TOUGA/SAIONJI: Kind of an essay thing
I have owed Saionji an essay about our unambiguously gay duo for some time now, and in my usual way, I have been putting it off as long as possible. I thought things to myself like, "I shall read as many essays as I can find and liberally plagiarize their ideas!" I then remembered that would involve reading, and thus this essay was put off even more. However, times change, and it has come to be that I am recently overtaken with the urge to essay... about Excel. And since there's no way I'd be able to do that without feeling guilty that I didn't write this essay first, so I'm just gonna give it a go! :
For the most part, Touga's friendship toward Saionji is inversely proportionate to his particular level of dickery at that moment. First season, when his superiority complex shines with the blaze of one thousand Koyasus (or one Il Palazzo), he doesn't want, need, or believe in friendship, mostly because he's a pretty terrible friend himself. When the dueling game was introduced into their lives, Saionji became at best a pawn and at worst a speedbump in Touga's eyes. Their tiny, adorable, hilariously homosexual childhood is a lifetime ago to a guy like Touga, who's really only interested in chasin' skirt and revolutionizin' the world, most likely into a world where he gets even MORE tail.
And then he loses to Utena. Immediately, his massive dickery collapses into a black hole of emo and sadness and ducklings weeping single perfect tears. Maybe the Black Rose arc never happened, or maybe everyone forgot it happened, or maybe it was actually a glimpse into the campus of Ohtori Amsterdam, I don't know, but what I do know is that Touga sat in the dark being very, very sad for a very long time. This doesn't have anything to do with Saionji, or anything beyond the fact that I enjoy it a lot, so I'm not exactly sure why I'm talking about it. Maybe my point was that he didn't even think to go to Saionji then. But probably not. Moving on!
So then Touga gets Akio'd! He realizes he was just a big manwhore in a small pond. There are other fish in the sea, and Akio's had sex with all of them. When Touga grows up, he wants to be just like Akio, so he becomes his sidekick. With this favorable support bonus, their stats are raised mightily! Also sex. And when the opportunity to screw Saionji over again comes up, he's more than happy to do it! Saionji's like, "Screw u guys, I'm goin home. >(" and Touga's like, "O RLY" and uses Saionji's elemental weakness (peen0r) to manipulate him back into the game. While his superiority complex levels have dropped slightly, Touga's dickery levels remain study and robust!
But evetually his LOVE!!!11!!11 for Utena gets to him and he decides he has to SAVE!!11!11 her, because even when he's not being dickerous, he still has a PENIS!!11!11 So he goes to ask Saionji for help and their friendship blossoms anew! Saionji is the only person who will help him, and also the only one who can help him. When they start making out up and riding their bicycle built for one and so on, Touga's the one who's nostalgic for their wee and tender faggotry. He'd been such a dick for so long, he'd forgotten what it's like to have a friend. He's glad to have that back. :'(
Would he screw him over again? Probably. But he's not in any hurry to do so. Right now, Touga is sincerely enjoying Saionji's company and doing best friend things and having gay sex. Speaking of which, while Touga is frequently gay at, with, and in Saionji, he's not exactly gay for Saionji. While the statement, "What's a little buttsex between best friends" is one of denial for Saionji, it's really just a statement of fact for Touga. I mean, he's not going to not have sex with him. That would be silly. Just like it would be silly to stop having sex with everyone else! And Touga will continue to pick on Saionji for as long as he knows that Saionji will put up with it. If he doesn't like it he can go find a woman like God intended. It'll build character! \o/
IN CONCLUSION: GAY. But not as gay as you are. :Db
For the most part, Touga's friendship toward Saionji is inversely proportionate to his particular level of dickery at that moment. First season, when his superiority complex shines with the blaze of one thousand Koyasus (or one Il Palazzo), he doesn't want, need, or believe in friendship, mostly because he's a pretty terrible friend himself. When the dueling game was introduced into their lives, Saionji became at best a pawn and at worst a speedbump in Touga's eyes. Their tiny, adorable, hilariously homosexual childhood is a lifetime ago to a guy like Touga, who's really only interested in chasin' skirt and revolutionizin' the world, most likely into a world where he gets even MORE tail.
And then he loses to Utena. Immediately, his massive dickery collapses into a black hole of emo and sadness and ducklings weeping single perfect tears. Maybe the Black Rose arc never happened, or maybe everyone forgot it happened, or maybe it was actually a glimpse into the campus of Ohtori Amsterdam, I don't know, but what I do know is that Touga sat in the dark being very, very sad for a very long time. This doesn't have anything to do with Saionji, or anything beyond the fact that I enjoy it a lot, so I'm not exactly sure why I'm talking about it. Maybe my point was that he didn't even think to go to Saionji then. But probably not. Moving on!
So then Touga gets Akio'd! He realizes he was just a big manwhore in a small pond. There are other fish in the sea, and Akio's had sex with all of them. When Touga grows up, he wants to be just like Akio, so he becomes his sidekick. With this favorable support bonus, their stats are raised mightily! Also sex. And when the opportunity to screw Saionji over again comes up, he's more than happy to do it! Saionji's like, "Screw u guys, I'm goin home. >(" and Touga's like, "O RLY" and uses Saionji's elemental weakness (peen0r) to manipulate him back into the game. While his superiority complex levels have dropped slightly, Touga's dickery levels remain study and robust!
But evetually his LOVE!!!11!!11 for Utena gets to him and he decides he has to SAVE!!11!11 her, because even when he's not being dickerous, he still has a PENIS!!11!11 So he goes to ask Saionji for help and their friendship blossoms anew! Saionji is the only person who will help him, and also the only one who can help him. When they start making out up and riding their bicycle built for one and so on, Touga's the one who's nostalgic for their wee and tender faggotry. He'd been such a dick for so long, he'd forgotten what it's like to have a friend. He's glad to have that back. :'(
Would he screw him over again? Probably. But he's not in any hurry to do so. Right now, Touga is sincerely enjoying Saionji's company and doing best friend things and having gay sex. Speaking of which, while Touga is frequently gay at, with, and in Saionji, he's not exactly gay for Saionji. While the statement, "What's a little buttsex between best friends" is one of denial for Saionji, it's really just a statement of fact for Touga. I mean, he's not going to not have sex with him. That would be silly. Just like it would be silly to stop having sex with everyone else! And Touga will continue to pick on Saionji for as long as he knows that Saionji will put up with it. If he doesn't like it he can go find a woman like God intended. It'll build character! \o/
IN CONCLUSION: GAY. But not as gay as you are. :Db