Errgghhh...

Thank you, Strepp. This has been an utterly un-productive week on all fronts. I went back to work today; and I did at least manage to make myself useful there. But I spent my three days sick doing absolutely nothing, really. I watched the Red Dwarf Series II DVD that Jeff gave for me birthday, and I read Saiyuki Manga vol 6 a time and a half. Other than that...nothing. For three fricking days. And it feels like there's more that I could have, should have been doing.

Like any of the pics I've been trying to coax out of the Art muse. Or writing. But *those* muses have been as lethargic as their master this week. So in an effort to revive them, remind them where we were last week: a glimpse of two works in progress, both of them Kou-voice.

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( Usagi )

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( Ayatsuki )

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There. (cracks knuckles; frowns, brooding) Now to figure out how to pump a little life back into the Art muse...

...Random Speculative Oddity...

There is a theory out there, a theory that fascinates me despite the fact that I hesitate to buy into it, to say, 'Yes, I'll bet that's what Minekura's got planned!' in regards to it.

The theory is this: When Tenpou was cast down and subjected to reincarnation along with the rest of them, his soul was split. That means that Hakkai is only half the current incarnation. Sort of a dark-side/light-side separation.

The other half, then, is of course dear Nii-hakase.

There is a ficlet called 'Anti-matter' out there that touches on this idea, that actually made me aware of the theory in the first place beyond my own observations that Nii and Hakkai blended would be an awful lot like Tenpou. It's by...um...NightfallRising...? I think. I think the author's name was something like that, and I ran across the fic on ff.net. And then I've once or twice seen Nii referred to somewhere as 'The wrong Tencarnation'...

I can totally see where the theory comes about. At the same time, I don't know that it's quite accurate because Hakkai has an awful lot of dark in him along with the light. And if he has so much of both sides, by virtue of this theory wouldn't one then expect to find a sizeable pocket of 'light' hiding under Nii's dark exterior? An appealing concept, to be sure; but...seriously. *If* it's there, Nii has suppressed it so thoroughly that one could turn him inside out and still not find it.

Like I said. I don't know if I 'believe' the theory, if I expect Minekura to reveal somewhere down the road that Tenpou's soul was split. But it's fun speculation.

And one extra little piece of frivolous evidence? The numerical shorthand. (strikes Hakkai's Teaching Pose, with the one finger lifted) Observe:

Hakkai is represented by the number 8.
Nii, by at least the same logic that designates Goku as 9, is represented by the number 2.
What do we get when we combine 8 and 2?
10, that's what we get.
And Tenpou, indeed, is represented by the number 10.

(raises an eyebrow) Interesting, indeed...(nods sagely)