#also obvi this is focused on m/m pairings m/f and f/f pairings aren't really at all alike

[04tenno]

Wait what’s Ash/Eiji and Hojo/Tokai like and how does it fit into RGG ships?

Without getting into spoiler territory for either:

Ash and Eiji are the quintessential "Sun and Moon" pairing we see all the time in RGG, but it's all about tragedy and catharsis. The inseparable bond that is separable, but isn't, but is. Being able to work through trauma but also being so traumatized you cannot and will not help yourself, which dooms any possibility of a stable relationship.

But within that, moments of vulnerability, of living the lives you could've had from the beginning if you'd met in another life. And hanging on to the belief you will meet in another life. I don't think there's anything quite like it in RGG (mostly because, well, it is a BL), which is why I say it's more "the appeal" of many RGG pairings in terms of what the fandom likes to explore the most.

Tokai and Hojo on the other hand... it's one of those "bromances," you know, that many wouldn't really take as being that deep, but it's exactly what the previous ask describes: a weirdo/really cool nerd with their obsessor who’s dying to suck their face off. Literally.

It combines a multitude of things: Tokai is at once the mentor, the antagonist, the invaluable ally, the devoted subordinate, the thorn in one's side, the comic relief, the Depraved Bisexual. Any and every character in RGG whose key characteristics are chaos, devotion, hypercombativity, and/or hypersexuality is more than likely based on him, and said characters make up one half of a huge chunk of RGG pairings. I haven't finished Sanctuary yet, so I don't know how things end up, but it's pretty self-evident where the influences lie.

#asks #anonymous #banana fish #sanctuary #ash lynx #eiji okumura #akira hojo #tokai #take what i said about ash/eiji with a grain of salt i barely remember the anime and. honestly didn't really care about the relationship #except in 1 or 2 eps #like they were fine i just wasn't really pressed about whether they end up together or not. you know. #tokai and hojo on the other hand should not end up together under any circumstances they're both freaks and WILL make each other worse <3 #but yeah like. a fuckton of rgg pairings are sun/moon dynamics and/or form around trauma and/or devotion #and even when they're not /pairings/ the dynamics and conflicts are still present. you know. #literally almost everything in rgg can be boiled down to either tokai and hojo or hojo and asami i'm so serious #this isn't even remotely coherent i just. tokai is one of the guys of all time #it's hard to boil down how he and hojo and asami's Essence is woven into the fabric of rgg because it's more like... #in what ways does it NOT relate. you know. so it's kind of something you have to experience yourself #also obvi this is focused on m/m pairings m/f and f/f pairings aren't really at all alike