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At 07:30 PM 12/24/00 +0800, Chan Wei Lik wrote:
From: D.F. Roeder [mailto:dfroeder@flash.net]
Also, I sense from your comments that you feel something was left out of
the explanation. What?
I'm not sure myself. As I keep rereading the passage, I get this feeling
that Tsunami/Sasami is trying to say, "Please don't blame me, I was
desperate. It's not my fault I can't control myself!" That kept me from
feeling sorry for her. Thing is, I wanted to forgive her.
I think the best course of action would have been to slap Sasami out of it
before she merged. Too bad Tsunami was the one person who couldn't do that.
Hmmmm, A thought that just occurred to me.
Tsunami is a tree. I know that's stating the obvious, but think about it.
She may be able to mimic human qualities, but the repository of any real
human characteristics has to be Sasami.
While they were still separate, any human type emotions she had would have been
mere shadows of Sasami's.
The partnership, or merging was equal, so Sasami had as much input into it
as Tsunami, but what
she brought the most to the relationship was raw human feelings.
In Japanese Manga, and Anime, feelings are a very powerful source of energy.
It's what Sailor Moon calls on when she needs that extra boost to beat the
big boss.
It's what Ranma calls on when he is pushed to the limit, and needs more.
Sasami's emotional storm blew Tsunami away. She had no way to defend against
this.
Nor is there any reason why she would have resisted. To Tsunami, the situation
was simply an abstract concept, she had no true human feelings that were
not rooted
in Sasami, and we know how Sasami was feeling at that time.
The Tsunami who now regrets what happened, is a merging of Sasami and Tsunami,
one who lacks Sasami's emotional extremes, or Tsunami's mild acceptance of what
ever will be.
Sasami was innocently selfish, as only the young can truly be.
Tsunami was uncaring, but with the innocence of someone who was not
truly human at the time.
That composite being is neither of the beings who initiated the change. But
she has
to live with the result.
I can feel empathy for the pain she is suffering as a result.
T.H.