[meme] why i love...

[meitachi]

So, world, Mei is in this state of utter fangirl bliss right now. What brought this on? Hell if I know--possibly the collection of rather amazing ShishiTori fics she read the other day, possibly by the number of beautiful ship manifestos she read today, and possibly because she just feels like it.

I am in such a good mood. And in such a mood to babble at greath lengths (probably incoherently but I'm trying for coherency; it takes work) about the pairings and characters and fandoms I love.

So, meme time!

Name a character, pairing, or fandom, and ask me why I love him/her/it/them. Come up with specific questions if you want or just let me ramble.

Please? :D

(You know if you don't, I'm just going to end up commenting myself and then explaining anyway. I just want the excuse. Hee. Ohtori Choutarou, I love you. ::blows kisses::)

Edit:
Character
Atobe Keigo (Prince of Tennis)
Hiruma Youichi (Eyeshield 21)
Kaiba Seto (Yuugiou)
Krayon, Demon Lord of Egae (Demon Diary)
Li Syaoran (Cardcaptor Sakura)
Ohtori Choutarou (Prince of Tennis)
Shishido Ryou (Prince of Tennis)
Tezuka Shinobu (Here is Greenwood)

Fandom:
Death Note
Gundam Wing
Hikaru no Go
Loveless

Pairing
Akiha/Umeda (HanaKimi)
Conrad/Wolfram (Kyou Kara Maou)
Fuji/Ryoma (Prince of Tennis)
Harry/Draco (Harry Potter)
L/Raito (Death Note)
Roy/Ed (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Kyo/Yuki (Fruits Basket)
Sasuke/Naruto (Naruto)
Shin/Sakuraba (Eyeshield 21)
Shishido/Ohtori (Prince of Tennis)
Taichi/Yamato (Digimon)

Questions
When did the Harry/Draco love begin?
Who's on top: Shishido or Ohtori?
Who's on top: Taichi or Yamato?


Hit me baby one more time more than once. I like to babble!

Comments

[thyme-hawthorne.livejournal.com]

Shin/Sakuraba- why Shin? Why with Sakuraba? Are they even on the same team?


...?

Send me the happy bug

[meiface.livejournal.com]

♥!! I love you, Michelle.

Yes, Shin and Sakuraba are on the same team: Oujou's White Knights (which I only know because of my frenzied catch-up-on-past-thirty-chapters-of-ES21 day this past Monday). I have to admit that my first attraction to the pairing was purely superficial (as I think is true for most other fans and which is why this pairing is one of the primary ones in ES21 fandom): Sakuraba was the classic pretty boy. And Shin? Well, he was there, he was the same age, and his stolid, single-minded personality when compared to Sakuraba's almost flaky personality reminded me too much of the Heero/Duo (of Gundam Wing) dynamic.

(I am weak like a weak thing for Heero. So much. Oh my God. I love Shin but not as much.)

I loved Sakuraba as a character because he was imperfect, because he wanted so much, was weak, had to overcome himself, had to find himself, despite all the circumstances and how much easier it would be to let others take control of his life. And, yes, because was pretty. (The idol part didn't hurt, as I was contemplating JE idols then, and how life is not always fair to them.) But I like the screwed up characters. (Well, maybe. I'm not a huge fan of Akito. Maybe I'm strangely selective.)

And Shin? Because he's so dedicated, because he's such a dunce when it comes to electronics that it makes me laugh, which I know it's supposed to do, but that doesn't make me think it any less funny. I like the fact that he and Sakuraba are so different--less and less so as Sakuraba comes to terms with himself.

Mostly, though, it's because once I find a pairing I like, I refuse to let it go. Canon bespeaks far more Takumi/Sakuraba hints now, and I could see myself liking that pairing a lot if I hadn't first found Shin/Sakuraba. But now that I have my OTP, I'm pretty hard-pressed to change my views. (Never say never though...)

Plus, this (http://www.txq.nu/jumpyboys/viewstory.php?sid=484) and this (http://www.txq.nu/jumpyboys/viewstory.php?sid=307) fic. ♥

[satora-chan.livejournal.com]

akiha/umeda! (note: yet I have never read the series.)

