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SAO - Season 1 - Wow
2022-04-03 00:29:18
NOTE: Season one spoilers for Sword Art Online
TRIGGER WARNINGS: Discussions of sexual assault
So I know I am a bit late to the party on Sword Art Online…I just started the series about three days ago, and literally binged like hell through all of the first season.
I guess…All I can really say is how many times I sobbed through the start of the amazing love story with Kirito and Asuna. It was a real breath of fresh air to have a series where it wasn’t the constant “Will they won’ they” I mean I know people call it a Harem story, but honestly, I don’t see that, there isn’t any jealously on Asuna’s part and Kirito never reciprocates any of the other girls feelings. He has eyes only for Asuna and its lovely to see something like true love be covered so tenderly in a show like this.
My only gripe is really the last half of the first season, I wasn’t crazy about the whole turning Asuna into a damsel in distress. It took away a lot of what makes her character great and reduced her to an objective rather than a person. We do see flashes of her self-assured strong self when she makes her escape attempt and her utter defiance towards Sugou when he attempts to “enjoy her”.
The other thing I was REALLY not happy/upset with was the sexual assault on Asuna by Sugou in episode 24 [specific episode listed so if someone wants to skip it they can]. I have read some accounts by fans that it was needed to be able to show how devoted our two leads are to each other and the strength that Asuna continued to show even in the worst possible moment. But to me it felt exploitive, they could have handled this with words, and if they wanted to show any of it they could have made it much MUCH shorter, I didn’t need six minutes of watching her get licked and felt up. It was really uncomfortable to watch as a girl, and many guys I know would feel the same damned way. It has been so easy to fall in love with Asuna as a character that seeing that was really rough.
The final ending was great though, seeing that first kiss in the real world was amazing, the passion and love that felt so real so exceptionally tender. You could practically feel their commitment to each other to get married in the real world someday, such an amazing ending to the first season.
I just started on season two so we will see what I think at the end, I have heard things are a little light on the Asuna side until closer to the end, when we get more about her family, which is sad since she and Kirito are so much better together than they are apart.
Y’all are going to get a ton more of my thoughts on the show as I get a couple of AMVs done for those two, as I said in my intro post, I am a hopelessly romantic girl at heart [my wife can attest to that] so expect a lot of sappy shit dealing with them.
Looking forward to getting started, hopefully tomorrow I will have first song picked out and can go from there.
Anyways, goodbye for now!
<3 Meli
PS: ANYONE suggesting that the author break those two up is going to get a whack in the head from me…Fair warning LOL
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Well hell this was a surprise...
2022-04-02 20:26:39
Man, where to begin, I started on this site nearly twelve years ago [another username I don't have access to that account anymore sadly for e-mail] but I never was able to get back to it, real life just kept getting in the way. But after getting more time for Anime again and finding Sword Art Online I thought about seeing if there was much of a AMV scene left. I can't explain my happiness at finding this place still going.
So about me, my name is Meli or Melisande whichever you prefer, these days I can be found on Twitter and FF14 mostly [happy to make new friends there, DM me here if you are looking for character name] I have a wonderful wife who I have been introducing to more and more over the last few years.
Favorite genres are love stories; I generally avoid Harem stuff because the "will they/won't they" crap drives me absolutely nuts. One of the reasons I LOVE S.A.O. is because of Asuna and Kirito's relationship, it felt so natural, and the author seems to have no desire to break them up, true love conquers all I guess. Another all time favorite is Maison Ikkoku a slow burn love story for all time.
I like using 80's music for my work as I find some of the classic love ballads, Richard Marx, Peter Cetera, Michael Bolton etc. really speak to me as a sappy love story fanatic.
I look forward to meeting people here and becoming part of a community again I thought to be long lost to me.
Peace and love <3
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