Capricorn and Aquarius
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gekidasaHmmm... Shura is, at least until the end, the only Gold Saint I've actively disliked up to this point, in large part because his personality reads pretty much as a religious zealot, and instant dislike is a knee jerk reaction from me to the self-righteousness of people who are so sure that THEY possess The Truth that they end up blinding themselves to their own cruelty and so forth. Plus, I like Aioros.
But anyway, that doesn't mean that I can't recognize that Shura's certainly an interesting character, precisely because he illustrates so well what's so dangerous about self-righteous zealot. And I suppose that it's predictable enough that in the end I can't REALLY dislike him.
But anyway, Shiryuu. That was a very manly way to die, as one would expect of Shiryuu. \XD/
Is it me, or are we supposed to understand that Shiryuu is actually much stronger without the Dragon Cloth? I'm not sure if this is right, but it seems to me that protects him but it also binds him, doesn't it?
Oh, and I must say that while at Cancer, I was ready to declare Shiryuu the token heterosexual among the Bronce Saints... but then I got to Shura and started thinking, hmmm... that's slashy, and then I got to their deaths and the whole "We will watch over Athena eternally... together, Shiryuu", and... yeah.
Saint Seiya is the gayest thing that ever gayed.
Anyway, and then there was Camus vs Hyoga, round two.
First of all, Camus kicks all sorts of ass, but what else is new? "That's not cold air... THIS is cold air!!" just killed me (paraphrasing, obviously). Also, I now not only see him quite clearly in Fuuma, but in Seishirou as well, because:
"You sacrificed your life to guide me to absolute zero."
Now, granted Camus isn't selfish and possesive the way Seishirou is (although his, pardon the geekiness, apparent iciness, as far as being detached and sort of denying his own emotions is certainly similar to Seishirou's inability to feel and to recognize love initially. But anyway, I find Rainbow Bridge to be such an obvious callback to Camus and Hyoga's fight, and specially for the reason Camus was fighting.
Okay, I'm going to digress. It's in the X Tarot. Subaru is The Hanged Man, which symbolizes man having to descend to death/the underworld/whatever in order to gain true knowldge, and Seishirou is Death, which isn't just death, but also a journey. I've always found the character choices for those cards absolutely spot on, and knowing what they mean brings out such an interesting layer of Subaru and Seishirou's relationship. Namely, aside from being a selfish possessive bastard that wanted to totally own Subaru... Seishirou was also very much a teacher. Subaru was incomplete, in the sense that he originally only knew kindness and light. Seishirou showed him the other side, and by forcing Subaru to kill him AND opening the way for him to become the sakurazumori, he brought Subaru full circle.
Anyway, my point is, Seishirou chose to die in a way that would make Subaru become something he wouldn't have become otherwise, and through that Subaru became wiser, because he'd become the very opposite of what he once was. Camus sacrificed his life so Hyoga would attain something that symbolizes ultimate knowledge of self.
God, I love X and Saint Seiya so much. ♥
Oh, and that snowflake being Hyoga's goodbye to Shun? Can I call canon? \XD/
Actually it's sorta funny, I will fully throw my lot in the Hyoga/Shun OTP lot, and yet... they're not MY OTP, in the sense that I don't feel the need to hunt down Hyoga/Shun pr0n despite fully believing they're totally gay for each other.
...That's what Aioria/Shaka is for. \XD/
But anyway, that doesn't mean that I can't recognize that Shura's certainly an interesting character, precisely because he illustrates so well what's so dangerous about self-righteous zealot. And I suppose that it's predictable enough that in the end I can't REALLY dislike him.
But anyway, Shiryuu. That was a very manly way to die, as one would expect of Shiryuu. \XD/
Is it me, or are we supposed to understand that Shiryuu is actually much stronger without the Dragon Cloth? I'm not sure if this is right, but it seems to me that protects him but it also binds him, doesn't it?
Oh, and I must say that while at Cancer, I was ready to declare Shiryuu the token heterosexual among the Bronce Saints... but then I got to Shura and started thinking, hmmm... that's slashy, and then I got to their deaths and the whole "We will watch over Athena eternally... together, Shiryuu", and... yeah.
Saint Seiya is the gayest thing that ever gayed.
Anyway, and then there was Camus vs Hyoga, round two.
First of all, Camus kicks all sorts of ass, but what else is new? "That's not cold air... THIS is cold air!!" just killed me (paraphrasing, obviously). Also, I now not only see him quite clearly in Fuuma, but in Seishirou as well, because:
"You sacrificed your life to guide me to absolute zero."
Now, granted Camus isn't selfish and possesive the way Seishirou is (although his, pardon the geekiness, apparent iciness, as far as being detached and sort of denying his own emotions is certainly similar to Seishirou's inability to feel and to recognize love initially. But anyway, I find Rainbow Bridge to be such an obvious callback to Camus and Hyoga's fight, and specially for the reason Camus was fighting.
Okay, I'm going to digress. It's in the X Tarot. Subaru is The Hanged Man, which symbolizes man having to descend to death/the underworld/whatever in order to gain true knowldge, and Seishirou is Death, which isn't just death, but also a journey. I've always found the character choices for those cards absolutely spot on, and knowing what they mean brings out such an interesting layer of Subaru and Seishirou's relationship. Namely, aside from being a selfish possessive bastard that wanted to totally own Subaru... Seishirou was also very much a teacher. Subaru was incomplete, in the sense that he originally only knew kindness and light. Seishirou showed him the other side, and by forcing Subaru to kill him AND opening the way for him to become the sakurazumori, he brought Subaru full circle.
Anyway, my point is, Seishirou chose to die in a way that would make Subaru become something he wouldn't have become otherwise, and through that Subaru became wiser, because he'd become the very opposite of what he once was. Camus sacrificed his life so Hyoga would attain something that symbolizes ultimate knowledge of self.
God, I love X and Saint Seiya so much. ♥
Oh, and that snowflake being Hyoga's goodbye to Shun? Can I call canon? \XD/
Actually it's sorta funny, I will fully throw my lot in the Hyoga/Shun OTP lot, and yet... they're not MY OTP, in the sense that I don't feel the need to hunt down Hyoga/Shun pr0n despite fully believing they're totally gay for each other.
...That's what Aioria/Shaka is for. \XD/
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Date: 2007-11-11 07:05 am (UTC)I have the X Tarot deck; I just wish the Minor Arcana weren't just random pictures the Hong Kong counterfeiters stuck on there.