#and reboot!taichi made 4/7 characters fall for him so please

[seventeenlovesthree]

Looking back on how the One Piece Live Action series is perceived at the moment - especially in regards to how well the actors seems to get along with each other -, I could not help but think once again how EASY it is to fall in love with the idea of shipping main characters with various other characters.

Look, it’s no surprise that I’ve been feeling that way about Digimon for a long time, but it goes for so many franchises out there, anime or not.

And I feel like that can have several factors, depending on how the main character is portrayed. If you asked me about Luffy for example, my personal impression of him is - he is absolutely asexual and I may even go that far as to call him aromantic as well. What makes that interesting to me is that he is still such a great example of a person who attracts people, who also is (somewhat) possessive of others and also devoted, passionate to a degree that is just very... Main character-esque.

Because that is what you usually have - a character who attracts others just by being the way they are: Being caring, being devoted, being self-sacrificing, finding the right words in the right moment. Because they DO have a big heart, they usually embrace other characters the way they are - which doesn’t mean that they don’t clash or don’t have disagreements or fights, nope, not at all.

I feel that way about Luffy, but obviously also about Taichi (OG and reboot) and characters like Usagi. I often joke about how these series should all probably just end in a big polycule, because the devotion, the chemistry, the attraction is definitely THERE. Of course some bonds are stronger than others (and everyone has their preferences in terms of dynamics), but you can tell in all of these cases that the (majority of the) other characters adore the main character. (Including minor/side characters as well.)

To some degree, you may argue that main characters are also written to be kind of self-inserts. They are often idealistic, but they do have their flaws, their faults that make them relatable. But they’re still being loved for how they are. That is also something viewers/readers may crave for in their lives - in addition to the general power fantasy that you witness in these series. In sum: You are a hero, you are powerful, you have strong companions by your side - and you are also loved and adored. What more could you even want?

There are so many more examples out there and I am sure you know a lot of characters where that category of “main character syndrome” applies too.

[izzyizumi]

READY?_ [a Taichi/Koushiro FST]

[ A mini Koushiro Izumi + Taichi/Koushiro (Taishiro/Taishirou) FST (fan soundtrack), interspersed between character songs and etc. + encompassing Digimon Adventure Tri’s Reboot and the potential beyond. -Or, in which Koushiro Izumi angsts way too much for his own good, but Taichi’s always there for him. ] [FULL FST CAN BE HEARD/WATCHED HERE!]

-- THE BEGINNING -- [and so it begins] 1. Digimon Adventure Opening Theme - Butter-Fly [Wada Kouji] [+Translation] 2. Digimon Adventure OST - Adventurer ~Taichi’s Theme~ (Ver 2.) 3. Digimon Adventure OST - Digital Scratch! ~Koushiro’s Theme~ (Ver. 2) -- KOUSHIRO IZUMI -- [or, Koushiro’s journey to find himself + what are these mysterious “feelings”??] 4. Love Lost Elegy [Miku Hatsune] (*serious yet upbeat; “somehow I managed to escape” [that dimension], [taichi’s] “courage”, “XX” --) (*+“but you know what? I’m scared”/“I guess it’s about time for me to save you”) (*the mv here is kinda flashy but this Ib version w/out flashing is a substitute) 5. Listen To Your Heart [DHT] (*this is a classic in general, but LISTEN TO YOUR HEART, KOUSHIRO) 6. Cherish [Ai Otsuka] (*angst/creepy yet hopeful, and the flickering screens in that MV? Adv. EP 21??) (”Love is such a frightening thing / That’s why I run from it, yet chase after it”) (”If we never had the chance to meet each other, I wouldn’t be able to smile the way I do now”) (”This year, the happiest moments I’ve had were the moments I could be there next to you”) 7. Iris [The Goo Goo Dolls] (”And I don’t want the world to see me ‘cause I don’t think that they’d understand”) (”When everything’s made to be broken, I just want you to know who I am”) (”When everything feels like the movies, yeah, you’d bleed just to know you’re alive”) 8. Version Up! (Koushiro’s Digimon Adventure Character Song) [+Translation] -- HOPE -- [or, during Adventure’s Battle for Earth] 9. Be Yourself [Audioslave] (inspiration: this old but amazing amv) (*for both Taichi & Koushiro; but mainly Taichi) (”To be yourself is all that you can do...”) 10. Open Mind (Koushiro’s Digimon Adventure 02 Character Song) [+Translation] -- DESPERATION -- [or, in which Koushiro Izumi helps Taichi Yagami and co. save the world] 11. One Week (Digimon The Movie OST) [Bonus?: my oldschool af amv] 12. Digimon the Movie OST - Birth of Omegamon (*actually cover of Shouri ~Zen no Theme~ from the Adventure Japanese OST?) 13. Brave Heart (Digimon Adventure’s Evolution Theme) [Wada Kouji] [+Translation] -- REBOOT -- [or, in which s u f f e r i n g happens, and Tentomon is too precious for this world] 14. Vector to the Heavens [Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days OST] (*Kokuhaku, Koushiro’s [+Taichi’s] desperations, and Tentomon) 15. Vector to the Heavens (Backwards) [Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days OST] (*the Reboot, or everything is falling apart, and they both can’t do anything) 16. Kioku no Kakera (”Shards of Memory”) [+Translation] (Koushiro’s Digimon Adventure Tri Character Song) (*mostly for Tentomon, but--) (”Though I didn’t have enough courage, I spread my knowledge with both hands”) (”A closed wall to encourage you with the words [“Right” “I want to know” “Mistake”] written all over”) (”Even if I cry, I won’t change anything about the future made of erased words.”) -- SUPPORT / TAICHI YAGAMI -- [or, Taichi’s final battles and epiphanies in Tri, while they support each other] 17. Brofist [HetaOni OST] (*”I’ve always believed in Taichi-san before this, in any case.”) (”Let’s do this!!”) 18. READY?_ [The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya OST] (in which Taichi (& Koushiro’s)’s goggles will probably help work miracles) 19. Yuuki wo Tsubasa ni Shite (”I’ll Turn My Courage Into Wings”) (Taichi’s Digimon Adventure Character Song) [+Translation] -- TOGETHER -- [or, in which they reunite, and f i n a l l y realize and admit their feelings] 20. In The Rain (Piano Cover) [Miraculous Ladybug] (*please see: image number 13 of this beautiful art set by Harrup!) (*the piece in question is sfw but nsfw warning for the art set otherwise) 21. Hey My Friend [TommyHeavenly6] (Kamikaze Girls OST) [+Translation] (”The endless dreams, reality, and such... I was caught up with the distractions.”) (”If it’s just decorative pride, I don’t need it...”) (”Hey my friend -- tell me when [you notice].”) -- CONCLUSION -- [or, and so it ends, or, and so it begins... again] 22. Our Digital World [+Translation] 23. Butter-Fly ~Piano Ver.~ [Wada Kouji] 24. I Wish (Full Ver.) [AiM (also aka: Mimi Tachikawa’s seiyuu)] [+Translation] (*also in which Mimi cheers them on, because she def. would!) 25. Butter-Fly ~Memorial Ver.~ [Digimon Adventure Boys] 26. Aikotoba [Ayumi Miyazaki & AiM] -- EPILOGUE -- [or, no matter what...] 27. Utada Hikaru - First Love [Japanese ver.] (”You are always gonna be my love, Even if I fall in love with someone again sometime.” “You will always be inside my heart, There will always be a place for you only.”) 28. Utada Hikaru - First Love [English ver.] (”...And you should know, How I wish I could have never let you go. Come into my life again, oh, don’t say no.”)