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0|0|0|||||A thought to wake Utena up|Zemyla||23:50:26|10/12/2020|Utena is going to wake up in the middle of the night with a sudden realization%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AThere is no way that%2C when Corwin and Anthy get married%2C she%27ll be able to get out of officiating the ceremony.%0D%0A%0D%0AShe%27s gotten married twice%2C but she%27s never performed a marriage herself%2C what will she do%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd then Corwin or Anthy will remind her that she%27ll do what she always does in that kind of situation%3A her best.
1|1|0|||1||RE%3A A thought to wake Utena up|Gryphon||23:52:14|10/12/2020|%3EAnd then Corwin or Anthy will remind her that she%27ll do what she %0D%0A%3Ealways does in that kind of situation%3A%0D%0A%0D%0Amake it up as she%27s going along and come out looking like she had a plan the whole time.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
2|2|1|||1||RE%3A A thought to wake Utena up|BobSchroeck||19:49:18|10/14/2020|%3E%3EAnd then Corwin or Anthy will remind her that she%27ll do what she %0D%0A%3E%3Ealways does in that kind of situation%3A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3Emake it up as she%27s going along and come out looking like she had a %0D%0A%3Eplan the whole time. %0D%0A%0D%0ASame thing.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AMy race is pacifist and does not believe in war.  We kill only out of personal spite.
3|3|2|||||RE%3A A thought to wake Utena up|Croaker||12:35:04|10/15/2020|She%27s going to be so very tempted to borrow the old routine.%0D%0A%0D%0AUtena%3A %22Do you%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0ACorwin%3A %22I do.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AUtena%3A %22Do you%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0AAnthy%2C moderately bemused%3A %22I do.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AUtena%3A %22Right. Kiss %27er%21 You%27re married%21%22%0D%0A%0D%0AAudience%3A %22.........%22%0D%0A%0D%0AAkio%3A %22Hey%21 I%27m here to crash the wedding%21 Give me back my sister%21%22%0D%0A%0D%0AEveryone%3A %2Afills Akio full of whatever weapons fire they prefer%2A
4|4|3|||||RE%3A A thought to wake Utena up|MuninsFire||13:46:02|10/15/2020|Mel Brooks has a couple of potential options for pacing and dialogue%2C but his schtick doesn%27t seem -quite- Utena%27s style - I%27d see it more that someone would show up and she%27d step in front of the couple and continue performing the ceremony while fighting a duel%2C quite possibly skipping the ring thing for some kind of mystical heart-sword dealie. 
5|5|4|||1||RE%3A A thought to wake Utena up|BobSchroeck||09:11:57|10/17/2020|%3EMel Brooks has a couple of potential options for pacing and dialogue%2C %0D%0A%3Ebut his schtick doesn%27t seem -quite- Utena%27s style - I%27d see it more %0D%0A%3Ethat someone would show up and she%27d step in front of the couple and %0D%0A%3Econtinue performing the ceremony while fighting a duel%2C quite possibly %0D%0A%3Eskipping the ring thing for some kind of mystical heart-sword dealie. %0D%0A%0D%0AThen again she could opt to go %5Bi%5DPrincess Bride%5B%2Fi%5D%2C just like my Best Man and Peg%27s Maid of Honor did at our wedding reception lo these many years ago%3A%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Mawwiage.  Mawwiage is what bwings us togethaw today.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AMy race is pacifist and does not believe in war.  We kill only out of personal spite.
6|6|5|||||RE%3A A thought to wake Utena up|BlackAeronaut||13:35:21|10/17/2020|%3E%3EMel Brooks has a couple of potential options for pacing and dialogue%2C %0D%0A%3E%3Ebut his schtick doesn%27t seem -quite- Utena%27s style - I%27d see it more %0D%0A%3E%3Ethat someone would show up and she%27d step in front of the couple and %0D%0A%3E%3Econtinue performing the ceremony while fighting a duel%2C quite possibly %0D%0A%3E%3Eskipping the ring thing for some kind of mystical heart-sword dealie. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EThen again she could opt to go %5Bi%5DPrincess Bride%5B%2Fi%5D%2C just like my %0D%0A%3EBest Man and Peg%27s Maid of Honor did at our wedding reception lo these %0D%0A%3Emany years ago%3A %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%22Mawwiage.  Mawwiage is what bwings us togethaw today.%22 %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0APfft.  Naw man.  That%27d be Marty%27s shtick.