[meiface.livejournal.com]

Well, I hope you don't mind spoilers because I don't think I can properly flail about this pairing without at least a few, though I'll try to keep it down to a minimum. (The biggest AkiUme fangirl I know is ninjatrauma and she both writes and recs it (at crowdedthoughts and tomomichi, respectively. Go check out the fics if you want~)

I LOVE AKIHA. So, so, so much. He is insane and cute and spazzy and physically affectionate and has a giant sweet tooth--but beyond that? He is so good at what he does, at his profession: photography. And he is hot when he's serious. His love for "senpai" (aka Umeda) knows no bounds (or physical pain, apparently, as Umeda is the growly, irritable type who does not like to be touched unless he has done the touching first).

Sometimes I wonder if this kind of relationship is healthy, where one partner is constantly ♥ing and the other is constantly *angermark* and *kick in face*-ing but--Umeda does care. And he is attracted to Akiha, no matter his protests. The hickeys on his neck don't appear by themselves, and with Akiha beaming proudly like that (idiot, he clearly needs to be kicked, is Umeda's thought process as he does so), it's rather obvious who left them.

I love this pairing because it is fun. It's energetic and upbeat and has lots of shouting and glomping, but it is not superficial. Both characters have their angsty pasts and their own issues, but as much as Umeda snarls and snaps and Akiha goes chibi with his puppy-dog love, both of them genuinely care about each other.

So ♥♥♥. ^____^.

[svz-insanity.livejournal.com]

Hmm... I'm not sure if I asked this already or not. XD But Taichi/Yamato! ♥♥♥ (And if I have, Shin and Yankumi from Gokusen.)

[meiface.livejournal.com]

TAITO. ::sparkles all over the place:: I LOVE TAITO. There is an extra-special place in my heart for my Digimon 01&02 OTP. (Nevermind that when I first watched those two seasons, I most definitely did not know what slash was, much less support it.) But TAI. MATT. Taichi. Yamato. ::happy sigh::

What to say? It has always, always, always been about the best friend dynamic that the two fo them share. (I suppose this is more second season than first, then, as they spent the majority of the first season sniping at each other and grabbing each other and shoving each other up against trees. They had UST at an early age, they did, and it involved a lot of punching. ♥ Oh boys and their body language.) I'm a huge, irrepressible fan of rivalslash, but the easy friendship that Taichi and Yamato share make me melt all over the place. I just get this lovely, warm, golden glow from it all, even when it's an angst fic.

It's because there is nothing but friendship. It's the easiest, most everyday type thing like, oh, it happened to my two guy friends, let me tell you about it. There is not the dependency and sheer need for each other that Naruto and Sasuke have, or even Shishido and Ohtori. They are each perfectly capable of being on their own and having their own crowd of friends. They are complete without each other. But when they are together? It's somehow just...right. They fit, not like two halves of a whole, but just as two people who love each other more than they love anyone else. It's a simple kind of togetherness.

Plus? They are both such boys. Okay, Yamato is in a band. And I like to put him in tight pants and makeup a lot. But he is such a guy and being in a rock band during high school, with his own groupies, is such a typically high school guy thing that I just adore. And Taichi, oh soccer-obsessed Taichi who alternately hates and is overprotective of his little sister, who makes bad jokes and is occasionally perverted, but is a leader and strong when his friends need him to be-- I love him so much. I love them both so much.

It's the easiest kind of love that's based on friendship, not on need, and it makes me happy.

[aisutenshi.livejournal.com]

Chouta-chan. ShishiTori. Go. ♥

[meiface.livejournal.com]

Oh, oh, oh! Kimi-chan, you are too good to me. I desperately wanted someone to pick them because I totally need to babble about them right now and you picked up on that right away. ::hugs:: There is so much love here. I don't know how I'm going to be able to--I'm not going to be able to reply to you without writing a novella of sorts. My world is all about the Hyoutei love right now and, specifically, ShishiTori love. They make me shine. (I was actually in a semi-bad mood after work but when I saw your comment, my heart seriously did a fluttery thing and I felt all warm and sappy inside and could not stop grinning. I love Silver Pair, lovelovelove.)

