#fai x kurogane

[over-roaming-waves]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Fay D. Fluorite/Kurogane Characters: Kurogane (Tsubasa), Fay D. Fluorite Additional Tags: High School AU, Very Chill, just fluff Series: Part 2 of Year of OTP Summary:

Fai talks too much.

[libertasforte]

Reading Wriothesley's leaked constellations like

[my-edits-have-no-remorse]

Re-read Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle lately.

Why did I discover these 2 only now??

[qweaenr]

TSUBASA RESERVOIR CHRONICLE - Sakura & Syaoran & Kurogane & Fai

[shiiko529]

who would win in a knock-down drag-out fight? no emotional attachments, no curses/spells cast on them by anyone else, just their own physical/magical skills (and assuming they have all their limbs/eyes), kill or be killed (and assuming they all want to win/live)

anyone not in the list goes in tags (im not doing a tourney)

clow reed is not invited.

[yumeerin]

Hello tsubasa community (please be nice to me im on episode umm 10. Of the anime and chapter 33 of the manga and I unfortunately saw a spoiler or two while looking for references)

Sometimes a family is just two lovestruck teens, a gay couple, and a rabbit egg thing <3

Edit: i really just forgot sakura’s hair shine 😹😹😹 thats it

[completeoveranalysis]

[2]

NEW FAVOURITE COVER?

NEW FAVOURITE COVER!

Chapitre 201 - The Truth from within the Ruins

Oh this is just beyond gorgeous. Who can stand against the pure concentrated adorable that is Tsubasa Babies Family Photo? Now with all four of them!

I’m in love with all the tiny details that they clearly spent so long on - all the lovely folds of Sakura’s dress, the intricate detailing on Fai’s robe and staff. Lava Lamp is in his ceremonial garb, and tiny Kurogane IN HIS FANCY LITTLE OUTFIT. (AND HIS POSTURE? GET OUT. Incredible)

 Kurogane doesn’t have Ginryuu yet (since this is Happy Childhood AU, so his father will still have it. Still has the moon though!) but Lava Lamp has the Syaoran Family Sword all ready to go. His outfit would be incomplete without it - they’re all wearing clothing from their home worlds, or maybe their families? I’m technically not sure which world Lava Lamp comes from, but his outfit is Family Legacy all the way down. I’m dying to know if Fai’s outfit is in the style of Seresu or Valeria - I don’t think they’re all that different, but I think I would put my money on Valeria based on the position of the fur and the curl motif. In which case it’s fun for me that his Happy Family AU is in Valeria instead of with Ashura. (sorry not sorry Ashura get fucked)

I suppose in this version he never had reason to leave Valeria in the first place, so it’s a very nice touch that the outfit doesn’t immediately resemble the clothing he wore in his backstory, since that’s all so closely linked to the death of his twin, who would be alive here. Very nice visual choices all around, especially with each of them in their own unique colour pallette. Oh, and even with the colour differences they all have bits of yellow somewhere on them, showing their connection.

The left/right split between them is really fun too - sword wielders on one side, phenomenally powerful magic users on the other, cats vs dogs, unique child/parent pairings, etc. It’s very funny to me that they found a super fancy chair for Sakura and a cushion for Kurogane, but nothing for the other two. But Fai draping himself over the chair is such an incredible piece of character flair, which I am in love with, but also, the TOUCH? The little touch of tiny hands? Sakura reaching back to put her hand on the back of Fai’s? Tiny Lava Lamp’s little grip on Kurogane’s arm? OH it’s so touching. 

And behind them all? THAT WINDOW. Such a clear symbol positioned directly in the centre frame. At first I thought it might be an eye, but this is Happy Family AU so there should be no Evil Wolverine to spy on them. What I’m voting on instead is CLAMP playing with Tarot symbols again and this being the Wheel of Fortune, or a similar idea of a wheel of destiny. They use the latter idea a lot in their earlier works (RG Veda and X/1999 say hi), but I think the tarot symbol in particular really shines through with the ideas they’re playing with in Tsubasa/xxxHolic, and has a very strong parallel to the idea of hitsuzen. 

