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You could also sacrifice parts of her instead of all of her - blind her or something like that. Something that would be emotionally damaging enough to make it a sacrifice, but yeah, not irreversible (blindness/limb-surrendering SHOULD be irreversible, but manga has shown me otherwise.)
Considering the character is a young black female character, I'm pretty sure I'd get blown to hell in the feedback if I made her blind or crippled, too, LOL. But of course if something major happened, it would have aftereffects and her character would change because of it.
OH MAN, power-plays between equally badass women - can I think of anything besides Sailor Moon that features such a thing? One example I can recall involves stealing boys' heart - yeah, no.
So not going to be the thing here =D Though I did promise irrel (my wonderful sounding board) that I would write for the possibility of multiple shipping, heh. But I plan to have lots of dynamic exchange, and by having the two help Renata when she gets her powers, they'll already have learned things and know how THEY want to handle stuff when it happens to them. Make their own mistakes, so to speak. But also go into the whole thing with a core of helpfulness and cooperation. One thing that I see done in anime all the time that never happened in my core group of friends as a teen was this competition or "friends despite rivalry." I know some people operate their relationships like that, but I never did. I've never gotten into "catfights" or "bitchfights" or "hated my best friend even while I think she's my best friend" or whatever it is guys have told me they think female friends always do to each other. Hell, I have an older sibling to for that! My friends are my friends because I want someone around that I don't fight with. Still, when dangerous circumstances occur, sometimes conflict can still arise as people grow and change. =D
And then there's Princess Tutu, which involves stealing boys' hearts but in such a different way, and of course, that power-play carries a million other significances.
The thing I love about PT is that if it were any other anime, Mytho would be female and Kraehe and Tutu would be male characters. Looking at the story structure and the roles of the characters as they move through the story...it stuns me. For a show that involves girls dancing their love in tutus, it's one of the most feminist series I've ever seen. Ahiru and Fakir's partnership is as solid as I imagine Katara and Zuko's could be.
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You could also sacrifice parts of her instead of all of her - blind her or something like that. Something that would be emotionally damaging enough to make it a sacrifice, but yeah, not irreversible (blindness/limb-surrendering SHOULD be irreversible, but manga has shown me otherwise.)
Considering the character is a young black female character, I'm pretty sure I'd get blown to hell in the feedback if I made her blind or crippled, too, LOL. But of course if something major happened, it would have aftereffects and her character would change because of it.
OH MAN, power-plays between equally badass women - can I think of anything besides Sailor Moon that features such a thing? One example I can recall involves stealing boys' heart - yeah, no.
So not going to be the thing here =D Though I did promise
And then there's Princess Tutu, which involves stealing boys' hearts but in such a different way, and of course, that power-play carries a million other significances.
The thing I love about PT is that if it were any other anime, Mytho would be female and Kraehe and Tutu would be male characters. Looking at the story structure and the roles of the characters as they move through the story...it stuns me. For a show that involves girls dancing their love in tutus, it's one of the most feminist series I've ever seen. Ahiru and Fakir's partnership is as solid as I imagine Katara and Zuko's could be.