v for vendetta; pot 45-48

we saw "v" for vendetta while we were in town today. i enjoyed it a lot. and watching it made me want to write about themes and narratives and relate it to the phantom of the opera and to various descent myths, but i feel i'm not really intelligent enough at the moment. or at least i haven't thought about it for long enough. when i try to relate phantom by itself to descent myths, i end up trailing off or babbling pretty quickly. really, descent myths do that by themselves. it seems odd to be a fangirl of a particular kind of myth, but i suppose the world takes all kinds. and besides, i've been a fangirl of weirder things. shut up, wax. we also bought a bunch of little odds and ends including this nivea moisturizer that comes in a pot and it is so soft, it's like whipped butter. and it feels soooooo good. x.x

and of course there is obligatory prince of tennis content. i watched the first akutsu arc today, and okay, i find akutsu himself kind of tiresome (except for his baby!self), but there were other things, so here is my tezuka and ryoma squee from episodes 45 through 48. in ( devil on the court! )

and THEN in ( samurai spirit... )

and, ahah, in ( decisive moment... . )

there. now i am going to read "v" for vendetta in 15 minutes. eta: wax just walked by my chair and saw the ficlet in progress where fuji mysteriously appears in ryoma's kitchen. "are you writing prince of tennis?" "uh. i already did," i pointed out. "oh." "you must have missed when i posted it." "oh."

meta: more on phantom of the opera, v for vendetta, and folklore/ myth

( phantom of the opera, beauty & the beast, and east of the sun west of the moon )

( v for vendetta and all of the above )

i'd love to write (or read) a lot more on this subject. this cluster of myths and folktales comprises my absolute favourite themes and narratives.

prince of tennis episodes 52-56

please find enclosed more tezuka/ryoma squee and also some golden pair squee. and possibly a random comment or two, if i got careless. with illustrations, of course. ( 52 seigaku's biggest crisis )

( 55 hyotei presses near and 56 doubles for three )