I made a "freaking out" icon specifically for this post.

[aki_kaminari]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!

S-sorry, I couldn't hold that back anymore. I've already been crazy from the Hetalia Christmas Event, both on the actual site and the chaos that's been going on with the fans at LJ (I still need my naked men! It's been three days! Never mind, falling asleep in the middle of this post was good for something. XD). Then,

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[ninjangel]

Oh, believe me; I had quite the squee fest when I saw the hug. I was lucky I was home alone. XD

Honestly, one of the things that drew me to this series was the idea of "another half." It's a Magical Boy series, in which the transformation incorporates Split Personalities. But it's more that split personalities. They're two people. But, at the same time...they're not. But they are. But they aren't. It's like a more serious version of my icon. And Daisuke coming to terms with that (and his attachment to Dark--this is the thing I love the most, tbh) is an interesting process. Which is why I want to see what he says to Riku. After his...I don't know, epiphany? in the last chapter about him and Dark, what could he say to her?

^I got that because you mentioned Satoshi and Krad being "partially in control," which is very possible I think. And ^ is also the reason I want more insight into Satoshi and Krad, of which we get almost none. We know that Satoshi hates Krad...and just about everything about Krad is a mystery, including how he actually feels about Satoshi.

...I wanna believe Daisuke. I really wanna believe Daisuke. I feel like I've followed this series my entire life and I've been really attached to it, and it's because of that I want this series to have a happy ending. I'd really like it if it wasn't cheesy or an ass-pull, but I'd still like a legitimately happy ending. Like, even if Dark/Krad still have to disappear/be sealed, a happy ending for me would have them NOT come back; if they do, it increases the chance that the feud continues down the line, even if it is FAR down the line. That, and I don't want to imagine Dark in Daisuke's kid or Krad in Satoshi's, because that would ruin the Dark/Daisuke dynamic too much for me. I'd actually disown the ending if that happened. I actually once had a dream-thing where SatoRisa and DaiRiku had kids at about the same time, and it looked as though Krad and Dark were sort of "reborn as humans," but that might be taking the "happy end" a bit too far.

Erm. Ahem. Satoshi's friend, huh? I've sort of resigned myself to SatoRisa, though I will rage if it isn't pulled off right....hmm. Wait, a three-person love square (counting Dark and Daisuke as one, here)? They could bond over the various impossibilities of that particular situation, all things considered. That would actually be kind of fun. All in all, I think they'd have a good some kind of relationship.

I LOVE LAGOON ENGINE. If you haven't, please also read Lagoon Engine Einsatz. I had no idea how the two were connected (I read Einsatz first), and my MIND WAS BLOWN when I read Lagoon Engine...I actually have a post on that, now that I think about it. Candidate for Goddess is also really good, and it was shaping up to have quite the awesome overarching plot...and then indefinite hiatus. ;_;

Ch-chocolate? I made cookies today. I'll bring those. :'D

[aki_kaminari]

I guess all my squee had to manifest in my post then since my mom was napping on the couch when I read it. XD

Initially, I was drawn to the series since my major fandom before that had been YuGiOh!, which also focused heavily on alter egos.
Daisuke's state of mind right now must really be intense. There's been all this talk of co-existence throughout the series (especially with Dark always ending up saying "I am you" or something similar), and though Daisuke has always thought of Dark as a part of himself, I don't think that he really thought of them as one until now. In a positive light, this level of co-existence is what Daisuke has been wishing for. On the other hand, I have a strange scenario in my head that one of the possible results from this is that both Dark and Daisuke will disappear if it remains like this, and in their place will be a "new" person with a mix of traits from both. I'm not even sure where this idea is coming from and I'm probably just spouting nonsense right now, but that possibility is unsettling to me.

I think we need more insight about anything to do with Krad. Even if it's something ridiculously mundane like what he spends his time doing all day when Satoshi's in control.

