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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)
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 !
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
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
