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I am now only capable of expressing my feelings in plurk thoughtbite format
this is kind of a weird criticism but I really wish ccs had been like twice as long
because it is really pretty disappointing that even though the third arc was so much more serious in tone the big climax of the whole series ended up being that eriol was just trying to help her out after all
not only is that anticlimactic but it begs the question: what is sakura supposed to do now with all this phenomenal cosmic power
I mean to be honest ccs feels a lot like a long prologue to a greater story that never ended up actually happening
think about it there is seriously not a single real villain in the whole show
I mean I guess you could argue that the Real Point of ccs is the ichiban suki na hito drama but why even include the magic at all if that's the case
it feels like throughout the whole show we keep getting hints to this big interesting mythology that we never actually get to see in full because now that sakura and syaoran wub each other everything important is settled isn't it, no point in continuing
so it would have been cool if after sakura mastered the cards she ended up like getting more involved with the international magic underground
because the lis can't be the only magical clan still in existence, I mean if you want to bring later clampverse canon into this there's yuuko too, plus clow reed's dad's side of the family, plus kaho's family, plus there is a ton of other possibilities
and through that ends up meeting other sorcerors who recognize the power of clow but are also not necessarily all that nice people
and I totally think you could have actual villains without ruining the whole innocent tone of the series, just stick with cackling megalomaniacal saturday morning cartoon baddies if you really have to
like fei-wang reed only not completely stupid because tsubasa doesn't actually exist
and also that would provide more time to really give closure to the whole yukito/yue business, because while it's nice to know that he won't totally blink out of existence now that doesn't really help with the whole split personality deal
and also develop ruby moon and spinel sun some because as it stands now they are completely fucking pointless characters
anyway that's my cardcaptor sakura fanfic what do you think
watching ccs also reminds me of my intensely complicated relationship with the whole clamp catalogue
I think part of the reason I like it so much is because I can enjoy its innocence and pretend that it's a deliberate design choice as opposed to clamp not knowing how to write anything else
like the whole stupidity with romantic feelings being this transcendental soul connection that has everything to do with some great cosmic shipping agenda and is completely removed from anything to do with actual sexuality
it works for ccs because ccs is told from the perspective of an eleven-year-old girl but it's also in their more serious stuff and there it ends up being really shallow and boring and awful
because you get the impression that these people would still love each other even if one was a desk lamp and the other was a jar of peanut butter and I guess that's supposed to be romantic and sweet or whatever but in reality it's just emotionally hollow because the only reason they're together is because it was written in the stars or some other such horseshit and you know their actual romantic chemistry or dynamic isn't even a factor
and that is why an elementary school teacher and his elementary school student can be engaged and it is just their beautiful pure transcendental love and see he isn't a pedophile because he's going to wait until she's eighteen and what the fuck is wrong with you clamp
the point I'm trying to make is that if you look at ccs in the context of ccs only you can pretend that this is just how sakura sees it because she's eleven and doesn't have the perspective, maturity, or emotional context to get that when yukito and touya say that the other is the person they like the most they also mean that they totally want to bone and it's not that this is just how clamp writes EVERYTHING
and also that the anime is superior because it contains 100% less pedophilia
so basically I love ccs but at the same time I keep seeing in it everything I hate about clamp
so for the sake of my peace of mind I am going to pretend that ccs is a totally independent entity from the rest of clamp canon COOL THE END
also almost done with utena, someday I too will master the art of whipping my shirt open simply by turning around
anyway if you don't care about the above (understandable), here are some pics of my room for u
it's tiny
my sad cooking situation
my fuckin kawaii chopsticks
I brought dotty with me. I always bring her with me. she is blood of my blood
the view outside my window, exciting
my awesome umbrella
don't worry I make the bed every night
my phone. if you look at the shell closely you can see that it is actually sparkly. manliest phone ever
close-up of my phone charm, I am sensing a theme. the bunny is a bell too actually (。´・ω・`。）
building front
wow fuck you too imgur
anyway my bike is the model also owned by approximately 80% of kyoto residents which makes it a bitch to find in the bike rack again when I'm done with classes, but oh well it has a basket and it doesn't fall over and it was actually pretty inexpensive so I'm happy.
