>Yes. It's how her first duel with Utena ended - with the Sword of
>Dios, having been flung into the sky by a violent disarm maneuver,
>plummeting down and neatly nicking the rose off Juri's chest while she
>was busy telling (a clearly defeated but not yet roseless) Utena what
>a lousy swordfighter she was. Remember Utena musing that she'd never
>really beaten Juri, and that her first win was just plain dumb luck?
>Well, there you go.

Hm, that was rather dumb of her. Seems like she ought to know: she who gloats before the battle's over invariably loses. Oh well, thanks for clearing that up.

>Crazed otaku don't bother me much anymore. Neon Exodus
>Evangelion cured me of that.

^_^ Yes, I rather imagine it would have. Still, I do hope we get more information on Mia. I always did mean to start watching B5. Problem is, it's usually not on at a convenient time for me, and if it is it's invariably sometime in the middle of the series and I have no idea what the hell's going on anyway. I'm sure it would be a good series if I could figure out the slightest bit of the plot. -_^

>That cue's kind of tongue-in-cheek as it appears there - the concrete
>steps down the bank from the main campus to the football field at WPI
>ain't exactly the Forest of Secrets - but I'm glad I thought of
>putting it there, anyway.

Despite the fact that the scene's quite good as it is, I keep mentally substituting Louisiana State University's Greek theatre for the football field when I read this. I just realized, it'd be a great place for a duel.

>I submit that it's not really a Rose Duel without a Rose Bride,
>either, but hey. :)

Phah. Details, details... ^_^

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