In Regards to
Molly Brown's Ruella in Love
6 April 1999
This seemed to be the story of a "typical" teenage girl. Odd about how she was "twice married and still a virgin". I can't recall if that was ever clarified? Childhood sweethearts perhaps?
The interest in hair and whether the Lord of Darkness was "cute" seemed typically girly. I would not agree that men don't use the word cute, but cute definately seems to imply attractive without being sexy.
Along that line, it seemed typical that when the Lord of Darkness showed a requisition of her feelings, she got scared off and no longer wanted anything to do with him.
This story definately reflected "girl power" or "girl culture" in much the same way as "Death Swatch". In fact, the circumstances of each tale complemented the other quite nicely, being as the other was of a woman who was receiving unwanted attention from the Grim Lord (who equates easily enough in my mind with the Lord of Darkness).
I don't know anything about Spacegirls so I can't comment on the simularity or lack thereof.
Women and girls, in particular, are definately a powerful economic group. Even if men do earn a greater percentage of the world's wealth, women and children have ways of emotionally blackmailing lovers and parents into making purchases on their behalf. Woman in this country are especially despicable for this and I see all too many of them all too often as being whores without the virtue of honesty.
I didn't really equate Ruella's maid with Death, only with the undead. I usually think of Death as having no flesh what-so-ever and I didn't get the impression that Ruella would be so powerful as to have the Grim Reaper for a maid.
I didn't think of this story in terms of "Adam's Family" or "Munsters" since it was just about the girl and her servants. It wasn't about her entire family. Besides, the girl seemed to "normal" (i.e. as normal as today's adolescent "goths" fawning over Marilyn Manson) compared to the casts of either show.