7|5|4|||||RE%3A A thought to wake Utena up|Meridias||17:39:47|10/17/2020|%3EMel Brooks has a couple of potential options for pacing and dialogue%2C %0D%0A%3Ebut his schtick doesn%27t seem -quite- Utena%27s style - I%27d see it more %0D%0A%3Ethat someone would show up and she%27d step in front of the couple and %0D%0A%3Econtinue performing the ceremony while fighting a duel%2C quite possibly %0D%0A%3Eskipping the ring thing for some kind of mystical heart-sword dealie. %0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m picturing the wedding scene from Pirates%3A At World%27s End.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Utena%21 Marry us%21%22%0D%0A%22I%27m a little busy at the moment%21%22
8|6|7|||||RE%3A A thought to wake Utena up|MuninsFire||18:56:00|10/17/2020|%3E%3EMel Brooks has a couple of potential options for pacing and dialogue%2C %0D%0A%3E%3Ebut his schtick doesn%27t seem -quite- Utena%27s style - I%27d see it more %0D%0A%3E%3Ethat someone would show up and she%27d step in front of the couple and %0D%0A%3E%3Econtinue performing the ceremony while fighting a duel%2C quite possibly %0D%0A%3E%3Eskipping the ring thing for some kind of mystical heart-sword dealie. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI%27m picturing the wedding scene from Pirates%3A At World%27s End. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%22Utena%21 Marry us%21%22 %0D%0A%3E%22I%27m a little busy at the moment%21%22 %0D%0A%0D%0AOoh - yes%2C that%27s a good point of reference there. I can see this.
9|7|8|||1||RE%3A A thought to wake Utena up|Gryphon||19:12:15|10/17/2020|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Oct-17-20 AT 07:13 PM (EDT)]%3E%3E%22Utena%21 Marry us%21%22 %0D%0A%3E%3E%22I%27m a little busy at the moment%21%22 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EOoh - yes%2C that%27s a good point of reference there. I can see this. %0D%0A%0D%0AIn the course of picking my way gingerly through the horrendously stressful and yet occasionally very rewarding combination nuclear waste dump and gold mine that is the continuum of Touhou d%C5%8Djinshi%2C I ran across one in which a couple of characters%2A were getting married%2C and their mothers freaked out about the whole %22yuri wedding%22 thing and tried to stop them.  Via 2v2 wizard duel%2C of course%2C because Touhou.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe fun twist on it was that%2C instead of fighting off the interlopers and then doing the thing%2C the brides in question went through with the various steps of the ceremony %5Bi%5Dwhile having the fight%5B%2Fi%5D%2C such that they finished off the opposition and concluded the ritual with the same action.  And then everyone%27s smiling in the wedding photo together%2C because in Gens%C5%8Dky%26%23333%3B%2C if you lose a wizard duel over a difference of opinion%2C you cheerfully accept the new status quo.  That%27s the rule%2C except when it isn%27t. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0ASo even though I haven%27t seen the movie referenced above %28I%27ve only seen the first %5Bi%5DPirates%5B%2Fi%5D film and about half of the second%29%2C I still get a nice visual out of this%2C and it%27s of the three of them trying to get the damn ceremony done %5Bi%5Dand%5B%2Fi%5D fight off the bad guys at the same time.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt takes a special kind of officiant to deliver the entire %22to have and to hold%2C etc.%22 riff%E2%80%94twice%E2%80%94while simultaneously swashing bucklers%2C and never mind expecting the bride and groom to remember all of their lines.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22With this ring%2C%2A%2A I thee wed%E2%80%94%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22RAAAAARRRGGHH%21%21%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Not %5Bi%5Dyou%21%5B%2Fi%5D%22  %28WHACK%29  %22You have %5Bi%5Dissues%5B%2Fi%5D%2C where was I%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A%5Bfont size%3D%222%22%5D%2A Marisa and Alice%2C if you%27re into that sort of thing%0D%0A%2A%2A they%27re going to run out of fingers at this rate%3B a consequence of plural marriage nobody ever thinks about%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
10|8|9|||||RE%3A A thought to wake Utena up|Meridias||20:01:20|10/17/2020|Not the best quality%2C but here%27s the clip of that scene%3A https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DSfyePrFKvVA
11|8|9|||||RE%3A A thought to wake Utena up|SneakyPete||20:18:48|10/17/2020|%22%2A%2A they%27re going to run out of fingers at this rate%3B a consequence of plural marriage nobody ever thinks about%22%0D%0A%0D%0AAs a triad marriage%2C might I suggest a set of three-ring puzzle rings%3F With each band in an appropriate material for each member%3B I might suggest trilithium steel for Utena%2C mahogany for Anthy%2C and mithril for Corwin.
