Fandom meme!

[popkin16]

Stolen from salmon_pink

Name a fandom and I'll tell you:

1. The first character I fell in love with
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now
3. The character everyone else loves that I don’t
4. The character I love that everyone else hates
5. The character I would shag anytime
6. The character I'd want to be like
7. The character I'd slap
8. A pairing that I love
9. A pairing that I despise
10. Favourite character
11. What are your five favourite things about your fandom?
12. What are your five least favourite things about your fandom?
13. Who are your five favourite characters?
14. Who are your five least favourite characters?
15. What are your five favourite pairings?
16. What are your five least favourite pairings?
17. Which character are you most like?
18. What is your deep, dark fandom secret?

This looks like fun :) I'm always ready to talk fandom!

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[salmon-pink.livejournal.com]

One Piece, of course. ;D

[popkin16]

1. The first character I fell in love with: Zoro. I seem to have a swordsman fetish >_> I just love his determination. And he really cares about his nakama and he's damn sexy.
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Hmm, probably Robin. When she first joined, I wasn't too sure about her -- she their enemy!
3. The character everyone else loves that I don’t: Uh, Nami. Everyone else seems to like her a lot more than I do. Not that I hate her, or anything.
4. The character I love that everyone else hates: Haha, I'm not sure there is one. Wanze, I suppose. Though his fighting style is extremely disturbing, I lawled my entire way through scenes with him in it.
5. The character I would shag anytime: Zoro, hands down. OM NOM.
6. The character I'd want to be like: Ussop, actually. Even if he's afraid, he always stands by his nakama. It's difficult to do something like that.
7. The character I'd slap: Spandem. Though I think I'd be just as likely to strangle him as to slap him.
8. A pairing that I love: Zoro/Sanji. ♥
9. A pairing that I despise: Robin/Chopper. He's a little kid, and a reindeer. I don't mind kinky stuff, but...no thanks. (I think "despise" is a little strong for my feelings on that pairing. "Dislike" is better.
10. Favourite character: Zoro, of course. He's sexy and directionally challenged (like me, though I'm nowhere near as bad). There's so many reasons I love him.
11. What are your five favourite things about your fandom? The fangirls (um, fanpeople?), the fics, the art, THE CRACK, the doujinshi.
12. What are your five least favourite things about your fandom? The cliffhangers, and the wait for new chapters (I know they come out weekly, but weeks never go by fast enough).
13. Who are your five favourite characters? Zoro, Sanji, Brooke, Smoker, and Robin.
14. Who are your five least favourite characters? Spandem, Arlong, Crocodile, Enel, and Lucci.
15. What are your five favourite pairings? Zoro/Sanji, Smoker/Ace, Smoker/Zoro (darn you op_fanforall), Ussop/Luffy, and Ace/Zoro.
16. What are your five least favourite pairings? Robin/Chopper, Zoro/Tashigi...Zoro/Ussop, most het. >_> *Is a fan of teh ghei*
17. Which character are you most like? Um. Hm. Luffy! I love to have fun and I'm fiercely protective of those I care about.
18. What is your deep, dark fandom secret? I agree with you, salmon_pink. There needs to be more tentacle!sex. *_* But I'd like to add two other things: uke!Zoro-seme!Sanji, and jealousy. *Has a jealousy!fetish*

[strawrose.livejournal.com]

xxxholic. *eyes*

[popkin16]

