(I'm so sorry!! My post was too long it didn't fit and I had to cut. Sorry, sorry for rambling so much in your journal!)
So, after writing all of this (and sorry for rambling in your journal like this), I'm not sure that I even have a point :-S I guess what I've been trying to say is that Shigure is one person who is not afraid to see himself for what he is and to carry his actions through to the end and, though his motives were not noble and the means he used, highly questionable; even though getting Akito back was the main objective, the release of the curse happened as a by-product (and getting everyone to see themselves in a better light, to be brave). After reading your post, I think we might have to see some sort of confrontation between him and the other juunishi. I think it's necessary. The one thing is that, for all the hurt that has been caused, for everything that has gone bad, everybody seems like they finally have a chance at happiness. I know that is absolutely no reason to forget, but after living the kind of life those people were living (full of rejection, cruelty, hatred, hopelesness), the learning and discovery that has occurred, and now the chance to live a fuller life, must be something they'll remember when they are asked to judge Shigure.
Am I crazy to think this way? I was thinking about it when I went to sleep, too, worried that I was making him too soft, that I was giving him too much credit, that I wasn't understanding him for who he was, that I was being too lenient with him... and it troubles me. Am I crazy? Am I misreading him? I think I may need to make a post on this... :-/
Thanks for your wonderful comments, Demeter! As always, I look forward to hearing your thoughts, and they always, always, make me really analyze what I think, and discover new things about this series I so love. Thank you!!! :-)
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Date: 2006-09-08 11:03 am (UTC)So, after writing all of this (and sorry for rambling in your journal like this), I'm not sure that I even have a point :-S I guess what I've been trying to say is that Shigure is one person who is not afraid to see himself for what he is and to carry his actions through to the end and, though his motives were not noble and the means he used, highly questionable; even though getting Akito back was the main objective, the release of the curse happened as a by-product (and getting everyone to see themselves in a better light, to be brave). After reading your post, I think we might have to see some sort of confrontation between him and the other juunishi. I think it's necessary. The one thing is that, for all the hurt that has been caused, for everything that has gone bad, everybody seems like they finally have a chance at happiness. I know that is absolutely no reason to forget, but after living the kind of life those people were living (full of rejection, cruelty, hatred, hopelesness), the learning and discovery that has occurred, and now the chance to live a fuller life, must be something they'll remember when they are asked to judge Shigure.
Am I crazy to think this way? I was thinking about it when I went to sleep, too, worried that I was making him too soft, that I was giving him too much credit, that I wasn't understanding him for who he was, that I was being too lenient with him... and it troubles me. Am I crazy? Am I misreading him? I think I may need to make a post on this... :-/
Thanks for your wonderful comments, Demeter! As always, I look forward to hearing your thoughts, and they always, always, make me really analyze what I think, and discover new things about this series I so love. Thank you!!! :-)
Hope you have a good, fun day, and weekend :-D