A Koumyou thought
May. 20th, 2005 01:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
louiseluxI am a slow thinker. This morning I had a fragment or two of thought about the Koumyou bit of the Reload Burial arc,
the bit where Koumyou meets Kenyuu for the first time. I'm sure this occured to everyone ages ago.
Kenyuu listens to the students gossiping about Koumyou and his pretty young boy. Kenyuu is bored by them, but he's listening anyway because I'm sure he doesn't like to miss out on things.
Later, with this in mind, when Koumyou says that Kenyuu reminds him of his Kouryuu it strikes me that initially Kenyuu might consider this to be a chat-up line, if he thinks that Koumyou likes boys.
Plus, randomly, I always think it's so sweet that Koumyou says 'I'm 39' when Kenyuu then asks 'How old?
And another thing. The Ukoku Burial arc appears to show that sanzos are chosen by seeing which of the students can kill (is this right, or have I misread it?) the old sanzo. So a sanzo has to die before another can be made. Does this mean then that Kouryuu would have had to kill Koumyou or just wait until Kouryuu died of natural causes? And is Kouryuu being unconventional when he simply passes on the sutra. Either way, Koumyou dies on the night that Kouryuu is crowned Sanzo thus carrying on the tradition. So either Koumyou was breaking with tradition, or more likely he knew he was going to die that night, or soon. How or why did he think that? I think this must be a vital plot point.
I should probably stop thinking now. It's not helping.
the bit where Koumyou meets Kenyuu for the first time. I'm sure this occured to everyone ages ago.
Kenyuu listens to the students gossiping about Koumyou and his pretty young boy. Kenyuu is bored by them, but he's listening anyway because I'm sure he doesn't like to miss out on things.
Later, with this in mind, when Koumyou says that Kenyuu reminds him of his Kouryuu it strikes me that initially Kenyuu might consider this to be a chat-up line, if he thinks that Koumyou likes boys.
Plus, randomly, I always think it's so sweet that Koumyou says 'I'm 39' when Kenyuu then asks 'How old?
And another thing. The Ukoku Burial arc appears to show that sanzos are chosen by seeing which of the students can kill (is this right, or have I misread it?) the old sanzo. So a sanzo has to die before another can be made. Does this mean then that Kouryuu would have had to kill Koumyou or just wait until Kouryuu died of natural causes? And is Kouryuu being unconventional when he simply passes on the sutra. Either way, Koumyou dies on the night that Kouryuu is crowned Sanzo thus carrying on the tradition. So either Koumyou was breaking with tradition, or more likely he knew he was going to die that night, or soon. How or why did he think that? I think this must be a vital plot point.
I should probably stop thinking now. It's not helping.
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Date: 2005-05-20 01:48 pm (UTC)I'm almost sure Koumyou suspected something, if not knew outright. I also think Ukoku had a major hand in the killing--either because he couldn't let someone else have power over him (via understanding) or because of sutra-y things. Minekura will reveal? *G*
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Date: 2005-05-20 02:07 pm (UTC)...Mostly because I like the mental image of Ukoku taking the sutra reverently, almost lovingly, and then messily fragging the murderous errandboys.
*needs psychiatric help*
*NOT FROM NII*
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Date: 2005-05-21 05:45 pm (UTC)I just can see Nii fondling the sutra, oblivious to the screams. He's single minded like that, I think:D
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Date: 2005-05-21 11:14 am (UTC)*twitches with anticipation*
The clues do point to Ukoku being involved somehow, especially since reading jttr's summary of the June Reload.
But then I think of Ni Jienyi and the way he's so spiritually lost, like he doesn't care about anything anymore and I wonder if he really wanted Koumyou to die.