Durandall's works
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I don't know.
One of Haruhi's early traits was the fact that she was selfcentred I can believe that she wouldn't notice at least at first, but later on just dismissed any clues form her mind.
Getting escorted up and down the hill? seeing someone, not that he needs help.
Doing the school work on his computer? This is one of the biggest clues, but Haruhi seems to have dismissed it from her mind.
Gym? Everytime the topic came up, he joked around it.
Basically, any of the hints she could of got, she missed becasue she jumped to other, more self focused, reasons, and the other hints he purposefully danced around.
The hair thing was of particular importance. Him making a note of it and mentioning it to her may of subconsciously/ retroactivly cleared any suspction from her mind.
Eventually those things become the norm, and she has no reason to think or pay particular attention to them.
If it was later on, say post Live A Live, then I would have called bull on her not noticing, but before that? That selfish little girl could have missed it.
I was disappointed by the lack of Itsuki though, and the messed up order that facilitated his lack of appearence.
Btw, though I suspected, I didn't know for sure until she metioned that he'd never held a pen before.
Then I knew for sure.
One of Haruhi's early traits was the fact that she was selfcentred I can believe that she wouldn't notice at least at first, but later on just dismissed any clues form her mind.
Getting escorted up and down the hill? seeing someone, not that he needs help.
Doing the school work on his computer? This is one of the biggest clues, but Haruhi seems to have dismissed it from her mind.
Gym? Everytime the topic came up, he joked around it.
Basically, any of the hints she could of got, she missed becasue she jumped to other, more self focused, reasons, and the other hints he purposefully danced around.
The hair thing was of particular importance. Him making a note of it and mentioning it to her may of subconsciously/ retroactivly cleared any suspction from her mind.
Eventually those things become the norm, and she has no reason to think or pay particular attention to them.
If it was later on, say post Live A Live, then I would have called bull on her not noticing, but before that? That selfish little girl could have missed it.
I was disappointed by the lack of Itsuki though, and the messed up order that facilitated his lack of appearence.
Btw, though I suspected, I didn't know for sure until she metioned that he'd never held a pen before.
Then I knew for sure.
Well, I read it. It... I can express my feelings about it just by quoting what I've already said elsewhere about other things this guy has written.
So yeah, it was like, the whole "Haruhi is an actual, physical god" thing just got... aborted, it just died. And the aliens never really got around to being aliens, and Mikuru never revealed she is, in fact, from the future. So really it was everything I disliked about his other stories, and moreso.
Also Itsuki was neatly sidelined. Is it just me, or do other people feel like Durandall wants Itsuki gone because he's inconvenient for harem fics?
I dunno. I guess I'm saying, go read it, but if you have expectations that anything more interesting than somewhat-tedious teen wuv will happen, those expectations will be disappointed.
So yeah, it was like, the whole "Haruhi is an actual, physical god" thing just got... aborted, it just died. And the aliens never really got around to being aliens, and Mikuru never revealed she is, in fact, from the future. So really it was everything I disliked about his other stories, and moreso.
Also Itsuki was neatly sidelined. Is it just me, or do other people feel like Durandall wants Itsuki gone because he's inconvenient for harem fics?
I dunno. I guess I'm saying, go read it, but if you have expectations that anything more interesting than somewhat-tedious teen wuv will happen, those expectations will be disappointed.
I'm not sure about wanting him gone, but more like he's just forgotten.
In At A Glance, it felt like Durandall wrote the story, but then at the end when he read through it he thought "Holy Shit! I forgot Itsuki." and put in that line about the transfer student.
Its the same with K:BDH. Itsuki, for quite some time, was left out of the loop more and more, until finally Durandall seemed to realize it and started trying to correct that mistake.
In At A Glance, it felt like Durandall wrote the story, but then at the end when he read through it he thought "Holy Shit! I forgot Itsuki." and put in that line about the transfer student.
Its the same with K:BDH. Itsuki, for quite some time, was left out of the loop more and more, until finally Durandall seemed to realize it and started trying to correct that mistake.
That's pretty much one of the three things that happens to Koizumi in fanfics. He either is in love with Kyon (which is reciprocated), in love with Haruhi (and angsts over how it'll never work out) or almost completely trivial. In 'At a Glance' it makes sense because the story is set before Koizumi appeared (though the mention at the end does make him unimportant). In 'Big Damn Heroes' it's less forgivable since common sense tells us he should be more important to the plot. 'Later' just plain irritated me since it was pretty obvious he didn't want to write Koizumi there.
If a lack of Koizumi really bothers you, take a look at chapter three of Infinite Spinning Possibilities. Turnabout is written from Koizumi's POV.
Chapters one and two of it are a crossover entitled Change of Ownership in which Kyon is summoned as the Familiar of Zero. 'tis unfortunate that those two stories are abandoned.
Hmm... and now I'd like to see Durandall's Solar!Kyon meet EarthScorpion's Green Sun Prince!Louise.
And a heads up, also among his newest work is a humor fic called New Game Plus.
Am I the only one to find Yuki creepy in this?
And Picking Your Battles, which I've not yet read. Sounds interesting though.
Chapters one and two of it are a crossover entitled Change of Ownership in which Kyon is summoned as the Familiar of Zero. 'tis unfortunate that those two stories are abandoned.
Hmm... and now I'd like to see Durandall's Solar!Kyon meet EarthScorpion's Green Sun Prince!Louise.
And a heads up, also among his newest work is a humor fic called New Game Plus.
Am I the only one to find Yuki creepy in this?
And Picking Your Battles, which I've not yet read. Sounds interesting though.
What did Koizumi and Mikuru do that pissed Haruhi off so badly? And how come Haruhi could influence Nagato to become... well, that, but still do almost all the same weird crap she did in middle school.
If she was from the future, like it heavily implied she was, why didn't she just arragne an earlier meeting with Kyon instead of apparently dicking around for three years, fixing Yuki.
Kyon comes off as a gigantic cock in this.
Also, "not a downer"? Yeah, he fails at that. The only way that can be seen as happy is if you don't like Haruhi or prefer Kyon with someone else. I wonder who Durandall favours? <_<
Sure, the fact that they say that they'll remain friends is a bright spot, but Haruhi's first love just completely rejected her and gave her the friends 4EVER speech. Nice, Durandall, nice.
And all the character development that Koizumi and Mikuru has gone through, and all the trust they built with Kyon has been summarily ignored. :lonegunman:
If she was from the future, like it heavily implied she was, why didn't she just arragne an earlier meeting with Kyon instead of apparently dicking around for three years, fixing Yuki.
Kyon comes off as a gigantic cock in this.
Also, "not a downer"? Yeah, he fails at that. The only way that can be seen as happy is if you don't like Haruhi or prefer Kyon with someone else. I wonder who Durandall favours? <_<
Sure, the fact that they say that they'll remain friends is a bright spot, but Haruhi's first love just completely rejected her and gave her the friends 4EVER speech. Nice, Durandall, nice.
And all the character development that Koizumi and Mikuru has gone through, and all the trust they built with Kyon has been summarily ignored. :lonegunman: