rkold | Yuusuke is dreaming of an AID Christmas....

sumeragiskank is visiting me, so I have not been on-line much. I tried to make some time to work on the new penal-tea update which should go up sometime tomorrow and we're still arguing about the fanart contest. ^o^

I also got to see

kosquarepelli and I would highly recommend checking out her amazing piccies of WK/PoT. I'm sure no one is surprised to know I adore the way Omi/Yuuta looks.

My mother made me a new hat. It's pink and pretty, and so girly. I hope to share pictures of it soon.

Anyway, I'm now friended to

delfeus,

fujis,

reynardine, and

ryoma_sama. *waves* I added

delfeus cause I was so amused by her response to a recent post to

tenipuri_yaoi.

Anyway, said post and the fact that I'm just a pain in the butt sometimes, has prompted this rant....

I started watching PoT in June 2002, at that time, I did not know really anything about the series or knew anyone else who was watching it. From relatively early one, I became a MomoRyo fangirl *shock, yes I know, everyone just thinks of me as Fujicest, but I started with MomoRyo* but I had no other pairing I shipped. From the start, I did not *SEE ANY TEZUFUJI* cause you know what, it's not there! It's so *SUBTLE* you need to be on crack to see evidence for it. It was completely created by fangirls who wanted to see pretty tennis boys fuck. Now, I have nothing against this, I feel that way about SengokuxMizuki and my new favorite Tezuka pairing, which I ship rather hard. (And *SHOCK* he is seme!) But there is *NO EVIDENCE* for TezuFuji, Tezuka and Fuji don't even GET ALONG WELL! And please, no whining from TezuFuji fans about how they're being oppressed. That is just so sad and pathetic, cause your fricking pairing is among the most popular pairings in the English fandom, so please get a life. I've mostly held my tongue, but I decided after a recent post to

tenipuri_yaoi and the fact I was feeling bitchy, that I was not going to be completely silent anymore.

Not only is TezuFuji a crack pairing that has no evidence, makes no sense in the context of the series, and just completely sucks... But I wish TezuFuji fans could spend a few seconds to think about what they're saying and engage their brains. (Which I know is a challenge for some of them.) I mean, I hate TezuFuji, and so, *shock* I do not write it. I do not try drawing it. If you do not like a pairing, don't draw it and then denigrate the pairing. I mean really, didn't your families teach you any manners or at the very least some common sense or courtesy. Also, while I'm on this, Tezufuji fans seem to think they're some sort of born-again Christian sect, and need to constantly share their devotion to the pairing. Leaving a comment on a fic, that has nothing to do with Tezuka or Fuji, on how much you love TezuFuji makes you look brain dead. Think about this in the future.

And cause I'm still feeeling bitchy...

Yes, there is evidence for MizukiYuuta, I'm not going to pretend there isn't. But if you're going to claim it's true love, and Mizuki really cares about Yuuta, I have to ask you, did you watch episode 36??????? I mean, I'm not even going to go into the manga, where Mizuki SAYS "It was really easy to manipulate the stupid younger brother who only thought about his older brother." since most English speaking fangirls seem to ignore the manga. Mizuki does not try to get Yuuta to join St. Rudy's for Yuuta' "best" interest. Mizuki *MANIPULATES* a naive 12 year old boy because he can. Mizuki *TEACHES* Yuuta a tennis move that could *SERIOUSLY* INJURE him and does not *CARE* so long as the team wins! He does not WARN Yuuta of the dangers and let Yuuta decide, noooooooooo, he just takes advantage of a 12 year old boy. It's an abuse of power and trust. Mizuki *IS* the most evil character we see in PoT. While Keigo might try to ruin Tezuka's arm, Tezuka is not on Keigo's *TEAM.* Keigo does NOT have a responsibility to look after Tezuka's best interests. Keigo is also not practically 2 years older than Tezuka. (And yes, the age difference between Mizuki and Yuuta is almost that large.) Yuuta does not show any sort of interest, romantic or otherwise, in Mizuki, after he loses to Ryoma. Yuuta seems horrified, in the anime-only part of 40, where Mizuki promises to help Yuuta train, and in 71, Yuuta leaves Mizuki and Yanagisawa's company to seek out Ryoma *AS SOON AS THEY SEE THE OTHER BOYS*

As for Yuuta being seme to Mizuki....

