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[RG Veda&TRC] A Bond to Change Fate: the Yasha/Ashura Manifesto

May 14, 2007 22:41

Title: A Bond to Change Fate
Author: Capella (capella_aurigae)
Pairing: Yasha/Ashura
Fandom: RG Veda and Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE
Spoilers: For all of RG Veda, and the Shara/Shura arc from Tsubasa (volumes 8-10)
Word Count: roughly 6,100 I’m sorry DX
Author’s Notes: Apologies for lateness. Quotations are from the official English releases, unless they’re ( Read more... )

clamp, #manga/comic, rg veda, tsubasa reservoir chronicle

Comments 22

moonnymph May 15 2007, 03:52:56 UTC

Thank you for supporting the lesser-known clamp pairing! I adore Yasha and Ashura so much, and I was excited to see this manifesto. Thank you for the depth and detail of it; it's wonderful. And for not assuming Ashura to be female (although I know s/he's genderless, I've always leaned toward masculine for Ashura). The Shura arc broke my heart, but it's the only part of Tsubasa that I reread often. The ending for Veda is touching too; I love how Ashura looks as an adult, because CLAMP still captured the youth and naivety in his/her face.

I was always puzzled as to why Yasha's eye was damaged. CLAMP never does show it in Veda, do they.

capella_aurigae May 15 2007, 11:17:02 UTC

You're most welcome! I'm glad you liked it. Ashura is very much genderless to me, so I wouldn't cast him/her as either female or male. Both stories really are gorgeous.

It's kind of funny how most of the time when people lose eyes in CLAMP it's huge deal and a significant guesture, but RG Veda Yasha just loses his as a random injury while trying to reach Ashura in the...freaky stuff that encloses him/her at the end.

von_questenberg May 15 2007, 14:19:26 UTC

<3 Lovely lovely. You're entirely welcome for beta-ing.

capella_aurigae May 15 2007, 22:09:00 UTC

kazahaya May 15 2007, 14:50:48 UTC

That was a lot to read. XD

But I don't disagree with much. Maybe the his/her, s/hes, since Ashura to me in Androgenous with a hesitant male-leaning, although I go for IT over anything.

Nice work however.

capella_aurigae May 15 2007, 21:58:13 UTC

^^; Yeah, it was quite long, sorry about that. Myself, I don't use "it" for Ashura only because "it" to me implies that the antecedent is not a person.

But thank you.

kazahaya May 16 2007, 15:40:06 UTC

Oh, no don't apologize for that :) I wasn't complaining it was long. Just that it was LONG. XD I still thought it was very good and yes, while long, not a waste of my time long.

And.. I can see now why my parents used to scold me when I'd call babies "It."

I still like It tho. XD

capella_aurigae May 17 2007, 03:49:59 UTC

Oh, I'm glad then. XD

I'm guilty of calling babies "it", that's for sure. If only the word didn't have that connotation, things would be that much simpler.

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capella_aurigae May 15 2007, 22:07:44 UTC

Thank you. ^^

Sorry about the pronouns - I always refer to Ashura that way (outside of fic), since it feels most accurate to me, but I realize it's awkward used so many times. u.u

animegoil May 15 2007, 23:33:23 UTC

You explained one little detail I'd never gotten around to-- that Ashura really was punished by having no gender. I thought he/she was actually male and just referred as androgynous... because of CLAMP's affinity for androgynity -(lol?) Not that this changes that fact at all. ^^

Omg, but I fell in love with them the same way! I decided, that as a CLAMP fangirl, I needed to read all their works. And I was kind of confused at what the dynamics were between Yasha and Ashura, because as you said, it's ... out of the norm. But I thought they were SO ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE. I just about melted at the scenes of them sleeping together. I love parent/children sentiments, and so... yeah, they won me over. And then it was complete squeal material to see then in TRC because it officially declared them canon as RGVeda couldn't (in the physical way) because of age/parentlydynamics/setting. You know, like, you can say Yuki and Touya are canon... but until they actually kiss, someone could argue that they're just extremely close friends ( ... )

capella_aurigae May 16 2007, 00:11:18 UTC

androgynity = androgyny, I believe Yeah, they don't clarify the deal with Ashura's gender until the very end of RG Veda. But yes, neither male nor female.

Yeah, it was just like that! How neat. :D It was Yasha's line at the end of the "Tomoshibi" chapter that really got me - the one about being a guiding light. It was so very adorable (sappy, yes, but adorable). The TRC canon is the metaphorical icing on the metaphorical cake...or perhaps more like the metaphorical ice cream. Some kind of metaphorical dessert, anyway.

Thank you. <3