I want to believe Daisuke too. For both his own sake and for Satoshi's. It would be heartbreaking if all of this ended in the destruction of one or both of them. I also think Satoshi wants to believe him too, but he's too afraid of causing something terrible. It's kind of funny--in the early manga I used to think of Satoshi as being an aloof yet determined person, but as the story went on it turned out to be Daisuke who possessed such determination. It's like they switched somewhere along the line, since Daisuke was initially so indecisive.
I'm not sure what kind of ending to hope for at this point. While it's true that a happy ending would undoubtedly make me, well, happy, I don't really know what to expect since I've never experienced an "end" of one of Sugisaki-sensei's longer works. Wow, that must have been some dream. I can see how that might be a good ending, though I can't help but wonder if they would be a bit haunted by something like that, since it would be essentially having them back, but with no memories of the events in the past. *shrugs*

Ah, the only reason I figured it might be surprising is because I'm not a fan of SatoRisa, so the thought of them being friends might sound weird coming from me? ^^; In my mind, I'm sure they'd get along well, just not in a romantic sense.

I'll probably read Einsatz soon too then. I've just recently been re-reading Lagoon Engine to connect with the series better.
Hm...I'm debating on when I should start reading Candidate for Goddess. If I wait, it would give me something to hold onto during the evil hiatus.

Yay, cookies! ^_^ I don't really cook, but I do have a giant bottle of pop somewhere. So now we have both food and drinks. XD

[ninjangel]

I'm just gonna start with "OH GOD PLEASE READ EINSATZ. It's short, and it just might BLOW YOUR MIND like it did mine." While we're on this: I've only read LE up to volume 5, so do you know where to read 6 and 7? AND, as for Candidate...there are only 5 completed volumes, but it might be a nice read for during the break.

Ah, YuGiOh!. Now that I think about it, that might have had something to do with why I fell in love with DNAngel at first sight...

I never thought about the idea that there would be a "new" person to come out of the coexistence thing, but I'm not sure. If Dark and Daisuke are actually difference facets or sides of the same being, I'm not sure how a new person could come out. I've always had this idea that Daisuke has (or could have) some qualities of Dark, and vice versa--to sort of fit with the "I am you" idea, plus the idea that Dark, no matter what, is always inside Daisuke and he just has to call hard enough (I'm sort of thinking of Sage of Sleep here, I think). I think that, maybe, this "new" person might express these "hidden" qualities more visibly if coexistence happens...but I'm still with Satoshi on worrying about which "facet" will come out on top and adopt the other's traits. And I have two ideas about this:

1) It will be Dark, because human's aren't exactly made to hold or control that kind of magic, and coexisting means sharing that magic. Whether this makes the "body" no longer human is anyone's guess.
2) It will be Daisuke, because as mentioned during St. White's Day, Daisuke could be Dark, but Dark could never be Daisuke...at least not for any length of time.

Krad is the most enigmatic one in the entire cast, and I think that's why he's so popular; he's a blank canvas (pun not entirely intended), so you can paint a picture of him almost any way you want to describe why he is the way he is. We got a glimpse of something in these past few chapters, but I do hope that more gets revealed about him soon.

I think I had a similar idea about Daisuke and Satoshi. But, whereas Daisuke's world has been filled with new information and new allies to support him, Satoshi's world has changed and his shield has broken. I'm not at all surprised at this character development, to be honest. Their world has sort of changed in the same way in relation to each other, but the changes had an opposite effect on the independent world they lived in...does that make sense? ^^;; Like...learning about the whole story of the curse. They are both on equal footing for information now in regards to this. But Daisuke gained new information and a greater understanding of not just the families, but of Satoshi as well; while Satoshi inadvertently opened himself up more to Daisuke by letting him in on how the curse effects his lifespan, something he probably didn't mean to do. Their fundamentally different personalities cause them to react in different ways, what with Daisuke being all sunshine and help-whenever-I-can, and Satoshi being all closed off and solitary and mind-your-own-business.

Hmmm...I think I might stop typing now. >.