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29 June 2008 @ 09:58 pm
Shut Subaru Up Challenge entry  
EDIT: I'm sure it would really help if I actually explained the context of the two drawings...
In hindsight, only eating chocolate yesterday was not a good idea

They are submissions to [info]mithrigil's "Shut Subaru Up Challenge"...

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So, my imagination ended up getting the better of me and I ended up drawing 2 things.

The first image, as [info]rowr_paintbrush put it, was eventually bound to happen anyway...what with all those treeraep and red ribbon jokes...
I had fun colouring the red ribbon part at any rate...


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By yoru_yume, shot with CanoScan LiDE 600F at 2008-06-29

More extensive notes are on the deviantart page anyway-->http://yoru-yume.deviantart.com/art/Warning-trees-red-ribbon-89518615


After doing that drawing I had a more serious think about how to 'shut Subaru up' and started idly sketching, which then ended up becoming a large 3 panel strip...


I figured, the mostly likely ways Subaru would be silent if is Seishirou was speaking, or he was dead...combination of those thoughts led me to drawing a reversal of the Rainbow Bridge scene, in which Seishirou has granted Subaru's wish, and killed him. As Subaru is dying Seishirou says the same words as in the original scene...It's definately something Subaru would be straining to hear, ne?

DA notes--> http://yoru-yume.deviantart.com/art/Reversal-90121364

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For Subaru to be dying, that means Hokuto wouldn't have been killed by Seishirou, right? So, having come up with that I've went on this long speculative tangent...

How would that have altered X!Subaru?(he'd still be full of angst though, at being betrayed, one can conclude that from statements made Tokyo Babylon). But his motives for getting involved with Kamui would be different, and his motives for hunting for Seishirou less clear. Would it still even end up at the scene that I have drawn?!

Also, if Hokuto was still alive, that would affect Kakyou, and his motives. With Hokuto still alive, I doubt he would have ended up in a coma wishing to die, which in turn affects the Dragons of Earth...

And Hokuto herself, how would she be affected? She would also survive, betrayed, and probably feel very guilty... And then what part would she have to play in the "promised day"?

it's tempting me to do something with this idea...kill me nao

I'll publicly post these at some later date... done
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h i k a: seishirou2[info]sute_hikahika on June 29th, 2008 03:42 pm (UTC)
Though I like a lot your colouring techinque, I like the second drawing better because it's so full of emotion. <3

Btw, are you becoming obsessed with 'what if' scenarios too? XD Yours sounds really interesting; I'm curious about how Hokuto could have survived (did Subaru wake up by himself then? Why?), and I'm also wondering as to whether Subaru and Seishirou would have ended up like that *points at fanart*, had Hokuto been still alive...

You see, although I believe Seishirou did never fully realize the 'depth' of his feelings, I'm pretty sure that, at some point, he knew he just couldn't kill Subaru, and that he would meet his end like his mother had predicted (after all, he did commit suicide, on Rainbow Bridge, didn't he?). Subaru... mh, I think he'd still be angsting a lot, but he wouldn't feel any hatred--after Seishirou's revelation, he'd just chosen to be dead to the world, while Hokuto's death was what had made him so resentful towards Seishirou.
And, Hokuto... Mmmh, I guess deep down she'd be angry at Seishirou for hurting her brother, but I don't think she'd stop supporting them--if that were the case, then she wouldn't have sacrificed herself to have Subaru and Seishirou live and be happy. é__è;
Sha~: setsuka is a good mummy[info]yoru_yume on June 30th, 2008 01:39 am (UTC)
I tried very hard getting the eyes and mouths(and shading, to an extent) to convey the emotions, so I guess that I had some success^^ I need to practice inking a lot more, I find I tend to lose that when I ink...

Oh yes XD So many questions, even more than what I posted last night, changing one thing changes another and another and it just goes on!


I kind of have thought of possibilities for the waking up Subaru part...

Even if Hokuto didn't die, I think Subaru would still be angry/resentful, afterall, Seishirou would have just revealed himself as Sakurazukamori, a killer and the rival of his family.

But the big question I guess is, would it culminate in the scene I've drawn? I think it would all depend on Seishirou and wether he "realises" his feelings and takes on what his mother said...
h i k a[info]sute_hikahika on June 30th, 2008 12:10 pm (UTC)
it would all depend on Seishirou and wether he "realises" his feelings and takes on what his mother said...

*nods* Of course. But I think he still would--it's still the same person we're talking about, and the same time span--I mean, when I read TB for the first time, I just couldn't get why Seishirou would beat Subaru up like that. I found it even more 'strange' than him sacrificing his right eye to save Subaru. If he didn't really care, why bother so much? Wouldn't it have been easier to just kill the boy?, after all, Seishirou said he didn't even hate him, so he had no reason to do what he did. It's like he was doing everything he could to tell Subaru he didn't care at all--and so I started to think that, maybe, it was himself that he - unconsciously, mind you - wanted to reassure of that. The fact that he didn't try to kill Subaru for a month after that still means something to me: that he was probably too upset to deal with him so soon, because Seishirou himself couldn't still get was going on in his own head (though, I believe he was only faintly aware of this inner conflict too).
Hokuto's last words must have accelerated his 'realization process', but I think Seishirou'd have still managed, though more slowly.

As for Subaru, I understand your point, yes, he'd probably be enraged at being deceived like that, but--just think about his reaction in TB--he couldn't even bring himself to seek revenge for himself, choosing instead to slip away from reality. If Seishirou hadn't killed Hokuto, I think Subaru would have been enraged, as I said before, but not hateful. Moreover, I believe his rage would have eventually faded with time, and he'd have still wished to be killed by Seishirou for the reasons we already know. If you think about it, Subaru - though still resentful for Hokuto's death - in the end couldn't help but be 'selfish', and re-accept (somehow) his feeling for Seishirou, deciding to try and get his wish granted rather than getting revenge. (That said, please, don't think I'm one of those who believes Subaru would act perfectly pliant and defenseless with Seishirou and forget he was the same man who had killed his twin. That sounds highly improbable to me...)
Sha~[info]yoru_yume on June 30th, 2008 12:51 pm (UTC)
I had read all of X way before I read Tokyo Babylon, so I guess it was a little different for me, but I think you're right there.
Seishirou is a such an unreadable character though, it's never clear what's motivating him.(it was so strange reading Volume 1 of Tokyo Babylon ...I almost couldn't believe it was the same Subaru and Seishirou!)
Though for Seishirou to actually kill Subaru, he would have to set aside his own desires(which it seems, was to have Subaru succeed him),and unselfishly? grant Subaru his wishes...which seems quite a stretch for Seishirou's character.

Hokuto being killed would have intensified Subaru's feelings in the wake of Seishirou's betrayal, but even if she didn't die, I think there still would have been a long lasting hurt, one that would never go away. Hokuto says, after all "If he ever fell in love with someone special, and that person betrayed him, Subaru would surely die".

It makes me wonder how having Hokuto around in the following 9 years would temper his grief.

Ultimately though, his wish to die would remain, I think.
Eris[info]chaotic_cupcake on July 1st, 2008 10:55 am (UTC)
I, personally, would love to read an AE where-in Hokuto didn't die. (^___^) WRITE IT!!!

I just want to express serious <3 for these! (Especially the first one. Hottt. *fans self* Is that Sei-chan's birthday present?)
Sha~: poor seichan...[info]yoru_yume on July 1st, 2008 12:09 pm (UTC)
Thanks!! ^^
I'm glad you liked them, I had an *interesting* time drawing the first one...

(Maybe it is?All good birthday presents come tied up in red ribbon XD)