The age gap itself doesn't bother me, it's that they met when she was, you know, an abused little kid. I'd probably be better if we saw any of it, instead of CLAMP just going OH HEY DID YOU KNOW WE DECIDED TO MARRY SOMEONE ELSE OFF BEHIND THE SCENES? (Did they show anything in the OVA, do you know?)
I haven't actually seen the last OVA, although I should make a point to do that this week.
I don't know, for me, out of all of the things CLAMP did with holic, this is something that bothers me the LEAST. I'm not saying it doesn't bother me at all (because I would have loved it if Doumeki and Himawari had gotten married instead), but I can also understand it . . . somewhat. The way I see it, it's not about Doumeki or Kohane at all. It's all about Watanuki. Which isn't to say that I think they don't love each other at all. I think they definitely do, but it just might necessarily not be romantic. But I think it's something they both decided to do because they were already spending their lives dedicated to helping him anyway, and if they wanted to do that as long as he was in the shop . . . they'd need kids for that.
That actually makes me side-eye more than anything. That they had a kid (kids?) and Doumeki raised the boy with the mission that he had to help out Watanuki and stay by his side. And then his grandchild and great-grandchild and so on and so forth until over a hundred years have passed and Doumeki (whicever generation) is still there . . .
TL;DR, I'm not trying to say YOUR OPINION IS INVALID, I've just discussed this a lot with Rikuou and that's pretty much what we came up with. XD;
It's all about Watanuki. Which isn't to say that I think they don't love each other at all. I think they definitely do, but it just might necessarily not be romantic. But I think it's something they both decided to do because they were already spending their lives dedicated to helping him anyway, and if they wanted to do that as long as he was in the shop . . . they'd need kids for that.
I wrote Doumeki/Watanuki for Springkink before the last chapter came out, and my original draft was that Doumeki was getting married so someone could take care of Watanuki, and I rejected it because OH MY GOD THAT WOULD BE SO DIRE AND EMO AND NO. And then...I kind of suspect that CLAMP went ahead and did just that. IDEK. I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS, OKAY. ♥
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Date: 2011-09-18 01:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-18 03:50 pm (UTC)I don't know, for me, out of all of the things CLAMP did with holic, this is something that bothers me the LEAST. I'm not saying it doesn't bother me at all (because I would have loved it if Doumeki and Himawari had gotten married instead), but I can also understand it . . . somewhat. The way I see it, it's not about Doumeki or Kohane at all. It's all about Watanuki. Which isn't to say that I think they don't love each other at all. I think they definitely do, but it just might necessarily not be romantic. But I think it's something they both decided to do because they were already spending their lives dedicated to helping him anyway, and if they wanted to do that as long as he was in the shop . . . they'd need kids for that.
That actually makes me side-eye more than anything. That they had a kid (kids?) and Doumeki raised the boy with the mission that he had to help out Watanuki and stay by his side. And then his grandchild and great-grandchild and so on and so forth until over a hundred years have passed and Doumeki (whicever generation) is still there . . .
TL;DR, I'm not trying to say YOUR OPINION IS INVALID, I've just discussed this a lot with Rikuou and that's pretty much what we came up with. XD;
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Date: 2011-09-18 07:28 pm (UTC)I wrote Doumeki/Watanuki for Springkink before the last chapter came out, and my original draft was that Doumeki was getting married so someone could take care of Watanuki, and I rejected it because OH MY GOD THAT WOULD BE SO DIRE AND EMO AND NO. And then...I kind of suspect that CLAMP went ahead and did just that. IDEK. I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS, OKAY. ♥