Say you're a geek, finally tying the knot with your beloved (who is also a geek). What could be better than having a nerdy wedding with a Portal and Revolutionary Girl Utena theme?
This one goes under "Awwwwww" for the week: Data analyst Anli and her girlfriend Laura (a public servant) might not have been able to legally marry each other down in Australia, but it's the thought that counts, isn't it? And frankly, I don't think a ceremony like this one can be called anything but a wedding.
The duo were married last month in New South Wales, and decided to eschew some of the more traditional wedding activities in favor of others - they kept the bouquets, the bridesmaids, and the (very, very pretty) dresses, but went full-on geek for the other stuff, as seen on Offbeat Bride:
Because our wedding was so small, we skipped having a dance floor and invited guests to games of Lupus In Tabula after dinner. Our cake and bonbon were companion-cube shaped. We played Rock Band instead of having a Hens Night. And we walked down the aisle to an obscure piece of music from [Revolutionary Girl Utena].
Congrats to the happy couple, but I have just one question: If this was, in fact, a Revolutionary Girl Utena wedding, did one of them turn into a sports car and drive the other away from a repressive world of responsibility and tradition in a really trippy sequence of symbolism that nobody ever understands until it's explained to them?
...yeah, don't ask. You're probably better off not knowing.
Hmmm, well I always thought Revolutionary Girl Utena (including the movie and it's seperate universe) was fairly straightforward with it's symbolism and such.
That said I think they have generally the right idea. See, in my mind a marriage is mostly about about the comittment of the people involved, and whether or not the community is going to accept the people involved as sexually off limits.
In general I oppose the legal recognition of gay marriage for reasons seperate from my general thoughts on homosexuality (where I generally don't have an issue with Lesbians, but I've gone through this on other threads and there is no point to retread it here). In general the legal recognition of a marriage comes with a lot of benefits in the form of tax breaks and the like which are given under the presumption that they will be raising a family/having children. This will not be the case with a same sex couple unless they adopt (which is a whole differant issue). For most gay couples this basically amounts to free money just for being gay.
We can argue these points, I realize that. However I'm mostly posting this because I think this shows a positive example that a homosexual couple CAN bond and "marry" without the goverment legally recognizing it. The benefits for married couples in Australia are unknown to me, but I'd imagine there are some if there is opposition to legal recognition.
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Oh and if your talking about the Utena TV series "Anthy" could always stab "Utena" in the back for not being a boy during the climactic encounter. Not quite as lezzie-romantic despite some of the innuendo as the movie version. :P
You're right, that IS absolutely adorable. I just wish it legally counted as a real wedding, these two ladies sound like they definitely deserve that much.
Pretty neat, I bet the ceremony was a boatload of fun, though I am not aware of Revolutionary Girl Utena, beyond looking it up and seeing there was a Sega Saturn game and a manga or whatever, and the cake looks pretty neat but I feel like I've seen a lot of other companion-cube cakes around.
Therumancer: Hmmm, well I always thought Revolutionary Girl Utena (including the movie and it's seperate universe) was fairly straightforward with it's symbolism and such.
That said I think they have generally the right idea. See, in my mind a marriage is mostly about about the comittment of the people involved, and whether or not the community is going to accept the people involved as sexually off limits.
In general I oppose the legal recognition of gay marriage for reasons seperate from my general thoughts on homosexuality (where I generally don't have an issue with Lesbians, but I've gone through this on other threads and there is no point to retread it here). In general the legal recognition of a marriage comes with a lot of benefits in the form of tax breaks and the like which are given under the presumption that they will be raising a family/having children. This will not be the case with a same sex couple unless they adopt (which is a whole differant issue). For most gay couples this basically amounts to free money just for being gay.
We can argue these points, I realize that. However I'm mostly posting this because I think this shows a positive example that a homosexual couple CAN bond and "marry" without the goverment legally recognizing it. The benefits for married couples in Australia are unknown to me, but I'd imagine there are some if there is opposition to legal recognition.
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Oh and if your talking about the Utena TV series "Anthy" could always stab "Utena" in the back for not being a boy during the climactic encounter. Not quite as lezzie-romantic despite some of the innuendo as the movie version. :P
So in your opinion marriage is just a dark form of social engineering. I can get behind that thought.
awesome I'd love to attend a wedding like that, this one made want ot get out my old plushie again and give id a good nice hug, h3ll with age, I'm going to do it... *walks away from computer*
Say you're a geek, finally tying the knot with your beloved (who is also a geek). What could be better than having a nerdy wedding with a Portal and Revolutionary Girl Utena theme?
This one goes under "Awwwwww" for the week: Data analyst Anli and her girlfriend Laura (a public servant) might not have been able to legally marry each other down in Australia, but it's the thought that counts, isn't it? And frankly, I don't think a ceremony like this one can be called anything but a wedding.
The duo were married last month in New South Wales, and decided to eschew some of the more traditional wedding activities in favor of others - they kept the bouquets, the bridesmaids, and the (very, very pretty) dresses, but went full-on geek for the other stuff, as seen on Offbeat Bride:
Because our wedding was so small, we skipped having a dance floor and invited guests to games of Lupus In Tabula after dinner. Our cake and bonbon were companion-cube shaped. We played Rock Band instead of having a Hens Night. And we walked down the aisle to an obscure piece of music from [Revolutionary Girl Utena].
Congrats to the happy couple, but I have just one question: If this was, in fact, a Revolutionary Girl Utena wedding, did one of them turn into a sports car and drive the other away from a repressive world of responsibility and tradition in a really trippy sequence of symbolism that nobody ever understands until it's explained to them?
...yeah, don't ask. You're probably better off not knowing.
Congratulations to them, and the wedding cake looks great.
There's a nice quote from a movie that would fit in well with "it's the thought that counts." I even forgot the name of the movie, but it had Kevin Smith in it and a few other cast members from Clerks.
SharPhoe: You're right, that IS absolutely adorable. I just wish it legally counted as a real wedding, these two ladies sound like they definitely deserve that much.
It does? It's Australia.
edit: Ok, disregard that. Apparently I was talking out of my ass.
Somewhere, in some dark chamber, GlaDOS sits, seething at the fact that not only is the cake not a lie, but its a companion cube! ...so delicious and moist... But two thumbs up to this couple showing imagination and ingenuity, while also respecting a beautiful rite of joining. (And to all you people that just wanna say, but they aint really married because it wasn't legal: Stick it in your ear. Government has no place in matrimony in its deepest down basic sense as far as I am concerned.) I wish the lovely couple many decades of joy and happiness. Geek On!
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Say you're a geek, finally tying the knot with your beloved (who is also a geek). What could be better than having a nerdy wedding with a Portal and Revolutionary Girl Utena theme?
This one goes under "Awwwwww" for the week: Data analyst Anli and her girlfriend Laura (a public servant) might not have been able to legally marry each other down in Australia, but it's the thought that counts, isn't it? And frankly, I don't think a ceremony like this one can be called anything but a wedding.
The duo were married last month in New South Wales, and decided to eschew some of the more traditional wedding activities in favor of others - they kept the bouquets, the bridesmaids, and the (very, very pretty) dresses, but went full-on geek for the other stuff, as seen on Offbeat Bride:
Congrats to the happy couple, but I have just one question: If this was, in fact, a Revolutionary Girl Utena wedding, did one of them turn into a sports car and drive the other away from a repressive world of responsibility and tradition in a really trippy sequence of symbolism that nobody ever understands until it's explained to them?
...yeah, don't ask. You're probably better off not knowing.
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