My Nostalgia for LiveJournal Memes and Desire to Mock Light Novel Titles Got the Better of Me

Stolen from gaston26 and cypsiman2:

Give me a series title and I will imagine the stupidest long title I can think of.

DR meta: On Mondo

Around three years ago, gaston26 asked me on Tumblr about my opinion on Mondo from Dangan Ronpa. Here's the response I gave him at the time.

( Spoilers for Chapter 2 of DR )

Only a couple of days until the changeover in Tumblr's policies... I don't think my blog is in too much danger, but I still can't help worrying a little, so I'm feeling the pressure on getting my favourite old posts over here either way. >>;

Utena meta: Why I think Shiori was bullied

Around 5 years ago, someone made a submission to Revolutionary Confessions on Tumblr wondering what might have happened to Shiori to make her have such an awful image of herself. Here's the speculation I added at the time.

( Not particularly long, but has mentions of bullying (naturally) and internalised homophobia )

On bothersome common views of the Black Rose duellists

This was a little rant I made on Tumblr around 4 years ago concerning a particular double standard in the Utena fandom, because I'm a cranky Shiori fangirl.

( Despite my use of a cut, it's not a long one )

Utena meta: Black Rose feels concerning Wakaba and Anthy

Here's a particularly old one from around 6 years ago, written when I reblogged a gifset of Wakaba's Black Rose duel -- which I still think is one of the most gutwrenching duels in the series with one of the saddest songs.

( All these old reposts get cuts even when they're only a few paragraphs )

Utena meta: Shiori, Anthy, and Wakaba

I've have some positive feedback for my Shiori defences and analysis posts on Tumblr, which always makes me happy because it shows I'm not alone in wanting to stick up for her. This included an ask I got around 4 years ago from an anon who thought Shiori was right up there with Anthy for being the most sympathetic character and that she's a little like Wakaba in some respects.

Here's my response to the ask, in which I basically agreed with the anon.

( Another three-paragraph wonder )

Utena meta: Shiori's implied character development

Another anon ask I once got on Tumblr in response to my Shiori defences lamented how a lot of fans disregard her implied character development and act like she'd just being a creepy stalker to Juri in her last few scenes, even in her appearance at the end where she's considerably happier. I shared that lament and wrote a response discussing the hints of development in question; this is from around 4 years ago.

( End-of-series spoilers for a show that's over 20 years old now? Also, only three paragraphs again )