On Mon, 25 Mar 1996, Ranma al'Thor <ranma@falcon.cc.ukans.edu> wrote:

This is a bit of an oddball story...It's unfinished...I'm trying to
decide whether to finish it...

	Yea verily finish it!

That's as far as I've gotten....I do have a casting list worked out, with
its own twisted logic...Take a look and let me know what ya think:

Uther     =
Igraine   =

	Queen Serenity.

Merlin    = Artemis
Vivian    = Luna           <Vivian is the Lady of the Lake who raised
                            Lancelot and gave Excalibur to Arthur.>

Nimue     = Miss Haruna :) <I'm open to better suggestions...I really
                            couldn't come up with a better idea...She's
                            the one who trapped Merlin in the tree/cavern>

	In most modern retellings of the saga, Vivian and Nimue are
combined (c.f. Mary Stewart's "The Crystal Cave", "The Hollow Hills", and
"The Last Enchantment")  The redone story suggests that Merlin dies, and
Nimue, his lover and pupil, puts him in a Crystal Cave as a tomb, or
something like that, and is thus heir to all Merlin's wisdom.  (c.f.
Steinbeck's unfinished retelling of the Arthurian saga for an early
version.)

Gawaine   = Prisma         <Chosen because the first four here are full
Gaheris   = Avery           brothers...Mordred is their half brother--
Gareth    = Birdy           Arthur and Morgawse were his parents.>
Agravaine = Catsy
Mordred   = Hotaru

	Erm ... does this mean that Zoisite and Rei are Hotaru's parents
this time through?
	Casting Gawaine, one of the major figures of the cycle as a whole,
with Prisma ... I dunno.  On the other hand, I also can't think of any
other appropriate characters in the series ...

Elaine    = Motoki         <Suggestions here...Elaine was Galahad's mother
Dame                        who seduced Lancelot by impersonating Guenevere
Brisen    = Unazuki :)      with Dame Brisen's magic...I chose Motoki because
Galahad   = Chiba-Usa       he at least had vague romantic connections to
                            Usagi, but other suggestions eagerly taken.>

	Ermmmm ... I hope you're willing to deal with the subject matter
of Motoki essentially raping Usagi if you do this.  You might want to have
it be Demand of the Black Moon Kingdom in that case ...

Chris Davies.