Subject: Yup.
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Posted on: 2015-09-17 23:00:00 UTC

The badge reference is that the founder of the idea of liminality of experience in history was Arnold van Gennep, though the cause was more enthusiastically taken up by Victor Turner, who I've been studying as part of my degree. As for the Arbok thing, that was more a reference to the main character of the show's, er, interesting dynamic with his impromptu serpentine roommate. There are other ones in there, scattered throughout; the emphasis on Japanese culture (mountain shrines being rather common in Shinto and Buddhist traditions) and the idea of being very good friends with your team being a less explicit version of the show's central harem comedy dynamic.

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