1. The first character I fell in love with: Watanuki! He's so adorable. He makes me laugh and want to hug him ♥
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Ame-warashi. I thought she was pretty mean to Watanuki at first and then I realized it was jealousy.
3. The character everyone else loves that I don’t: Himawari >_> I mean, she's okay, and she makes me laugh every now and then. But out of all the characters, I probably like her the least. I'm always worried she's going to get in the way of 104.
4. The character I love that everyone else hates: Um. *Tries to think* I...love bentous? I can't think of any hated characters that I like.
5. The character I would shag anytime: Just one?! lol Ohhh, I don't know. It's a tie between Doumeki and Watanuki. How could I choose?
6. The character I'd want to be like: Doumeki. He's firm in his beliefs and is willing to do pretty much anything for someone he cares about.
7. The character I'd slap: Kohane-chan's mother.
8. A pairing that I love: Doumeki/Watanuki, of course.
9. A pairing that I despise: Doumeki/Watanuki/Himawari, actually. >_> *Waits for the outraged fans to come*
10. Favourite character: Watanuki ♥
11. What are your five favourite things about your fandom? The fans, the fics, the doujins, the crossovers, and...I can't think of anything else.
12. What are your five least favourite things about your fandom? Um...er...nothing. This fandom is awesome!
13. Who are your five favourite characters? Watanuki, Doumeki, Yuuko, Mokona, Mugetsu.
14. Who are your five least favourite characters?: Kohane-chan's mother, the woman in the park, the girl with the wings, and Himawari.
15. What are your five favourite pairings? Doumeki/Watanuki, Doumeki/Bentou (lol), and that's all I can think of.
16. What are your five least favourite pairings? Doumeki/Watanuki/Himawari, Yuuko/Watanuki, Doumeki/Watanuki...um...
17. Which character are you most like? One of the twin sisters? I always tell myself negative things (I can't write well, I won't past this test, etc.) and it generally comes true.
18. What is your deep, dark fandom secret? I've already said it -- I don't really care for Himawari.

[strawrose.livejournal.com]

5) Who said it had to be one? >8D *coughthreesomecough*
15) I can imagine Doumeki only being with Watanuki because of the FOOD. XD
16) Yar... Yuuko/Watanuki is like a Mother/Son relationship.

[popkin16]

5) Re: OH HO HO. You are a genius!
15) Re: LOL That way he gets two for one, right?
16) Re: YES. I don't see anything romantic at all between them.

Are you going to do this?

[strawrose.livejournal.com]

Hokay. XD

[popkin16]

YAY! ^_^

[anyjen.livejournal.com]

5. The character I would shag anytime: Just one?! lol Ohhh, I don't know. It's a tie between Doumeki and Watanuki. How could I choose?

It would be Haruka-sexy-san for me. That smile, that smile!! I swear, I fangirl-squeal every time he shows up, either in the manga or the anime. *_*
...Although it would have a bit of an icky factor, because that would make me Doumeki's step-grandmother, or something... >_<

7. The character I'd slap: Kohane-chan's mother.

I agree, I agree!! When she threw the tea to Watanuki's beautiful face... and then when she started hitting Watanuki... I swear I started snarling and screaming obscenities to the screen. :P

15. What are your five favourite pairings? Doumeki/Watanuki, Doumeki/Bentou (lol)

Well, that merited my use of this icon. XD
Pity I don't have a higher quality of it. >_<

13. Who are your five favourite characters? Watanuki, Doumeki, Yuuko, Mokona, Mugetsu.

Yay! the same as me! ...though I'd probably replace Mokona by Zashiki-Warashi. She's cute, in a little-girl-with-a-crush way. :3

16. What are your five least favourite pairings? Doumeki/Watanuki/Himawari, Yuuko/Watanuki, Doumeki/Watanuki...um...

Mine is Haruka/Watanuki
I can see where people would get that idea, but it feels almost incentuous to me. >_<
Haruka has basically adopted him a grandson too, that's the feeling I get from him. :P

[popkin16]

Oh, I love Haruka-sexy-san! ♥ But you're right -- how weird would it be to have Doumeki call you Grandmother? o.o

Despite everything Watanuki's been through -- nearly getting stabbed, pushed off a building, etc., somehow Kohane-chan's mother seems worse than them all.

YAY! Hey, that pairing is completely canon! I like your icon :D

She's cute, yes ^_^ Honestly, I didn't even think of her while I was filling this out...

Ooo, such a good point! It just seems...wrong, somehow. I never even thought of that! Haruka-sexy-san is sexy by himself, more than he is with anybody. He's definitely like a grandfather to Watanuki.

