#If the end of a 233 chapter epic quest was NOT saving Sakura?

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Continuing the theme of showing the cast and their tragic losses to show how they can relate to Evil Wolverine’s motivation, we have Mokona thinking of CLOW REED. 

WHICH IS NOT WHAT I WAS EXPECTING. 

And yet yes absolutely, Mokona was made by Yuuko and Clow - and they adore Yuuko, so maybe they adored Clow too. And Clow is dead. 

THAT is an insight into a grief I didn’t know Mokona had, and I kind of love that. To frame Clow Reed as someone to be missed in the same way that Yuuko does. And maybe Mokona is also thinking of how much Yuuko misses Clow, and also has that part of her that wishes very badly to bring him back, but Knows she can’t. 

(Or maybe she’s thinking of something that Clow Reed did? Did he also try to bring someone back, and did he also realise it was impossible? Did he still try anyway? And was it Yuuko, or is her death imagery unrelated to this?)

Meanwhile add Lava Lamp to the grief agenda also - and in a way, Evil Wolverine IS right about Lava Lamp being more similar to him than the rest. He’s the one STILL obsessively trying to save Sakura, even though we’ve seen her die on screen twice in the present. And he’s given up EVERYTHING to save her - he wished away his entire future to have a chance to undo her curse, and from the tone of his voice here he wasn’t successful. 

I am still loving the parallels between them, especially because it hints that there are some… let’s say Hard decisions ahead of Lava Lamp. And he might have the option of going Full Evil Wolverine to save her, or he might have to actually let her go…?

But he has a new family with him now to help him now, who all Get It and loved the same person he does, and they all know how HARD it is to let it go when you’ve spent so long fighting for it. So he has the choice to follow their growth instead of Evil Wolverine’s if it comes down to it, and he would be supported by the best possible people if he did.

#Though that would also mean letting Sakura DIE #And IF THIS IS WHERE IT GOES? #Then HOT DAMN the choice clamp made #To make the audience beloved SAKURA fill that role #THE CHOICES THEY MAKE #ARE SO SUFFER CODED #Liveblogging the reservoir chronicle #Tsubasa #Vol 199 #Mokona #Clow Reed #Yuuko Ichihara #Lava Lamp Guy #Maybe I have just snowballed this idea too far and none of this happens #But OH the suffering potential if it does!! #If the end of a 233 chapter epic quest was NOT saving Sakura? #THE DRAMA #I'm here for it