All I have to say is, you enjoy your nice little crack, I have no idea where you found it, but you're on crack.

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From:

jangmi.livejournal.com

YES TezuFuji bothers me ;x and I don't really see it either. Fujicest I can becuase, well it's just that damn cute ;3

though I do have guilty pleasures of MizukixYuuta. ;x it's almost like wanting CrawfordxRan or SchuldichxRan. sometimes manipulative semes in a relationship kinda turn me on ;d lol.

Though I'm almost at that point, friends have been nudging me towards Tezube, TezuRyo and KaiRyo. (even though that last one will never tear me away from InuKai XD)

From:

rkold.livejournal.com

I just watched WK and I admit, I find CrawfordxRan and SchuldichxRan VERY amusing. Though I think BotanxRan is my favorite. ^o^

But in all honesty, I don't see CrawfordxRan or SchuldichxRan as Tru Boi WAFFy love, and the same would go for MizukixYuuta. And while personally, I don't feel right doing that to Yuuta, I can see how it could be amusing to someone else.

I'm glad you find Fujicest cute ^o^

Re: WK ^o^

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From:

pure-trance.livejournal.com

I am SO SICK of TezuFuji too...
You pretty much covered all the bases there though, I certainly agree with everything you have said...

From:

rkold.livejournal.com

It's nice to know that I'm not the only one who is not overly fond of TezuFuji. ^_^

From:

hanatokiu.livejournal.com

Mizuki x Yuuta? (dies) That is so disturbing... Yeah, i agree with you that Mizuki is the most meanest, crulest PoT characther. X_X He's such a bastard.

UU.. new pink hat? i wanna see! xD (lovespink~)

From:

rkold.livejournal.com

I confess I am a bit surprised at all the responses my post generated. ^^;

I actually find Mizuki amusing, I just really do not like him with Yuuta.

From:

mec

Oh, that was a good rant ^_^ *fans the flames a little* I'm actually not really paying attention to most of the posts on the comm. at the moment anyway, aside from MomoRyo fics, 'cause all the authors whose other pairings I like are already on my friends list.

*stands with hand over heart* I hail the Fujicest no Miko, and the cause for which she stands.

Gods, I feel like reposting my anti-TezuFuji ballad now...

(If you find out where they get their crack, let me know. I have a friend in dire need of some ^_^)

From:

rkold.livejournal.com

cause the fandom is going up in smoke! ^^;;;;

I'm in shock that my rant received so many comments. ^^;

And awwwww we just updated penal-tea and created the wrongest RPG ever. ^^

From:

http://users.livejournal.com/_neith_/

*lays a pile of word on your doorstep*

I have never been able to see TezuFuji anywhere either. That doesn't mean people shouldn't ship it, but this insistance by some that it's near *canonical*... I just don't understand where they get that from.

As for Mizuki and Yuuta... It'd be Mizuki taking even more advantage of Yuuta's naivete than he already does, and I like Yuuta too much to ever want to see that happen. Mizuki never cared about anyone besides himself.

From:

rkold.livejournal.com

I just personally can't see any evidence for TezuFuji and I've been bottling my dislike for TezuFuji for a long time.

I could see Mizuki taking advantage of Yuuta, as I think I said, but it's a pairing I just prefer not to think about as I think Yuuta deserves someone who loves him. ^^

From:

sailorstarsun.livejournal.com

YES! ::shakes fist:: DOWN WITH TEZUFUJI!!

And it's funny, because I was just thinking the exact same thing last night. Where the HELLS do they get it from!? The only thing I can see is...they're on the same team...

.-_- Woot.....

