When it comes to characterization, there is more to it than the way a character looks, speaks, and behaves. As with real people, there is also the matter of how they dress and what objects they use throughout the story.
To foster awareness, appreciation, and discussion of queer sequential art and its creators
To become an educational resource of queer experiences, storytelling, and critical theory
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When it comes to characterization, there is more to it than the way a character looks, speaks, and behaves. As with real people, there is also the matter of how they dress and what objects they use throughout the story.
Underneath the magic and fabulous outfits, magical girl stories are about girls and women finding their place in the world as they deal with their day-to-day as students, develop relationships and friendships, and discover their identity through the trials set before them.
Was this necessary when just moments before Captain Alleyne explicitly offered Regent Ri’an to whisk them away? For the Ri’an, it made all the difference in the world.