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Ha-chan ([info]agent_hyatt) wrote,
@ 2009-07-06 16:56:00


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Thread of that insidious Yukito-bashing L-chan and co are so fond of.

There is nothing interesting about him.

That's just willful ignoring of what's actually there. Even if you find happy, cheerful people utterly boring and undeserving of attention, there's still Yukito's dual nature. It's even touched on, and yes, he feels pain over it! And even if he's past the worst, it's far from over for him.

And think about this: If he's so much nothing, then how can fanfiction do anything with him?

Especially if Yue's power is so weak. Here's an idea--stop perpetuating a disguise you don't need anymore! Maybe that would help.

Evidence that she wasn't watching/reading the same series as the rest of us? Yue stayed as Yukito because it used less power! It's fucking explicitly stated right after the Judgment! And do you really think that Yue could just replace Yukito in everyday life? Sakura had enough problems hiding her living plush toy in her room; think how much worse it would be if she also had to hide a winged adult humanoid. Not to mention everyone wondering just where Yukito disappeared to. Or everyone who knew where he disappeared to, suddenly finding their cheerful, friendly Yukito replaced by distant, repressed, ever-gloomy Yue.

For someone who seems to pride herself on her intelligent critical reading, she really doesn't seem to think this through beyond "must get rid of Yukito and come up with some reason besides 'I hate him'".

(Although I think there should have been a trigger for the Yukito disguise to be discontinued once Yue woke for the Judgment, but that's a whole other topic.)

No, let's go there. Starting with, what would it say about Clow if he created a sapient being for the sole purpose of unknowingly hiding Yue only to forcibly murder him once he stopped being useful? That is what you're talking about, killing off a sapient being with feelings, desires and fears of his own. Probably against his will, too, since this is apparently an automatic trigger that Yukito has no choice about. But Yukito is subjectively bland, so who cares if you propose killing him and couch it in prettier terms.


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[info]ladyofviolets
2009-07-07 12:21 am UTC (link)
//No passion, no fire, nothing. He's just a placeholder. Once we have the Yue reveal, why do we even need Yukito anymore? I have so many problems with Yukito's existence anyway, but that's the main one.//

WTF, fandom? Sakura loves Yukito, and so does Touya. He's VERY, very important to their character development, so much that one of Touya's main motivation to give up his psychic powers is to *not lose the guy he loves*, aside of having Yue protect Sakura adequately. And not to mention how he's Sakura's first love...

Bsides, it's NOT sin to be a sweet and cute male. Why would it be, huh? Not every man has to be OMG HOT BLOODED or OMG COOOOOLD. -.-

Not even opening the canon of wowrms that is the whole "hetting up gay/bi charas". No, no, no, no.

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[info]agent_hyatt
2009-07-07 01:25 am UTC (link)
Sakura loves Yukito, and so does Touya. He's VERY, very important to their character development, so much that one of Touya's main motivation to give up his psychic powers is to *not lose the guy he loves*

These people think that Touya/Yukito is a mistake and that Touya should be bitter over giving up his psychic powers. Though they also apparently think that only Touya cares about him, as there's no explanation for how everyone else would feel about Yukito and Yue merging (Touya already hates Yukito for taking away his mother and has Kaho and/or Tomoyo to be with).

Not even opening the canon of wowrms that is the whole "hetting up gay/bi charas".

I've been reading too much [info]unfunnybusiness, because I do want to open that can of worms. Sure, it "just entertainment", but it's still part of a large cultural pattern of "fixing" gayness by find the right person of the opposite sex. And they have plenty of questionable stuff to make the calls of homophobia valid; most prominently, that Bury Your Gays aspect of making Yukito disappear, but also calling Touya's love for Yukito a mistake and saying that Touya's otherwise straight...

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