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Fanart: Rodney no Monogatari - The cover of a picture-book
This is my entry for The SGA Asian Costume Fanart Challenge Thing. Isn't it embarrassing to miss my own deadline? I hope it is still the 18th in some part of the world...
WARNING: Rodney dressed as an onnagata (male Japanese Kabuki actor who interprets a woman) and slashy implications (Rodney/John and Rodney/Ronon) PG-13.
This is the cover of a popular ancient e-hon (picture book) called Rodney no Monogatari. It tells the story of the onnagata Rodney who became a popular kabuki player because of his precise acting, unusual colored hair and expressive eyes. He was bought from a chinese merchant(who claimed he was the survivor of a ship wreck) at an early age because of his unusual blue eyes and blond hair.
Rodney rose to a prominent role in the theater because of his skill and because Lady Teyla was a great fan of his work. He later acquired Lord Ronon as a patron in exchange for certain bed-room related favors.
The picture book tells of the affair Rodney had with his fellow kabuki player John and how this conflicted with his duty to Lord Ronon and how the other courtiers distrusted him for his unusual appearance and directness.
Unfortunately the only surviving piece is the cover, featuring Rodney and John in kabuki roles, although other pieces of the book might yet be found.
I hope I got the Kanji right (I don't have my kanji dictionary with me right now) and I wrote Rodney in kana according to me, I have no idea what the "official" version of his name in Japanese is.
I used pictures found googling "Kabuki" as reference.
I'm back home from my England vacation. I had a great time at the Pegasus 2 convention (and will post a complete report soon). All the people I met were wonderful, David Hewlett is cuddly and I can't wait to go to another one. Also, England is beautiful and wonderful to visit.
WARNING: Rodney dressed as an onnagata (male Japanese Kabuki actor who interprets a woman) and slashy implications (Rodney/John and Rodney/Ronon) PG-13.
This is the cover of a popular ancient e-hon (picture book) called Rodney no Monogatari. It tells the story of the onnagata Rodney who became a popular kabuki player because of his precise acting, unusual colored hair and expressive eyes. He was bought from a chinese merchant(who claimed he was the survivor of a ship wreck) at an early age because of his unusual blue eyes and blond hair.
Rodney rose to a prominent role in the theater because of his skill and because Lady Teyla was a great fan of his work. He later acquired Lord Ronon as a patron in exchange for certain bed-room related favors.
The picture book tells of the affair Rodney had with his fellow kabuki player John and how this conflicted with his duty to Lord Ronon and how the other courtiers distrusted him for his unusual appearance and directness.
Unfortunately the only surviving piece is the cover, featuring Rodney and John in kabuki roles, although other pieces of the book might yet be found.
I hope I got the Kanji right (I don't have my kanji dictionary with me right now) and I wrote Rodney in kana according to me, I have no idea what the "official" version of his name in Japanese is.
I used pictures found googling "Kabuki" as reference.
I'm back home from my England vacation. I had a great time at the Pegasus 2 convention (and will post a complete report soon). All the people I met were wonderful, David Hewlett is cuddly and I can't wait to go to another one. Also, England is beautiful and wonderful to visit.
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I'm sorry I haven't replied to anything or done any of the things I promised I would do, it's just things were crazy with university before going to England, then I was *in* England living with friends who got their Interenet from work instead of their homes (the horror!) and now I'm home for a week before heading to a conference in Abu Dahbi (I actually think I missed my laptop more than I missed my mum, but I did have a great time).
I'm glad you liked the fan! I'm especially proud of it! And for once I managed to get Rodney's hand to look *right*!
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Abu Dahbi? I always thought that was made up! I'm glad you had a nice time in England and got to meet DH!
The fan is gorgeous, my old roommate is a huge Japan fan, so I'm going to show this to her tomorrow, she'll love it. ♥