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fencer_x ([personal profile] fencer_x) wrote in [community profile] doofusology2012-02-22 11:27 am

because I wanted to bring this here anyways on some level...

So over on tumblr, I asked for thoughts on why anime!Shion was couched while everywhereelse!Shion is bed-with-Nezumied, and I thought I'd extend the conversation here :3

Was it just to avoid seeming 'too gay'? Can you think of a legit excuse for why Shion was on the couch and Nezumi in the bed? Conversely, was there any reason beyond warmth that they shared a bed in novel/manga canon?

Your thoughts, let me has them.
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[personal profile] analineblue 2012-02-22 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I have wondered this many a time myself. ;) As for Shion's motivation, I think the conclusion I came to is that in the anime, he sleeps on the couch simply because he can, because it's there, and its an alternative to encroaching on Nezumi's lifestyle/living arrangements any more than he has to. And in the novels, in addition to warmth and closeness and all of that, I think mostly he's there because there's nowhere else. (At least if I'm remembering correctly, there's no mention of the couch there, right? @_@)

But yeah, I definitely like the sleeping together idea MUCH better, and I do wonder why the couch crept into the anime in the first place. *_* If it was an attempt to blur the lines a little more as to their relationship? Or to highlight their independence from each other? Or simply a random design/visual decision? I WONDER. *_*