We pick back up again confronting the (sadly, still living) Evil Wolverine in his lair, over the dead body of Kyle Rondart lying on the ground before them.
AND HE FADES AWAY. AS EVIL WOLVERINE OUTS HIM AS A MANMADE OBJECT.
Whatever that means. A clone? Or something different? It’s kind of the same concept either way I suppose - Kyle was made by Evil Wolverine, just like the rest of the soldiers and all the other clones in the cast.
And just. Kyle not being respected as a living being even as he dies for the person who made him?
I can’t believe I’m mad on Kyle’s behalf??
I can’t believe CLAMP keep doing this to me???
Also… something about the way Kyle fades away like this, just like the Clow Cards do in Cardcaptor Sakura. And what that might say about them and how they were made.
And what that opens as a potential crossover between the methods of Clow Reed and Fei Wang, using their magic to create entire life forms to do their bidding. Clow making magical beings who live sealed in cards, and Evil Wolverine creating entire human beings who live out specific tasks to fulfill his plans.
There’s a lot I want to unpack in that but I’ll wait until I know as much as I can first. Put a pin in that thought. I'll come back to it eventually.
And now he’s gone and confused me all over again. He calls Sakura “the real thing” but isn’t she also a clone?
Is there some difference in the “realness” of the clones, as compared to “man made objects” ? Does he mean that she's one of the few PERFECT clones that keep their entire magical capacity and look like the original? Because even then I wouldn't call that "the real thing" but maybe that was a murky wording choice?
Gosh. Evil Wolverine really will just take every single opportunity to say something completely worthless.
WE AAAAAARE WILD??? WE ARE LIKE YOUNG VOLCANOES??? WE AAAAAARE WILD??? AMERICANA??? EXOTICA??? DO YOU WANNA FEEL A LITTLE BEAUTIFUL BABY??? YADUDUDDADUM DUDUDUDUDUDU DUDUDUDUUUUDUDUDUDUUUUM????
I love the idea of people trying to hold Luke and Leia being the children of Darth Vader against them.
The idea is just so… funny?
Like, you’re going to tell Leia Organa that she’s a bad person? Leia Organa, who refused to give up the location of the Rebel base even when it meant her home and family were blown up in front of her? Leia Organa, who has only ever treated Vader like gum on the bottom of her shoe? Leia Organa, who has been apart of this rebellion practically since she was born?? You’re going to try and convicne me that she could be evil, just because a guy who didn’t even raise her is half of her DNA?
Or are you going to badmouth Luke Skywalker? Luke Skywlaker, who blew up the Death Star? Luke Skywalker, who singlehandedly makes Imperial remnants either run for cover or try to kill themselves? Luke Skywalker, whose best friend is an astromech droid?? That guy is destined for evil??
Just imagining someone trying to spin it against them, when really, their paternity is a point in their favour. These two who gave up their whole lives for the Rebellion, who spent years fighting what seemed to be a hopeless war, who are both so passionate and good that it is impossible to dislike them. They came from something so dark, and yet…
They coud use it as a metaphor, following the fall of the Empire and the beginnings of the New Republic. They could use it as evidence that people deserve second chances and not to be judged for what their parents have done. They could use it as yet another reason why they are way cooler than anybody else-
Like, I know that a few stories try and make it out to be this terrible thing that they try to hide as long as they can. But if the guy who blew up the Death Star and (as far as I know) killed the Emperor and who is singlehandedly trying to bring back the Jedi Order, known for being peacekeepers and great came up to me and told me that his dad was Darth Vader, I think I’d pat him on the back. Like, good job. Your dad sucked, but you really inherited his ability to pull of capes-
I can’t imagine finding out that Darth Vader had children and then wanting to prosecute those children. Not after those children spent four years fighting on the frontlines against Darth Vader. Not when those children are Leia Organa and Luke Skywalker. It’s just so unrealistic. Anybody who would want them punished for Vader’s crimes would take one look at Luke’s goofy little face or Leia’s little itty-bitty stature and immediately change their mind.
I used to really hate her when I was younger, but now I have a decent handling on her character and I’d say I’m neutral/complicated. Leans towards dislike I guess, but it’s definitely more nuanced than that.
Im a simple critter drawn to cryptid bsd things like a moth to candle light
you are so increadibly real for that. cryptids make me want to run in wheels like hamsters. does that make sense? i hope it does
so um little something i drew when i first came up with this au, as a treat
(which kinda relates to this ask so i'm taking the opportunity)
get it? cause he's drawn to light....fascination with humans, moths being representatives of themes like change... and being a cryptid also being a metaphore itself since he is actually the cryptid hunter...what he hunts is himself. you become what you seek, you recognise yourself in unexplainable things and things like that???
hope this doesn't sound as insane as i think it does
He's just so good. We're on vacation currently and last night we went out to dinner with a large group, I want to say 14 people, and Forte came along. He tucked into the corner and dozed for most of it.
He did have a little bit of a hard time settling after I acknowledged his alert but declined DPT. He repositioned himself several times and tried to subtly to DPT by putting his head in my lap. But even with that when we got up to leave multiple people, including our server and members of my party, exclaimed that they'd forgotten he was there.
That alone would have impressed me because I rarely go to restaurants and even less so with such a large group.
It was dark and raining when we left and although I told Forte to find the car, I wasn't confident because I'd parked a few streets down and back. I ended up turning down a street when he wanted to go to the next one. Then we both got turned around and the rain picked up.
Forte never broke position (fmp) or pulled too hard. In the dark and the pouring rain with thunder and lightning, he gamely kept trying to locate my car. After about 20 or so minutes I started to really panic and probably wouldn't have kept wandering around getting more lost. But Forte stopped and nudged my hands and made me refocus on him until I calmed down enough to call someone.
While we waited for help (under an awning) he laid quietly and calmly. Even when a drunk group of guys came out of the restaurant and started gawking over "the big wolf".
He's so good and steadfast and I'm so incredibly proud of him.