[anyjen.livejournal.com]

And he soooo would. I can practically see him calling "grandmother" somebody who isn't even old enough to be his mother, without even batting an eye in surprise for the fact that she is banging his beloved grandfather despite the abismal age difference... Oh boy, Doumeki, you really should do something about that "whatever" attitude you have towards life... ^^U
But we love you for it. XD

True. Although I understand she went through a lot with her husband and all that, she still comes off as the worst villain, even taking the woman with the photograph into account... :x
And it's even worse because she's human. Somehow you expect the spirits to behave badly, but for a mother to react in such a mean way...

Gotta love Doumeki/Bento. That's practically the only pairing in canon CLAMP are ever going to admit to. XD
After all, he's (mostly) only selfish when it comes to food. If that's not love, I don't know what it is... XD

Yep, she's cute. Oh, and I forgot about Tampopo! I know you don't like Himawari much, but you've gotta admit her birdie is a cutie. I almost melted in a puddle of happy goo when he was born, in chapter 12 of the second season of the anime... that scene was even cuter in the anime than in the manga!

Haruka/Watanuki seems to have its own fandom. Some people even say that they make more sense than Doumeki/Watanuki , because he mellows down considerably when it comes to the older Doumeki... but that's rubbish, in my opinion. Watanuki grew up without any family members, of course he would jump at a chance to have some sort of adoptive grandfather (even if he looks his same age). I think that's the same reason he's so attached to Yuuko: somehow, he thinks of her as his mother. :3
And also the reason I just can't picture Yuuko/Watanuki. It feels wrong, somehow >_

[popkin16]

We certainly do love him for it ♥ I think Doumeki is likely to accept anything that makes his Grandfather -- or any loved one -- happy, as long as it isn't harmful.

YES! And it definitely doesn't help that her main victim is her daughter. Children are so...helpless, and this was the child's mother. So yeah, she definitely comes off as worse than any of the other..."villians", for lack of better word.

Haha, much to fangirl's displeasure, it'll probably be the only canon pairing. Have you read the current food arc? If not, then don't read the rest of this paragraph: Watanuki was upset that Doumeki wouldn't eat his food. How cute is that?

Oh, I adore Tanpopo. Such a happy little bird, and I'm so glad that Himawari has something that can be around her, even if she isn't a favorite character of mine. Nobody should be alone. I haven't watched all of the second xxxHolic season.

O.O SERIOUSLY? I know I found a doujin where Haruka is sort-of flirting with Watanuki, then Doumeki shows up and Haruka hands Watanuki off to Doumeki. Yes -- Watanuki attaches family status to those older and wiser than him, so naturally he cares. YES! Yuuko is Watanuki's mentor, his mother-figure. I've never seen a romantic moment between them, unless you couldn't Yuuko teasing Watanuki about stripping, or her comments about how love in that one chapter.

[anyjen.livejournal.com]

As demonstrated by the lady in the park. She certainly made Watanuki happy, but was totally harmful for him. My theory is that she was a "Nothing Woman", which is a manifestation made by the spirits of women who lost their children to war, famine or illness... or at least, that's according to Inuyasha.

Yeah, I've read it, and it's definitely too cute for words. :3
Though I was terrified for a moment that her food was noxious, or something, and Doumeki would suffer some serious consequences for eating that morsel of her food.

You haven't lost much. The second season deviates too much from the most important aspects of the plot, but it does have its great moments. The birth of Tampopo, and a moment in the last episode when Watanuki actually grabs Doumeki and claps his hand over his mouth (and nose) to stop him from saying I-don't-remember-what, and Doumeki actually begins to turn purple... then blue... but doesn't struggle to free himself at all. Methinks he was just too happy to have Watanuki grabbing him. XD
I was actually considering turning that little bit into an icon with "I can die happy now" over him. XD

Watanuki can't be the only one Yuuko flirts with. I think that's just one more way in which she projects a threatening image. It certainly would help to reduce any male customer (which we've never seen so far, save for the old man with the moon birds) to a drooling and nearly incoherent (and totally manipulable) mass.
I still think (in typical fangirl fashion) that all her teasing about love is actually directed towards Doumeki and him. Hey, I can dream, can't I? :P

[popkin16]

Exactly. Ooo, I never actually researched what she could have been. It sounds like you're probably correct, since she speaks about how she lost her own son. And Inuyasha...well, I'm sure a some of their stuff is based on real beliefs.

