Fandom Meme: Essential Five

[luxken27]

Lifted from landofthekwt

List the 5 essential items (fic, vids, canon episodes, etc) that all newcomers to your fandom should see.

Fandom: Inuyasha

1 - Anime episode: #126, "Transform Heartache into Courage"
2 - Manga chapters: #499 - #504
3 - Movie: Swords of an Honorable Ruler (Movie 3)
4 - Fanfic: Tales from the House of the Moon by Resmiranda
5 - Song: Sango's Theme

Comments

[knittingknots.livejournal.com]

That's my favorite anime episode.....

I favor chapters 411,494, and the last 2 (hardly surprising since they are all important to the IK romance story!).

[luxken27]

That's one of my favorite anime episodes. Pretty true to the manga, and such a turning point in the I/K story.

The manga arc I listed isn't my favorite, but I think its an important one that's often overlooked. If pressed, I'd probably name the Bakusaiga arc as my favorite (LOL, big surprise!) - as it seems like Sesshoumaru's character finally comes full circle.

[landofthekwt.livejournal.com]

I do like 126. I like 48 more because Kagome is being pressed by everyone including Inuyasha to leave him. I love her courage when she realizes that she loves him and that she is not going to let anyone else including Inuyasha make the decision to stay with him. I have heard so many SK trash this episode because they think that she is weak in going back to IY. I think that it shows how strong she is. She realizes what she wants and she will not anyone make her decisions for her.

I like the Meidou arc. It is where Sesshy gets to grow up by throwing away Daddy's sword. I forgot you liked the Bakusaiga arc. I would have guessed the hell arc. Sesshy almost looks like he is crying when he realized that Tenseiga would not bring back Rin.

HOTM just does not have enough IY in it for me.

Sango's theme is great. Dearest just comes after all the angsty IK episodes.

[luxken27]

I have heard so many SK trash this episode because they think that she is weak in going back to IY. I think that it shows how strong she is.

I agree with you; it shows she has real courage of her conviction. She could've just as easily - and justifiably - stayed in her own time and given up the hunt because she was hurting so much. But it was the depths of her love that allowed her to feel such agony in the first place, and she recognized that.

Not many S/K folk do Inuyasha any justice; I think Resmiranda *did* in HotM. I like the story because its visceral; so many people focus on it being a Sess/Kag fic when, in reality, its much more about Kagome growing up and learning to let go of her anxiety and sorrow. She lost her friends before she could get back to them in that fic, and her journey is pretty darn amazing. (The fact that she won over Sesshoumaru is just like icing on the cake for me, LOL.)

I like the Meidou arc. It is where Sesshy gets to grow up by throwing away Daddy's sword. I forgot you liked the Bakusaiga arc. I would have guessed the hell arc. Sesshy almost looks like he is crying when he realized that Tenseiga would not bring back Rin.

I enjoy the Hell arc, but not to the same degree Sess/Rin fans do. He's emotional there, yes, but his emotions are so twisted and construed by the shippers its almost impossible to love for its value to the story anymore. (Plus - come on, SessMom for the friggin' win!!)

But with the Bakausaiga arc, several things are happening at once, all of which culminate in pushing forward Sesshoumaru's characterization. But the arc I posted is vital as well, as its the very moment he chooses to let go of his attachment to Tessaiga and Tenseiga, thus unlocking the final doors.

Sango's theme is great. Dearest just comes after all the angsty IK episodes.

I think her theme really encompasses the darker, more emotional side of the whole series. Serious, sorrowful, but also proud and exciting. A great overview not only of her character, but the core group as a whole.

[landofthekwt.livejournal.com]

One thing that HOTM and Four Seasons with My Love by Eowyn Organa taught is that even if the heroes die there is no reason to be sad so long they are happy with their future. ( I love the HOTM ending where they step off into the sky together for another turn on the Wheel)

[tnew78.livejournal.com]

Funny as in I'm watching Swords of an Honorable Ruler right now. Beautiful as in I listened to Sango's Theme... Never read Tales from the House of the Moon, but I've heard enough about it that I think I have read it! LOL! Maybe one day...I will actually read it.

[luxken27]

Never read Tales from the House of the Moon

*SHOCK*

And you call yourself a Sess/Kag fan! Tsk, tsk, LOL.

You should read it. It's something of a timesink, but the best possible kind. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll swoon, but you'll never be sorry you read it.

[nonbender7.livejournal.com]

YES! MOVIE THREE IS JUST TOO BAD ASS FOR WORDS!


note: I accidentally typed the name of the movie-that-shall-not-be-named! (aka the one after three)

oops.

[luxken27]

Movie Four was just nonsensical and almost completely removed from any semblance of the Inuyasha canon universe. It's best if its just forgotten, LOL :P

But Movie 3 is essential love for any Sesshoumaru fan (or any InuPapa fan, for that matter :P). ZOMG, a couple of his action sequences immediately demand replay whenever I'm watching it.