Springkink Mystery

[chomiji]

Too much has been going on in RL for me to take in much of springkink. But now that I look at it (briefly - 'cause I'm at work), the vast majority of stories seem to be about Kingdom Hearts (!) or Transformers (!!!).

Aren't these a video game and a rather simplistic kids' cartoon, respectively? Can someone explain why these might be so popular for the springkink treatment?

And here I thought that my much-expanded repertoire of manga knowledge would enable me to appreciate this stuff more effectively this time around ... .

Comments

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Hellifino what's appealing about Transformers.

But Kingdom Hearts - mostly KHII - has a large variety of older-than-puberty characters in it that are almost all bishounen, and some deliberately ambiguous tension between the main character and his best friend. :) I can see where that one comes from. Alas, I have not finished KHII, so I avoid those, and I dislike underage pr0n or non-pr0n sexual tension, so I avoid those, and that pretty much cuts out everything KH.

But hey: Sephiroth shows up in both KHI and II.

[chomiji]

>> Sephiroth shows up in both KHI and II. <<

.... he does?

The Mr. got Kingdom Hearts when we bought our PS2, and I watched him play several times. I never saw anyone but a bunch of Disney characters and the teenaged POV character. It just wasn't my thing! But he enjoyed it - stuff to blow up, hey! (Most recently, he's been playing "Ratchet and Clank.")

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Either the Mr never played the tournaments all the way through to the Platinum Cup, or you missed him doing it. :) Sephiroth is the final opponent in the tournament, an optional boss.

His entrance. (I lasted slightly longer than that player did. XD)

He shows up loitering around Hollow Bastion, glaring at Sora, in KHII and is presumably involved in the plot somehow, but I'm only halfway through so I'm not sure.

[chomiji]

I'm sure I just missed him doing it! He played KH1 to death. (I only just finally looked at this vid - unsurprisingly, they block YouTube at the office.)