Roa. 21+, she/her. Occassional fanfic writer, part-time fandom appreciator, and full-time human disaster.
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How SO MUCH of Tsubasa (and xxxHolic) is based around trades. About giving up things in exchange for what you want or what you need. About willingly (or unwillingly) giving up something important in order to get something you want even more.
How this is the first time any character has essentially been given a refund. How the magic was stolen from him - but it also kind of wasn't.
How in Acid Tokyo Fai let his eye get eaten in an attempt to help repair Syaoran's soul. He essentially GAVE his eye and magic to Syaoran on purpose to save him.
And it worked, in a way, eventually! Syaoran had a soul in the end! He was in there! He was making choices! He was alive!
BUT NOW HE'S NOT AND FAI JUST, GETS THE MAGIC BACK. THE PRICE HE PAID IS JUST GIVEN RIGHT BACK TO HIM AS IF NONE OF IT EVER HAPPENED - SYAORAN IS JUST AS DEAD AND GONE AS WHEN HIS SOUL BROKE IN ACID TOKYO, BUT WORSE NOW, BECAUSE NOW THEY ALL KNOW HE CAN'T BE SAVED.
HOW FAI WOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPY IF HE NEVER HAD THAT MAGIC BACK, IF IT MEANT SYAORAN GOT TO LIVE.
HOW HE LOVED HIS SON AND WANTED HIM TO LIVE AND THAT WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE MAGIC THAT HAD DEFINED HIS WHOLE LIFE. IT WAS A TRADE HE MADE ON PURPOSE.
AND NOW HE JUST... GETS IT BACK.
AND IT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED.
Okay no but seriously what the fuck is going on with Ryunosuke's family situation???
Like basically every major character has shit going on with their family members (kazuma, susato, Iris, van zieks, maria to name a few). Even Gina ACKNOWLEDGES her parents or lack thereof, and it plays into her initial distrust of adults and to some degree how her relationship with Iris develops but like. I don't think at any point in the game Ryunosuke even mentions his family?? Like even as a concept he engages with. This man could have just risen from the seafoam of waves crashing on the beach as far as everyone else knows. There was a pile of moss in the woods and then Ryunosuke sat up from it and he's just here now.
Me: “Man, can’t wait to see what my favorite Unhinged Lad, Shinn Asuka, is up to in the new movie.”
Trailer Shinn: *In a sword-fight with some smiling European pretty-boy. They’re not in Mobile Suits or anything, just looks like Shinn really wanted to kick this guy’s ass and there happened to be swords nearby*
had a locked tomb nightmare the other night that atn was dropped and it ended up being the entirety of gtn from babs perspective and i still havent recovered
hi, i am jaysonh. i am small, and i'm siobhan thompson. that's my real name but i'm playing jaysonh, i am also doing really well. i prepared for this. four people went before me and i got thrown. i'm siobhan thompson and i'm playing jaysonh, who is an astral self monk.