I was theorizing Harada, too, actually. ^^; I mean, it always seemed to me that Harada was the focal point of that trio, for both Shuuji and Rika.
I don't know if I can manage to parse the attachment as romantic, let alone sexual.
I don't know if I do, either! Likewise I'm not sure Shuuji -> Harada was sexual. Certainly Shuuji/Rika was not very sexual even if they had grief-stricken comfort sex. ^^;;;;;; According to evidence presented, as grown men go, Shuuji isn't a very sexual being. But for me the Hanamoto/Hanamoto doesn't register as strictly familial, or strictly jun'ai--it's more visceral than that, see exhibit A: wrist-chewing (that bit really blew me away). Almost an animal intimacy. ^^; It sort of defies categorization--therein lies the appeal, maybe.
He'll support her going in whatever direction she wants, but he won't push her in any.
Rather than pushing he extends a hand, which imo is as it should be. But I think it does matter to him whether she goes "backwards" or "forwards"--if it didn't, then wouldn't he give an answer more like Morita's? "It's OK to give up art," "You'll still be a worthwhile person," "I'll love you no matter what"? Which he will do, but it does matter to him whether she self-actualizes. Maybe you're right and Hagu's failing is that she doesn't strive to become an independent person--maybe she would've outgrown Shuuji if the accident hadn't happened--but now she's struggling with a disability on top of the burden of being a (female) genius arteest on top of a timid personality to begin with, so honestly it doesn't bother me if she never learns to make small talk with boys, or even to cook her own dinner. She has other fish to fry.
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Date: 2007-09-27 08:29 pm (UTC)I don't know if I can manage to parse the attachment as romantic, let alone sexual.
I don't know if I do, either! Likewise I'm not sure Shuuji -> Harada was sexual. Certainly Shuuji/Rika was not very sexual even if they had grief-stricken comfort sex. ^^;;;;;; According to evidence presented, as grown men go, Shuuji isn't a very sexual being. But for me the Hanamoto/Hanamoto doesn't register as strictly familial, or strictly jun'ai--it's more visceral than that, see exhibit A: wrist-chewing (that bit really blew me away). Almost an animal intimacy. ^^; It sort of defies categorization--therein lies the appeal, maybe.
He'll support her going in whatever direction she wants, but he won't push her in any.
Rather than pushing he extends a hand, which imo is as it should be. But I think it does matter to him whether she goes "backwards" or "forwards"--if it didn't, then wouldn't he give an answer more like Morita's? "It's OK to give up art," "You'll still be a worthwhile person," "I'll love you no matter what"? Which he will do, but it does matter to him whether she self-actualizes. Maybe you're right and Hagu's failing is that she doesn't strive to become an independent person--maybe she would've outgrown Shuuji if the accident hadn't happened--but now she's struggling with a disability on top of the burden of being a (female) genius arteest on top of a timid personality to begin with, so honestly it doesn't bother me if she never learns to make small talk with boys, or even to cook her own dinner. She has other fish to fry.
(Moar later, must go to class...)