Let's start with Ohtori Choutarou. First and foremost, I want to make clear that if this boy was real? I would marry him. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. Here is my dream guy and if I ever find someone like this? I would be beyond ecstatic.

Ohtori Choutarou plays tennis. He plays violin. He plays piano. That, for me, might be the deciding factor, because I am utterly, hopelessly helpless in the face of boys who can play piano and well. Oh, that's right. This is a boy who not only plays tennis, violin, and piano, he excels at all three. His Scud Serve is ridiculously fast, his volleys are vicious, he's in shape and he's strong. His violin? Oh god, he is in they Hyoutei orchestra. His piano? WHAT ABOUT HIS PIANO? HE PLAYS. I'm in. I'm gone. I am head over heels for this boy.

Oh, speaking of Hyoutei? Yeah, that's right, he goes there. This is a private school that is known for its competitiveness, and definitely not just in tennis. It's a demanding school and to be able to pull of grades good enough to be able to stay in both the tennis club and in the school orchestra? This boy is damned smart, on top of everything else he is.

BUT I AM NOT DONE.

Ohtori Choutarou is not just talented, he's also amazingly polite. He is very respectful of his elders and just in general; he has some lovely, lovely manners. Plus? He's so, so sweet. Oh God. I can't talk about it. I-- This boy has a backbone. He is strong in his faith, whether it's his religion or his own beliefs and values; he knows what he stands for and he is willing to stand up for that. He is polite and he is sweet, but he is not a pushover. He may be shy and he may prefer to accept bullying rather than snipe back, but he is by no means spineless.

And, as if that weren't all enough?

Ohtori Choutarou is fucking hot.

Sometimes I really forget this. When I read fic or dabble around fanonwise, I am utter sap for Shishido. God, I love Shishido. He's stubborn and strong and he had too much pride and fell from up high, but he clawed his way back up and oh, he is so ridiculously attractive in his growly, fierce, Shishido Ryou way. (The hair was a bonus. Oh that hair. ♥ Though I've become very fond of that blue cap too.) Sometimes I overlook Ohtori because I'm so focused on Shishido, who is so very, very vibrant and ablaze with determination.

But then I go back to canon. And half a second of Ohtori on screen and I am nothing more than a dissolved puddle of fangirl hormones that are screaming (in between the drooling): OHTORI CHOUTAROU, I WANT TO STRIP YOU DOWN AND LICK YOU UP.

'Cause, damn, that boy is hot. It's that cross, nestled in the hollow of his too-inviting throat, collar wide and shirt buttons undone. Yum.

So, in conclusion, I am completely head over heels in love with Ohtori Choutarou and I wish to God he were real because I would promptly maul him, bring him home to meet my parents, then ravish him while they weren't around. ♥ like I love very few other characters.

(Why I love ShishiTori in another comment! Eheh. ^.^;;)

[meiface.livejournal.com]

Oh ShishiTori, thou who aren't known as both Silver Pair and Purity Pair. How can I express my love for thee?

Well, considering how much I love both Ohtori and Shishido on their own, it's no surprise that I love them even more together, I suppose. It's really harder than I thought to put these two and their dynamic into words. I want to quote the entirety of the ShishiTori ship manifesto (http://community.livejournal.com/ship_manifesto/91765.html) at you, but I'm trying to express in my own words the way that I love them. So here goes nothing...

These two are inseperable in my mind. Canon has made sure of that (this is THE most canon pairing in PoT: in the anime, in the manga, in all the official merchandise, in the freaking Best of Rivals singles, and in everything that comes before, after, or inbetween) and fanon has helped it along. Honestly? I don't think I loved them the way I did until I read sinsofwill's Hyotei Roommates Arc. Since then, Hyoutei has topped my list of favorite PoT schools and ShishiTori my list of favorite PoT OTPs. (I'm sorry Thrill Pair. These two have a history and a dynamic and a dependency and a reality that I don't see with you. Though no other pairing will have the same place in my heart as FujiRyo, for all the different ways I loved them, ShishiTori is my unequivocal Tenipuri OTP as of now.) My love for Silver Pair has grown and grown exponentially, and now the anime supplements me with squee-inducing canon, and I am a happy, happy fangirl.

