attempt at Soul Collectors (this time on RPoL.)

Talliska follows along quietly. She does remain close, though not too close to the Magister. Rather she seems very intent on staying within reach of him. With that intense expression on her face, it's hard to tell whether it's for any desire of closeness, a morbid curiosity or a thinly veiled intent to kill him should he show any sign of dangerous behavior.

She spares a glance at Gale and Penelope as she goes by. Her memories of her Solar mate are something she still treasures deeply. Dawn, the morning light gleaming on his armor, dark hair flowing beneath a helm of spiraling horns. The challenge that started it all. Claws against steel, dark eyes against gold. Proud huntress, tamed by the knight. And he set free by her.