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tempestuously) wrote2006-11-11 01:54 pm
tempestuously) wrote2006-11-11 01:54 pm
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Why are you at my side? How can I be of use to you now?
I have this crazy dream that one day I'll get to wake up, and it won't be because Bro is screaming and cussing his head off. The other day it was about a missing contact, and today it's because he can't get the mud and grass stains out of his clothes and Father won't let him waste any more water washing just a handful of clothes every time. And we were so happy that he finally learned to wash his clothes. Why must he be so obsessive with everything?
Moving along, have I said before how much I love this song? It is my token devotion piece, right up there with "Everything I Do". Insane little me thinks it's fitting for Ty and Nick right before the final battle in Psychosis. The lyrics above are my favorite ones and always choke me up. Of course, they also make me juggle with the concept of "love" that operates around Ty and Nick. It's really hard to explain.
But as we know, the relationship between the prince and his knight has always been my favorite to explore. The basic idea being any time one person shows unusual amounts of loyalty toward another without there being a blood or passionate relationship or even past friendship between the two. Be it an actual knight and prince, servant and his master, fighter and his leader or guardian and his charge. The knight protects his prince simply because he believes in him and because he is his most precious thing regardless of any other relationships the knight may have, passionate or otherwise. Reciprocation from the prince is always more tricky since the prince is usually your classic oblivious hero type. The other usual requirement is that both the knight and prince have someone else they love in the typical sense so their own love remains somewhere in between. I'm almost reluctant to use the same concepts for Ari and San since their love is more tangible and therefore loses the subtleties of my typical knight/prince fix. Note, most of the time I do not ship these pairings; I'm just fascinated by them.
I did not get enough sleep since I stayed up until almost 6 a.m. last night, reading my manga (not a wise choice before sleeping I might add) and just couldn't manage to get back to sleep after waking up around 9:30 a.m. Not REM sleep anyway. I have work tonight so that adds to the feeling of uh oh.
I think waiting on this series would have been bad after Volume 17. The thought of waiting after 16 was bad enough, and the cliffhanger wasn't as drastic. I'm a little pissed that Sara and Setsuna got off pretty much Scott-free (yeah there were injuries and insanity but come on) while most everyone else...didn't. I'm also sad that Raphael had to go back to Barbiel because while I like Barbiel, Sara and Raphael are so perfect for each other. I cheered for him when he stole her from Setsuna, and their jealous fight with Uriel hollering in the background was hilarious. Poor Mika had to play the responsible one and break them up; that's just wrong. Also wrong was Raphael's back-story. Back to Sara, I wasn't cool that the last chunk of the manga had her insane and therefore a weaker character. Since she and Kurai were the only girls left, I highly disapproved. Kurai was mostly still kick ass. I admit the whole God/Adam Kamon/Sandalphon thing fit the story, but I just wasn't interested in any part of his plot that wasn't directly related to Rosiel and Alexiel. Oh and Mika got gypped through the last few volumes.
Rosiel and Katan just made me cry. When Rosiel tried to keep him safe by sending him away, but Katan came back out of love, I choked up. When Rosiel's holding Katan's severed head, not only am I having X flashbacks but I'm wailing like a child. I think I cried a total of three times last night: most of the latter half of 18 because that was just horrific, Yuki (and no it didn't help that I knew in part what was going to happen); when I thought Raphael was going to die and the Katan parts of 20. Truly crazy Rosiel also got to me. I really love Rosiel and seeing him that fucked up and desperate for someone's love was heart-breaking.
