Tsuki No Koibito - I pick a ship
May. 14th, 2010 09:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dangermousieFinished episode 1 of Tsuki No Koibito and it's official - I am Team Striker Girl all the way.
I have no interest in Kimura's pairing with the best friend whatsoever. I wouldn't be surprised or upset if they are the final endgame but my problem with them is the same as it is with e.g. the two prosecutors in Princess Prosecutor - they would be functional and very comfortable together and in real life it is probably the best choice - but in fiction, for me as a viewer, I find their dynamic about as interesting as dirt.
OTOH Kimura/Striker Girl? Whoa, Mama!
I am under no illusions that they would have a happy, functional, traditional relationship. He is not a good person and the main feeling between them seems to be a sudden odd connection combined with major major physical attraction. (Side note - what a welcome rarity it is to see a jdrama so open about carnal desire - every time Kimura looks at her, it's as if he is undressing her with his eyes and the air shimmers with tension between them).
But that is how I like my fictional couples - intensely passionate, dysfunctional, impossible.
I am sure the story will go for 'friends turned lovers, be with the one who knows you best' conclusion, and I am fine with that little as that interests me here (I only like those types of storylines if there is major angst and ridiculous sexual chemistry a la Worlds Within). But I do hope that realization will elude Kimura's character as long as possible so I can watch the story that interests me the most.
I do wonder if some of the intense shippy feelings towards the best friend come from love for the actress? I am not the world's biggest jdrama watcher so I don't think I've seen her in anything before so that draw is absolutely lacking there.
I have no interest in Kimura's pairing with the best friend whatsoever. I wouldn't be surprised or upset if they are the final endgame but my problem with them is the same as it is with e.g. the two prosecutors in Princess Prosecutor - they would be functional and very comfortable together and in real life it is probably the best choice - but in fiction, for me as a viewer, I find their dynamic about as interesting as dirt.
OTOH Kimura/Striker Girl? Whoa, Mama!
I am under no illusions that they would have a happy, functional, traditional relationship. He is not a good person and the main feeling between them seems to be a sudden odd connection combined with major major physical attraction. (Side note - what a welcome rarity it is to see a jdrama so open about carnal desire - every time Kimura looks at her, it's as if he is undressing her with his eyes and the air shimmers with tension between them).
But that is how I like my fictional couples - intensely passionate, dysfunctional, impossible.
I am sure the story will go for 'friends turned lovers, be with the one who knows you best' conclusion, and I am fine with that little as that interests me here (I only like those types of storylines if there is major angst and ridiculous sexual chemistry a la Worlds Within). But I do hope that realization will elude Kimura's character as long as possible so I can watch the story that interests me the most.
I do wonder if some of the intense shippy feelings towards the best friend come from love for the actress? I am not the world's biggest jdrama watcher so I don't think I've seen her in anything before so that draw is absolutely lacking there.