After some much safer googling it looks like the “Wheel of Fortune” in Tarot can mean change or cycles or inevitable fate, but on the flipside could also be lacking control. I think the reversed meaning of the card really speaks to me the most about their situation in general, as it describes bad luck and misfortunes thrust upon you from external forces, that you are fighting to take control back from an unwinnable situation. That fighting it is impossible, that continuing to fight it can only bring more suffering, and that the only option is to let it go. To stop blaming yourself for the thing you did wrong, or the thing that you think was your fault. To forgive yourself, to accept it all, to let yourself move on, to accept that change is inevitable, and to finally be able to move forward and just let everything happen. 

Because if that’s not exactly the whole situation we are in I don’t know what is. It’s a mirror for the things that Fai and Kurogane have already been through, and for what Lava Lamp Guy is still currently fighting, and CLAMP love to do drop these symbols all the time. 

And this is a bit of a tangent but who’s gonna stop me? Clamp LOVE their tragic destiny pairs, especially in their early works - the couples deeply love but also cursed by fate, like Kendappa and Souma, Ashura and Yasha (flavoured differently in RG Veda, but still fitting this cycle again in Tsubasa), Subaru and Seishirou, Sorata and Arashi (unfinished), Kamui and Fuuma, etc. The characters who are so different from each other, so diametrically opposed, but in love still, and it burns so strong that they either have to kill each other or let the world burn around them - or both! They’re always fighting destiny, just like the reversed wheel of fortune, and they fight it to the point of obliteration. 

AND THEN we have Tsubasa, and I think it’s so endlessly interesting that they took the same pattern and turned it around. Syaoran and Sakura definitely fit the theme (and wild that they took the Cardcaptor Sakura happy couple deliberately to make the most universe shattering tragedy out of it, but I still haven’t seen how their story ends, whether one will have to tragically die to save everything or whether they’ll get out somehow). But what I mostly want to talk about (surprise surprise) Kurogane and Fai, who fit the pattern exactly. Complete opposites, diametrically opposed, set up as antagonists and destined to kill each other but fall in love instead. That they both fight against the tragic pasts that defined them and eventually change their mind. Eventually, slowly, they accept love again and realise that they can actually live with themselves and each other if they let it all go. 

And I think what really gets me is that if this was an earlier Clamp work they absolutely would have tragically died - they would have killed each other in the climax of Seresu and it would have been beautiful and terrible and no-one ever would have ever emotionally recovered from the complete and utter devastation. 

BUT THEY DIDN’T. 

CLAMP spend all of Tsubasa revisiting all their old works, taking us through a parade of the various tragedies they’ve sung across the years, all leading up to them ultimately breaking their own pattern and letting Fai and Kurogane save each other from the same Clamp fate that claimed every tragic pair before them. They choose each other and get out alive. They stop blaming themselves for the unchangeable parts of destiny and finally forgive themselves. And it’s just very emotional to me that it’s these two that make it, these two that get to recover and choose each other and live their lives inseparable from this point on. The two that had arguably the most tragic backstories also get to face their trauma, survive, and live. 

And it’s just so beautiful to see how the CLAMP storytelling method has changed over the years, and to find out that after all these years, the big destiny story they really wanted to tell in their longest and most detailed work was about the two men who fell in love, against all odds and saved each other. Despite absolutely everything saying that it should be impossible, it’s Kurogane and Fai that finally flip the tarot card back around and live. 

And I’m extremely interested in what this means for Lava Lamp and Not!Sakura.

[badass-queer-couples-battle]

Please keep in mind I don't know most of the ships/couples in the preliminary round. If you think something doesn't belong in this poll, vote that couple/ship out & please be civil!

For Kurogane and Fai:

For Meta Knight and King Dedede:

For Snorpy and Chandlo:

[the-corvus-luna]

Gaia Online X Tsubasa Chronicle (2007)

On April 30th 2007, There was crossover items introduced to Gaia Online. You had to find feathers on the webpage and transfer those items in a shop.

Of course, with determination and fervor.... I acquired these items at release and now, for them to be documented.

My character hasn't really been changed since then so, I'm gonna model them with the clothes I have. I didn't even realize I still have the 2007 Halloween Vampire effect still on my character.... lol

Fai Coat:

Worn by the magician Fai in Tsubasa: The Reservoir Chronicle.