YES, ME TOO! I was terrified for the same reason. But he was fine, thank goodness. I wonder what the point of this arc is? I'm re-reading the entire series XD It's so good.

Does it? I hate when the anime or a movie is different from the book. That happened in the last episode, you said? I want to see that. Doumeki probably was happy just to have Watanuki touch him =P It'd be an adorable icon, that's for sure!

Mm, true. Yuuko's manipulative, and if she can get someone to do what she wants with a little cleaveage, than why not? I think her teasing about love is about Doumeki, too. Since he can't ever be with Himawari because of her curse, and he and Doumeki have a "deep connection"...of course, I think CLAMP is going to purposely keep the 104 subtle and ambiguous, because the manga's "seinen", which is for older men, I think.

[anyjen.livejournal.com]

I hate it too, unless the differences are still in keeping with the original story. somehow, and don't change the characters too much. The main reason the second season is different from the manga is that they've cut off all the things in which the story criss-crosses with TRC, and that's a lot in the chapters it involves. For example, they don't get the jars of water from the well for the TRC cast in acid tokyo, but rather for the neko-musume, because of some sob story about the corpse of a kitten in the well... and the eggs are payment from her rather than from Fuuma and Sakura. It annoys me that they've cut almost everything that linked the two series... though in past animated CLAMP works they've done the same (like in the case of Chobits and Angelic Layer).

Yesm, that's what I thought, too. And he makes a really funny "I'm dying here, in case you didn't notice" noise that always makes me giggle. XD

Yeah, but that's no different from their other series. Even Touya and Yukito, who are practically the most transparent couple in their entire works, never openly admit to their relationship... though both of them admit, seperately, to loving the other. "he's my special person" and stuff, but you have to read between the lines. :P

[popkin16]

Sorry about the delay in a reply!

I think part of what makes the series so great is that they all connect together. I love how Legal Drug connects to xxxHolic, and xxxHolic to Tsubasa. It makes the series feel less (this probably sounds stupid) alone.

*Giggle* I love scenes like those.

Clamp is a tricky group of woman. But the fact that they used to draw yaoi doujinshi pretty much allows readers to realize that "He's my special person" is pretty much an anvil-sized revelation. I really want Watanuki and Doumeki to have "He's my special person" moment, though perhaps not quite in those words. Probably won't happen, considering the manga is "seinen".

[anyjen.livejournal.com]

No, it doesn’t sound stupid. I like that explanation. :3
I love how they criss-cross because it makes their universe seem more real. A story doesn’t only involve the main characters, secondary characters have their own stories, too. When they get heir own story in another series, it’s almost as if they were really alive. :3

Well, we’ve had “he doesn’t want you to disappear”, “your relationship will run deeper”, “you are becoming one with him”, the whole saving each other’s lives, plus “I like your food”, “sharing the burden”, that whole “thank you” and “I want to see how your face looks like” moment, the mittens, the eye... and let’s not forget the dead puppy in the rain incident.
Even though all of them could conceivably be thought of as signs of a growing friendship (yeah, right :P), they can also be taken as “he’s my special person” moments. If nothing else happens before the series ends, we fans can still take them as evidence and dream that their relationship will keep evolving after the series ends... that is, of course, unless one of them dies or gets involved with someone else at the last moment. -_-

[vulpus-mirus.livejournal.com]

I barely follow xxxholic and I don't like Himawari... Who does?

Okay, so she's got that great CLAMP hair and clothing, but she's creepy. I feel like she's going to try to eat Watanuki.

