X/1999 - Discussions on character's sexuality/couples

[darkbandicoot]

X spoilers!

Especially Kamui & Fuuma, this question's been haunting me for a long time! After quite a while, I finally accepted them as a sort of couple or twisted romance (depending on if Fuuma was himself or as /Kamui/) but at first I didn't see it that way because I only support canon pairings.

Seeing Clamp's artwork of them & re-visited certain

Comments

[jjblue1]

According to a CLAMP's interview about CCS:

'One last comment on the subject: I am glad that the readers are happy that Sakura and Syaoran got together, but that anyone would think it's because they make a normal couple... it's a little disconcerting. Sakura didn't chose Syaoran because he's a boy close to her in age. If Syaoran had been a girl, if they had been far apart in age, as long as he was still Syaoran, I think Sakura would have fallen in love with him. It'd sadden me if you thought they're a good couple because they're normal.'I fear that's their general politic about love which makes me feel a little disconcerned because this means Subaru didn't chose Seishiro because he's a male but... because is Seishiro. If Seishiro were all of sudden to reveal he's a female in disguise *sweatdrop* Subaru would love him all the same

[waterpuzzle_]

but still I think CLAMP characters lack of sexual preferences.

I just want to say that I completely and wholeheartedly agree with this statement. <3

[jjblue1]

^_____^

[hellody]

Eeeh, thanks for posting this, it's interesting.

I've always thought that Subaru loved Seishiro because he was his "special person" and that the fact he was a man didn't matter at all. It's just happened to be that way.

Besides, I remember Seishirou saying in the manga : "I'm a man and you're a boy Subaru. It's just happened that the person I've fallen in love with is a boy". *Yeah, I know it by heart...facepalm*

When I read this sentence, I assumed that they loved each other because, duh, they're fated lover and that the fact they were both boy was just random.

Dunno. But of course the fact they're both men add a lot to the story, it's like a cherry on top cake :))

CLAMP I LUV U !!!

[jjblue1]

Yep, CLAMP tends to go for the 'Special Person' thing... skipping everything else. I guess it's part of their hitsuzen theory...

[darkbandicoot]

I don't know, "special person" confuses me because I think gender is important too since what does it mean when a man says "I'm gay." Are they, or is it just because they love someone special? Do they like women too? Natural attraction towards the oppossite gender is more common than the same gender so I think gender is important.

[hellody]

I agree it's quite confusing

[darkbandicoot]

Yes, thanks.

At the time, Seishiro(u) might've not had an interest at all at 25 as no one knows when he started to love Subaru which is also a question. I don't think he is gay or bi at all because there is no interest in a gender overall, just Subaru, which happens to be a man but if he was female, it might've ended up the same way for Seishiro(u).

As for the Sumeragi clan, I suppose it could be a cousin or another relation & who's to say that every Sumeragi will be straight? In the manga (though it's mentioned in the anime) his clan might've even died out since Subaru isn't part of that clan anymore (I don't know if you're read the manga so I didn't want to spoil it if you haven't.)

[hellody]

Sure I read the manga ::at least ten zillions times::

I was just trying to say in my previous post that a relationship between two guys, moreover with this difference of age -and the fact that Subaru is underage- has more contoversial potential than a classical "a boy & a girl" love story.

So I think that this is an important element in a manga about social criticism of japanese society, where frail people -old people, disabled people, weak people-are left on the fringe of society.