*laughs a little wildly* I think fan intervention is the only thing that'll ever let this series make sense.
Hmm, that's true; I think I was generalising from Tsuzuki's situation. There's definite reference to the others applying for their positions.
It reminds me of studying Tess of the D'Urbervilles at A Level, and Thomas Hardy's 'tragedy is goodness encompassed by the inevitable.' A lot of class discussion over whether it actually qualified as tragic or just sentimental.
Yaoi really makes me twitch. It makes me think of the Chinese thing, I'm pretty sure it's true in Japan as well, in which it was culturally required for women to act reluctant in marriage and sexual partnerships; that in order to be 'good' she has to be 'unwilling.' I'm pretty sure the same trope is being transferred over to yaoi fiction as well, with the added burden of having to code homosexuality as 'acceptable' within the confines of the story.
Oh please please do! That would be so very, very awesome. :D
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Date: 2007-05-01 10:14 pm (UTC)Hmm, that's true; I think I was generalising from Tsuzuki's situation. There's definite reference to the others applying for their positions.
It reminds me of studying Tess of the D'Urbervilles at A Level, and Thomas Hardy's 'tragedy is goodness encompassed by the inevitable.' A lot of class discussion over whether it actually qualified as tragic or just sentimental.
Yaoi really makes me twitch. It makes me think of the Chinese thing, I'm pretty sure it's true in Japan as well, in which it was culturally required for women to act reluctant in marriage and sexual partnerships; that in order to be 'good' she has to be 'unwilling.' I'm pretty sure the same trope is being transferred over to yaoi fiction as well, with the added burden of having to code homosexuality as 'acceptable' within the confines of the story.
Oh please please do! That would be so very, very awesome. :D