[popkin16]

I've noticed a lot more Doumeki/Watanuki/Himawari fics lately. =.= So apperantly some people out there like her. xxxHolic is my second favorite manga, right after One Piece =P

OH NOES. A CANNIBALISTIC!HIMAWARI. But...you have a point. All she'd have to do is sparkle and smile at him, and Watanuki would turn into a babbling idiot. Good thing Doumeki's there to prevent the devouring.

[http://users.livejournal.com/sapphirestar_/]

KINGDOM HEARTS. ♥

[popkin16]

Lol, I was wondering if you were going to respond, and what fandom you'd choose (I guessed TRC).
1. The first character I fell in love with: Riku!
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Um, hmm. The fat man! (I wonder if Amanda-chan will read this?) On a more serious note, probably Roxas. At first I didn't know what to think of him, but now I like him just fine :)
3. The character everyone else loves that I don’t: Um, Kairi? I dunno, I just don't like her (for much the same reason I don't like Himawari I guess -- she's a threat to my favorite pairing). And she can be mean.
4. The character I love that everyone else hates: Um. The fat man? Haha, no. Um, let's see. Hades? He makes me laugh. "Geez, stiffer than the stiff's back home." *Is not thinking dirty*
5. The character I would shag anytime: Leon ♥
6. The character I'd want to be like: Sora. He's so dedicated to his friends, it's admirable.
7. The character I'd slap: Kairi. I was so upset when she tried to convince Sora to leave Riku behind in the 1st game. YO BEYOTCH, RIKU HELPED BUILD THAT RAFT. HE SHOULD GET TO GO TOO. No wonder Riku turned to the darkness.
8. A pairing that I love: Sora/Riku
9. A pairing that I despise: Kairi/Sora
10. Favourite character: A tie between Leon and Riku.
11. What are your five favourite things about your fandom? What my five favorite things always are: the fanpeople, the fics, the crossovers, the crack, well-written AUs.
12. What are your five least favourite things about your fandom? People pairing Kairi up with others, death!fics (they make me cry), lack of available Cloud/Leon doujinshi (I KNOW YOU'RE OUT THERE, WHERE ARE YOU?), and that's it.
13. Who are your five favourite characters? Sora, Riku, Leon, Cloud, Demyx, Axel. Haha, that's six but oh well.
14. Who are your five least favourite characters? Maleficient, Kairi, Peter Pan (from the 1st game, something about him just annoyed me. I think I found him arrogant -- but it's been so long since I played the game, I can't remember clearly), Ursula (how disturbing was it that to beat her you had to see her face up close and personal, and whack it?), and Clayton (how dare he shoot gorillas?).
15. What are your five favourite pairings? Sora/Riku, Leon/Cloud, Roxas/Axel, Demyx/Zexion, Saix/Xemnas, Seifer/Hayner.
16. What are your five least favourite pairings? Kairi/Anybody, Riku/Roxas, Sora/Namine, Riku/Namine, and I can't think of anything else.
17. Which character are you most like? Selphie. I see ghei romance everywhere! HAHA
18. What is your deep, dark fandom secret? I'm a ship snob? That's not really a secret though, and not only for this fandom. If it's not a pairing I like, then I generally won't give it a chance. >_>

[http://users.livejournal.com/sapphirestar_/]

(well, i've sort of been out of the trc fandom for a while now, so yeah. xD; ... i should catch up on that, too. damn it.)

also: WHO THE HELL IS THE FAT MAN? xD; but i adored roxas from the start, and i just, god, he sort of breaks my heart everytime i play. D:

HADES IS COOL LIEK WOAH. LIKE A CUCUMBER. *nodnod*

same favourite pairings, too! lfdjs there seriously is a disturbing lack of seiferhayner. I CRAVE IT. I WANTS IT NAO MY PRECIOUS.

also, y'know, only i rather like rikuroku. in a way. it's ... interesting. but it's only good in au's, never in canon-ish fics. or maybe that's just because i've read some darn awesome rikuroku fics. *shrug*

I SEE WE HAVE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME OPINIONS, OMG WOOT. \o/

[popkin16]

(Ohhh, I didn't know that. I'm sorry!)