Kira. Well, my reason for sticking with AS through the first three incest volumes, I don't know what to think of you. You require analyzation. Extensive analyzation. I think what trips me up the most is that Kira specifically says before he died that he cherished his years as a human, but Lucifer has no wish to return to that state. So maybe Lucifer was not happy as Kira. Then again, Kira was partly influenced by the real Sakuya so I don't know how much of him really was Nana anymore. I wish I better understood his final scene with Alexiel other than thinking Lucifer is so beautiful when he smiles. I understood his motives with Rosiel and God, but it's still hard to get used to this level of cold and calculating from the same emotion-trapped Kira I loved throughout the series. This doesn't mean I don't love Lucifer because he is an awesomely complex character. I just wish I could wrap my brain around his actions. As a side note, I do think Katou loved Kira more than Setsuna loved Kira. It's close, but Katou took everything much worse. I wonder if Lucifer could love anyone other than Alexiel. Although they do hint that while "Kira" is gone, traces of the life he created still remain in Lucifer after all he did go to check on Sakuya's father in the end. I think Sakuya explained it as his humanity being dormant at the time. I also wish I could come to a definite conclusion on where Alexiel is now. Alexiel and Lucifer are so fucked up. But still so pretty.
On a less introspective note, Setsuna is killer hot in the last three volumes. I need to make icons. Also the sword is also gorgeous. Shiranui is nice too. But I would like to know why Setsuna wasn't like dead when Lucifer sliced him because the explanation Alexiel gave wasn't quite cutting it. I guess I could go with that Lucifer wasn't trying as hard as he could since when God gives the same order later on, he turns on him. Plus he needed Setsuna to open Etemenaki. Lucifer is so goal-centered.
Last few pages seemed rushed though, and I wasn't sure what was going on with everyone. But that might have just been Yuki's intention.
It's funny that I've decided that while Setsuna/Kurai is cute, I just don't see it the way I see Sara/Raphael. Not as something concrete. And since I still don't really like Setsuna/Sara, I'm not sure who I'd want him with. Even Lucifer doesn't seem a likely possibility (though I'm happy he got to go back to Hell with Belial). It's a good thing I'm not writing this since the boy would be doomed to a loveless life. Unless I can think of some way to invoke Kira that doesn't cheapen the story. But I also kind of wish Kira's soul could be with Katou like in his vision, even though Yuki was purposefully foreboding about whether Katou's soul would remain. Damn boys, you're always twisting up the shipping with your fucked up relationships.
That's enough contemplating for now. I'll probably have to essay later once I have more time to let it all sink in.
Also read Godchild 3. Cain and his uncle make me sad. As does Jizabel for some reason.
I need to track down Death Note before work.
Moving along, have I said before how much I love this song? It is my token devotion piece, right up there with "Everything I Do". Insane little me thinks it's fitting for Ty and Nick right before the final battle in Psychosis. The lyrics above are my favorite ones and always choke me up. Of course, they also make me juggle with the concept of "love" that operates around Ty and Nick. It's really hard to explain.
But as we know, the relationship between the prince and his knight has always been my favorite to explore. The basic idea being any time one person shows unusual amounts of loyalty toward another without there being a blood or passionate relationship or even past friendship between the two. Be it an actual knight and prince, servant and his master, fighter and his leader or guardian and his charge. The knight protects his prince simply because he believes in him and because he is his most precious thing regardless of any other relationships the knight may have, passionate or otherwise. Reciprocation from the prince is always more tricky since the prince is usually your classic oblivious hero type. The other usual requirement is that both the knight and prince have someone else they love in the typical sense so their own love remains somewhere in between. I'm almost reluctant to use the same concepts for Ari and San since their love is more tangible and therefore loses the subtleties of my typical knight/prince fix. Note, most of the time I do not ship these pairings; I'm just fascinated by them.
I did not get enough sleep since I stayed up until almost 6 a.m. last night, reading my manga (not a wise choice before sleeping I might add) and just couldn't manage to get back to sleep after waking up around 9:30 a.m. Not REM sleep anyway. I have work tonight so that adds to the feeling of uh oh.
