Saiyuki Burial arc
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louiseluxA thought about Gojyo & Hakkai's Burial arc
I don't think I've ever seen the following idea dealt with fully in a fic-- or maybe I've just missed it-- although it does sit very closely beside the idea of Gojyo's physical prescence being a reminder of Hakkai's sin. I'm not insisting on this, because Gojyo's kindness mitigates it somewhat; we assume that Hakkai moves in with Gojyo because he likes him, but what if he doesn't, at that point?
Hakkai moves in with Gojyo because it's painful to him. Maybe he sees it as yet more penance to have to live with someone who is part youkai and whose daily presence disgusts him. He says that youkai turn his stomach, so surely Gojyo must too, to some extent and that disgust must be something that he can't just switch off. Kanan died only four months ago [1]. Another thought, that doesn't really fit here - Hakkai brings domestic routines with him that must date back to his life with Kanan. I was thinking that that might be another reason why they're uncomfortable with each other-- subconciously Hakkai is expecting Kanan's responses, likewise, Gojyo picks up on the fact that he's the wrong person.
[1] Timeline: it took two months for Hakkai to get to Gyumaoh's castle, a month with Gojyo before Sanzo finds him, then three more months until we get to the Burial arc.
I don't think I've ever seen the following idea dealt with fully in a fic-- or maybe I've just missed it-- although it does sit very closely beside the idea of Gojyo's physical prescence being a reminder of Hakkai's sin. I'm not insisting on this, because Gojyo's kindness mitigates it somewhat; we assume that Hakkai moves in with Gojyo because he likes him, but what if he doesn't, at that point?
Hakkai moves in with Gojyo because it's painful to him. Maybe he sees it as yet more penance to have to live with someone who is part youkai and whose daily presence disgusts him. He says that youkai turn his stomach, so surely Gojyo must too, to some extent and that disgust must be something that he can't just switch off. Kanan died only four months ago [1]. Another thought, that doesn't really fit here - Hakkai brings domestic routines with him that must date back to his life with Kanan. I was thinking that that might be another reason why they're uncomfortable with each other-- subconciously Hakkai is expecting Kanan's responses, likewise, Gojyo picks up on the fact that he's the wrong person.
[1] Timeline: it took two months for Hakkai to get to Gyumaoh's castle, a month with Gojyo before Sanzo finds him, then three more months until we get to the Burial arc.
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Date: 2005-04-10 11:33 am (UTC)http://s32.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0VHRLSSJIJBFQ1ISBV5FKHC95E
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Date: 2005-04-11 02:59 pm (UTC)One thing I should mention in the interest of disclosure is that the drama CD keeps the 'ore' as a flashback bit of Gojyou's dialogue, so I may have been misreading the intent of the panel in thinking that Hakkai was referring to himself as ore, which rather invalidates this whole discussion. Still, my gut says this isn't the case.
On a side note, you can hear Sanzou using 'watashi' to the 3butsushin - an example of pronoun-switching in action!
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Date: 2005-04-11 05:34 pm (UTC)Well, invalid or not, I've absolutey adored this discussion-- I've learnt so much and have also had some shiny new thoughts about Hakkai:D
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Date: 2005-04-13 05:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-04-30 08:03 am (UTC)