Man, weekend of Anticipated Awesome turned out to be filled with fail and flu, I’m sorry. I just read a few more fics (which I will geek out about on their respective posts when not on lunch break XD), and got to fully appreciate what I was missing ♥ ♥ ♥
Okay, first a quick embarrassing question: What exactly is rping on livejournal? Because I am a stalker and you have me Hibari obsessed, I checked out the link, and it seems really interesting! Does someone just post a scenario and then the users play off each other’s reactions? /ignorant.
Right. On 1827… you got me to let out and indignant squeak that had one of my housemates asking if I was choking. I am really trying to be a bit more open minded about it, and TYL helps, but the MAIN pairing? What? WHAT. 8059 I can see, though I’ve only recently started to enjoy it as a pairing (I actually got into it because there was such a huge fandom for it, and if I could come to enjoy it I would have lots of reading material). Gaaaah. Amano has a LOT of character development to wade through before I can truly accept this. Absolutely, power is the motivating factor for Hibari, but the very way Tsuna presents himself has to change as well. Periodically beating the crap out of each other is one thing, but the current storyline has it so Tsuna and Hibari were in each other’s confidence, Hibari was strategizing with the tenth, and Hibari agreed to help their younger selves. That he was making personal sacrifice is such a jump that I’m still just kind of chewing my lip on how it would happen. Reborn is unequivocally powerful, but he also has a refined air that Hibari, as another predator, can acknowledge an appreciate. Present Tsuna, with his constant freak outs, whinings, and general air of panic just doesn’t work. Yes, if he is strong enough Hibari will pay attention to him, but it won’t be the same respect he shows Reborn. FIX IT AMANO.
I really love your take on Hibari’s emotions- I haven’t found very many authors with the same concept, and yet I think it is ABSOLUTELY the most accurate representation. Doting probably isn’t even in his vocabulary (that, or the concept would elicit extreme derision XD). He really does seem to personify the carnivore he sees himself to be: everything is about strength, face, and territory. If he is wounded or sick, he would rather do more damage to himself than show it. He is viciously territorial of what he considers his. And when/if he chooses a mate, it will have to be an equally fit carnivore, someone he can fight beside, not in front of. I really just can’t accept the lightening character change of “oh, I’m in love now, so let’s go see movies together and make some waffles” that is so common in fanfics. If he did let someone in, they would have to accept that the relationship would entail periods of awesome sex, good fighting, and then months on end of him being GodKnowsWhere. On that point, I highly doubt he would even ever acknowledge it as love. I think the word is too weighed down with herbivore connotations.
There does seem to be an inherent contradiction: I think he probably WOULD viciously protect his mate (because it would be his), but if said mate needed protecting, they wouldn’t be Hibari’s mate in the first place. Kind of a promise to be there unless he ACTUALLY needs to be there, in which case the promise is void. Hm.
Your comments on Reborn are poignant ones! Would Hibari even be able to enjoy someone’s company if there weren’t some sort of chink in their armor to keep things interesting, I wonder? Reborn doesn’t really seem handicapped by his forced age, but I think that is another allure to Hibari- an apparent weakness that Reborn overcomes.
“In TYL, if Tsuna still hasn't grown up properly and learn how to deal with his own guardians, I will be terribly disappointed. xD” HAHAHA. YES.
*sparkle* new journal *sparkle*
Man, weekend of Anticipated Awesome turned out to be filled with fail and flu, I’m sorry. I just read a few more fics (which I will geek out about on their respective posts when not on lunch break XD), and got to fully appreciate what I was missing ♥ ♥ ♥
Okay, first a quick embarrassing question: What exactly is rping on livejournal? Because I am a stalker and you have me Hibari obsessed, I checked out the link, and it seems really interesting! Does someone just post a scenario and then the users play off each other’s reactions? /ignorant.
Right. On 1827… you got me to let out and indignant squeak that had one of my housemates asking if I was choking. I am really trying to be a bit more open minded about it, and TYL helps, but the MAIN pairing? What? WHAT. 8059 I can see, though I’ve only recently started to enjoy it as a pairing (I actually got into it because there was such a huge fandom for it, and if I could come to enjoy it I would have lots of reading material). Gaaaah. Amano has a LOT of character development to wade through before I can truly accept this. Absolutely, power is the motivating factor for Hibari, but the very way Tsuna presents himself has to change as well. Periodically beating the crap out of each other is one thing, but the current storyline has it so Tsuna and Hibari were in each other’s confidence, Hibari was strategizing with the tenth, and Hibari agreed to help their younger selves. That he was making personal sacrifice is such a jump that I’m still just kind of chewing my lip on how it would happen. Reborn is unequivocally powerful, but he also has a refined air that Hibari, as another predator, can acknowledge an appreciate. Present Tsuna, with his constant freak outs, whinings, and general air of panic just doesn’t work. Yes, if he is strong enough Hibari will pay attention to him, but it won’t be the same respect he shows Reborn. FIX IT AMANO.
I really love your take on Hibari’s emotions- I haven’t found very many authors with the same concept, and yet I think it is ABSOLUTELY the most accurate representation. Doting probably isn’t even in his vocabulary (that, or the concept would elicit extreme derision XD). He really does seem to personify the carnivore he sees himself to be: everything is about strength, face, and territory. If he is wounded or sick, he would rather do more damage to himself than show it. He is viciously territorial of what he considers his. And when/if he chooses a mate, it will have to be an equally fit carnivore, someone he can fight beside, not in front of. I really just can’t accept the lightening character change of “oh, I’m in love now, so let’s go see movies together and make some waffles” that is so common in fanfics. If he did let someone in, they would have to accept that the relationship would entail periods of awesome sex, good fighting, and then months on end of him being GodKnowsWhere. On that point, I highly doubt he would even ever acknowledge it as love. I think the word is too weighed down with herbivore connotations.
There does seem to be an inherent contradiction: I think he probably WOULD viciously protect his mate (because it would be his), but if said mate needed protecting, they wouldn’t be Hibari’s mate in the first place. Kind of a promise to be there unless he ACTUALLY needs to be there, in which case the promise is void. Hm.
Your comments on Reborn are poignant ones! Would Hibari even be able to enjoy someone’s company if there weren’t some sort of chink in their armor to keep things interesting, I wonder? Reborn doesn’t really seem handicapped by his forced age, but I think that is another allure to Hibari- an apparent weakness that Reborn overcomes.
“In TYL, if Tsuna still hasn't grown up properly and learn how to deal with his own guardians, I will be terribly disappointed. xD” HAHAHA. YES.
~Ami