Your gentlewoman Catatonia sounds a lot like the Marvel mutant character Lorelei, named for her vocal ability to ensorcel and command others, although initially it was specifically males of intelligent species and not just anybody. The character was named after a Siren in classic literature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorelei and even made her way by name into an episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series, The Lorelei Signal, in which the gentlewomen officers and crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise are in charge of problem-solving the Signal- and do so very effectively- which is affecting the male crew of the Starship.

I was disappointed that Lt. M'Ress was not featured as a guest character in this episode, being the only Caitian on board and a gentlewoman cat-person as well, although I suspect that was because Christine Chapel- voiced by Majel Barrett, as was M'Ress- had a prominent role in the episode and it may not have been in the budget for Majel to provide two major Majel voice acting roles in the same production.

I've heard of the anime called Dangioh in the past but I've never watched an episode of it before, so your mention of it being available for a peek on Youtube led me to go look, and I found a Youtube channel with all sorts of full-length anime goodus, Dangioh included:

https://www.youtube.com/@baddubsdelight5552/videos

-2Paw.

**Giggles!**

I learned that a while later, honey, though I was sort of thinking along the lines of Blackbolt from the Inhumans when I originally worked out the concept. From what I remember, I was inspired by the character I did back as a teenager called "Virgo" who was supposed to be a joke-of-a-character ... big tits and wide-load backside ... but the gang loved her, especially when she stepped up and save us from another jerk of a character named "Repulsor", who was so bad and distasteful that he was jokingly called "Repulsive." This was originally from 2nd edition of Villains and Vigilantes back in 2014 where this creep raped Israfel Vincent, which I was torn in doing the scenario, but one of my friends had been on a rant about women and sexual abuse ... he was against it like most people are, but he inspired me because I wanted people to hate him. The Crushers, the enemies of the Crusaders, had originally hired him to take out the heroes of the group, "The Titans!" I think since everyone was using rolled up characters. Cait and Israfel were fairly rolled up, but Cait was the powerhouse. It would be Hypatia Vincent, Israfel's mom, who was also a superherone from WWII since we were setting the stage for the late 1970s and through the 1980s, to be further inspired by the X-Men 92 Cartoon, who told the group and they were out for blood, especially Cait. But it would be the surprise of the game to hear the evil Mocker, leader of the Crushers, who swore that Repulsor was killed. Years ago, I ran with a group of teenagers who were treating V&V like "Superhero Dungeons and Dragons" ... so when the Crushers were captured, they felt he should be dissected or dismantled. My character, Hypatia, was against it, saying that even as a machine, he was a living being. And convinced the heroes to spare him. Mocker remembered.

Ooo! Nice shout-out to Filmation's classic cartoon and I have that on blu-ray. There's not too much I don't know about the show, but I will look up the wikipedia stuff as the day goes on.

Mm ... I remember that and I have to admit that I thought the same thing, but ... I think since Nichelle Nichols did the voice for Uhura and M'Ress (I think), they thought it might be too much. Remember, my thought on this is that they tried to do these cartoons back then quick and keep the appeal high to keep the TV companies paying them. Now, once again, I could be wrong, but we covered that back in the SCAD classes for animation.

Whoopse, I noticed that you mention Majel Barret and I realized too late that I'm wrong. But them not getting Nichelle Nicoles ... that's most curious. There's no telling to be honest, but something to cogitate.

I got a copy back when the store here in Savannah got it and I was still new to anime, but it was NOT dubbed and a very good episode. Now, later when they released it to DVD, the first episode was pretty much omitted because in the second one they did a rehash because of the length of how long it took for them to get the second one out there after the first was done.

Thanks for the link, but when it comes to the classic anime that I remember from the 1990s, I want the subtitled. Riding Bean was one Animego tried to get me to be part of, but they were only interested in pooling high school kids as I was candidly told by a friend at the company. Robert Woodhead was not wanting to invest too much money, which I get. The Bubblegum Crisis was so bad that I threw my VCR tape into the fire pit outside my trailer.