These two click for me because of they were they work--both in doubles and in life. They are partners and they are friends and they are more than both. They can anticipate what the other needs, they can read each other better than anyone else can, and the scope of the trust between them is past what I can articulate. What they are willing to do for each other--train all night for weeks, serving 200km/h balls at him, dropping out of Regulars, perfecting a serve through night and day, fighting against each other to become better, never losing the unfailing support that sees them through it all--speaks loud enough of how important they are to each other.

I wish I could say it better. I feel as if there is so much more to say, to explain, about why they make my heart go dokidoki and all melty, and a stupid grin stay on my face for much longer than it needs to. But I can only helplessly point you at miko_no_da's ShishiTori fics (here (http://torishishi.com/tsficindexL-Z.html#Miko%20no%20da)) and hope she conveys all the things I mean to. (She does. Oh she does. Jealousy is possibly now my favorite ShishiTori fic of all time.)

They are so perfect for each other, belonging together like very few do. That's why they're up there with my all-time-unbreakable OTPs like 1x2 and Naruto and Sasuke. (Possibly Harry/Draco. I'm thinking on that one. I don't flail over HP like I used to, but when I read their ship manifesto (http://community.livejournal.com/ship_manifesto/18097.html) this morning, I was all...oh my God, I love them so much. And I do.)

So, yes, ShishiTori for the win. ::snugs and cuddles and adores upon like whoa::


(P.S. I forgot on the 'why I love Ohtori' comment: Ohtori is afraid of frogs. See episode 110. SO. CUTE. Eeeee.)

[meiface.livejournal.com]

I FORGOT TO SAY. (I totally fail at life.) The number one reason I love ShishiTori the way I do?

The way Shishido says "Choutarou."

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

[meiface.livejournal.com]

I'm going to go with a character because so far it's been mostly about the pairings. :3 So I pick...Krayon!

I was not overly fond of Krayon when he first appeared in book 4, mostly because he was snippy and clearly intent on being mean to Raenef. The insinuation that he wanted Eclipse didn't quite sit well with me either, as I was (and am) a firm Eclipse/RaenefV shipper. But--as he showed up more, I began to like him more. Superficially? He was really pretty. His hair makes me grin like an idiot and the little stars under his eyes make me ♥. (It was definitely, definitely that chapter title page with his hair in pigtails and his hands down his pants that really killed me in the end though. I couldn't resist.)

His attitude reminds me a little bit of Atobe's (or at least fanon Ore-sama) because he obviously thinks he's the best, the prettiest, and the world agrees, right? His attitude when he chases Erutis makes me giggle too because it's just too damned cute.

My lovely crack DD pairing is Krayon/Raenef IV and I don't know why except that they are both pretty, it keeps them both out of Eclipse and Raenef V's hair, and I am highly amused by it. I've written a couple of fics for them too and sometimes I really wish I would write more. *__* There is not enough Krayon/RaeIV love in this world, I think. Their banter makes me happy inside. (But then, I am easy. Oh so easy. ♥)

[lil-blossom.livejournal.com]

pairing with death note ^_^ ::and am currently spazzing over newest chapter shouting profanities at that unjustly way to cut off::

[meiface.livejournal.com]

Must it be a pairing? :3 Would you mind terribly if I babbled about just Death Note as a series? (Though I'd have to end at ch60, where I stopped reading and couldn't find the interest to continue. L. I AM WAITING FOR YOU.)

[ghostdrive.livejournal.com]

~takes a quick scan at your interests~ How about Loveless?

[meiface.livejournal.com]

Oooh, Loveless! There is so much to love about it but I have to admit that my first and foremost reason is because of Minagawa Junko voicing Ritsuka. ♥♥♥ I love MinaJun so much. *__*

Then there's Loveless art, which is unbelievably gorgeous at times and the most ridiculously cute thing at other times. Yun Kouga's art style has really changed from her Earthian days and as much as I adored her art for that series, her artwork in Loveless is just lovely.

