Romeo x Juliet, ep. 07-11
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I feel this show just keeps jerking me around!
One moment, Juliet will do something awesome, and then the next, she's back to being a damsel in distress, saved by all the brave men. Case in point: Romeo talking about protecting her from the bandits. Juliet was the Red Whirlwind, for heaven's sake! At least she did get to beat up on people a little, as opposed to cowering helplessly. But still.
I cheered when she drew her father's sword and swore to restore the Capulets, and then I groaned when she was spirited away from the fight. I am also really annoyed by how everyone attempts to keep her safe and sheltered. It's somewhat understandable, given that she's the sole Capulet, but if she were a guy, I bet they would be training her to swordfight and actually, say, including her in strategy meetings.
I am beginning to think that this show will keep enough trappings to keep me somewhat interested to the last, a la Last Exile, but will continue to go with the iffy gender bits (though I will be overjoyed to be proven wrong).
I also patted Romeo on the head when he pleaded with the nobles to pardon the Capulet servants and Juliet. Ah Romeo. You really don't have a single political bone in your body, do you?
Oh, and Tybalt? He is so Sasuke! Complete with the emo o'erhanging him like a hat! I snicker every time he appears, because even his clothes look a little like Sasuke's!
On the other hand, I was still overcome with the cuteness of the balcony scene and Romeo and Juliet blissing out in their true, true love. I even awww-ed a little at the mock church wedding, complete with irises of DOOM.
One moment, Juliet will do something awesome, and then the next, she's back to being a damsel in distress, saved by all the brave men. Case in point: Romeo talking about protecting her from the bandits. Juliet was the Red Whirlwind, for heaven's sake! At least she did get to beat up on people a little, as opposed to cowering helplessly. But still.
I cheered when she drew her father's sword and swore to restore the Capulets, and then I groaned when she was spirited away from the fight. I am also really annoyed by how everyone attempts to keep her safe and sheltered. It's somewhat understandable, given that she's the sole Capulet, but if she were a guy, I bet they would be training her to swordfight and actually, say, including her in strategy meetings.
I am beginning to think that this show will keep enough trappings to keep me somewhat interested to the last, a la Last Exile, but will continue to go with the iffy gender bits (though I will be overjoyed to be proven wrong).
I also patted Romeo on the head when he pleaded with the nobles to pardon the Capulet servants and Juliet. Ah Romeo. You really don't have a single political bone in your body, do you?
Oh, and Tybalt? He is so Sasuke! Complete with the emo o'erhanging him like a hat! I snicker every time he appears, because even his clothes look a little like Sasuke's!
On the other hand, I was still overcome with the cuteness of the balcony scene and Romeo and Juliet blissing out in their true, true love. I even awww-ed a little at the mock church wedding, complete with irises of DOOM.
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Mon, Jun. 25th, 2007 05:06 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Mon, Jun. 25th, 2007 05:57 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Mon, Jun. 25th, 2007 07:08 pm (UTC)Did Romeo and Juliet run away together? I'm not too clear on what was going on, but if so, it's incredibly irresponsible of Juliet to leave when she's trying to set up a coup.
I'ts sweet and all, but I'm getting bored by Romeo and Juliet running around and looking at flowers and having a fake wedding (so Westside Story!). I hope they get back into the politics soon.
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Mon, Jun. 25th, 2007 08:10 pm (UTC)"claimed that physically he was not a man, but a woman, and demanded that the government recognize him as a woman. King Louis XVI and his court complied and demanded that he wear women's clothing. D'Eon agreed, especially when the king granted funds for a new wardrobe. In 1777 d'Eon returned to France, and afterwards lived as a woman."
Although: "Doctors who examined him after death discovered that his body was anatomically male."
And somehow makes it all so much more ridiculous/awesome.
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Mon, Jun. 25th, 2007 09:47 pm (UTC)Also, that is just awesome.
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Mon, Jun. 25th, 2007 09:47 pm (UTC)Me too!
I have no idea what they are up to right now! I am somewhat more inclined to be forgiving about them running away, but that's mostly just because Juliet is horribly passive when she's trying to set up a coup, which still makes no sense to me.