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LuxKen27 ([personal profile] luxken27) wrote2009-01-31 05:08 pm
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Fandom Cliches Meme

Ganked from [livejournal.com profile] doggieearlover: Name 5 cliches - from canon or fandom - that you'd like to see disappear.

In no particular order:

*The villainization of Kikyo (from the anime, carried into far too many fanfics). She's not the ultimate bitch from hell whose sole purpose in life (death?) is to screw with the Inu/Kag pairing. She's probably one of the most interesting characters in the whole series because she's so complex and layered.

*The age-old "Kagome sees Inuyasha with Kikyo and runs to Sesshoumaru" scenario. YES, IT IS STILL BEING WRITTEN, IN NEW STORIES. It was stupid the first go-around, but now it's just lazy and ridiculous. We know the end of the canon manga, and that presents far more interesting challenges to getting this couple together than this tired old bag.

*Fanon!Sesshoumaru. There's nothing more telling about the level of an author's knowledge of canon, especially if you are of the Sess/Kag persuasion. If you've read more than one of the preceding stories, you know what I'm talking about. Nothing gets under my skin faster than making Sesshoumaru OOC unless there is extensive, believable, realistic explanation for it (within the fic, not the author's notes).

*Mating marks (biting). OMG I do not understand this *at all* - never have, never will. I actively seek out stories that don't use this fanon trope, coming up with a more clever - or logical - way to show a couple is officially together. I used scent-marking in Every Heart, which I thought I made clear was my "mate marking of choice", but I still got people reviewing or asking me when Inuyasha was going to bite Kagome and make her his "real" mate. *sigh* Didn't happen in that piece, and won't happen in the sequel - and guess what? I still consider them mated.

*Perverted-hentai-Miroku. Yes, he's a flirt, but he is much more than that. In a lot of ways, he keeps the Inutachi grounded and serves as their voice of reason and strategic planning. He is sold far too short in the vast majority of fics which even bother to mention him.

[identity profile] landofthekwt.livejournal.com 2009-01-31 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Actually I went through this in my story "Burden of Guilt" for Inuyasha fanfic. Inuyasha knows who he wants in his life from the time that he was almost dragged into hell. He tells Kagome about this several times in the manga. He feels an enormous guilt towards Kikyou because he feels responsible for her death. As a result he feels that he feels that he is not entitled to be happy.

People forget that they were killed on what was to be their wedding day. (Romeo and Juliet) Each of them thought that the other had betrayed them. It is no wonder that when Inuyasha was revived and Kikyou was resurrected they were still angry at their betrayers.

One of the most interesting lines in the entire manga is in Jealousy. Kikyou is trying to explain why Onigumo wanted Inuyasha dead. Kikyou explains that Onigumo was jealous of Inuyasha. This baffles Inuyasha who cannot understand why anyone would be jealous of what he had with Kikyou and she agrees that the jealousy was ridiculous but so very human of Onigumo.

[identity profile] knittingknots.livejournal.com 2009-01-31 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
That's probably pretty accurate. If not that day, shortly thereafter. Inu was going to become human and be with Kikyou who would be able to give up her miko status.

[identity profile] knittingknots.livejournal.com 2009-01-31 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, even the Kami were iffy about that one...and thus we have a whole manga to play with because of it!

[identity profile] landofthekwt.livejournal.com 2009-01-31 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
That was the day that they were going to live together as husband and wife which was all that was required to married in the Sengoku. Jidai.