My thoughts, the possibilities & questions on Sub/Sei
Major spoilers for Rainbow Bridge!
What I want to discuss are the possibilities with events that happened between them & alone.
The most obvious question of all is what did Seishiro tell Subaru before he died? Most of us want to believe that it was a love confession, but what if it was another lie? I certainly don't want it to be, but what if it was? Maybe Seishiro wanted to own Subaru completely by letting him kill him so it would tear down Subaru even more than he already has, knowing that deep down Subaru couldn't kill him. I'm sure that's not the case because then what was the point in Setsuka's words? He loved Subaru damnit!
My other question is when (supposingly) did Seishiro realise that he did loved Subaru? There are three main times I can think of:
1. At the end of Tokyo Babylon, because he let Subaru go again, but why? Maybe it was because Subaru easn't worth killing, but as a Sakurazukamori, it's his job to kill, wether he thinks they should or not, but he has his own mind to do whatever he wants.
2. Their first meeting after nine years. Maybe the new Subaru caught his attention since he was the cause of it, possibly feeling sorry that Subaru was a depressed & cold person, lost of his cuteness & shyness & was out for revenge. Losing his cuteness isn't a bad thing though, Subaru had grown up to be a beautiful man.
3. When Subaru lost his eye. This is interesting because if you think about it, when Seishiro lost his eye, Subaru fell in love with him. Funny if it would happen again but instead each other swapping places. Having said that, even before Subaru fought with /Kamui/ (Fuuma), Seishiro was watching. What's all that about? It might be possible that he was confused at this point, since I imagine if he was going to feel, it would be gradual & not just "Oh, I love Subaru!" since a Sakurazukamori doesn't have much experience with emotions so he probably wouldn't know how to deal with them.
There's also the time in between TB & X, since at the end of TB he could have just been confused at first & since Subaru was the closest person to love (even if he didn't love him, just close enough), then maybe he decided to let the bet continue so he could try to love him after thinking about the person he would supposingly be killed by.
He didn't intervene in the fight, so does that mean he didn't feel at that time, or if he did, then why didn't he try to stop it?
Did he know Subaru would live (then how & how could he have been so certain Subaru would, unless he knew /Kamui/ wouldn't since he thought Subaru's wish was to kill, thus /Kamui/ allowed him to live, though that wasn't the reason he let him live at all.)
Did he not want to get on /Kamui/'s bad side, who would then probably kill them both, or worse to him, just Subaru?
He didn't like it when /Kamui/ blinded him (manga only) because it was a mark left by another person. So then why didn't he try to stop the fight if for that reason only?
After Subaru lost his eye, was that when Seishiro decided to replace that mark with his own (manga only)? Did he care at the time, & that's why he didn't intervene in the fight?
Realising that he loved him, maybe that was the time that he wished for Subaru's eye to be erased.
So many questions! I do wish Clamp would've just made things clear for us! If only they knew... *gets teary eyed.*
Opinions are welcome!