>>He's not; he's named after the legendary sword, after which the bomb
>>is also named.
>>
>Never knew about the Sword part.

Ah. Durandal was the sword of Roland, one of Charlemagne's knights. I think the legends of Charlemagne's knights are in Bulfinch's Mythology, but I'm too lazy to check.

>Most memorable one:
>Utena:"How am I going to get through this?"
>Zoner (Offscreen) "With a little help from your friends."
>
>There were two or three more that I couldn't bring to mind without
>taking the time to re-read... Not that the story's NOT worth
>re-reading, just that I dont have time to do it while posting.

Oh, those. Actually Saionji said that (Zoner just said, "You might try letting your friends help you")... other than that, and Utena singing a piece of "You're So Vain" (which she's heard the Art of Noise cover), I can't think of any others. But then I probably do them unconsciously. :)

(Saionji seems to have several parallels to Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band going on - his theme song is "Getting Better"... :)

>All three 'creations' that feature prominantly in this story.. Lesser
>Mazinger, Tiny Robo and the Thorne.

Thanks. I'm very pleased with TR's performance in this one, myself. He makes kind of an odd teddy bear, but I like the image of that scene in my head; to borrow a Fred Gallagher-ism, it's "Sad Girl with Robot". :)

>Oh, and one thing that escaped me on first posting... Juri's eyes
>landing on "So you've just arrived"... as soon as I read that, I let
>out an agreviated "ZONER!"

Nah, not Zoner's fault. It's Utena's copy; Azalynn returned it (remember, she borrowed it in Azalynn's Winter Holiday), and rather than reshelving it properly, Utena just tossed it on her desk. She must have been in a hurry at the time. :)

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