8/8/2007: Security News Brief: Star Wars comes to Homeland Security: Light Saber Technology: Darth Vader, take note: The Homeland Security Department is aiming to arm federal agents with a light-saber weapon emitting a dazzling strobe that would subdue criminals, terrorists and even unruly airline passengers. It's the ...

...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...

...> The ice queen need not LITTERALLY be a queen.  (Saber as a drag queen?) I know that but in this...because Joan was always acknowledged as a woman. To have Saber pretend I'm not entirely sure that's exactly true...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...

.... A common fantasy for men is to encounter a The ice queen need not LITTERALLY be a queen. (Saber as a drag queen?) beautiful woman who for one reason or another lost touch with her womanly loving ... would not really work for Joan of Arc because Joan was always acknowledged as a woman. To have Saber pretend I'm not entirely sure that's exactly true, but I'll have to do some more ...

...fantasy for men is to encounter a beautiful woman who for one reason or another lost touch with her womanly loving nature and be the person who rekindles that woman's feminine, loving qualities. This would not really work for Joan of Arc because Joan was always acknowledged as a woman. To have Saber pretend to be a man and suppress everything feminine about her takes the fantasy to the max.

... be bad :) =20 See spoilers bellow. =20 =20 Fate/Stay Night Spoilers: =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 Saber the main character is really King Arthur. In the Fate/Stay Night universe, King Arthur was a young woman who had to pretend to be a man to lead her sexist subjects. This make ...

... and don't remember an Arthur connection, it must really be bad :) See spoilers bellow. Fate/Stay Night Spoilers: Saber the main character is really King Arthur. In the Fate/Stay Night universe, King Arthur was a young woman who had to pretend to be ...

... have been depicted with facial hair that they did shave off when they rejoined society. She could have pandered like the other shoujo creators but she choose not to. Fate/Stay Night Spoilers: Saber the main character is really King Arthur. In the Fate/Stay Night universe, King Arthur was a young woman who had to pretend to be a man to lead her sexist ...

.... Planetes is a good example, although focusing on a Japanese family, it does have Americans and Russians and third-world characters. Stars/Crest of the Stars, Galaxy Railway 999, Saber Marionette J, Outlaw Star, all outer space shows that don't get anywhere near Japan; Well, Crest features an exiled Japanese mutant Empire.  (I'm forgetting, wasn't Outlaw Star on the...

...which doesn't take place on Earth at all; .hack//sign, doesn't take place in mundane world; Planetes, which takes place in space; Battle of the Stars/Crest of the Stars, Galaxy Railway 999, Saber Marionette J, Outlaw Star, all outer space shows that don't get anywhere near Japan; Le Chevalier D'Eon which takes place during the French monarchy; even Bo-Bobobo Bobo-bo (and no, I don't ...