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Ha-chan (![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} 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.
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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