I think waiting on this series would have been bad after Volume 17. The thought of waiting after 16 was bad enough, and the cliffhanger wasn't as drastic. I'm a little pissed that Sara and Setsuna got off pretty much Scott-free (yeah there were injuries and insanity but come on) while most everyone else...didn't. I'm also sad that Raphael had to go back to Barbiel because while I like Barbiel, Sara and Raphael are so perfect for each other. I cheered for him when he stole her from Setsuna, and their jealous fight with Uriel hollering in the background was hilarious. Poor Mika had to play the responsible one and break them up; that's just wrong. Also wrong was Raphael's back-story. Back to Sara, I wasn't cool that the last chunk of the manga had her insane and therefore a weaker character. Since she and Kurai were the only girls left, I highly disapproved. Kurai was mostly still kick ass. I admit the whole God/Adam Kamon/Sandalphon thing fit the story, but I just wasn't interested in any part of his plot that wasn't directly related to Rosiel and Alexiel. Oh and Mika got gypped through the last few volumes.
Rosiel and Katan just made me cry. When Rosiel tried to keep him safe by sending him away, but Katan came back out of love, I choked up. When Rosiel's holding Katan's severed head, not only am I having X flashbacks but I'm wailing like a child. I think I cried a total of three times last night: most of the latter half of 18 because that was just horrific, Yuki (and no it didn't help that I knew in part what was going to happen); when I thought Raphael was going to die and the Katan parts of 20. Truly crazy Rosiel also got to me. I really love Rosiel and seeing him that fucked up and desperate for someone's love was heart-breaking.
Kira. Well, my reason for sticking with AS through the first three incest volumes, I don't know what to think of you. You require analyzation. Extensive analyzation. I think what trips me up the most is that Kira specifically says before he died that he cherished his years as a human, but Lucifer has no wish to return to that state. So maybe Lucifer was not happy as Kira. Then again, Kira was partly influenced by the real Sakuya so I don't know how much of him really was Nana anymore. I wish I better understood his final scene with Alexiel other than thinking Lucifer is so beautiful when he smiles. I understood his motives with Rosiel and God, but it's still hard to get used to this level of cold and calculating from the same emotion-trapped Kira I loved throughout the series. This doesn't mean I don't love Lucifer because he is an awesomely complex character. I just wish I could wrap my brain around his actions. As a side note, I do think Katou loved Kira more than Setsuna loved Kira. It's close, but Katou took everything much worse. I wonder if Lucifer could love anyone other than Alexiel. Although they do hint that while "Kira" is gone, traces of the life he created still remain in Lucifer after all he did go to check on Sakuya's father in the end. I think Sakuya explained it as his humanity being dormant at the time. I also wish I could come to a definite conclusion on where Alexiel is now. Alexiel and Lucifer are so fucked up. But still so pretty.
On a less introspective note, Setsuna is killer hot in the last three volumes. I need to make icons. Also the sword is also gorgeous. Shiranui is nice too. But I would like to know why Setsuna wasn't like dead when Lucifer sliced him because the explanation Alexiel gave wasn't quite cutting it. I guess I could go with that Lucifer wasn't trying as hard as he could since when God gives the same order later on, he turns on him. Plus he needed Setsuna to open Etemenaki. Lucifer is so goal-centered.
Last few pages seemed rushed though, and I wasn't sure what was going on with everyone. But that might have just been Yuki's intention.
It's funny that I've decided that while Setsuna/Kurai is cute, I just don't see it the way I see Sara/Raphael. Not as something concrete. And since I still don't really like Setsuna/Sara, I'm not sure who I'd want him with. Even Lucifer doesn't seem a likely possibility (though I'm happy he got to go back to Hell with Belial). It's a good thing I'm not writing this since the boy would be doomed to a loveless life. Unless I can think of some way to invoke Kira that doesn't cheapen the story. But I also kind of wish Kira's soul could be with Katou like in his vision, even though Yuki was purposefully foreboding about whether Katou's soul would remain. Damn boys, you're always twisting up the shipping with your fucked up relationships.
That's enough contemplating for now. I'll probably have to essay later once I have more time to let it all sink in.
Also read Godchild 3. Cain and his uncle make me sad. As does Jizabel for some reason.
I need to track down Death Note before work.