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[moonsheen]

Since I am all about that 'one line posts with random meme' thing of late. Here goes! Comment with a pairing or character from a fandom I know and I will, like, totally talk about it and stuff.

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[annwyd.livejournal.com]

Allen/Rinali for the world-saving kisses win

[moonsheen.livejournal.com]

...things that annoy me about D.Gray fandom as a whole #1748: people saying Rinali's feelings for Allen feel 'sudden' and 'tacked' on. I disagree. I didn't go in expecting to ship those two as hard as I do. I didn't go in expecting to ship anyone at all. Thing is they grew on me. Like a fungus. And suddenly by the time the Soman Dark arc came I was just "OK THEY NEED TO KISS LIKE, RIGHT NOW."

I think it's because I think they were built up pretty realistically, all things considered. Allen thought she was cute. Which, yanno, kinda don't blame him there. Allen goes on a mission with her. They work together. They bond. They learn a little about themselves. We actually get to see this process. They become terribly adorable friends. She's not afraid to smack him when his Big Heart nearly gets himself exploded. He's a Dumb Shounen Hero who just wanders off being Dense and not Talking About That after the fact. They work issues out together. It's terribly functional.

...that said I also think Rinali is a completely damaged person.

Completely. Utterly. Hard to escape with a past like hers. She was taken by the Church at a very young age: small, frightened child, parents dead, only brother seperated from her. Probably unable to understand a word anyone's saying at that time. The flashbacks it looks like she tried to kill herself. She saw horrible experiments being done under the Black Order's own roof. It's clearly had a lasting effect. She carries herself in a way that seems so...functional. But damaged. Her default expression is just so utterly dull and tired looking. Not to mention the fact that even now, the Church is basically holding her brother hostage. She's still very much the same prisoner she was as a little girl, it's just...been made more comfortable for her.

With that in mind she probably does genuinely hate Allen and his ever-loving attitude in spite of everything. It's infuriating to her. Because there are ugly things in the world, there are bad people, bad circumstance--none of which Allen has to die for, although sometimes it seems very much like he'd like to try. The fact that it seems to be suggested she has some power of premonition suggesting that's just what he's going to do just probably makes it worse. It's a tension I love between them. She doesn't want to see him die, but he's not destined to live long-- by virtue of prophecy or maybe just by virtue of the fact he's too. damn. good. for everyone. Even her. Especially her. ...but she wants to do what she can for him anyway, and it hurts her terribly when she can't. But he forgives her. She knows he will. She has to be angry for the both of them then.

...and then yanno, he like, juggles for her or something and it's all good again.

And then her brother just. murders him. ^_^