since i've been talking abt ccs again after a while i feel the need to warn ppl who haven't seen it and maybe r interested in watching it... i feel like it's irresponsible not to:

tw: adult/minor relationships(multiple), grooming, student/teacher relationships, p*dophilia (canon in the manga, implied in the anime)
incest: (one sided crush btwn cousins)

i truly think ccs's portrayal of gay/bi people, while nice if u look at them in isolation, should not be praised w/o acknowledging the series' problems...bc when you look at the portrayals as a whole, u see that... while ccs normalizes + positively portrays gay love & yearning,

it does the same thing w/ large age gap & p*dophilic relationships, and does so even more vigorously and explicitly. Clamp's message seems to be normalizing what they view as "forbidden love", but in doing so they r essentially equating gay love w pedophilia & incest, which is

still a harmful message... and it certainly felt hurtful to me as an lgbt when i found out.

Having said that,
I'm not saying ccs isnt worth watching, and I do love the canon gay couple(touyuki) a lot. I just think its irresponsible not to warn ppl! which is what im doing rn !

I was able to watch ccs 1998 and enjoy some aspects of it a lot, like touyuki and the animation + overall aesthetic, while not enjoying or attempting to justify other aspects of it..(i also had to take a break for some time after i found out)
For some this may be too much.. and

skipping it may be the better choice.. Either way, watching it or not, its your choice!!! I just dont want you go go in not knowing like I did and be sickened and shocked when finding out

final note: if u come into my mentions trying to justify shit like the last time i tried to make this thread im blocking u <3

i tried to make this concise but that never ends up happening lmfao