From:

rkold.livejournal.com

I just felt in a cranky mood and every so often it's fun to vent. I had no idea so many people would respond to my LJ post and that my post would causee such a fandom meltdown. ^^;

From:

xx-miyuki-xx.livejournal.com

Wooo, splendid rant :3 ^___^

:D Pink hat! Squee! XD

From:

rkold.livejournal.com

I hope to get a picture of my pink hat up tomorrow. ^^

It's soooooooo cute!!!!

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ruaki.livejournal.com - Date: 2004-01-18 09:37 am (UTC) - Expand

From:

rkold.livejournal.com

I've sort of fallen in love with my new virgin Tezuka and his tragic first real love. It's very sad and poignant. ^^

I adore my Fujicest though... it just makes me happy.

For true crack I prefer SengokuxMizuki! XD

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Re: Actually, I don't generally think of Tezuka as a whore....

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From:

ryoma-kun.livejournal.com

*hugs Rachel*

[waves] Fujicest ^__^!!!

WK/PoT pic... Lol ^^

From:

rkold.livejournal.com

I'm glad Fujicest amuses you also and that you enjoyed the picture. ^_^

From:

magnolia-ceres.livejournal.com

Well, sorry for the stalking (sheesh, what am I doing today? Am supposed to be studying! XD), but I just had to throw in my two cents...if you accept them, it's fine, if not, the coins are happily rolling down back to the gutter =D.

So Mizuki is the worst, most evil character in the PoT-verse, yes? I think that's only half of the truth, actually ^^. Wheras it is obvious that he's manipulative, deceitful and unscrupulous, he is also hard-working and - surprise - vulnerable. No, I'm not saying he's an oh-so-nice-person-who-is-only-misunderstood, but I find it kinda cute how he's struggling to be admired and in control (or read: to be seme), but I mean, he's failing totally ^^. Even the Kisarazu twins (though Atsushi might have just waited for a chance to escape his brother's shadow, just like Yuuta) already out-smarted him, and Yuuta - well, it's sure that he had been beguiled, but even after he found out the truth, he forgives and still respects Mizuki on his own account, although he won't follow orders from him again. (There goes Mizuki's seme-ness XD).

It's certainly true that Mizuki -did- not care a shit about Yuuta before. But I think, the most interesting part of YuutaMizuki starts after the turning point that is their match with Seigaku. Well, as much as I hate to, I just have to quote from Hana's fic ^^:

"There was a point in time when he would have likened Yuuta-kun to a dog: loyal, friendly, obedient. Trainable. But, that was before. [...] Before Yuuta had learned the truth about the twist spin shot. Before he [Mizuki] had seen everything he'd worked for at St Rudolph's spiral out of control and suck him down into its whirlpool maw. Before the hand reaching down to pull him out of the mess he created for himself held a cross-shaped scar and eyes of forgiveness on its other end. No, Yuuta was no one's dog."

So, this might have been a start. Not necessarily of course, but isn't fandom about imagining how it could be? And for YuutaMizuki I think, the conditions aren't that bad ^^.

Ah, and about the crack of eps 40 XD... I found it extremely amusing, but crack-filler scenes are not a basis I would build an OTP pairing on ^^. Though I don't think Yuuta looked plain disgusted then - every teenage boy would be a little shocked at such a proposition, ne? And didn't he also look just as flustered when Fuji asked him on a date? Hehe, Yuuta's expressions are sure cute to watch ^^, wouldn't you just also love to try and get him flustered?

And don't get me wrong - I still like and can gush over the sweet interaction between Yuuta and Fuji, but I don't believe it could work out in a romantic relationship =/... but that's just me being a diehard TakaFuji fangirl =P. After all, Yuuta and Taka-san aren't that different in their basic personlalities either ^^;;.

Hn, I guess that's all *sweatdrop*. If you actually read until here, you get a cookie =D. And I hope the PoT fandom is tolerant enough so that different pairings can be tolerated (hey, I even got converted to acept TezuFuji as a possibility >_>;;) and coexist peacefully ^^.