Hood Down:

Hood Up:

Kurogane's Mask:

This item has no description.

Sakura's Cloak:

A simple cloak that seems to capture the elegance of royalty in a pure, humble design.

Syaoran's Cloak:

The cloak worn by Syaoran, the young hero of Tsubasa.

Syaoran's Goggles:

These stylish goggles radiate a sense of heroism and can also be used for swimming.

Style 1:

Style 2:

Style 3:

Mokona Hat:

This friendly hat seems to have many secrets about it and is strangely attracted to feathers. While it may seem cute, never underestimate its hidden abilities.

Style 1:

Style 2:

Style 3:

Source: https://gaiaitem.fandom.com/

[my-edits-have-no-remorse]

Was doing some anatomy practice today & came across this pose, thus the birth of this sketch. ✏️

I did the inked version but the sketch version looks nicer so.. 😅

[psychewritesbs]

"Yes! It's kind of neat how Gege has crafted these parallels. Also... this is not to promote clamp but... you guys have no idea how Tokyo Babylon and x/1999 coded these ships are. But ok, shipping glasses off..."

If you don't mind of course, can I ask why you think this? Because you are the first person that I know of (and follow) that see the parallel between JJK and CLAMP works....and it's so interesting (especially for those 2 ships).

Also, yes, as a shipper, I'm excited when reading that ask from anon, too (sorry if I'm kinda weird).

You're not weird tho.

Ok so... let me try to summarize it as best as I can. Basically Kurogane and Fai represent the same trope as Geto and Gojo. A pair of Moon and Sun characters who are also the strongest (although it is not explicitly stated that they are).

More under the cut...

Kurogane and Fai are also kind of like parental figures to Syaoran and Sakura, whom they travel with, the way Geto and Gojo each "adopt" children.

Compared to stsg tho, and even as subtle and hidden in subtext as it is, kurofai is on your face without ever explicitly stating that they are canonical lovers.

Fandom collectively thinks of them as husbands, because they are... and they share very deeply intimate moments in complete silence.

It's fucking amazing.

This is one of my favorite clamp ships because it's very different to ships like seisub (doomed star crossed lovers) because these two become good friends and that's kind of the basis for their relationship.

So it's all surface level similarities to stsg as you can see, but they are there, and it's kind of interesting to notice.

Anyways. I've been sitting on an ask asking me to elaborate on kurofai as a ship. I'd like to sit down and brainrot about them when I'm done with school in May. Stay tuned if you want to read more.

But another fun example that may or may not be clampspiration that Gege borrowed is seisub and syaosaku where you have these two pairings where one of them is told something that the audience is not privy to (syaosaku being the exception) by their pair in their last moments alive:

Which may or may not remind you of Gojo's words to Geto, which the audience is not privy to...

Geto actually has a similar reaction to Subaru in x/1999 who says "you never say the things I expect you to say" or something like that.

I think these are the major ship similarities I can think of right now. Hope this helps, and enjoy away because if Gege has read clamp (which I wouldn't be surprised if he has because clamp was big back in the 90s) and has taken inspiration for his ships from Okawa's brand of sadistic high romance, well, we're in for a treat if Gege ever decides to write a story that has more overt romance in it.

:)

[wifeswarmacademy]

Welcome to the Clamp Ship Mega Poll Round 1.

This is partially seeded. i picked some ships that i thought were popular in the top 10 and some that i personally dislike in the bottom, the rest are placed arbitrarily into the seed because jesus christ 64 ships is too many.

I would like to apologize for any ships I may have missed, especially from any of the anime adaptations I havent seen, Kobato (which i havent finished), or gate 7 (which i havent started). i asked in a small clamp discord for any i missed and i just added some.

