[xxxholic drabble] Intervention

[anyjen]

Drabble: Intervention

Rating: Uh, PG? PG13? Somewhere along that, I think.

Pairing: Doumeki --> Watanuki

Words: 456 (is this still a drabble with this word count? :P)

Notes: Because I had to write something cheerful after the last few chapters if I didn’t want to get depressed... and because eucharis42 on deviantart promised me a picture of (

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[anyjen]

And when the heck did they give him back his glasses? He saw both Syaorans when that happened, but one of them clearly disappeared and we haven't seen them give him his glasses back yet... or did I miss something? And what the heck happened to the black Mokona's earring? He didn't have it anymore after the time-skip, although he clearly had it immediately before, even after Watanuki decided to inherit the shop.

Watanuki kinda implied that the price he paid was for his extended lifetime to be able to wait for Yuuko, but my guess is that he also included the whole "coming back to reality" thing in the package. He did pay with his freedom and any chance he could have had of a normal life, after all... and since the beginning, that seemed to be his goal when he wished he wouldn't see ayakashi any more. That's a huge price to pay. The only person we've seen condemned to such a destiny had committed murder.

Seen under that light, the fact that he didn't seem to be aware of anything or anyone unrelated to the shop (to the point where he didn't even know which year he was in in highschool) may have been an act of kindness on Yuuko's part. That way he wouldn't have as many things to miss once he wasn't able to leave the shop anymore.

[popkin16]

Clamp isn't known for their consistency though, are they? Pretty art, weird body structure, convoluted plots, and angst, sure. So, Mokona's earrings and Watanuki's glasses -- what's up with them? Clamp probably won't say.

Hmm...good point. I like the comparison to the murderer.
...the fact that he didn't seem to be aware of anything or anyone unrelated to the shop (to the point where he didn't even know which year he was in in highschool) may have been an act of kindness on Yuuko's part. That way he wouldn't have as many things to miss once he wasn't able to leave the shop anymore. Kind of depressing, but I believe you're right.

[anyjen]

Eh, no, they actually have a tendency to explain every single frigging thing even if they need to write ridiculously long epilogues to manage it (whether their explanations make any sense is another thing altogether...)

So it's either in TRC's epilogue or as a flashback in whatever is left of xxxholic (it will apparently keep running until December, at least), I'm confident that we will find out what happened/will happen to Mokona's earring, That Darn Egg and Watanuki's glasses.

[popkin16]

Hmm....my n00bish Clamp ways are obvious, then. Makes sense, I suppose, since TRC & 'Holic are the only two I know.

Good, that's very good. I'd be very upset if some of the things they keep repeatedly mentioning are never explained.

[anyjen]

N00bish CLAMP skills are good. It's harder to be a hardened CLAMP fan; nothing ever surprises me anymore. ^^UUU

(You should really go read Wish... it's cute, sweet, and it has a happy ending -though you have to waddle through a bit of angst to get there- and it's even short! It's only four or five volumes long. Plus the main character sort of looks like a grown-up Doumeki, soooo...)

[popkin16]

LOL Nothing surprises you, eh? XD Somehow, I am not surprised that Clamp has desensitized you to things.

(Which one is Wish? Is that the one with the angel or whatever?)

[anyjen]

Yep, Wish is the one with the angel. He may be a bit too cute after reading xxxholic, but where there are angels, you can bet there will be demons... and the ones in Wish are simply scrumptious. *___*

(and sis I spell that word

[popkin16]

Oooo. It sounds pretty interesting then. Angels & Demons huh? XDDD I'm all for that! Thanks for the rec :)