Sumeragi Subaru　・　皇昴流

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2013-09-12T02:34:23Z

Leaving this here because it is perfection and everyone should read it:

"I have been changed by you" - a study of identity in Tokyo Babylon and X/1999

Hurting Subaru, in the end, only winds up hurting himself in a roundabout way: in identifying himself so closely with Subaru, he can no longer claim to be impassive, thus damaging the perception he has of himself. Indeed, X/1999 takes this metaphor further: in hurting Subaru – i.e. in shoving a hand through his chest – Seishirou literally ends up hurting himself, via Hokuto’s spell. By then, Subaru’s self-destructiveness has become so closely entwined with Seishirou’s self-destructiveness that the two are inseparable.

This brings us to the main theme of this essay: how Seishirou’s identity becomes conflated with Subaru’s, and vice versa – and moreover, how this is almost always linked with death. How they define themselves based on a flawed recognition of each other.

And then also this:

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Essential Reading

2013-03-23T04:12:25Z

Habit - Seishirou

Projection - Subaru

Two very short pieces of fanfiction that are absolute perfection. Most people get their relationship really, really wrong. This is a singularly incredible example of someone getting it really really right.

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Something that will get a title later, PART THREE

2013-03-21T01:39:25Z

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Something that will get a title later, PART TWO

2013-03-20T06:21:28Z

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Something that will get a title later, PART ONE

2013-03-20T03:46:05Z

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Meta Part 2: Subaru in X

2013-03-02T20:57:56Z

( Or: In which I ramble at ridiculous length about Subaru and Seishirou's relationship. )

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Meta Part 1: Subaru in Tokyo Babylon

2013-03-02T17:02:35Z

This is going to be an attempt at a catch-all meta post, because I think about Subaru way too much and it's pretty easy to misunderstand what CLAMP was trying to do with his character and relationship to Seishirou, so hopefully at least parts of this will make sense, and if not, well, I'll just sound even more insane than before.

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Visualosities

2013-02-27T01:51:14Z

Where there is desire there is gonna be a flame,
Where there is a flame someone's bound to get burned.

( Just because it burns doesn't mean you're gonna die. )

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2013-02-03T06:31:16Z

[Character Name] Sumeragi Subaru
[Canon] Tokyo Babylon / X
[Point Taken from Canon] Just before X 18.5

[Age] 25
[Gender] Male
[Sexual Orientation] Seishirou-sexual*

*Subaru is completely incapable of falling in love or forming deep, serious attachments to anyone BUT Sakurazuka Seishirou, and has never canonly expressed any slightly romantic interest towards anyone else, male or female. His only other significant canon attachments are Kamui and his twin sister, Hokuto. So while you could make an argument for gay, it's all pretty much moot anyway because of Seishirou.

[Eye Color] Right eye: GOLD Left eye: GREEN
[Hair Color] Black
[Height] idk man he's tall.
[Other] Subaru's eyes are two different colors for special reasons - one actually belongs to Seishirou and was transplanted (through magical means) to Subaru.
[Clothing] Typically dark clothes with a long black coat. Also he'll wear gloves unless otherwise mentioned.
[Language] Japanese (maybe a smidge of english?)

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Somarium App

2013-02-02T02:09:50Z

( Warning: Lots of TL;DR ahead )

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Sumeragi Subaru ・ 皇昴流

Must-Read Meta

Essential Reading

Something that will get a title later, PART THREE

Something that will get a title later, PART TWO

Something that will get a title later, PART ONE

Meta Part 2: Subaru in X

Meta Part 1: Subaru in Tokyo Babylon

Visualosities

Profile Meme

Somarium App

Sumeragi Subaru　・　皇昴流