Clamp discussion

wait, what's the eye suppose to mean?

hmm.. Do you know why they choose the eye? that's interesting

Alexandra wrote: "I know this doesn't have an overly lot to do with Clamp in general, but they hardly shy away from gay relationships...for example, Toya and Yukito (Cardcaptor and Tsubasa), Fai and Kurogane (Tsubas..."

i believe legal drug was platonic. but how did you miss tokyo babylon?! that one literally had a gay couple! well, sort of. clamp doesn't allow too many actual couples. haha

Alexandra wrote: "well, eyes are known as valuable windows to the soul, so they are likely playing off of that and also some random myths haha"

that belief has been around since ancient times, originating from the middle east. archeologists have found tons of little statues with huge eyes. if i remember correctly, they were made to appease the gods. the area is not known for its political and enviromental stability, even way back then. anyway, they were to try to gain some stability by staying in the gods' good graces, and what better way to do that then to show thier soul?

but i personally think clamp likes to give social commentary every now and then. since the industrial revolution, eyesight has come to overshadow the other sense, and become increasingly important. i think that they were trying to say that when people ignore, or destory nature greatly hinders our ability to operate in the world. but it's more complex than that. even if you weren't the one to do the actual destroying, you share in the responsiblity.
but i was thinking more along the lines of watanuki and domeki with the spider web. totally missed the reference you guys were aiming at.

wow, that's good insight! I would have never though of that..

I love it! hehe I just wish I could read more into it..

sometimes i think i read too much into it. but you start to notice trends, author preferences and interpretations, cultural normalacies, etc when you read bunches and bunches of it

Hm.. Makes sense. that would still make it more interesting!

it does for me!
example!
i was watching shrine of the morning mist, and three students transfered in. i had already known that switching schools was more than a little uncommon, but found one line bothersome.
"well, it is the fall semester."
they were talking about the new kids. i have to say, i sat there for a while thinking about that line. i didn't get it, i thought people didn't move that much. was i mistaken? did people really move around like my family and friends did/do?
but then it hit me, they noticed three people moving into their classes. three, not 50, not 100, just 3. i had gone to a school where lots of people transfered in and out mid-semester (i know this b/c i was a library aide and i would file those transfer records, which were kept in the library), and it was never a so note-worthy that it would spark a conversation. on top of that, many more moved in and away during the summer, and it wasn't unsual. (i worked with a kid that graduated from my class, at my school, and i would have never have even seen him if it weren't for work.)
the point was, was that one line said something that was common for japan, but not for america. it's not like it was a rural area that they lived in, it was hiroshima. hiroshima! i'm fairly certain it's still considered a major city. someone would not say, "well, it is the fall semester," in regards to that number of new students if they were used to people changing schools and moving on a regular basis, esp during a time when many families choose to move as to not disrupt the regular school year.

So, are you saying that they are use to people moving at that time?

uh, no. i guess i explained it in a round about way. i meant that their statement implies they are reacting to an abnormal circumstance. so i guess that they acknowledge that people move, but it's not as commonplace as to go unnoticed

oh, I see now :)