On Sat, 27 Dec 1997, Elsa Bibat wrote:

She hated Crystal Tokyo.

Hated it with every bone in her body.

She watched as each person walked by with that
mindless look in their eyes. 

What is the use of a paradise without freedom ?

[Snip various stuff]

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There it goes.          

If you hated it, let me smoke one cigarette and put on
a blindfold before you start shooting.

[hands you a blindfold and a cigarette]  Here you go :)

I like the idea of the Champion having to fight law to restore Chaos for
once, however, I think Crystal Tokyo is more likely to be a reflection of
Tanelorn than a place of utter, mindless law.  Unless, of course, this is
some time later than Usagi's reign when things could have changed.  Usagi
is far too chaotic a person to create a time of unstoppable law and
mind-control.  Extremely dark Crystal Tokyos annoy me because they're not
Crystal Tokyo.  It's supposed to be a bright, shiny place, and while
nothing can stop someone from reshaping  it to fit their story needs, it
feels contrary to the spirit to of the series to me to make it a dark
utopia.  It's the dream of a better future, not a nightmare.  

I think it would also benefit the story if the main character wasn't
nameless.  While the Eternal champion has ties to many past and future
selves, he/she is never solely the sum of those pasts.  A name and some
idea of what this person looks like would help.

(Mike Doherty, is, of course, free to disagree :))



  John Biles
"That religion should be relegated to solitude in such an age is, then,
paradoxical.  But it is also dangerous for two reasons.  In the first
place, when the modern world says to us aloud, "You may be religious when
you are alone," it adds under its breath, "and I will see to it that you
are never alone."......The Christian is called, not to individualism, but
to membership in the mystical body."

CS Lewis, Membership <An address to the Society of St. Alban and St.
Sergius>