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12. "RE: Omnibus 4!"
In response to message #4
 
   >>>I am guessing the interjections are the result of Utena reading (or
>>>watching?) a dramatized version of her escapade with some, shall we
>>>say, minor embellishments on what actually happened.
>>
>>I got the impression that the first part of the story was a flashback,
>>up to the point where Utena got clocked in the head. Note that the
>>italicized comments--and conflicting realities--stop when she regains
>>consciousness.
>>
>>And I agree, _highly_ enjoyable.
>>
>>Oh, and picturing Gryphon in the style of Akio? I'll bet that hurt
>>Utena's head nearly as much as the blunt trauma... :)
>
>those points threw me for a while the first time through, till I
>realised that the italics were Utena thinking to herself.
>
>But let me point out something to you. In addition to being
>flashbacks, we're looking at Utena's dreams/halucinations as she
>works her way back to conciousness after having gotten clocked by the
>spanner. Hence the freaky wierd background imagery straight out of a
>RGU episode going on behind the actual action.
>
Having just re-read it, I realized that was what must've been happening - but it wasn't until I knew where it was going that I realized where it was coming from :)

A thoroughly enjoyable (re-)read!

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                 RE: Omnibus 4! Offsides Aug-28-09 12
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