RE: 191. Yeah, I get that. I get the feeling CLAMP tossed that out there to muddy the waters when they realized that "HOSHIT, I think we may have set up an oedipal relationship, gaiz." However, there is the slight chance that the relationships are different-- very very very very slight because of how the royal family is emphasized as being a facsimile of CCS's main family. The only thing that supports this argument is the portrayal of Kamui and Subaru as twins, and Seishirou and Fuuma as brothers. That says to me that anyone can be related to anyone in any totally WTF way. Which leads to my current mindset, which is, "I will hold the squick at bay until this sheer confusion about everyone's identities becomes clearer. Because CLAMP seems to like suckering their audience into believing something that is totally misleading for maximum WTFery in a Big Reveal."
I also think that the mechanics of FWR's magic and abilities were poorly thought out on CLAMP's part, and that they aren't being careful with the actual semantics of their Villainous Grandstanding Monologues. They may try to defend that as FWR's being slightly off his rocker and being misleading and illogical himself. Yeah, suuure. They've stumbled into Illogical Land. AGAIN. Really, I think they totally botched the job as soon as the manga became srs bizniz. They are capable of so much more when it comes to storytelling. I get the feeling they didn't carefully plot out the mechanics of the end of the story beforehand-- just look at the now-illogical scene of priest!Yukito being in a cavern full of water-- and that all their "data collecting" breaks in the publishing schedule are actually the result of one of them going, "....Oh, fuck. Uh, wait. How do I make that work? Damn, I, uh, need to brainstorm. Crap."
At this point, with the total WTFery with relationships... I wouldn't be overly surprised to find out that the Clow Reed who was king in Clow Country is actually a grown-up Eriol. I think I'd laugh. At this point, I'm taking the mantra that anything can happen as utter truth in TRC. Any off-the-wall conspiracy theory you can come up with? At least as likely as anything else. At this point, I think CLAMP is seeking to mindscrew the fans for the lulz.
I want to know WTF Clow Reed has to do with any of this. Also tied in seems to be the question of Yuuko's true identity. I'm getting really sick of everyone having false names. It makes me snarly.
Very little is adding up. I really like what they did with Tokyo and Clow Country, and find it very clever. I just wish they were that awesome for the whole story. Hell, I wish they'd handled TRC with the same awesomeness that they're handling xxxHOLiC. How can Holic be so awesome, and TRC so... not? THE LOGIC, WHERE IS IT? Is it hiding in Holic?
...I still want to see CCS Sakura and Syaoran come in with guns blazing. It's looking less and less likely. But I really want to see them.
Re: The Logic, I Want It Back-- Or Was It Ever Here?
I also think that the mechanics of FWR's magic and abilities were poorly thought out on CLAMP's part, and that they aren't being careful with the actual semantics of their Villainous Grandstanding Monologues. They may try to defend that as FWR's being slightly off his rocker and being misleading and illogical himself. Yeah, suuure. They've stumbled into Illogical Land. AGAIN. Really, I think they totally botched the job as soon as the manga became srs bizniz. They are capable of so much more when it comes to storytelling. I get the feeling they didn't carefully plot out the mechanics of the end of the story beforehand-- just look at the now-illogical scene of priest!Yukito being in a cavern full of water-- and that all their "data collecting" breaks in the publishing schedule are actually the result of one of them going, "....Oh, fuck. Uh, wait. How do I make that work? Damn, I, uh, need to brainstorm. Crap."
At this point, with the total WTFery with relationships... I wouldn't be overly surprised to find out that the Clow Reed who was king in Clow Country is actually a grown-up Eriol. I think I'd laugh. At this point, I'm taking the mantra that anything can happen as utter truth in TRC. Any off-the-wall conspiracy theory you can come up with? At least as likely as anything else. At this point, I think CLAMP is seeking to mindscrew the fans for the lulz.
I want to know WTF Clow Reed has to do with any of this. Also tied in seems to be the question of Yuuko's true identity. I'm getting really sick of everyone having false names. It makes me snarly.
Very little is adding up. I really like what they did with Tokyo and Clow Country, and find it very clever. I just wish they were that awesome for the whole story. Hell, I wish they'd handled TRC with the same awesomeness that they're handling xxxHOLiC. How can Holic be so awesome, and TRC so... not? THE LOGIC, WHERE IS IT? Is it hiding in Holic?
...I still want to see CCS Sakura and Syaoran come in with guns blazing. It's looking less and less likely. But I really want to see them.