>Oh, I'm not talking about banishing it from the continuity, just
>thinking that it's possible that it should've been branded
>differently. Calling it The Order of the Rose or The White
>Rose Chronicle or something, so as to more clearly signal that
>it's a) about the Duelists, Cephiro, et cetera but b) differently
>structured and themed from the four Symphonies.

I like it. With the resolution of the Corwin/Utena tension, the main thread of SotS is arguably done., and Utena's proposal sets them up for the next stage.

-VR
Managing reader expectations can be hard, particularly when done on the fly like you have to here. "We juggle priceless eggs in variable gravity."
"They copied all they could follow, but they couldn't copy my mind,
And I left 'em sweating and stealing a year and a half behind."