Wow - ! That's amazingly deep, thoughtful reasoning. I confess, while I've pondered a lot on various fusion/crossover scenarios for different series, it's always been on a much more shallow level, going by broad character traits, looks or backstories. And quite often just by what I think would be funny, frequently through the incongruity of it all.
But Usagi as Anthy is both very unsettling and interesting. I think it warrants at least a shortfic - maybe one of those "idea fics" that never gets followed up on? It feels so odd to picture Usagi as a victim/witch rather than as the hero(ine), but it's true that her very princessy archetype does seem to hem her in, in a Utena setting. Hmmm.
On the other hand, an Usagi who feels forced to step into the shoes of the Prince role in order to do good could be interesting too (if someone else is Anthy, that is).
I agree that Seiya does seem the one closest to Utena's character in terms of personality, and probably archetype as well. And Mamoru, alas, seem almost preordained to be a "false prince" of some kind - he's too obviously Prince-like for the more subversive Utena world. But I could see him in Touga's role too - or even Saionji's.
Sailor Chibi-Moon as Mamiya is brilliant! And Mikage as Sailor Saturn seems to work very well, too.
It's also probably obvious I like the later characters in Sailor Moon more than the core group. ^_^;
Yah, I noticed. ;) But Venus as Wakaba seems like a good choice. And you don't have to fit *everybody* in.
Ami as Miki just seems to impulsively work, character-wise, even if there isn't any plausible Kozue around for her. But maybe I'm just led by shallow traits again... ;)
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Date: 2009-12-27 10:07 pm (UTC)But Usagi as Anthy is both very unsettling and interesting. I think it warrants at least a shortfic - maybe one of those "idea fics" that never gets followed up on? It feels so odd to picture Usagi as a victim/witch rather than as the hero(ine), but it's true that her very princessy archetype does seem to hem her in, in a Utena setting. Hmmm.
On the other hand, an Usagi who feels forced to step into the shoes of the Prince role in order to do good could be interesting too (if someone else is Anthy, that is).
I agree that Seiya does seem the one closest to Utena's character in terms of personality, and probably archetype as well. And Mamoru, alas, seem almost preordained to be a "false prince" of some kind - he's too obviously Prince-like for the more subversive Utena world. But I could see him in Touga's role too - or even Saionji's.
Sailor Chibi-Moon as Mamiya is brilliant! And Mikage as Sailor Saturn seems to work very well, too.
It's also probably obvious I like the later characters in Sailor Moon more than the core group. ^_^;
Yah, I noticed. ;) But Venus as Wakaba seems like a good choice. And you don't have to fit *everybody* in.
Ami as Miki just seems to impulsively work, character-wise, even if there isn't any plausible Kozue around for her. But maybe I'm just led by shallow traits again... ;)