Magical Girl Project: Pesky Definitions
Mar. 13th, 2012 08:15 pm![[personal profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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frillsofjustice, sailorptah raised the question of what defines a show as a member of the Magical Girl genre. I offered my take on the subject here. In short, I said that a Magical Girl show is one where a) the heroine has two identities, one magical and one non-magical, b) which she must keep separate and secret, and c) the Law of Drama ensures that the heroine is frequently threatened with being unmasked, resulting in lots of dramatic tension.
frillsofjustice, sailorptah raised the question of what defines a show as a member of the Magical Girl genre. I offered my take on the subject here. In short, I said that a Magical Girl show is one where a) the heroine has two identities, one magical and one non-magical, b) which she must keep separate and secret, and c) the Law of Drama ensures that the heroine is frequently threatened with being unmasked, resulting in lots of dramatic tension.
