I'm skipping the end-of-the-quarter dorm party 4 doors down to watch the end of this show....

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24

I saw that comming when she sent them off. I'm really proud of Fuu.



25

OMGJinlookssoooofine at9:20in!Thehairpulledbackandshorterbangs! Yeah, I'm shallow.


okay... I'm confused. Did Jin kill his master? Or did this other guy?

...

Okay, the only thing keeping me from freaking out about Jin yet is the fact that he hasn't been shirtless yet. And I know he gets shirtless. So I shall postpone the freaking out.



26

::watches Mugen get shot from behind::

Okay, fuck, that's just not right! Take it back. Universe Of All Things Fannish, you cannot take Mugen from me the same way you took Eddie Dean! I forbid it! That's just not right! You can't do that to me twice, dammit!

... Okay, Jin, you're so hot. Thank you Universe Of All Things Fannish for giving me Jin hotness to look at. It's only mild compensation for Mugen, but thank you anyway.

So...Interesting. Jin never found a lord worthy of his service, but he found a lady worthy of it. And her name is Fuu.

I'm digging the ironic juxtaposition of Jin using this "final lesson" against the Big Bad just as the Little Bad is using it against Mugen.

FUCK, everybody's dying. And it's way less fair than when Spike died in CB. Spike totally had it comming, situationally and cosmically (I love Spike, but his death was so far from surprising). But this? Mugen getting shot then blown up? Jin getting stabbed? Fuck. That's just not right.


The flying bird sketches are neat... no birds, no! No eating Mugen before Fuu gets to him! Bad birds! ::grumble::

random thought: Jin is SO hot in this episode.

Yay! Everyone's not dead.

random thought #2: Jin is SO VERY hot in this episode.

Kawcrow, you were right. Jin/Mugen/Fuu are an OT3. Shipping two without the other makes no sense.

And now I totally wanna read post-series fanfic.
I wanna read a story where Jin and Fuu meet up a few years later and get together.
Then I wanna read a story where Mugen and Fuu meet up a few years later and get together.
Then I wanna read a story where Mugen and Jin meet up a few years later like a joke that begins "two guys walk into a bar..."


Overall:

Well, these last 3 episodes were good. I'm not as emotinally affected as some people on my flist, but I guess that's because I never really quite believed anyone would die. I wasn't spoiled or anything... it's just there's no story/theme reason for them to die and I would have been surprised if they had, actually. I still feel this is a series that is mostly style over substance except for a few key episodes (that would be 20-21 and 24-26) where there was a reason for me to feel worried about the characters. But overall, it's been a fun ride.

It's left me feeling much the same way as I felt after watching the ending of Cowboy Bebop. Mostly "Hmm....Okay. Well, I guess that's it then," with a little part of me being sad in CB's case...only that same little part being happy in SC's case. I kinda would like to see another season because I think it's unfair to dump all this characterization on us at the last minute and then not have more adventures later (also a problem I had with Spike's character in CB)... now that I know all the stuff I'd waited 20 episodes to know, I want to see how the trio reacts now that they all actually know each other better. I want to see how the dynamic changed after all this. Instead, the show stops just when it gets really interesting.

Well, there's always fanfic! I suspect I will be reading a lot of fanfic for this series. Fanfic can fill all the holes canon left unresolved. And though I've often had complaints (many) about the writing of the show and how it flows, it has left me me with characters I love. And if I love the characters, I will ALWAYS go for the fanfic. And since I love these three, and I love the three of them together always, I suspect I will be deep into the fanfic.

Parting thought: That sword backwards trick that Mugen did to kill the guy? Totally impossible physically. No momentum for it, not enough to make it actually decapitate the guy. Total exaggeration. But hey, that's SC for you. Fun exaggeration.

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[fadingembers.livejournal.com]

And now I totally wanna read post-series fanfic.
I wanna read a story where Jin and Fuu meet up a few years later and get together.
Then I wanna read a story where Mugen and Fuu meet up a few years later and get together.
Then I wanna read a story where Mugen and Jin meet up a few years later like a joke that begins "two guys walk into a bar..."

Don't get me started.

>^..^

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Oh please, GET STARTED!