Archimage Banner by Judy Justice

The art for the Archimage banner
is by Archimage reader Judy Justice!
Isn't it fantastic?

Would you like to donate to this site? See the main page for the link.

Constructive criticism, cheers, and slavish devotion are readily accepted at utena@mindspring.com!

Would You Like to Help Illustrate Archimage?
I plan to create a downloadable PDF of the final story so that folks can print it for themselves if they like (I've had several requests). I'd love it if I could flesh it out with illustrations. All I can offer in return is my heartfelt gratitude, attribution, and links to your web pages. But think of the fame! :)

UPDATED for part 12! For those of you interested, here is a PDF version of all of Archimage so far (Parts 1-12). It's an early version of the template, with no cleanup and few of the emphases put in, but it should let you see what it will look like. There's no art in it yet, but I'm going to try to get some time to do some art placement in the near future. Enjoy!



Disclaimer:
I don't own Shoujo Kakumei Utena. The series and movie, along with all the characters and concepts, belong to Chiho Saito, Be-Papas, and a variety of other corporate entities. The bits here that don't belong to them are mine. Please don't post this story without permission, steal it, or otherwise claim that it was written by someone other than Jude McLaughlin.



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Dreambook

Archimage, n [\ar ke maj\ (rhyming with rage)[derived fr. Gk archioriginal, primary + magos wizard - Webster's] 1: the Original Witch within 2: Power/Powers of Be-ing within all women and all Biophilic creatures 3: Active Potency of Hags 4: Metaphor pointing toward Metabeing, in which all Elemental Life participates.
(From Wickedary.com, Websters' First New Intergalactic Wickedary of the English Language. Conjured by Mary Daly, in cahoots with Jane Caputi, hacked by Madrid Tennant.)

Archimage, Archimagus, n. [NL.; pref. archi- + L. magus, Gr. , a Magian.]
1. The high priest of the Persian Magi, or worshipers of fire.
2. A great magician, wizard, or enchanter. Spenser.
(From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1913. )

This is a Shoujo Kakumei Utena fan fiction, set After Ohtori. Contains spoilers galore for anyone who hasn't seen the entire series, and a few (hopefully) fun references for people who have seen the movie.

Acknowledgements

This story wouldn't keep happening except for the feedback and encouragement of everyone who has written to me and told me how much they enjoy this work-in-progress.

We would like to dedicate Part 13 of Archimage to Sailor Doc, who never lost faith.

I want to thank Bara no hitomi, my wife and companion and best friend, for her tireless editing, commentary, and suggestions for changes and additions, as well as her steadily increasing involvement in the actual writing of the story. Without her, Parts 5 through 12 would not have been possible, and she has certainly written at least half of part 13.

Fan Art for Archimage

I agree with other fanfic writers that fan art is, I think, one of the highest forms of compliment that anyone can pay a writer. I get a kick out of all praise, certainly, but there's a special thrill when I open my mailbox and find beautiful stuff in it, all apparently inspired by my writing.

Please, please, please: if you like the art, tell the artist so! In most cases, I've given you either the artist's email or their website as a link. Artists want and need feedback as much as writers! Thanks!


Please note: If you'd like to see a full-sized version of most of these pieces, you can do that by going to the picture, removing the word "size" from the URL, and doing whatever you do to go to that URL (press return, etc.).

Wallpaper

I was playing around in Photoshop one day, and this came out. The art is Judy Justice's. (If I get more full-length stuff, I'm sure I could manage to play around and create more and different -- hint hint!)

  • Archimage Juri Wallpaper (orange theme)
  • Archimage Juri Wallpaper (green theme)