Meme just because

[branchandroot]

Okay, I'm feeling restless, so I shall give myself something to do.

Mynon meme

Give me a character and I will tell you something about my personal canon for them, the backstory that lives in my head.

Comments

[branchandroot]

*grins* Much of my early personal canon for Yukimura (that he's the strongest player of Rikkai, that he's got a ruthless streak you don't want to mess with, etc.) was later vindicated in canon, which makes me sparkle whenever I think about it.

On the other hand, I am convinced that by the time Konomi came to write Yukimura's actual tennis style he'd flat run out of ideas; I don't buy the 'yips' idiocy at all. So my current personal canon for him is that his effect on opponents is purely a result of kenki--of his swordsman's spirit being stronger than theirs. (This is so totally a samurai story, not a sports story; this is also my personal canon for the whole of tenipuri.) This matches the actual presentation a lot better than the lame explanations about yips, which doesn't fit at all.

[armadillo]

I agree! And yeah, your samurai theory makes tons of sense. Unless I'm mistaken, the samurai parallels are actually mentioned in one of Konomi's interviews, but I'm not 100% sure; in any case, yes, it works very well for me. And... oh man, don't get me started on yips. There are so many things I hate about this concept. I'm not even a huge Yukimura fan (although I find him interesting), but it bugs me so much.