12|8|9|||||RE%3A A thought to wake Utena up|drakensis||02:48:51|10/18/2020|Because my mind works like this%2C this gives me the notion of Sakuya filling Remilia and the others in on Gryphon%27s extended family by photos from all three weddings.%0D%0A%0D%0AGryphon%3A %22That last one hasn%27t happened yet in my timeline.%22%0D%0ARemilia%3A %22You don%27t have to look the photos%2C dear.%22%0D%0AFlandre%3A %22Who%27s the slimey looking one with the bad tan%3F%22%0D%0AGryphon%3A %22What was Akio Ohtori doing at Corwin and Anthy%27s marriage%3F%22%0D%0ASakuya%3A %22Well he wasn%27t _invited_.%22%0D%0AMeiling%3A %22That explains why the bride is standing on him.%22
13|8|9|||||RE%3A A thought to wake Utena up|MuninsFire||03:29:26|10/18/2020|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Oct-20-20 AT 02:34 PM (EDT) by Gryphon (admin)]%3ESo even though I haven%27t seen the movie referenced above %28I%27ve only %0D%0A%3Eseen the first %5Bi%5DPirates%5B%2Fi%5D film and about half of the second%29%2C I %0D%0A%3Estill get a nice visual out of this%2C and it%27s of the three of them %0D%0A%3Etrying to get the damn ceremony done %5Bi%5Dand%5B%2Fi%5D fight off the bad guys %0D%0A%3Eat the same time. %0D%0A%0D%0AYep. You clearly have the idea down %3A-%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EIt takes a special kind of officiant to deliver the entire %22to have %0D%0A%3Eand to hold%2C etc.%22 riff%E2%80%94twice%E2%80%94while simultaneously swashing %0D%0A%3Ebucklers%2C and never mind expecting the bride and groom to remember all %0D%0A%3Eof their lines. %0D%0A%0D%0ATrue%2C but these -are- exceptional people. %0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E%2A%2A they%27re going to run out of fingers at this rate%3B a consequence of %0D%0A%3Eplural marriage nobody ever thinks about%0D%0A%0D%0ALot of options - you can stack %27em%2C or have a secondary ring added%2C or skip the rings altogether and do the necklace thing %5BIIRC Corwin was already on the hook for that%2C no%3F%5D or - this being a nice high magic setting - use any of the -other- magically significant items they%27ve collected. Or swords. Or%2C hell%2C given Corwin%2C have him build a mecha for Anthy. XD
14|9|13|||1||RE%3A A thought to wake Utena up|Sofaspud||14:31:00|10/20/2020|%0D%0A%3Ecollected. Or swords. Or%2C hell%2C given Corwin%2C have him build a mecha %0D%0A%3Efor Anthy. XD %0D%0A%0D%0AMECHA-CHU.%0D%0A%0D%0A--sofaspud%0D%0A--I wonder what %5Bi%5Dit%5B%2Fi%5D eats.  Obvs whatever it wants%2C but.
15|10|14|||1||RE%3A A thought to wake Utena up|Peter Eng||17:38:57|10/20/2020|%3E%0D%0A%3EMECHA-CHU. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E--sofaspud %0D%0A%3E--I wonder what %5Bi%5Dit%5B%2Fi%5D eats.  Obvs whatever it wants%2C but. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AAkio%3F%0D%0A%0D%0APeter Eng%0D%0A--%0D%0AInsert humorous comment here.
16|11|15|||1||RE%3A A thought to wake Utena up|Sofaspud||01:03:50|10/21/2020|%3E%0D%0A%3EAkio%3F %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%0D%0AAki-O%27s%2C surely%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A--sofaspud%0D%0A--I%27ll get my coat