I don't have any of the campus yet because I feel like a huge asshole standing around taking pictures of a college so I will probably wait until this weekend when there are less people around
also I forgot to earlier
in other news the internet people said they'd send the modem in about a week huhuhuhehehehehe
and I get to present on the ainu for my multiethnic and multicultural japan class yeah!!!!!
this is kind of a weird criticism but I really wish ccs had been like twice as long
because it is really pretty disappointing that even though the third arc was so much more serious in tone the big climax of the whole series ended up being that eriol was just trying to help her out after all
not only is that anticlimactic but it begs the question: what is sakura supposed to do now with all this phenomenal cosmic power
I mean to be honest ccs feels a lot like a long prologue to a greater story that never ended up actually happening
think about it there is seriously not a single real villain in the whole show
I mean I guess you could argue that the Real Point of ccs is the ichiban suki na hito drama but why even include the magic at all if that's the case
it feels like throughout the whole show we keep getting hints to this big interesting mythology that we never actually get to see in full because now that sakura and syaoran wub each other everything important is settled isn't it, no point in continuing
so it would have been cool if after sakura mastered the cards she ended up like getting more involved with the international magic underground
because the lis can't be the only magical clan still in existence, I mean if you want to bring later clampverse canon into this there's yuuko too, plus clow reed's dad's side of the family, plus kaho's family, plus there is a ton of other possibilities
and through that ends up meeting other sorcerors who recognize the power of clow but are also not necessarily all that nice people
and I totally think you could have actual villains without ruining the whole innocent tone of the series, just stick with cackling megalomaniacal saturday morning cartoon baddies if you really have to
like fei-wang reed only not completely stupid because tsubasa doesn't actually exist
and also that would provide more time to really give closure to the whole yukito/yue business, because while it's nice to know that he won't totally blink out of existence now that doesn't really help with the whole split personality deal
and also develop ruby moon and spinel sun some because as it stands now they are completely fucking pointless characters
anyway that's my cardcaptor sakura fanfic what do you think
watching ccs also reminds me of my intensely complicated relationship with the whole clamp catalogue
I think part of the reason I like it so much is because I can enjoy its innocence and pretend that it's a deliberate design choice as opposed to clamp not knowing how to write anything else
like the whole stupidity with romantic feelings being this transcendental soul connection that has everything to do with some great cosmic shipping agenda and is completely removed from anything to do with actual sexuality
it works for ccs because ccs is told from the perspective of an eleven-year-old girl but it's also in their more serious stuff and there it ends up being really shallow and boring and awful
because you get the impression that these people would still love each other even if one was a desk lamp and the other was a jar of peanut butter and I guess that's supposed to be romantic and sweet or whatever but in reality it's just emotionally hollow because the only reason they're together is because it was written in the stars or some other such horseshit and you know their actual romantic chemistry or dynamic isn't even a factor
and that is why an elementary school teacher and his elementary school student can be engaged and it is just their beautiful pure transcendental love and see he isn't a pedophile because he's going to wait until she's eighteen and what the fuck is wrong with you clamp
the point I'm trying to make is that if you look at ccs in the context of ccs only you can pretend that this is just how sakura sees it because she's eleven and doesn't have the perspective, maturity, or emotional context to get that when yukito and touya say that the other is the person they like the most they also mean that they totally want to bone and it's not that this is just how clamp writes EVERYTHING
and also that the anime is superior because it contains 100% less pedophilia
so basically I love ccs but at the same time I keep seeing in it everything I hate about clamp
so for the sake of my peace of mind I am going to pretend that ccs is a totally independent entity from the rest of clamp canon COOL THE END
also almost done with utena, someday I too will master the art of whipping my shirt open simply by turning around
anyway if you don't care about the above (understandable), here are some pics of my room for u
it's tiny
my sad cooking situation
my fuckin kawaii chopsticks
I brought dotty with me. I always bring her with me. she is blood of my blood
the view outside my window, exciting
my awesome umbrella
don't worry I make the bed every night
my phone. if you look at the shell closely you can see that it is actually sparkly. manliest phone ever
close-up of my phone charm, I am sensing a theme. the bunny is a bell too actually (。´・ω・`。）
building front
wow fuck you too imgur
anyway my bike is the model also owned by approximately 80% of kyoto residents which makes it a bitch to find in the bike rack again when I'm done with classes, but oh well it has a basket and it doesn't fall over and it was actually pretty inexpensive so I'm happy.
I don't have any of the campus yet because I feel like a huge asshole standing around taking pictures of a college so I will probably wait until this weekend when there are less people around
also I forgot to earlier
in other news the internet people said they'd send the modem in about a week huhuhuhehehehehe
and I get to present on the ainu for my multiethnic and multicultural japan class yeah!!!!!