Matchups Links

Syaoran/Sakura vs Rika/Terada Fujitaka/Nadeshiko vs Nadeshiko/Sonomi Hisui/Kokuyo vs Watanuki/Zashiki-Warashi Magic Knights Polycule vs Watanuki/Haruka Subaru/Kamui (X) vs Yuna D Kaito/Akiho Chiharu/Yamazaki vs Kotaro/Tamayo Hikaru/Lantis/Eagle vs Kamui's Bisexuality Kero/Spinel vs Hideki/Chii

Seishiro/Subaru (TB/X) vs Hina/Shiro Yuzuhira/Kusanagi vs Sakura/Tomoyo Eri/Sukiyabashi vs Subaru/Kamui (TRC) Jotaro/Kakyoin vs Yuuko/Clow Touya/Yukito vs Kohane/Doumeki Miyuki's Lesbianism vs Kotaro/Misaki Kentaro/Takeshi vs Kobato/Kiyokazu Watanuki/Himawari vs Kakei/Saiga

Doumeki/Watanuki vs Mizuki/Eriol Touya/Yue vs Sue/Kazuhiko Meiling/Tomoyo vs Tsubasa/Tsubasa Akira/Utako vs Dita/Zima Syaoran/Sakura (Clone) vs Chitose/Icchan Seiichiro/Karen vs Misaki/Ohjiro Doumeki/Watanuki/Himawari vs Princess Hinoto's Halves Shuichiro/Kohaku vs Hiroyasu/Yumi

Kurogane/Fai vs Taishakuten/Ashura-O Fuu/Ferio vs Umi/Clef Sorata/Arashi vs Seishiro/Subaru (TRC) Emeraude/Zagato vs Yuuko/Himawari Fuuma/Kamui (X) vs Minoru/Yuzuki Umi/Ascot vs Clow/Yue Souma/Kendappa vs Tachibana/Sakura Kazuhiko/Oruha vs Kazahaya/Rikuo

[farenmaddox]

7. Post a snippet from a wip.

20. Do you prefer writing AUs or canon fics?

21. Do you prefer writing chaptered fics or one-shots?

38. What is your most self-indulgent posted story?

74. Do you have a fic you wish got a bit more love?

Well YOU don't ask for much, do ya? :P

7. Ghost snippet!

Fai was a lot of things—flighty, flamboyant, funny, sweet, even occasionally serious when he had to be—but Kurogane had never seen him look like this. His expression was almost angry, and his eyes snapped with some barely-restrained emotion. He pivoted on his heel and started marching away. “H-hey!” Kurogane protested. “Where are you going?” Fai didn’t answer, and Kurogane could do nothing but follow him. Fai went straight to the headmistress’s office and threw open the door without knocking. She was on the phone, but she hung up when she saw them without even making an excuse to her caller. “What can I do for you, Fai-sensei?” “You really think I’m going to let him go without me?” Fai shouted.

20. AU or canon? hmmmmm very depends on the fandom. Obviously TRC is my main jam and I've dabbled with lots of different things in that fandom. My old HP stuff from my youth was almost all AU. ON the other hand, a lot of the fandoms where I've only dabbled and written one or two fics tend to be canon(ish), I think because I only really start exploring AUs after I've spent enough time to go through some of my canon concepts.

.... you know, I actually think my favorite thing is probably canon AU-type stuff. Like, exploring how canon could go differently if X or Y. Final answer.

21. Longfic or one-shots? Listen. I don't know how to shut the fuck up. I have written a lot of one-shots, actually, but I am a long-form writer at heart. I want to build things over time. I'm a friends (or enemies)-to-lovers and slowburn ho. Give me chapters or give me death.

38. What is your most self-indulgent posted story? Oh, definitely Drinks and Subtle Things (Rockstar AU). I did not choose a focus character and chose all of them. I gave all of them just, so many fucking issues, and then I covered them in tattoos and oral sex about it.

Runner up: All the Faults You've Left Behind, closely followed by the other fics where I wrote Kurogane x Doumeki. I remain the only person who has ever used that tag on AO3. Just me, paddling my one-person kayak merrily down the stream.

74. Do you have a fic you wish got a bit more love? I could say my overly-long fic for the 2022 KuroFai Olympics, or grump about how few people leave comments in general these days especially in a fuckoff gigantic fandom like Critical Role, but I'm trolling tonight. I think more people should read my absolutely idiotic Holitsuba-verse porn. Woe, Home Care and Sensei and Souffles be upon ye.

Wanna ask me about my fic? Here's a list of questions. Anonymous is fine with me.

[taxevasionpoll]

Hey there! Sorry it's been so long (if I put something down and don't look at it, it doesn't exist to my brain sdhkgshkghs. Also I am lazy).