From:

rkold.livejournal.com

I personally like chocolate chip ^o^

Actually, if you're going by the manga, Yuuta never finds out that Mizuki was using him. Thus, he can't forgive him. I do appreciate though, someone finally explaining to me how this pairing would actually work.

As for fics, I too enjoy well written fics, and in fact, one of my favourites is a Fushigi Yuugi fic that is NakagoxMiaka. It made me completely ship the couple, though I know in my heart it is a crack pairing. It took a lot of work and development to make it happen and in the end seem completely believable to me.

Personally, my favourite Mizuki pairing is SengokuxMizuki, which is of course a crack pairing. I don't think I should dictate what pairings you like, but I have the right as well in my livejournal to post my feelings on pairings as well. I do not ask anyone to read what I write, which is why I put my rants behind a LJ cut stating exactly what they were, so those who didn't want to read could ignore it.

And yes, Yuuta does look adorable when he is flustered. XD

Re: What type of cookies are you offering?

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From:

akaibara.livejournal.com

I've gotta address something here, simply because it struck me as interesting.

I understand the point you made about Mizuki, and I can see your point of view. It would take time, thought and careful groundwork to overcome that, with no guarantee of success, definitely.

I think what caught my attention was your apparent outrage at Mizuki's behavior and the age/relative innocence of Yuuta. In addition to the 'abuse of power and trust' therein.

The reason that gave me pause is this (http://www.livejournal.com/users/rkold/17413.html?thread=96261#t96261). I realize that this is not an event that actually occurs in canon, and is simply something you have proposed as a possibility. However, it seems to me that this would make a loving relationship between Syusuke and Yuuta as unlikely as one between Mizuki and Yuuta.

For the sake of argument, and since you are the one arguing and believe the aforementioned to be true, let's examine this.

Yuuta's scar doesn't appear to be new. I'd say it has probably been several years since he got it. So... let's put his age at about 8. Now, a scratch would not have left such a prominent scar. We're likely talking about a pretty deep cut. The lines appear to be clean, so the implement would have been sharp.

That leaves us with the situation as follows. 9 year old Syusuke premeditatively obtains a weapon, possibly a utility knife, an x-acto knife or similar. Approaches his eight year old brother with the intention of cutting him open. I can't think of any 8 year-old that would sit still for that, so now we're introducing the fact that Syusuke probably would have had to restrain him or hold him down. He slices into Yuuta's skin, keeping in mind that the cuts have to be deep to properly mark him. I'm sure it hurts, and given how profusely that area bleeds, the likelihood is great that there is blood pouring down Yuuta's face, stinging his eyes. If Yuuta's struggling at all, which I'm sure he is by this point, Syusuke could easily put his eye out or rip his scalp open. I imagine the wound would need stitches, which is nothing but another trauma for Yuuta to go through. Possibly as many as 15 or 20 of them. Not to mention the necessity of likely being threatened or cajoled by Syusuke into not revealing the truth of how he was injured.

So now he's marked, with a reminder that his brother, the person who is supposed to take care of him, held him down and maimed him against his will. And he sees that everytime he looks in the mirror.

Which is the greater betrayal? The more heinous abuse of power and trust? I'm thinking Mizuki is looking fairly tame at this point. At the very least, it's no less plausible for Yuuta to have a loving relationship with Mizuki than it would be for him to have one with Syusuke. The burden of guilt on both potential partners is the same, and that's not even considering the fact that Syusuke is his brother.

Of course, I'm of the opinion that Yuuta has Mizuki's number, lets him have his 12 seconds of seme and then puts him on his floral-clad back with his legs in the air. So what do I know, really? ^_~

From:

oyamadayoh.livejournal.com

Amen.

::bows to you::

I'm sorry you took that post seriously

sumeragiskank.livejournal.com

Gah, dude, you so know that OISHIxYUUTA IS WHERE IT'S AT, BITCH!!!

