CLAMP Continuity
I've been kind of disenchanted with the Tsubasa Chronicle series lately. I don't know what it is, exactly, but I think it has to do with the way the CLAMP world works. It's way too random and often seems like they just make up physics and rules of the universe as they go along. I mean, I realize that it's kind of hard to make up solid rules in a world where anything is possible--but that's the problem. Some things should just not be possible.

I mean, when the main character is stabbed through the heart because of a curse that seems like it's been pulled out of CLAMP's butt, I'm pretty much giving up on the plot. Isn't there any other way Sakura could end up in that tube we saw in the beginning?? The answer: yes! There are about a billion ways and, let me tell ya, the one that played out would've been very near bottom of the list. Also, Fay is a vampire (um, how did that even happen??), but we haven't seen any evidence of that for chapters. And I've so lost track of all the eye popping and betrayals. Seeing Sakura get stabbed didn't move me in the slightest. I blame CLAMP for my complete descent into true desensitization. This is probably because there was no doubt in my mind that she'd live. Where's the tension? The suspense? Out the window with CLAMP.

I suppose I want to be able to at least take a wild guess at the next plot point, but with CLAMP, even my wildest, completely untethered fantasies don't even come close to what actually happens. Continuity? Cause and effect? Nah. CLAMP's above all that.

Needless to say, I'm also feeling disenchanted with my TCxFMA fanfiction--only because the TRC series has gotten so off-the-wall insane crazy. I mean, to be honest, I don't even know what's going on with that manga anymore and I thought I could follow anything after Haibane Renmei (which is a great series, by the way). Maybe this is the danger of writing fanfictions for series that haven't ended yet.

I want to keep going with Hagaren Country, but to do so would require me to revert to a simpler time in TRC before the craziness and then remake later plot points to satisfy my own plot line. And I don't know how I feel about that. It kind of feels like blasphemy. I mean, isn't there some sort of by-law about not messing with specific plot points in the Fanfiction Writer's Handbook? Sure, I played with plot lines of CCS for Never Mind Me, but that was an A/U so I had an excuse. This is not supposed to be an A/U, so I wonder if I have the luxury.

Well, in any event, I think I'm going to go ahead with what I have planned. If everyone ends up hating me, so be it. At least I'll amuse myself with the fact that something could've made sense with CLAMP--even if only a little.

Here's to hoping for a new chapter of Hagaren Country soon!