And one further note, that I failed to mention when we were last discussing this --
Sanzo might have worried about being accused of pedophilia, as his mentor/father figure Koumyou was
-- considering how Sanzo does not exactly take pains to Make Friends and Influence People (unless it's influencing them to SHUT UP AND GO AWAY NOW), doesn't give a damn if people think he's a bad priest for drinking, killing, keeping his hair, etc., I suspect it may not even be so much that he's worried that people will judge him negatively for being a pedophile, but rather that it would bother him greatly if people thought he was molesting a devoted young ward "just like his master did". Koumyou's reputation, even long after his death, is something he might very well feel far more protective of than his own.
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Date: 2010-09-01 03:54 am (UTC)And one further note, that I failed to mention when we were last discussing this --
Sanzo might have worried about being accused of pedophilia, as his mentor/father figure Koumyou was
-- considering how Sanzo does not exactly take pains to Make Friends and Influence People (unless it's influencing them to SHUT UP AND GO AWAY NOW), doesn't give a damn if people think he's a bad priest for drinking, killing, keeping his hair, etc., I suspect it may not even be so much that he's worried that people will judge him negatively for being a pedophile, but rather that it would bother him greatly if people thought he was molesting a devoted young ward "just like his master did". Koumyou's reputation, even long after his death, is something he might very well feel far more protective of than his own.