*snerk*

*rolls eyes* Honestly, I don't see why anyone is getting butthurt over this. This is NOT new information. Rache's been rather vocal in the past. And no one did force anyone to read it. Call me silly, but if I saw something entitled "Super huge anti-ToriShishi rant cause Shishido is an ugly bitch and Ohtori gives bad head!!" on a random LJ I encountered while surfing, I wouldn't read it. I would go "Oh, look, annoying stupid person!" and move on. Ok, and more than likely have a couple more laughs to myself at their expense because I am petty like that.

I know there has been a very public rant about this rant on

beckymarie but I haven't gone and read it, because I don't see the point in reading something written by someone I don't particularly like or agree with. Just plain ignoring the stuff you don't like online is a great policy.

I think Rachel's fielding the responses well, she's not just an obnoxious bitch all the time. Gasp! The shock.

*shrugs* We can argue about it all weekend, and probably will, as thus is the nature of fandom and you know we all secretly love sitting in our little computer rooms cackling evilly and trying to smite the bad guys. With forks, preferably ^_~

It's not going to change anyone's opinion on the subject, especially since this really was just a big venting post and not the most offensive I've ever seen, and I know just about everyone has posted venty bitchy rants in their lifetime. Hopefully everyone will return to pissing in their own sandboxes, which is what this all boils down to.

From:

rafterpeace.livejournal.com

Friends keep telling me to watch prince of tennis because it's an anime about my favoite sport. Then one of them sends me a link to this journal and not often have I laughed so hard about something on the internet.

People start saying they are upset over cartoon characters(!!!!!) Funnier is, it's all boys screwing around... with each other.... and it's something about incest as well. You all make things up about them being gay, but still you fight about who is being gay with who and tell people what they can and can't do. I really don't want to know who Fuji is/are and why everyone screws him... probably Tezuka is related to them also and screws all the other Fujis in existence.

The one who owns this journal says Mizuki is a villain. Glad someone tells others the main bad guy from a serie is a villain!! Maybe I should make a post in a star wars community to tell them Darth Vader is a villain in case they would a mistake about it, because it would really be the end of the world when that happens.

There seems to be a guy named Momo as well, doesn't that mean peach? Is he gay also? Probably he screws Fuji but is his long lost sister.

Thank you all for a great time!

From:

chocolate_chip.livejournal.com

*laughs ass off*

Wow, you should really not talk about things you don't know about. Well, I mean, this is the INTERnet and all, and you're free to do what you want, but I'm saying, you know, if you don't want to look like an idiot. If you take tennis seriously, and you really do have a problem with gay people, then I'd suggest that you stay far, far away from Prince of Tennis. However, if you can deal with the facts that the tennis is completely unrealistic, and yes, one of the main characters actually does ask his brother out on a date, you may want to check it out. It's not the best animation or writing, but the crack will eat you. (In a (mostly) good way.)

Sorry, I know it's wrong of me to laugh at those who aren't familiar with PoT's sheer gay crackness, but that really was the funniest thing I've read all day. *snickers some more*

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rafterpeace.livejournal.com - Date: 2004-01-18 01:48 pm (UTC) - Expand

From:

nittle-grasper.livejournal.com

Well, I personally believe people can like whatever pairing they want to, because, after all, fandom is all inference. But I don't think you have a right to call TezuFuji and MizukiYuuta on crack and nonexistant...because aren't ALL the pairings JUST as nonexistant?

It's not like Fujicest is any MORE canon or reasonable than TezuFuji or anything, just because you have more material to twist, manipulate, and misinterpret to suit to your imaginations, when it isn't any proof or any support at all. Honestly, Tezuka and Fuji glacing at each other is about as canon as Fuji expressing protectiveness for Yuuta, though the second one is much more liable to provoke overreaction. You aren't "seeing" anything, you're merely hallucinating it. Now, unless you also think Touya has the hots for Sakura or something, you really shouldn't be so condescending towards the other pairings. And besides, you're ranting right now just like all the opposing fans do, so I see no difference between your fandom and theirs.