That would be a wonderful site to see :-)

And Anthy now moves up there with Utena in the "Who Gets to Finish Off Akio" pool, only $2.00 US needed to play.

Brad, who thinks that the writers are as much looking foward to writing of
Ohtori's demise as we are reading of it. :-)

I'll put my money on the long-shot "Ohtori doesn't die." Mostly for my own amusement, but partly because I like the idea. Just the thought of Utena and Anthy finding a way to fix Akio Ohtori's screwed-up brain sounds fun.

Peter Eng

Actually, this was my thought too. Although, with Eryie's track record on this account, he'll probably end of feeding the worms; but it is amusing to try and figure out how they may plan to 'fix' him.

~Strife Aileron

Land charred Black, rivers boiled,
Crops and wells alike despoiled,
Mountains levelled, forests felled,
-footprints of the beasts of Keld

Actually, the relevant segment has already been written. Though if observing the creative process on this arc/saga has taught me anything, it's that things often change - a LOT - by the time the main story catches up with them.

No more will I say on the subject.

>I'll put my money on the long-shot "Ohtori doesn't die." Mostly for
>my own amusement, but partly because I like the idea. Just the
>thought of Utena and Anthy finding a way to fix Akio Ohtori's
>screwed-up brain sounds fun.

That, or Utena challenges him to a duel "to the pain."

*grin* I believe I've caught the relevant segment myself. We've already been told under what conditions Akio will 'die'.

--"I invoke the rites of fiery Muspelheim, and give thy soul up to the inferno's embrace..."

... You have?

Man. I wish I knew when I was revealing stuff I haven't done yet.

--G.
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Or words to that effect....

*chuckle*

Well, color me stupid or something. I think 'assume' is a bit too strong, but I obviously read a lot more into something than I should have. I was under the impression that since Akio and Dios were the same person at one point, and Dios would eventually integrate with Utena's personality, that Akio would die (or have to be killed) at the same time as the personality integration was complete. There's no IC basis for that notion, of course, but OOCly we've seen how often seeming coincidence and silliness is really controlled by magical forces we don't comprehend...and besides which, it would make for an appropriate climax to that story arc. If I were inventing the world, I'd say that neither could be accomplished without the other occurring at that same moment--that severing that connection once and for all isn't as simple as Dios made it out to be. I don't recall exactly what it was, but something in A Crown of Roses made that thought occur to me for the first time. Something Anthy mentioned, IIRC.

--"I invoke the rites of fiery Muspelheim, and give thy soul up to the inferno's embrace..."