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Date Posted: 17:23:45 06/09/04 Wed
In reply to:
Sakura no Miko
's message, "Special person--my theory" on 05:27:07 06/09/04 Wed
>Warning: This is a LONG and potentially disturbing
>theory.
Hey, any theory that stimulates the mind is fun. The "special person" phenomena is abundant in many Japanese manga/anime. I don't think your theory is too far off, and I will try to give my 2 yen in a broader sense (not limited to X). I'm don't ship any pairing in particular, and I'll try to be as neutral and objective as possible ^^;;
>There are people >who cannot, under any circumstances, understand what, >exactly, the difference is between “special” and a >normal, regular, loving relationship. I don’t think >that being “special” really has anything to do with >love in the sense that we know it.
I tend to agree with this. Being special need not necessarily be of the hot-and-heavy romantic kind. It can be someone special, someone that you look up to (as a mentor, perhaps, in the case of the Sumeragi twins towards Seishiro.) The twins grew up fatherless and as far as I can tell, without any older male relatives *but I may be wrong ^^*. Seishiro filled that void in their lives, and in doing so the twins looked up towards him. They were around 16, a point where most kids experience the transition towards adulthood. You know, the need for acceptance and all that.
> Yes, it starts out >with loving the person—loving them too much, in >fact—but once they become “special” to you, you’re far >beyond “love.” By that point, you’re basically an >obsessive, selfish, stubborn person.
> The way I see it, each >“special person” represents perfection, or an ideal, >to the person who believes them to be “special.”
Think hero-worship or pop star worship/obsession and you're almost home :D
Yeah, loving, not necessarily the romantic kind. The person who 'loves' probably worship (I use this term loosely) the 'special person' and place the latter on some sort of pedestal. Who knows, the former may even be blinded to the latter's flaws, and choose to see the idealised version instead.
Do you have a favorite uncle or cousin that you adore when you were younger? Do you feel jealous when they got a girlfriend or got married and no longer have that much time to spare for you? It's probably that kind of feeling (hope am making some sense :D :D )
> It would seem, for the most part, that considering someone “special” means you care for them more than
>anything else in the world, more than your own life
>and happiness, in fact.
A recurring theme in many mangas/anime. In real life we'd call these people "sad bastards who need to get a grip with reality". But in many mangas/anime, the writers often have a favourite character whom they seem to enjoy heaping one tragedy after another upon! In both TB and X universe, Subaru seem to hold this honor, followed a close second by Kamui (which makes sense as Kamui is a young Subaru clone).
>The past will never come back, but >the person just can’t forget the happiness or love or >whatever bound them to that moment and that person. >They try to use their “special person” to endlessly >recreate that specific point in time, and it’s that >quest that leaves them hopelessly dependant on their >“special person”.
>
LOL! many times I feel like kicking them in the butt and yell "get on with your life, you dork!" when they got all moody and angsty. Then I remember that they are all fictitious characters.
>Oh, God, does that make any sense?
Makes sense enogh to me! I enjoyed reading it, and hopefully my feedback isn't too weird. Ciao bella.
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