Please keep in mind that I've not included any of the submitted characters who are children/teenagers except in the cases where they have canonically committed tax evasion/fraud or from their circumstances they are in a position to commit it.

this does not include chat noir cause i just really wanted him in the poll okay. i think it's funny. one exception for me as a treat.

I've also not included any of the real people submitted.

(Perhaps the characters who didn't get included can have their own poll after this. Yes, that includes Reigen. I stand by it - he doesn't commit tax evasion. He's too boring and normal for that.)

I will try to get the match-ups out by the end of the weekend.

Here are the round 1 match-ups:

Group 1 Yuuko Ichihara (XxxHolic) vs Chert (Outer Wilds)

Group 2 Robert Speedwagon (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure) vs Yoshi (Mario)

Group 3 Spamton (Deltarune) vs Gru (Despicable Me)

Group 4 All for One (My Hero Academia) vs Haibara Ai (Detective Conan)

Group 5 Zanza (Xenoblade Chronicles) vs Byakuya Togami (Danganronpa)

Group 6 Dazai (Bungou Stray Dogs) vs Kazuki and Rei (Buddy Daddies)

Group 7 Aslan (The Chronicles of Narnia) vs Mr. Krabs (Spongebob)

Group 8 Neal Caffrey (White Collar) vs Kuroba Toichi (Magic Kaito 1412)

Group 9 Luffy (One Piece) vs Harlan Thrombey (Knives Out)

Group 10 Five Hargreeves (The Umbrella Academy) vs Howl Pendragon (Howl’s Moving Castle)

Group 11 Ranpo (Bungou Stray Dogs) vs Nami (One Piece)

Group 12 Loid (Spy x Family) vs Sullivan (Mairimashita! Iruma-kun)

Group 13 All Might (My Hero Academia) vs Mokona (XxxHolic/Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle)

Group 14 Lex Luther (DC) vs Obi-Wan Kenobi (Star Wars)

Group 15 Macavity (Cats! The Musical) vs Shallan (Stormlight Archives)

Group 16 Stanley Pines (Gravity Falls) The Doctor (Doctor Who) vs Eda the Owl Lady (The Owl House)

Group 17 Mister Compress (My Hero Academia) vs Barret Wallace (Final Fantasy 7)

Group 18 Grunkle Stan (Gravity Falls) vs The Duke (Why Raelina Ended up in the Duke’s Mansion)

Group 19 Undertaker (Black Butler) vs Maddie and Jack Fenton (Danny Phantom)

Group 20 Maya Fey (Ace Attorney) vs Shigure (Fruits Basket)

Group 21 Fai, Kurogane, Syaoran, and Princess Sakura (Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle) vs Darth Vader (Star Wars)

Group 22 Turnip (Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion) vs The Crystal Gems (Steven Universe)

Group 23 Chat Noir (Miraculous Ladybug) vs Toph Beifong (Avatar: the Last Airbender)

Group 24 Atsushi (Bungou Stray Dogs) vs Ciel Phantomhive (Black Butler)

[shizukais]

Thanks for answering my ask.....If you don't mind me asking (again), who are your favorite romantic relationship's couples in books/ manga/manhwa/ anime/movies/tv series (can be canon or non-canon)? Sorry if you've answered this question before....Thanks.

Hi! I love your questions. Keep sending them, no need to apologize ❤️

Sakura x Syaoran (ccs; trc)

Kurogane x Fai (trc)

Fuuma x Kamui (x/1999)

Mitsuri Kanroji x Iguro Obanai (kny)

Ichigo x Rukia (bleach)

Makise Kurisu x Okabe (steins;gate)

Kaworu x Shinji (nge)

Homura x Madoka (pmmm)

Aoba x Koujaku (dmmd)

Vash x Wolfwood (trigun)

Yor x Loid (sxf)

Aikawa x Risu (dorohedoro)

Noi x Shin (dorohedoro)

Emma x Draken (tokyo revengers)

Shen Wei x Zhao Yunlan (guardian)

Monica x Chandler (friends)

Qiu Tong x Sun Jing (tamen de gushi)

Sakura x Ino (naruto)