LOL It's a bit of a story. I was playing with my cousin, and we'd just arrived at Traverse Town. And I was going to go around Cid's shop -- I didn't go up the stairs and around, but I jumped up onto that box next to the ledge that's by the door that leads to the place where the moodles synthesize things *Wonders if she's making sense* Anyway, I jumped onto that box, AND STANDING THERE ON THE LEDGE WAS THIS FAT MAN. SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME. So I went around, and then when I came back to the 1st district, HE WAS STANDING BY THE FRONT DOORS OF CID'S SHOPS D: D: So yes, the Fat Man. XD I was so confused about Roxas at first -- he had me all worried. I was like, "OH EM GEE, WHERE IS MAH SORA-KINS?"

YES. LIKE A COOL CUCUMBER IN YOUR FRIDGE. Um. >_>

YESSS. I've only actually read one good Seifer/Hayner. I've been unable to find any other T_T I WANTS SOME NAO TOO. *Goes off to hopefully find some*

Yeah? I've never really given RikuRoku a try. I'm like, RIKU BELONGS WITH SORA. RAWR. But if you have a couple fics you wouldn't mind pointing me in the direction of...

THAT IS TOTALLY AWESOME. HIGH FIVE, TOMODACHI!

[http://users.livejournal.com/sapphirestar_/]

(what's there to be sorry for? it's alright!)

OH THAT FAT GUY. I THINK I KNOW WHO YOU MAN. it's been a while since i last played the first kh, but, y'know, I THINK I KNOW. AND HE'S ALWAYS THERE WHUT. SOME CRAZY STALKER. QUICK, SORA, RUN SO YOU WON'T GET MOLESTED BY ANYONE ELSE OTHER THAN RIKU. well, i sort of knew what the deal was with roxas. i think. um. i think i'd read fanfic? no. or. I CAN'T REMEMBER. xD;

I WANT A HADES IN MY FRIDGE. um. he wouldn't last very long, would he? 8DD

oh? i've actually read quite a few good ones, but yeah, READ 'EM ALL, WANT MOAR. i'll see if i can find them again, and i'll link them to you! :D

i would've linked you to the rikuroku i've in my memories, but the links all wonky and is all ... dumb. i guess the author's made the post friends only. D: BUT I SHALL SEE IF I CAN FIND ANYONE ELSE. only i've no idea what those could be, because if they'd been reallyreally good i'd have put them in my memories. darn it. 8D I SHALL TRY.

xD;; GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE, AND ALL.

[anyjen.livejournal.com]

Oh, drats, I took too long to answer and all my favourites are taken... uhm... Fullmetal Alchemist? and if you haven't read/watched that one... Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle!

[popkin16]

I haven't been in the Fullmetal Alchemist fandom in soooo long (nearly a year, maybe more), so I'm going with TRC, since I know it better. XD

