More wood to the fire

[taotrooper]

I had to wait some time to post it, because my first reaction to the January picture of the TRC/HOLiC calendar 2005 was on the lines of "squee! OMGWTFBBQ so hawt!!1one", honestly. Because he *does* look gorgeous. The face, the pose, the clothes. And the atmosphere is great. And kitsune-chan is with him, in colour! I should've known it would be white and red. It's a CLAMP trend anyway. And nine-tailed kitsunes can be silver, I've read somewhere.

But! After a lot of drooling and hyperventilating, I noticed. I hate it when I notice. Nekoi is helping Ohkawa on killing my brain. Curse them! My brain is sensitive this week, you bitches. Hagaren finale, first week of term, Bleach and Tactics anime, Jo Rowling updating her FAQ section... it seems they're all teamed up together to destroy my neurones.

Anyway, see it for yourselves. You'll say I'm annoying and obsessive, but I swear this is a rather valid point, that CLAMP is doing this on purpose and I won't resort to more theories on crack -this time-. Just pointing facts. Warning: graphic heavy.

Remember the infamous mirror illustration? Shame on you! Especially since is my favorite CCS illust and used it as an icon until I drove everyone crazy. So, I'll refresh your memory:



Now check this out:



...

I know it's not the same kind of tree and blossoms, but they look similar and that's what it counts.

I don't think it's a coincidence we keep seeing Kimihiro with Chinese silk outfits or old-fashioned, dandy western suits on illustrations. It's the only clothes I've seen on him, apart of the uniforms and yukatas. So bizarre...

Now I want that calendar picture on high quality scans! ;_____;

Edit: butterflydrming shared an interesting idea about the blossoms at the background, which seem to be Japanese magnolias. I made a query and I found this.
Edit 2: I misspelled a word. Comparation does not exist >_

Comments

[laurus-nobilis.livejournal.com]

Oh, thanks! ^_^

True, there aren't many new pictures there... But December? *faints* Dragons!!!

By the way, one would think that from all the people who bought the 2004 calendar, at least someone would have properly scanned it...

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

Did you say last year scans (http://ccs.tsoba.net/images.php)?

Sadly, some of them are cutted-off (yes, even our favorite picture ¬¬). But that's better than nothing, isn't it?

I liked Fye and Kuro's dragon outfits! :D Syaoran's looks weird and I hate Sakura's pose and clothes (too Chiiish...)