I love Loveless for its convoluted, involved plot that can't make up its mind as to whether its shoujo or shounen (leaning toward the latter, despite its boy love) and the darkness that filters throughout the entire series. Every character is so messed up in the head, emotionally damaged in some shape or form, and it's delightfully refreshing the way that's done. They're all screwed up, yes, but the series isn't persistently dark like Angel Sanctuary; the cuteness infused throughout the show is just squee-inducing, but the entire thing is so much deeper than that.

I'm a huge fan of Soubi/Ritsuka but I have to say that Seimei's role fascinates me too, for the importance he played to both Soubi and Ritsuka, and for the completely different sides they knew of him. I love this series because it can be so gratuitous and fanservicey, so cute and fun, yet at the same time it can provoke thoughtful discussions and debates (is it shota? is it shounen? who is loveless's fighter?) with its depth.

Plus, like I said, it's pretty!

[firedraygon97.livejournal.com]

Lalalala, Atobe! Because Ore-sama deserves to be praised.

*is to lazy to check if you've already done him before*

>___>;;

[meiface.livejournal.com]

♥ Ore-sama no bigi ni yoi na. ♥

To be honest, when I first got into Prince of Tennis, I did. not. understand. the massive Atobe love. (Mind, this was before I'd seen much the anime and explored much of the fandom, and I hadn't yet seen the Hyoutei arc.) I'd heard him being described as a diva so often and what pictures I'd seen of him were not exceptionally attractive (especially the purple, frilly wardrobe, oh my eyes).

Since I watched the Hyoutei arc, however, I've been head over heels for Atobe Keigo as a character: in the anime, in the manga, in fics, in the musical, and everywhere possible, really. I've always loved smug, rich bastards (see: Draco Malfoy and Seto Kaiba) and Atobe was so darling with how much he pwned everyone else, how self-absorbed he was with his giant ego and preening, and how beyond all that? He definitely had the skill and talent to back up his boasts.

He's a good captain. He would not have a club of over 200 who looked up to him and a team of Regulars who respected him if he wasn't a good captain. He's also, of course, a fantastic tennis player because without that basic requirement, he would have never become captain and whether he was good in that role or not would be a moot point.

I love Atobe because his wardrobe is so gay, because he calls himself Ore-sama, because he has crowds of crazy fangirls, because he has own his catch phrase, because he is hot when he plays tennis and when he pretty much, you know, breathes. I love Atobe because he is rich, because he has a orgasm-inducing seiyuu (oh Suwabe Junichi ♥), because Ryoma calls him "Monkey King," because he cares enough about Kabaji to hold a celebration of ridiculous proportions, and because he is captain of the best team ever: Hyoutei Gakuen men's tennis.

I'm pretty fond of Katou Kazuki too. ::grin:: And AtoJi.

[forochel.livejournal.com]

O SHINY. Right. Since someone's already taken Roy/Ed, and you don't read Bleach, SASUNARU!! Or Sasuke. Or Naruto.

[forochel.livejournal.com]

Some more! GUNS 'N HANDCUFFS!!

Ummmm, andddd. AND. KeiRyu!

[buta-chan.livejournal.com]

Harry/Draco? why? Harry is such an uke >: O

ehehehe... you didn't need to read that : D anyway, question is, when did the love for the pairing start?

aaaand... shishitori... so... you like choutaro better as uke? you like it just the way it is and won't compromise if shishido was the uke one?

[meiface.livejournal.com]

Re: when the H/D love began

I honestly cannot remember when I first began liking Harry/Draco. I started off in the Harry Potter fandom a firm Harry/Hermione fangirl (and to this day, I harbor a little weakness towards HMS Pumpkin Pie, though I am fond of R/Hr now too). I then moved on to liking Draco/Hermione--I loved Draco (Why? Why? I don't know; it was probably fanon!Draco that I fell in love with, and how well that fanon!Draco was portrayed by amazing authors, realistic or not) and Hermione was one of my favorite female characters in the fandom. I never much liked Ginny and still don't. Reading Maya's Draco Malfoy, the Amazing, Bouncing...Rat? helped win me over even further into D/Hr. But then I stumbled across her Underwater Light, which still remains my favorite H/D fic of all time, and I don't remember if I'd already liked H/D then or if she won me over with her writing, but it left a huge impact.