I suspected you had come across Lorelei in Marvel and entirely likely The Lorelei Signal, and I'm very happy you found The Animated Series on BluRay as I did a few years back. It was Majel Barrett who provided the voice for Lt. M'Ress the Caitian Comms Officer, though I believe Nichelle Nichols (rest in peace, Heart-Aunt Nichelle) provided the vocal talents for a couple of characters besides her role as Nyota Uhura as well. James Doohan provided the voice for Lt. Arex, the Edosian fellow who often handled weapons control alongside Lt. Hikaru Sulu at the helm, and occasionally took the center seat when Kirk was off of the Bridge.

Filmation wasn't deliberately super-frugal with their reuse of animation cels, backgrounds and cut costs- including specific voice actors who were left out of TAS, specifically Walter Koenig's Ensign Pavel Chekov, hence Arex taking that position on the Enterprise bridge- but despite or because of that, they were known for being absurdly shrewd with their budget and production costs as often as they could be. They went on to make He-Man and the Masters of the Universe in the 1980s, and it's not hard to see a contextual and visual similarity between the animation in He-Man and Star Trek: The Animated Series from a decade prior.

2Paw understands entirely that dubbed anime is not your thing; I've heard enough really corny and caricatured voices in English-dubbed Anime, along with dubs that I really do rather like (I'm looking at the two Ghost in the Shell movies, the Hellsing TV series and Macross Plus for my part), oftentimes I like both the original Japanese audio and English dub and pick one or the other when I put in a DVD or BluRay or fire up a Matroska. Although it doesn't take away from the narrative for me, one of the biggest 'Whoops!' English dubbed anime fails is for BAOH, an anime that I really doubt could be made today without being shouted down, and if you're familiar with it I strongly suspect you know some of the reasons why.

I don't think I've ever seen the original Bubblegum Crisis or Crash! outside of the fansubbed Japanese versions, and I am very grateful you've cautioned me against approaching such awfulness, Squeakyfoot Tigress! <3

-2Paw.

Mm ... no, I'm not going to say that I hate or dislike the dubbing. Some of the anime done was pretty good, but often with American versions, they really take some liberal licence when it comes to the translation. A friend of mine has said that since she's living in America and born in Tokyo, Japan, it's easy to feel like she misses a lot when going back and forth in translation. With Streamline back in the day, Carl Masek was sort of an arrogant and yet well-meaning fellow, depending on your outlook. You also had Giant Robo done by US Renditions, if memory serves at 2 am and it was pretty good until they finally came out with the last episode and since the series had transferred from three different American Studios for translation and release, they had to chance voice actors and ... well, being a gal who had bought all three different company's tapes and then seeing that someone else got the entire box set which was so different, it was hard to listen to an enjoy. However, with age comes wisdom and hopefully a sense of just enjoying it for what it is. It's taken me a lot to sit through the last three movies of "Star Wars", but if Disney is going to say, "This is how it is!", well ... I suppose I will try.

It's hard to look at things through the lens of how things are now and see what it was like back when. I remember keeping my sexuality a secret for hearing how many did NOT deal well with it. Me ... wanting to be a teacher meant that I had to put a lot of that aside, but, at the time, Kait and I were close and I was going to say, "So be it!" and be me ... but her passing in 1991 ended all of that. It is the way of things ...

Reading what you are saying about Star Trek's animated series does make me want to try a Saturday Classic Morning of watching that after getting some sleep, but we will see. I'm taking some downtime from the Tabletop Group ... if you have seen the journals, you know this week, especially Thursday was rough on me. But, it also reminds me of those you know ARE your friends, they will step in and help you when you have fallen. Trust me, all of my friends have done this over the years.

With that I'm going to close this comment for the moment, but keep on commenting., honey. I always look forward to your comments like Stephens that I get from time to time when he's able. Charming, alluring, and thoughtful both of you guys are. Thank you for being groovy guys!

