PoT: Mirror Writing: Backstage - Part Four

[branchandroot]

Fic post from my archive.

Backstage: Part Four

Tezuka and Atobe meet while out fishing, in the Spring of their third year of high school. Conversation, verbal jousting, poetry, philosophy, angst, dramatics and humor ensue. Drama with Budding Romance, I-3

"Why haven't you ever argued philosophy with me before, Tezuka? You've been holding back on me."

Comments

[branchandroot]

*nods thoughtfully* That's certainly one of the ways I've taken Atobe--that the 'showing off' is an act to keep his club in line. It makes sense for Kaiba. Goal-oriented doesn't even begin to describe him. Though I think he does use his arrogance to provoke closeness as well as distance; with Jounouchi, in particular. The evolution of his insults was one of the things that interested me enough to include it on the website I did for the show. (http://www.alltrees.org/anime/redgold/ if you're curious)

I have to say, I was a completely lost cause once I saw Kaiba fighting that thug-in-chief at Duelist Kingdom--the affair with the gun and the card, and Kaiba being unspeakably cool.

[flamesword.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...interesting point. I actually think a lot of Kaiba's initial hostility to Jou, and vice versa, is due to the fact that neither of them is willing to look past the surface. They take one look and dismiss each other as being nothing more than the face value image that they first see; i.e., a poor little rich boy and a loudmouth street rat. Ohh...well, I have a lot more to say on that subject, but I'm not going to rant in your journal. ^_^ You might find this post (http://www.livejournal.com/users/flamesword/30576.html) interesting, though. ^_~

I did check out your website...needs an update, ne? ^^ And as for Atobe...yeah, I agree. I have a lot more to say about that, too...probably make a rambling post about him and Kaiba and stuff in my journal soon. ^_^

[branchandroot]

I'm debating whether to wait for the anime to finish up, and see how the end is handled there. I shudder to imagine what the dub is going to do with the end, having somewhat painted themselves into a corner on the name issue. *makes face* Updates, bleah. Revisions are enough of a pain. *wanders back to them*