1. The first character I fell in love with: Kurogane. He's just so adorable! All gruff and hilarious ^_^
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Syaoran. At first, I thought he seemed boring -- smart, capable of fighting, completely devoted and loyal, etc. Blah. Where's his flaws?! But then in the Acid Tokyo arc...yeah.
3. The character everyone else loves that I don’t: SAKURA! I'm sorry everybody, she just annoys the hell out of me. She's just so...perfect. Nice girl, kind to everyone, puts everyone before herself...blah blah.
4. The character I love that everyone else hates: Um. What are characters people hate? *Thinks hard* No one, really. I hate who everyone else hates, I guess.
5. The character I would shag anytime: Kurogane. Dood. *Fans self*
6. The character I'd want to be like: Um. Syaoran? He's intelligent, dedicated to the one he loves, loyal to those he cares about...
7. The character I'd slap: Ass-chin, of course. He deserves a good slapping.
8. A pairing that I love: Kuro/Fai.
9. A pairing that I despise: Fai/Sakura.
10. Favourite character: Kurogane. ♥
11. What are your five favourite things about your fandom? The crossovers, the fics, the doujinshi's, Holitsuba, and the fact that it crosses over with xxxHolic.
12. What are your five least favourite things about your fandom? That Ass-chin exists, the angst (I can only take so much!), the most recent Watanuki revelation, and the complex plot. DOOD, IT'S SO COMPLICATED. *Brain is dead from trying to understand*
13. Who are your five favourite characters? Kurogane, Fai, Yuuko, Mokona, and Princess Tomoyo and the skillful way she manipulates Kuro-pipi.
14. Who are your five least favourite characters? Ass-chin, naturally. Ass-chin's minions, Sakura, clone!Syaoran, and Ashura.
15. What are your five favourite pairings? I don't have five. I really only have two (sort-of): I like Kurogane/Fai, and I find Syaoran/Kurogane fascinating, though I haven't really read much of it.
16. What are your five least favourite pairings? Fai/Sakura, Kurogane/Tomoyo, Fai/Kurogane/Yuui, and that's it.
17. Which character are you most like?: Mokona Ummm...seriously, I guess nobody. =.=
18. What is your deep, dark fandom secret? Besides my now not-so-secret dislike of Sakura, I'd have to say that Fai gets on my nerves. I can only read so many Kuro/Fai fics before his "stupidity act" gets to me and I want to shake him and say, "BE SERIOUS WITHOUT BEING ANGSTY FOR ONCE, GAWD!!

[anyjen.livejournal.com]

Hum, I liked Shaoran and Sakura from the beginning since I was already a fan of the pairing back in the ol' CCS days (and they made such a cute couple then), though I can see why you wouldn't have liked him at first. Back in CCS, he started as a mean lil' kid, and only mellowed down with time. And he was darn sexy even as a ten-year-old. :x
I was soooo happy when his old sword finally appeared (although that whole "not him, but his son with the same looks and name" thingy is making my eyes cross in confusion. ^^U)

I also love the fact that is crosses over with xxxholic. It's so fascinating to be reading the same story from two different perspectives... *_*
That's something I've always loved about CLAMP; unfortunately, they've also included evevrything I don't love about them: their tendency to make characters suffer horribly before dying in the most messy and painful ways possible. -_-
Could you believe that ever since the first chapter came out, I was half-expecting things to go the way they did? (ok, not exactly the way they did, but I knew she was going to make us suffer horribly for loving their characters)

And could you believe that I still can't find a scanlation of chapter 201? I'm almost crazy with the need to knooow!! >_<

Oh, I agree with the Ashura thing. He's certainly one mean bastard, though if you read RG Veda, his mean-bastard-ness would be put into perspective. Considering the Ashura in TRC and RG Veda share a soul... :P

True, Fai can certainly overuse the cheerful act. But he's so cute when he's behaving like a kitten on caffeine. XD

BTW: I love that icon. XD

[popkin16]

I haven't read CSS. I began it a while back, but it seemed like it was drawn for little kids and I couldn't get into it. Perhaps I should give it another go? See! That's what I'm talking about -- he started out mean and then mellows. In TRC, he's perfect from the beginning. =.= Most of the TRC plot makes me cross my eyes with confusion. It's all just so damn complicated.

I agree! I love the apperances the character's make between the two manga's. CLAMP is equally wonderful and horrible. They're just amazing and creating lovable characters you care about, and then they hurt them terribly. :( Oh, really? I wasn't really all that familiar with CLAMP when I started xxxHolic and TRC, so I was clueless.

Sorry! I'd link you, but I don't know where to find it either. :( Do you want RAW or translated?

I haven't read RG Veda, though I've heard of it. So, Ashura has a hurtful past, then?

YES. Fai is adorable when he's pretending to be a kitten. But so there's only so many Kuro-puu's and Kuro-tan's I can take before I wonder how Kurogane can manage to not strangle him in his sleep. >.< *Feels bad for feeling that way*

Soooo! Are you going to do this? XD

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Well, the story is mostly for little kids, but it has its own charm. It's great to read when you're feeling down and need a sugar overdose to raise your spirits. It's definitely sweet enough to do that... Plus Touya, Fujitaka and Yue are definite eye candy. *_*
And lil Shaoran is cute, even with his bushy eyebrows and mean disposition. XD
I started with the anime and then read the manga... the anime is a bit easier to watch, as the cuteness is a bit more spread out, but the plot is better in the manga.

