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kaigouI posted the first chapter of Drums on July 21st, 2003.
And today, a short review arrived, on the second chapter. (Don't you just adore ff.net's message forwarding, no matter how long it's been since posting?) Normally I wouldn't snark on reviews -- and this isn't truly meant to have the tone of snark, honestly -- but still. The reviewer noted, the heero once being in love with relena thing kinda made me laugh. there's just ZERO sign of it in the anime, that's all.
Sometimes I wonder if I watched the same GW episodes as everyone else.
Or there's a simpler explanation. Perhaps the fangirl contingent sent out warning notes that Milliardo's Decision (ep45) wasn't worth watching. New flash: Heero goes to Libra, talks to Relena, tries to threaten Zechs but it turns out to be a hologram, and then Heero leaves. No reason to watch, nothing to see here, move along, now. No, you really don't need to see the obvious shift from tension and uncertainty at episode start, to the affectionate, hopeful, even warm, tete-a-tete at episode end... y'know, just before Heero shoves Relena back and then tells her not see you later but fare well. Thanks for the moon eyes, I'm off to die!
Suicide boy.
Or maybe it's just something in fandoms that's all-or-nothing. Either you meet the love of your life at 15 and that's it -- with addendum to fanfic author, don't you dare break them up or ever even hint they could love another -- or the people you met at 15 and/or in the course of the story are all friends, only friends, and never breathe a hint of anything more. I can't be the only fanfic writer who would beat myself -- or anyone else -- senseless if forced to live the rest of my life with anyone I liked at 15. Oh, holy hells, no, please. Sometimes we crush on the absolute worst choices, but that's part of being 15...
Besides, in the series? Relena spends a lot of the time crushing on Heero, in her own idealistic/confused way, but he spends even more time stalking her. Tthen again, Quatre does the same to/for Trowa, as do Duo and Heero for each other, and even those can't come close to the investment Trowa makes in Heero.
Hell, at that, Noin's worship of Zechs comes in second to the blatant level of Trowa's worship of Heero. Hell, if there's any sort of truly obvious crushing going on in the series, I'd say it's Trowa for Heero -- and I don't mean automatically in the sexual sense, so much as the pure form of a crush: utter infatuation and a whole heaping of worship. Even Relena doesn't have stars quite that big in her eyes, when it comes to Heero.
So, about that anniversary. Maybe a special four-year cookie. Or better yet, a stiff drink, because if it's going to be four years from now and I'm still getting reviews on Drums, I'm going to need all the alcohol I can get.
And today, a short review arrived, on the second chapter. (Don't you just adore ff.net's message forwarding, no matter how long it's been since posting?) Normally I wouldn't snark on reviews -- and this isn't truly meant to have the tone of snark, honestly -- but still. The reviewer noted, the heero once being in love with relena thing kinda made me laugh. there's just ZERO sign of it in the anime, that's all.
Sometimes I wonder if I watched the same GW episodes as everyone else.
Or there's a simpler explanation. Perhaps the fangirl contingent sent out warning notes that Milliardo's Decision (ep45) wasn't worth watching. New flash: Heero goes to Libra, talks to Relena, tries to threaten Zechs but it turns out to be a hologram, and then Heero leaves. No reason to watch, nothing to see here, move along, now. No, you really don't need to see the obvious shift from tension and uncertainty at episode start, to the affectionate, hopeful, even warm, tete-a-tete at episode end... y'know, just before Heero shoves Relena back and then tells her not see you later but fare well. Thanks for the moon eyes, I'm off to die!
Suicide boy.
Or maybe it's just something in fandoms that's all-or-nothing. Either you meet the love of your life at 15 and that's it -- with addendum to fanfic author, don't you dare break them up or ever even hint they could love another -- or the people you met at 15 and/or in the course of the story are all friends, only friends, and never breathe a hint of anything more. I can't be the only fanfic writer who would beat myself -- or anyone else -- senseless if forced to live the rest of my life with anyone I liked at 15. Oh, holy hells, no, please. Sometimes we crush on the absolute worst choices, but that's part of being 15...
Besides, in the series? Relena spends a lot of the time crushing on Heero, in her own idealistic/confused way, but he spends even more time stalking her. Tthen again, Quatre does the same to/for Trowa, as do Duo and Heero for each other, and even those can't come close to the investment Trowa makes in Heero.
Hell, at that, Noin's worship of Zechs comes in second to the blatant level of Trowa's worship of Heero. Hell, if there's any sort of truly obvious crushing going on in the series, I'd say it's Trowa for Heero -- and I don't mean automatically in the sexual sense, so much as the pure form of a crush: utter infatuation and a whole heaping of worship. Even Relena doesn't have stars quite that big in her eyes, when it comes to Heero.
So, about that anniversary. Maybe a special four-year cookie. Or better yet, a stiff drink, because if it's going to be four years from now and I'm still getting reviews on Drums, I'm going to need all the alcohol I can get.
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Date: 25 Jun 2007 10:26 am (UTC)I think Heero and Relena were pretty confused about each other, but if you've paid attention, it's hard to deny that something was there on both sides. I like the pairing, I think it could work with a little effort. Not my favorite by any means, but I like it. I read quite a bit of 1xR fic back in the day, before I got into slash. Damn that was a long time ago.
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Date: 26 Jun 2007 12:37 am (UTC)I like the 1xR pairing, well. I liked it during the series (while at the same time liking the 01/02 interaction) -- but I don't like it when either friendship with Heero must suffer so the other one can take place - whether we're talking Psycho Relena or the het fandom corollary of "Duo the Bad Influence Boy".
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Date: 26 Jun 2007 07:45 am (UTC)