I'm a staunch Guns & Handcuffs supporter now and the pairing really makes such little sense, yet at the same time, it's the one pairing that makes the most sense at all (as elaborated on in the ship manifesto (http://community.livejournal.com/ship_manifesto/18097.html)). It's popular for a reason. :3


Re: Shishido or Ohtori on top?
From the way I see Shishido and Ohtori's personalities, I definitely prefer Shishido on top. It makes more sense to me, as he's the aggressive one and it really just clicks in my head that way. I'm not against Ohtori topping either, however, because he's certainly no whimpering uke. Ohtori is very much a boy and in possession of a backone, and I'll admit a weakness to his being able to tease his Shishido-san. (I still have a greater weakness for his blushing, breathy, "Shishido-san" though.) I like to think they trade off, because I definitely see that being possible and the most likely. The most important to me is that their personalities are preserved in the writing. Whether Ohtori or Shishido bottoms, neither is a naive, submissive, pleading girl and both can give as good as they get. While Ohtori is so sweet and polite, there's no evidence that he's entirely clueless, and nothing to disprove that he may be the one to make the first move, albeit shyly. I love them both too much to put up with poor characterization, whether it's in a ShishiTori or ToriShishi fic.

[meiface.livejournal.com]

(I'll get back to you on Thrill Pair.)

Hmm, Gundam Wing. I have never seen an episode of GW, not even five minutes of it while it was on TV (Cartoon Network in the U.S. in 2000, I believe it was, back then when I was generally oblivioius to all anime). I do own and have seen Endless Waltz, but for the most part, my GW education has been constructed from fandom. That isn't to say that education is particularly lacking, I don't think--I know the entire plot, all the characters, a more than a fair amount of details and backstory. Fandom and fics can be very enlightening, as patterns are picked up and proved to be canon or not; though I know there's no actual substitution for canon itself, I'm perfectly satisfied with my relationship with the series.

I love Wing for first and foremost its plot. Even more so than the characters, the premise of the series is sci-fi, set in the future, war, mecha, death, sacrifice, peace, life; a plot drawn from all the previous Gundam series, changed and extrapolated, substituted with new characters, and a refining into something completely different. But I love it because it's so different from the series I loved up to that point, totally shoujo and cutesy with typically abysmal plots. GW sparks a love I never knew I had for reading about missions, politics, war and death and, hell, giant flying robots. I love being able to claim love for a fandom that's full of things like that as much as I love being able to love ninjas, tennis players, or seishi in ancient China.

Then, of course, there are the characters. Individually and collectively, I love them all, particularly Heero (and Duo) and far less so of Miss Relena Peacecraft, but I'll admit that I'm rather fond of fics that portray her in a realistic, positive light as opposed to those who bash her, no matter how well-written the rest of the story is. I don't really want to get too much into the topic of pairings, but suffice to say that 1x2 and 3x4 are two pairings that are pretty much unquestionable, undoubtable, in my mind. Heero and Duo share something that isn't easily explained away or ignored--I honestly believe they share a rapport, a bond, and a history that allows themselves to understand each other and complement each other fully, whether in a relationship or in the field.

I love GW because it was one of my primary slash fandoms. It was my real introduction to the world of shounen series with strong plot, strong characters, and UST abound. Fushigi Yuugi gave me my first canon yaoi: Hotohori/Nuriko, but both were too effeminate in a way for me to love as deeply as I love the utterly male characters of shounen (particularly Weekly Jump) series that I now adore slashing together. It has a lot to do with how yaoi appeals to me personally: I like two strong, male personalities clashing and meshing and working it out (with good, hot sex inbetween, please!) and you find those most realistically aggressive male characters in the shounen series.

So GW has a special place in my heart. ::snugs::

[kasugai-gummie.livejournal.com]

Hiruma. Let's praise that boy some more.