I had already read most of their works when TRC began serializing it, so I was able tos peculate about the direction it would take off on since the beginning. And I can definitely remember hoping fervently that it wouldn't end up dark and bloody halfway through, since I had such nice memories of the characters from CCS. But it was a lost cause. By the time Seishiro made his first appearence, I knew it wasn't going to be a harmless, cute story. -_-

Translated, as I still can't read Japanese... I only know four kanji: Wild, Fire, Dog, and Fox. (oh, and the kanji for Zoro's name, but that's hardly useful XD) So unless the big revelation in chapter 201 is that Watanuki somehow loves wild dogs on fire, RAWS won't do much for me. XD

It's not really that he has a hurtful past, but rather than he has a very good reason to be a bloodthirsty maniac. Saying anymore would spoil the story if ever you were feeling masochistic enough to read it, so I won't. Just one thing: Ashura was involved in one of the few yaoi couples in canon CLAMP have ever admitted to, and it's actually implied that he had a male lover despite being married. We even see them leaving the bed once... ^^U
So unfortunately, that Ashura/Fai thing is not so far-fetched as we would like it to be... >_<

Methinks the only reason Kurogane hasn't strangled him in his sleep is that Fai sleeps on his front (knowledge courtesy of Mokona in one of the bonus chapters), so every time Kurogane set off to do some sleeping-Fai-strangling he got distracted by the sight of his perfectly nice tushy... XD

*blinks* who, me? *innocent air*

[popkin16]

I think I might re-read TRC, and then CSS. Because TRC depresses me, and if it's so sweet then it'll be the perfect balance. XD

That's cool. So you're a long-time CLAMP fan? Yeah. I thought TRC wasn't going to be a particularily happy series because of all the dark foreshadowing.

LOL (I want to know the kanji for Zoro's name ♥ He's my favorite). I hope Watanuki doesn't like wild dogs on fire.

Ooo, I definitely want to read that series then. *Loves Teh Ghei* The only downside is, as you mentioned, the Ashura/Fai likeliness. =.=

HAHA that's so likely. Fai unconciously displays his butt as protection against people like Kurogane. :D

OH HO HO. DO NOT THINK YOU FOOL ME! I'm on to you!

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Yep, CCS is pure sugar. The worst thing that ever happened was that she accidentally broke her father's laptop when he was busy preparing for some important seminar or something like that. And that wasn't even in the manga, only in the anime.
Ok, yeah, there are a couple of slightly saddening situations, but nobody dies, and you can expect a happy ending to every chapter. The worst injury Sakura ever gets is pricking her fingers with a needle when she was trying to make a present for Shaoran. :P

Yep, I'm a long-time CLAMP fan. I used to be in a spanish-speaking fanfiction mailing list, and some of the girls got me into it. I still don't know if I should thank them of send them a hate mail for it. I'm holding out until the end of TRC and xxholic to make up my mind. XD

The kanji for his name is extremely easy to learn. I took the liberty of making a quick avatar with it, just for you to see it (and keep it, if you so wish. ^^). Sorry it's in black and white, but I really didn't spend too much time in it. :P
I'll try to get a higer quality image of his name, but that's the best I have so far. ^^U


Er, I don't think that's such a good idea. RV Vega is almost bloodier than X/1999, and that's saying something... plus, they really do make you fall in love with the characters , just to show you in full detail their death by dismemberment a couple of pages later. -_-
The plot is awesome, though... it's still one of my favourite stories of all times, even if it makes me cry like mad and howl in indignation every time I read it. :x

Oh, darn. I'm going to have to do it, then? Well, you'd better be the first to request a series, then. No running away, now! *mock glares*