- I don't get Tomoyo's appeal. I find most rabid Tomoyo fans to be even shallow about her. There's the ones who like her because she's beautiful and is pretty enough for <insert character they like here>. There's the ones who like her because she's the magicless, kung-fuless BFF sidekick yet perfect in mundane terms and they can self-project themselves easily. There's the ones who love her because OMG HER LOVE IS SO PURE AND SELFLESS and I have the suspicion most of them would give a damn if this wasn't a yuri crush. Me, I think this PURE LOVE is several kinds of creepy because a) THE TAPED FILMS ARE CREEPY and b) it's too idealistic not to feel at least one bit of a selfish tug in the heart for not have your love returned and c) does she even have friends that are not Sakura's as well? Welp, that was long! - *points at your icon* Agreed. Yue is the prettiest person in that canon. - I really liked Meiling. That and the larger focus on Yamazaki, Chiharu, and Naoko were my favorite things about the anime. - Corollary: The reason why I don't ship Tomoyo/Meiling? Tomoyo doesn't deserve Meiling's awesomeness. - Yukito is not boring at all. And thinking this doesn't make me believe he's the second coming of Christ. Hell, I used to think he was indeed boring until his identity issues and Yue popped in. - I think Nakuru, although boobless, must have or seem to have female genitalia as a part of her cover-up in school. I'm not sure she wanted to, but if someone accidentally see her naked it'd be messy to call Eriol to delete the memory. Mentally, though? Yeah, she probably sees herself as genderqueer with more female tastes. - Dating two guys who aren't your age does not make you a pedophile whore. Especially when one of the guys has been around for almost forty years, not counting memories of hundreds of years. Is it so hard to understand that Kaho fell in love with Touya and Eriol because of their mature personalities, and not the jailbait? - Sakura/Syaoran is dull.
Corollary: The reason why I don't ship Tomoyo/Meiling? Tomoyo doesn't deserve Meiling's awesomeness.
Similar feelings here; I'd be very into Tomoyo/Meiling if I liked Tomoyo better. As it is, I don't get why more Tomoyo fans don't like the ship, since Meiling connected with Tomoyo much more than Eriol and is more likely to understand her feelings than Sakura.
Yukito is not boring at all. And thinking this doesn't make me believe he's the second coming of Christ.
There really is no middle ground when it comes to bashers, is there?
Re: Nakuru, Eriol probably had a Talk with her about the ramifications of choosing her own gender, which she may or may not have understood thanks to her emotional immaturity. I think Eriol probably went with a perception filter to keep the secret; if she wanted people to think of her as female, then they'd see what they expected from women, same for if she wanted to be seen as male. As she grows up, I can definitely see her taking advantage of her natural genderqueer state to be either gender as she wishes, or even try presenting herself as both genders or genderless.
Is it so hard to understand that Kaho fell in love with Touya and Eriol because of their mature personalities, and not the jailbait?
Apparently, yes. And it's sad that the common opinion of Kaho has actually improved, since most people don't think of her as an active predatory pedophile anymore.
A perception spell is quite possible, and the reason why I said "or seems". But your idea that it changes depending on what she wants to be seen as is pretty sweet, actually.
A pedophile whore, certainly not; but I still think there's no way the relationship between Kaho and Touya couldn't have been somewhat abusive and creepy given the circumstances. Then again, so was Sakura's parents relationship.
I rather like Tomoyo! Not a crazy fan or anything, but I find her very amusing and she's one of my favourite characters in the series behind Touya, Syaoran, Yue/Yukito and Nakuru. I think the creepiness is actually one of the reason I find her so amusing XD
I really like Meiling as well, but kind of... like, I want to like her more than I actually do.
there's no way the relationship between Kaho and Touya couldn't have been somewhat abusive and creepy given the circumstances. Then again, so was Sakura's parents relationship.
How so? Sure, there's the age difference and she used to be his teacher, but they waited until after she stopped being his teacher to even admit love. They weren't walking to school together like Sakura's parents
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Welp, that was long!
- *points at your icon* Agreed. Yue is the prettiest person in that canon.
- I really liked Meiling. That and the larger focus on Yamazaki, Chiharu, and Naoko were my favorite things about the anime.
- Corollary: The reason why I don't ship Tomoyo/Meiling? Tomoyo doesn't deserve Meiling's awesomeness.
- Yukito is not boring at all. And thinking this doesn't make me believe he's the second coming of Christ. Hell, I used to think he was indeed boring until his identity issues and Yue popped in.
- I think Nakuru, although boobless, must have or seem to have female genitalia as a part of her cover-up in school. I'm not sure she wanted to, but if someone accidentally see her naked it'd be messy to call Eriol to delete the memory. Mentally, though? Yeah, she probably sees herself as genderqueer with more female tastes.
- Dating two guys who aren't your age does not make you a pedophile whore. Especially when one of the guys has been around for almost forty years, not counting memories of hundreds of years. Is it so hard to understand that Kaho fell in love with Touya and Eriol because of their mature personalities, and not the jailbait?
- Sakura/Syaoran is dull.
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Similar feelings here; I'd be very into Tomoyo/Meiling if I liked Tomoyo better.
As it is, I don't get why more Tomoyo fans don't like the ship, since Meiling connected with Tomoyo much more than Eriol and is more likely to understand her feelings than Sakura.Yukito is not boring at all. And thinking this doesn't make me believe he's the second coming of Christ.
There really is no middle ground when it comes to bashers, is there?
Re: Nakuru, Eriol probably had a Talk with her about the ramifications of choosing her own gender, which she may or may not have understood thanks to her emotional immaturity. I think Eriol probably went with a perception filter to keep the secret; if she wanted people to think of her as female, then they'd see what they expected from women, same for if she wanted to be seen as male. As she grows up, I can definitely see her taking advantage of her natural genderqueer state to be either gender as she wishes, or even try presenting herself as both genders or genderless.
Is it so hard to understand that Kaho fell in love with Touya and Eriol because of their mature personalities, and not the jailbait?
Apparently, yes. And it's sad that the common opinion of Kaho has actually improved, since most people don't think of her as an active predatory pedophile anymore.
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I rather like Tomoyo! Not a crazy fan or anything, but I find her very amusing and she's one of my favourite characters in the series behind Touya, Syaoran, Yue/Yukito and Nakuru. I think the creepiness is actually one of the reason I find her so amusing XD
I really like Meiling as well, but kind of... like, I want to like her more than I actually do.
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How so? Sure, there's the age difference and she used to be his teacher, but they waited until after she stopped being his teacher to even admit love. They weren't walking to school together like Sakura's parents
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Really? Must have missed that one! Then yes, it's slightly less creepy :)
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