(Oh, and I pimp you to my soon-to-be-roommate's Five Things that Never Happened to Hiruma (http://cubicle-days.livejournal.com/1040.html) vignettes because it's gen and good and.... rawr ;D)

[meiface.livejournal.com]

Why I love Hiruma? Is this not blatantly obvious? Anyone who's read Eyeshield should know why I love Hiruma, because it will be the reasons that they love Hiruma. I've yet to meet anyone who's read ES21 and doesn't love Hiruma and his crazy-ass schemes, his swearing and abuse, and his beloved arsenal of firearms.

I love Hiruma because he is fucking insane, but a genius. He knows the strategies and the plays, he knows football, and he knows that it's all about the win. He doesn't care about the fancy words to dress things up in, how to make things politically-correct and inoffensive to all; he only cares about the heart of the matter and people who try to deny what he says is true are fucking liars. He's blatantly interested in only one thing: winning, and makes no compromises. He'll kick and threaten and bribe people to get what he wants and in the end, he gets it because more than the guns he waves around like a madman, he manages to make people want what he wants too.

Like Zokugaku's Rui asked him: what's the difference him and Hiruma? Why did one get stuck with a bunch of losers who couldn't care less about football, and why did one get a bunch of losers who let themselves be whipped into shape, into believing and wanting the same things Hiruma did, who would willingly commit themselves to something as crazy as the Death March and carry it through, and who would see all the insane things Hiruma did and say, even while bleeding or falling over from exhaustion or running away in fear, that Hiruma did it for the team?

There's something crazy in Hiruma that inspires. Inspires that loyalty and admiration (and fear) and respect. And god, the LOVE. *__* I'd be scared as hell of Hiruma in real life, but he is one of the most unapologetic characters ever, but certainly not irredeemable--hell he doesn't need to be redeemed--and that's why I love him.

How can you not love someone who would shoot you for your own good? (And sometimes just for fun? :D)

[bit-dreams.livejournal.com]

Okay, since I'm in KAT-TUN bliss right now yay for album! KAT-TUN? Mmmm.. or Akame?

[meiface.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry. ._. I'm not in the KAT-TUN love anymore, so I won't be able to properly babble about them. Pick another love? ♥

[darksecretlover.livejournal.com]

Um....I'm just a bit late, but how about L/Raito? ^__^ Until next time! Hehe!

[meiface.livejournal.com]

(Ahh, sorry for the late reply. I've been cramming for finals.)

I love the L/Raito dynamic and pairing because it's so totally not about sweetness and romance and any sort of gentle feeling towards each other. It's as far from a generic romance as you can get: the both of them are constantly testing each other, at each other's throats, and really in the end are looking to kill each other. Literally. Taking rival slash to a whole new level, we are, and I can't resist it at all.

Both of them are so unspeakably brilliant and I adore the mindgames they play with each other. It's amazing to watch, to see them taunt each other, see them ask: Are you ready? Can you keep up? Will you let me win?

Of course the answers are: Yes, yes, and hell no.

They both hate to lose and just--eeeee. ♥ There is so much sexual tension in their focus on each other, in their intensity, as if they're trying to prove themselves to the other (kind of like Sasuke and Naruto only less physical and more mental). It's hot in a raw, primitive kind of way because there is no gentleness at all between them. There is no love, only some sort of inexplicable need and challenge and interest.

It certainly doesn't hurt the canon bondage. :D Handcuffs, anyone? Misa accusing them of being gay, camera!voyeurism, etc. The series is rife with innuendo and the underlying tension between L and Raito could be easily interpreted as having a sexual nature.

So, yeah. Their dynamic is so freaking hot and totally wins at the mindfucking.

[meiface.livejournal.com]

Shishido Ryou. ::grin:: 'Cause I just had to give myself a chance to babble about him, no matter how belatedly.

[queenofdaemons.livejournal.com]

Someone may have said this....Kaiba Seto?
Thrill Pair..*dies from bliss*

[meiface.livejournal.com]

:) I take it you approve of my taste?