Trinity Blood drabble: Tovarăşi

[narcasse]

Post-István/Saint Esther arc. Esther's retrospective. Touches of shojo-ai.

Tovarăşi

Disclaimer: Trinity Blood belongs to Sunao Yoshida, Gonzo and others.

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It’s only in retrospect that she can see her, through the soft focus lens of the past that she can say they were friends. And they were, for a brief moment.
They were comrades. Tovarăşi even, though it was never explicitly said. Which perhaps still doesn’t explain the nature of her memory, a specific memory of that dark time. For if they were comrades, merely fellow soldiers why then does her heart feel so full and also empty at the memory of that smiling face?

It makes her wonder if at last she knows how the Count of Memphis feels.

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Tovarăşi is the plural of tovarăş.

Comments

[reichsfreiherr.livejournal.com]

I didn’t care much for Pip until he died, I suspect. After he’d died then that pairing actually made sense to me. My first exposure to Hellsing was the anime quite a while ago and I do remember spending the first episode marginally uninterested until ‘that Hellsing chap’ turned up. Then I found out that Integra was a woman and that didn’t make any difference to my response to things but I’d presume that that’s the general reaction to her most of the time anyway.

The fandom is so lame some fans argued about it even after Alucard declared himself Dracula!

Tell me that was at least before the flashback to the alternative ending of Stoker’s novel, or what was probably meant to be Murad II doing highly out of character things to a younger Vlad or his final release state where he seems to declare a desire to marry Integra by naming her Countess already? If it is pre all those things I could understand that even the fact of ‘Alucard’ being Dracula backwards might not necessarily be all that indicative since it’s the name of the famed vampire count and tends to get used everywhere. Heck, technically, calling himself the son of the Dragon might even have indicated that he wasn’t Vlad but Radu or even Mircea. But after all the evidence it would be a little silly to keep arguing for those alternatives.

I’ve never seen Gunslinger Girl and I’m not terribly sure that the descriptor of cyborg loli assassins for the Italian government will necessarily prompt me to want to watch it but it would be nice to see a balance between all the fast paced action and what the characters do in between all that action as well. Though presumably characters like Alucard simply sit in a basement being bored between missions, for years at a time. And he’s not the sort to simply fade out of the story quietly with no explosive drama surrounding that anyway.

[sir-hellsing.livejournal.com]

I've liked Pip since he appeared but in volume 6 and 7 he interested me (he... seemed competent with field tactics *gasps* while nobody in Hellsing, even Major or Integra, grasped THIS).

But I like how Pip and Seras are a complete being together. Animu-Anima combination in a literal sense.

Integra always gets those reactions. She's well-liked for her androgyny and authority, although I consider Alucard more androgynous than her. He turns, literally, into a young girl.

Tell me that was at least before the flashback to the alternative ending of Stoker’s novel, or what was probably meant to be Murad II doing highly out of character things to a younger Vlad or his final release state where he seems to declare a desire to marry Integra by naming her Countess already?

Who wouldn't want to marry Integra? *g* It was a little before that, actually. Also there is a flashback of his defeat by Abraham but it's kept vague (chapter 89) that came a little after that. But he was declaring himself Dracula while calling forth Wallachia (I know it should be Tara Romanesca) armies from his... coffin? Maxwell is like "Wallachia's army? But those were... Your own men, monster!"

I, myself, don't think that was Murac in the rape either. It has a cross patterned stole he wore. He didn't dress like a Sultan.

Though presumably characters like Alucard simply sit in a basement being bored between missions, for years at a time. And he’s not the sort to simply fade out of the story quietly with no explosive drama surrounding that anyway.

He was pretty quiet when he disappeared. Integra was the one screaming/crying out. But who knows, he may return. It's ironic Alucard was beaten by Schrödinger.

Gunslinger Girl is pretty good. I have seen only the first season. The art is high quality, there's a lot of drama and moral questions, not much of a plot but a strong emphasis on the girls' lives. I'm reluctant to watch the second season because the art is more "generic." This is the opening. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=xEMjq9VpBSE)

[reichsfreiherr.livejournal.com]

I haven’t yet read The Dawn but what I did see of it seemed to involve a walking coffin so I wasn’t quite certain I wanted to give it a go just yet. He’s literally a girl there though and not just prey to a different concept of masculinity that a Western European audience?

I don’t know about marrying Integra but if I was an overpowered vampire I certainly know whose dog I’d like to be.

I, myself, don't think that was Murac in the rape either. It has a cross patterned stole he wore. He didn't dress like a Sultan.

That scene always strikes me as a really odd one. I know that it’s a device for upping the angst and giving him a reason to become a monster but it always struck me as rather gratuitous and completely random. Though this being Hellsing gratuitous really seems to be the way to do things and it’s not as if Rip has it any better.

I’m presuming that Alucard has to come back with some great revelation about himself as a result of that but if he can see down the paths of all those lives he’s taken he’s got a fair chance of resolving his own issues by comparison. Not in the sense that other people have had it worse but by way of allowing him to view those other possibilities and responses to said possibilities. Note to self: must find time to write alternative ending to Hellsing that leaves him chained up in a basement in Albion until Isaak finds him and dubs him Reißzahn.

The environment design in that intro does seem rather charming. I might well have to talk a look at the series sometimes, if only to see how it’s all put together.

[sir-hellsing.livejournal.com]

He’s literally a girl there though and not just prey to a different concept of masculinity that a Western European audience?

Literally. His gender is "mistaken/given" in canon and Hirano said he could turn into a girl and maybe did it because Arthur liked to go out with him in that shape (further confirming the non platonic nature of master/servant ties between Hellsings and Alucard *g* It's a family tradition to keep up!).

The rape didn't bother me. It seemed to illustrate how much Vlad kept the faith. Also gave him a vulnerable side that was refreshing.

If he returns, IMO, he'll come back to a) Die. b) Live as human. He didn't want to continue his existence as a monster/vampire; what better chance than recover your lost humanity in the land his vampirism doesn't exist (and he could, arguably, acknowledge his existence as a man). Or maybe Isaak IS Alucard. He certainly looks like him... and Integra. The gloves & shadows don't help either.

I like the atmosphere the best. It's slow and dazzling for a series with cyborg killer lolies, there is nothing gratious and fanservice like. The themes are disturbing and are addressed as disturbing and not cutesy. The focus is put in the girls' adaptation to their roles, their connections with their former life and their different relationships with their Fratellos (the handlers assigned to oversee them). Those range totally different depending of the girl and the Fratello.

[reichsfreiherr.livejournal.com]

Or maybe Isaak IS Alucard.

I’ve actually had a crack at writing that already (http://imperial-artist.livejournal.com/465893.html#cutid2). Though I’ve been doing things like this (http://imperial-artist.livejournal.com/482216.htm) and this (http://imperial-artist.livejournal.com/504204.html) anyway.

I’ve actually watched the first episode now and from first impressions I’m really quite impressed. Right from the start even silent scenes like the girl being focused on dismantling and reassembling her gun where the view cuts from her handling the gun to the fact that she’s so young that her feet don’t touch the floor were suitably disturbing. Thank you for the recommendation, it looks like it’s going to be a wonderful antidote to the fact that I got bored of Red Garden quite quickly.

[sir-hellsing.livejournal.com]

Ohhh. I'll read soon.

That scene, yes. *shudders* There is something quietly disturbing in GG and they portray this in such subtle, professional way. I like how realistic all seems even with the cyborg little girls theme.

And I found...

[sir-hellsing.livejournal.com]

GG English trailer. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=AL9DQXrwmF4) *winces* The Voice acting is painful (watch the original), but it's a nice intro to the series.