CLAMP - Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle, vol. 13-17
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oyceterEh. I feel I need an explanation of the plot. Much as I love stories about doubles, on a practical level they confuse the heck out of me! People! I cannot even keep track of a normal, straightforward plot with distinct characters, much less one with clones and identity switching!
So: the Syaoran we have known and loved (hereby termed Our Syaoran) is actually a clone of the original Syaoran (hereby termed Eyeless Syaoran)? Or is it the opposite way around? And Eyeless Syaoran is actually the one missing an eye, right? Or... eh, I guess he's not really missing an eye because he ate Fai's eye (!!!!).
I think I spoiled myself for the eye development, but I still snickered because it is not just singular eye trauma! It is eye trauma involving multiple people and magic eyes! Oh! And Eyeless Syaoran actually gave one of his eyes (and cloned his heart?!?!) to Our Syaoran, who was then sent to Clow to meet Sakura by Yuuko. I think? Maybe?
Also, what is up with Subaru? He is a VAMPIRE?! OMG! *dies laughing* Awesomeness! I mean, it is wonderful and tragic and OMG! Fai! Fai has to drink his blood to live! And Kurogane makes a wish via Yuuko to keep Fai alive and now Fai must live off of his blood and only his blood!!! There are not enough exclamation points in the world for the awesomeness!
So, um, where is the Fai/Kurogane slash now? I had seen the undercurrents before, but now that they have a tragic connection and Kurogane's sacrifice linking them together, they have pushed all my buttons! And usually I reserve this level of "OMG! The plot! OMG! *flings hands around in an incoherent attempt to express the overwhelming cracktastic awesomeness*" for Yuki Kaori.
I am liking this series so much more now.
So: the Syaoran we have known and loved (hereby termed Our Syaoran) is actually a clone of the original Syaoran (hereby termed Eyeless Syaoran)? Or is it the opposite way around? And Eyeless Syaoran is actually the one missing an eye, right? Or... eh, I guess he's not really missing an eye because he ate Fai's eye (!!!!).
I think I spoiled myself for the eye development, but I still snickered because it is not just singular eye trauma! It is eye trauma involving multiple people and magic eyes! Oh! And Eyeless Syaoran actually gave one of his eyes (and cloned his heart?!?!) to Our Syaoran, who was then sent to Clow to meet Sakura by Yuuko. I think? Maybe?
Also, what is up with Subaru? He is a VAMPIRE?! OMG! *dies laughing* Awesomeness! I mean, it is wonderful and tragic and OMG! Fai! Fai has to drink his blood to live! And Kurogane makes a wish via Yuuko to keep Fai alive and now Fai must live off of his blood and only his blood!!! There are not enough exclamation points in the world for the awesomeness!
So, um, where is the Fai/Kurogane slash now? I had seen the undercurrents before, but now that they have a tragic connection and Kurogane's sacrifice linking them together, they have pushed all my buttons! And usually I reserve this level of "OMG! The plot! OMG! *flings hands around in an incoherent attempt to express the overwhelming cracktastic awesomeness*" for Yuki Kaori.
I am liking this series so much more now.
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Mon, Jun. 18th, 2007 06:28 pm (UTC)I cannot believe that CLAMP has taken their signature eye trauma to a complete new level and that they have done so thematically in ways that make the plot better! And that the entire self-indulgent-sounding premise of crossovers with all their existing universes has turned out to be so thematically rich!