I grew up- literally- with the first three Star Wars movies, or rather Episodes IV-VI; I was born late in the year Star Wars: A New Hope was in theatres, but also not long after the first animated The Hobbit by Rankin-Bass came into the world in the same year, so I'm comfortable with that, too.

If I may be so bold and beg your pardon, I think if I were Kait, I would be very happy to know you kept soldiering forth, being and becoming the excellent person you are, and who I have had the privilege of knowing as and calling a beloved friend over the last several years, and sharing our friendship therein.

The part of herself that Kait is enmeshed into you- for every strong, hearty relationship merits such a bond and bonding, not breakable by decession or distance- knows this, as in me a very particular person with whom I was extremely close in the time our lives overlapped, even more strongly in the final 12 years of their physical life, shares space within my heart. And I know they would want that, as Kait would to have her starlight-essence cradled in your person's core.

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"How did this one expire?

"He asked for the Library of Alexandria to be tossed his way, rather than just a book. Wanted to be
thoroughly adjudicate, right? Didn't watch his words, just ended up smashed by 'em. No confidence,
Mum."

"Which book did him in?"

"Flowers For Algernon."

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For if I am to be groovy, I'll set a record every now and then for worth and positive needling. <3

-2Paw.

Just found this and thought there might be a chance that you haven't seen it yet:

Next Generation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jyz2pVqrEkI
Voyager - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luEDui2zAUw

Oh, I am very fond of both of these (and a Kzintosh at the Conn in the TNG Animated Series 'pilot'), and I am likewise happy to viddy them both again! Thank you very kindly for sharing the links and good cheer, SqueakyTigress-friend!

-2Paw,

[b]**Giggles!**[]/b]

Thanks, honey. I'm going to try and get some food here in a bit and probably head back to bed before I pass out again. Someone keeps on tilting the apartment.

Always welcome, Mummer-Of-Squeaks, in both our conversation and company!

I hope you've found some good sleep and restful resting by the time this post meets your viddy; for myself, I got a pawful of hours of good, solid sleep in- the last week or so, even if my sleep has been limited by RL time passed, it's been exceptionally restful- and woke up in the last hour or so.

Even had a small handful of cheddar cheese for breakfast after taking my meds, the first time I've enjoyed some lovely medium cheddar in nearly three weeks. It's definitely the sort of food I don't realize I've missed as much as I have until I've noted its absence in my diet.

As for your apartment, I suspect it will refrain from its silliness by the time you're roused to wake. Gravity, good rest and all that.

"There are two possible actions in the universe: An act of love, or a call for love."

-2Paw.

Working on it, honey. I took a good shot of the NyQuil High Blood Pressure Cold and Flu to handle the sleep tonight, so hopefully I'll be out like a light here soon.

The Original Green Death Flavour: Recommended by at least one Denis Leary!

I'm glad your solution involved both getting a good night's sleep, and having a good night's sleep, and the results thereout. I was asleep for most of Tuesday as well as Monday after I took my meds.

Sometimes that's an aftershock of the sedatives built into my atypical antipsychotic dose but I thankfully had no nightmares, only some reasonably nondescript and stressless dreams, and when I finally woke up on both Monday and Tuesday evening my head and heart was in good shape.

I hope your own was likewise so, and you got enough of the sleep you needed in turn!

-2Paw.

Thanks, honey! I couldn't have done any of this without the support of Superfriends like you!

Aw, 2Paw tries his best to be a good friend to his friends in turn, whom he keeps in mind are very kind to him as well. Least this 2Paw can do, as often as I can.

Also, you tend to make a lot more friends and build friendships with others if you're not a colossal borthole to them; rather that you are kind, for then kindness is becoming.

-2Paw.

**Giggles!**

You and I need to sit down and break bread one evening, honey. The stories I could share about the changes from the 1970s to current, which probably just make you smile. Nevertheless, the fellowship alone would be worth men picking up the tab on that party. Just give me a long-distance ring, please! ❤️