Contemporary Culture
Due to the absence in nature of blue roses they have come to symbolise mystery and longing to attain the impossible with some cultures go so far as to say that the holder of a blue rose will have his wishes granted. Rudyard Kipling has penned poems about blue roses. They have also featured in numerous Japanese anime animations such as Paradise Kiss and Blood+. Blue roses have also been used as symbols in films (Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me and The Thief of Baghdad) and television (the Wedding For Disaster episode of The Simpsons). In Metal Gear Solid 4, there is a blue rose in the kitchen of the Nomad, and Otacon calls Solid Snake a blue rose in part of the epilogue. Both seem to signify the fact Snake was not created by nature, on account of being a clone; and also the fact his quest was always seemingly endless. In the Tennessee Williams' play The Glass Menagerie, one of the main characters is nicknamed "Blue Roses" after another character misheard her say "pleurosis".
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