Yes, I admit it - I stole the subject of this post from a comment made by kay_cricketed, because it absolutely rules, not to mention is a veritable statement of truth and enlightenment shining in the fog of my cluttered little existence. Thanks, Kay - your turns of phrase are an inspiration and a source of guidance to us all.

This phrase reminds me of one fact which I occasionally lose sight of courtesey of the extremely pleasurably distracting experience which goes by the name of Ken Hidaka, all-consuming obsession for - my fondness for Rociel hasn't actually gone anywhere. It's still there, oh yes it is. It's just not quite as noticeable as it used to be, largely because Ken has gotten well and truly in the way, not that I mind this one little bit. Gotta admit it, though: I still love Rociel with a capital LOVE - so thanks, Kay, for reminding me of this indubitable fact! There's just something about Rociel which is insanely appealing to me, even if he's nothing like Ken.

Okay, so he's nothing like Ken... well, actually, more accurately, Ken is nothing like Rociel. Ken's the exception to the general rule. I don't normally go for characters like Ken. I don't normally notice characters like Ken (for me this is further proof that Ken Hidaka is Different and Special and should be Adored). Rociel is absolutely typical of the characters I usually flip for, right down to the deceptive fragility and the stunningly beautiful looks and the positively lethal way with cosmetics and the absolutely abysmal hair-trigger temper and the complete, raving insanity. I love everything about Rociel. Seriously. Even the fact that he's a homicidal, genocidal lunatic with a sister complex and one of the most confusing physiological makeups ever known by the world of man (okay, Angel) strikes me as utterly amazingly cool when coupled to Rociel. Who cares if he's psychotic? He's just so pretty, and he looks great when covered in blood (not his own).

Oh, did I mention he was an Angel? And he likes leather? And he has really long hair? I love Rociel.

(Ken, meanwhile, is Ken. He's an absolute sweetheart, he's very cute and oh I adore him for it, but my obsession with him confuses the hell out of me. I normally go for Rociel types. Ken is not a Rociel type, but for some reason I just can't work out I'm obsessed with him. Oh well, at least he has a hell of a temper in his own right and a barely repressed psychotic streak, for all he's not ridiculously powerful with it - and he also looks pretty damn cool when spattered with blood which is not his own - so I guess it's not completely out of character for me to decide that he's very much to my taste.)

These days, I suspect that I will never be a candidate for Christianity. Angel Sanctuary has utterly ruined me for Christianity. I can't even sit in a church without my mind drifting off and my losing myself in pretty, chaotic, blood-spattered Rociel thoughts. The higher the church, the more likely this is to happen. It doesn't help that most of the characters have names taken from Christian mythology. It doesn't help that most of them are hardly shining and exemplary examples of Christian virtue. The Angels in this thing are no better than the Demons (still, at least they're no worse - in all fairness, it's hard to say whether the Angels in Angel Sanctuary are a bigger bunch of whacked out, fucked up, bloodthirsty bastards than the Demons are. I think they're all as bad as each other, personally, but in different ways) Except Katan, and even Katan is a mass murderer with nice taste in handguns. Oh, but he's absolutely adorable with it, so I forgive him. It's impossible not to forgive Katan everything.

(Oh, and you must never say the word 'Lucifer' in front of an Angel Sanctuary fangirl. Ever. Even if, as demons go, I prefer Mad Hatter. I just do, okay? Mad Hatter is great. You gotta love the style!)

Too bad Rociel and his general kick-ass coolness really wasn't remotely what I intended to talk about tonight. I was going to talk about researching STDs for a college presentation, and the paternalistic attitudes taken by some commentators talking about them, and the differences between conservative and liberal methodology for controlling their spread. And why the conservative methodology for controlling said spread is stupid. And why it doesn't make sense to assume that keeping children uninformed about sex will stop them from going and finding out about it first-hand, so to speak. Oh. And dyeing my hair.

Still, all things considered I think this update was probably rather better for mentioning none of those things in favor of concentrating almost exclusively on the beauty and lunacy that is Rociel. Certainly it was a lot more fun to write, left me in a better mood and got me to listen to 'Sanctus' again. Therefore, this update was Better, so who cares if it was also utterly stupid and socially irrelevant?

Rociel for Prime Minister!