As predicted, I am not going to be able to make this due to being at MAGFest. I will catch up by next weekend, though, I promise!
How to participate in the liveblog chat:
Option 1: Whenever you watch the episode, comment on this post as you watch with whatever responses you feel like posting!
Option 2: Go to http://webchat.freenode.net/. Enter a nickname, then for the Channels field enter ##rabbitcube, and finally fill in the Captcha and hit Connect! We'll be watching Vision of Escaflowne and commenting there starting at 2:00 p.m. EST.
PART I:
ReplyDelete[13:00] <@Sylocat: Click
[13:00] <mere_oblivion: Click?
[13:00] <mere_oblivion: click.
[13:00] <@Sylocat: Ah, this opening
[13:01] <mere_oblivion: I hope they kept this one awhile.
[13:01] <@Sylocat: They kept it for the whole anime
[13:01] <@Sylocat: (I know, what a strange concept!)
[13:01] <@Sylocat: (one theme song for a complete anime?)
[13:01] <@Sylocat: Ah yes, she's still torn up about Amano
[13:01] <mere_oblivion: Cool! Any way to find it online (mp3)?
[13:01] <@Sylocat: Even though Van is a literal angel
[13:02] <@Sylocat: Well, for me, the opening is inseparable from the visuals
[13:02] <@Sylocat: Ah, Merle is guarding his secret
[13:02] <@Sylocat: Whoa, the feathers glow?
[13:02] <@Sylocat: Ah, her powers let her see the memories attached to the feather, I'd forgotten that
[13:02] <@Sylocat: Meanwhile, on Allen's ship...
[13:03] <@Sylocat: "scare Zaibach?" How will that scare Zaibach?
[13:03] <mere_oblivion: Shit! They're here half an hour early. I'll be back ASAP! (Again, Shit!)
[13:03] <@Sylocat: dang
[13:03] <@Sylocat: I'll hold down the fort
[13:03] <@Sylocat: Of course Millerna's coming on her own
[13:04] <@Sylocat: This show actually calls guys out when they're being Chivalrous™
[13:04] <@Sylocat: Ah, and Mole Man's with her
[13:04] <@Sylocat: (though of course it's her love for Allen that's driving her... but still)
[13:05] <@Sylocat: Whoa, who is she hearing?
[13:05] <@Sylocat: Aaaaand she's back in Fanelia
[13:05] <@Sylocat: Ooh, this flashback
[13:05] <@Sylocat: I'd forgotten this as well
[13:06] <@Sylocat: Yeah, Van? Your wings were kind of underdeveloped back then...
[13:06] <@Sylocat: Ah, a flashback to Balgus
[13:06] <@Sylocat: That's quite a moustache on the king
[13:07] <@Sylocat: Ah, right, Van's mother was a Siren/Angel thingy
[13:07] <@Sylocat: ...In any other anime, Van's dad would have been killed right then
[13:08] <@Sylocat: (so, is the moral here "mysterious beautiful women AREN'T all backstabbing succubi?" That's a refreshing change from most fantasy stories
[13:09] <@Sylocat: Aww, this flashback is so sweet
[13:09] <@Sylocat: Dang, this episode is good
[13:10] <@Sylocat: D'awww
[13:10] <@Sylocat: Ah, Van's father died BEFORE his mom? That's another novelty in this genre
[13:11] <@Sylocat: Ooh... is Van's mother still alive? I can't remember
[13:11] <@Sylocat: Or is she one of those ghosts from the opening credits and Hitomi will meet her in a vision? (I honestly can't remember)
[13:11] <@Sylocat: Hitomi is offended at being compared to Merle
[13:12] <@Sylocat: Ahaha... Evil Emperor Dornkirk wears curlers in his giant beard
[13:12] <@Sylocat: And that's some impressive steampunk... thing
[13:13] <@Sylocat: Oops, here comes Dilandau
[13:13] <@Sylocat: How did Dilandau know where they... oh, was that Dornkirk seeing where he was going?
[13:13] <@Sylocat: Come on, Hitomi, just scan for them like you did before
[13:13] <@Sylocat: There she goes
Part II:
Delete[13:14] <mere_oblivion: Back again and fresh as a daisy. And because i had the brain not to push pause, I should be right where UR. In the woods? "Van! Straight ahead!"
[13:14] <@Sylocat: Is he going to block the fire jet with his sword? It's not even a magic sword
[13:14] <@Sylocat: Wait, Dilandau is telling his men to try not to kill someone? He's mellowed out between episodes
[13:15] <mere_oblivion: Dilandau'sa fine one to say Stop spouting nonsense!
[13:15] <@Sylocat: Indeed
[13:15] <@Sylocat: What is he... of course, they can't use their stealth cloaks in flight, and when they land, the water gives their positions away
[13:15] <@Sylocat: But... Van, you're still outnumbered ten to one
[13:16] <@Sylocat: Whoa, his sword melts and turns into a tentacle?
[13:16] <@Sylocat: Uh, Folken, might want to hurry up...
[13:16] <@Sylocat: AH! I'd forgotten how he got out of this one
[13:17] <mere_oblivion: "This was meant to happen." As usual, pure bunk when a bad guy says it.
[13:17] <@Sylocat: Allen to the rescue
[13:17] <@Sylocat: Why not just go for the Energists? That's how you disable them
[13:18] <@Sylocat: Ooh, some Pacific Rm action here
[13:18] <@Sylocat: Oh shit
[13:18] <@Sylocat: Allen took a claw for her
[13:18] <@Sylocat: The plot thickens
[13:18] <mere_oblivion: He DOES care.
[13:19] <@Sylocat: Oh, a Freid convoy, I thought Folken had arrived
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[13:19] <@Sylocat: It looks bad...
[13:19] <@Sylocat: Ah yes, I think I remember how they save him...
[13:19] <Arrlaari: Hey, I'm late, was up until 4am local time last night
[13:19] <@Sylocat: Here she is
[13:20] <@Sylocat: Dang
[13:20] <Arrlaari: ah, you're already watching
[13:20] <@Sylocat: Yeah... it's almost over
[13:20] <mere_oblivion: Howdy, Arrlaari.
[13:20] <mere_oblivion: Ah-ha, damsel rescues hunk-in-distress!
[13:21] <@Sylocat: I do like how this inverts the usual gender-based tropes
[13:21] <Arrlaari: Well, I guess I'll get to it later
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[13:21] <@Sylocat: And it's over now
[13:22] <mere_oblivion: Great ending.
[13:22] <@Sylocat: I was about to suggest that Arrlaari could start at 1:30 and I could start over and join him/her
[13:22] <mere_oblivion: Hope we didn't hurt A's feelings by going ahead.
[13:22] <@Sylocat: But oh well...
[13:22] <@Sylocat: I'll copy-paste this
I was 20 minutes late and still sleepy, so I went back to bed after I left the chat.
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I can't tell how much of that flash back was vision vs. Hitomi visualizing Vaan telling her stuff.
Dilandau shouted one of the goons' names like he gave a fuck.
Somehow mole guy makes encouraging Millerna to apply the learning she pursued of her own will to save her love's life sound like a shady deal. I guess it doesn't help that he sounds exactly like the Mephistopheles-alike in D-Gray Man.