> On Sep 16, 6:37 am, "sanjian" vt.edu> wrote:

>> I'm not entirely sure that's exactly true, but I'll have to do some
>> more research to be sure. None the less, you can still have Joan
>> toss away a good deal of her feminimity for her task.

>
> True but not to the extent of what they went with. Joan never
> pretended to be a man or boy and always acknowleged and was
> acknowleged as a female. Not a really feminine one but a female
> nonetheless, so you do not get a complete rekindling of the feminity
> that do with Saber as Arthur. I realize another problem with Joan. If
> Saber was Joan of Arc some vigorous hand-waiving would need to be done
> to get rid of Joan's intense religiosity and I think vow of chasity.