Spring cleaning today

[taotrooper]

No, really, it's time to clean up my bedroom. I'll try to make an inventory of my manga collections while I'm at it.

I opened a new file on Zelda: The Minish Cap, which I borrowed from my brothers. Minish people are too cute.

No matter how I'll word it, it's gonna sound wanky.

I... I don't doubt the Clowians and the Royal Family love him, but I'd honestly like it better if CLAMP stopped pushing how adorable Sakura is to everyone!!1! when writing the script the characters (other than Yukito) could set their preference a bit aside and pay Touya a bit of attention as something other than "kawaii Sakura-hime's brother". It's really bitter for me to expect that, when Sakura is one of the main characters -and mind you, Touya doesn't seem to mind that people love the little monster so much, quite the contrary since he loves her too.

I mean, I'm sure in my heart of hearts that people do offer Touya-ouji his favorite fruit in days not close to important ceremonies involving the youngest kid. I'm sure HIS birthday is a festival, too. And King Fujitaka lovely gives him lessons on how to be diplomatic and a good monarch when he grows up. And Queen Nadeshiko hugs him a lot when she's finally done with purifications for her priestess work. B-b-because this is all a consequence of storytelling limited point of view and it's not that anyone in the kingdom ignore him, right?

...Right?? I refuse to believe otherwise, for my sanity.

Comments

[lodelco.livejournal.com]

You could say that Sakura is borderline mary-sueish since at times people think she is adorable and cute but nothing to show for it.

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

Actually, I give her the benefit of the doubt in the subjects' adoration's account for one reason. I live now in a country with a royal family, and people/the press go ga-ga over their members, particularly the little kids such as the prince Felipe's baby daughters. So it makes sense a country could be nuts about a young princess who hasn't done anything but look cute, because I'm seeing it happen in Spain with the Infantas Leonor and Sofia.

[lodelco.livejournal.com]

Can't argue with that. But think about it this way: What if Touya doesn't inherit the throne but Sakura does instead? What would be the people's reaction?

Not that she can't do a good job, but still...

[jlarinda.livejournal.com]

Based on Cloney's memories, I'd say it's just 'EVERYONE THINKS SAKURA IS CUTE' and that's it |D;;;

But the apple thing, at least the guy handing Touya the apple seems really comfortable around him? Despite the obvious 'SAKURA-CHAN ♥♥♥♥!11' vibe of that scene, I think it does show that the people in Clow Country love everyone in the royal family.

A-and I think it's overdone 'cause this is, supposedly, a different Sakura-hime. Even if the baby!Sakura-hime in Cloney's memories isn't the cloned one, this one's time was fucked up or something. So, yeah, I think CLAMP is trying to focus on her, and how cute and loved she is, so that when they fuck everything up, we know it'll have impacted everyone in Clow Country? And I'm sure you know that already and it's perfectly understandable to just want a LITTLE bit of focus on Touya. Specially when he was pretty damned important in CCS D:

[laurus-nobilis.livejournal.com]

I'm 100% sure that everything you've said about Touya happens when we aren't looking. I'd like to see more of it because I love the guy, but it's easily solved with fic.

Also: DRAAAAGOOONS ♥

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

Dragons just grew up, by the way.

[laurus-nobilis.livejournal.com]

They're GORGEOUS. ♥