It's quite literally the promise Clorinde made to Navia's father to protect her even if that's the last thing she does in her life bounded by the grief and remorse of being hated due to her action of...making her fatherless to protect her. But if that's yuri for ya, then ok.
It's quite literally the promise Clorinde made to Navia's father to protect her even if that's the last thing she does in her life bounded by the grief and remorse of being hated due to her action of...making her fatherless to protect her. But if that's yuri for ya, then ok.
That's absolutely yuri, though?
Two women with a complex, difficult relationship in which they're both clearly deeply invested, ruled by obligation, anger, grief, affection and a melange of other difficult emotions that interfere in their obvious care for one another. That's not exclusively and necessarily romantic, but there's a pretty fruitful yuri reading.
Two women with a complex, difficult relationship in which they're both clearly deeply invested, ruled by obligation, anger, grief, affection and a melange of other difficult emotions that interfere in their obvious care for one another. That's not exclusively and necessarily romantic, but there's a pretty fruitful yuri reading.
...okay I'll probably get made fun of, but isn't yuri exclusively for romantic relationships?
...okay I'll probably get made fun of, but isn't yuri exclusively for romantic relationships?
Yuri is often a tension that could shake out as romance, if external factors (related to homophobia or otherwise) didn't get in the way. There's interest, even love, but not necessarily a formalized relationship or a happy ending involved. This is why some people say that binary star systems are yuri, for example – two stars that revolve around each other, caught in one another's orbit for the long-term and always so close, but incapable of touching because to do so would destroy them both. It's intense emotion and pining and tragedy!
That said, in this particular context, I meant that this isn't a dynamic that could only be romantic – I can imagine straight/platonic reads and don't think they're that implausible! – but it's a dynamic that could very well be romantic. It's up to interpretation, and I think the yuri reading is real and viable.
Yuri is often a tension that could shake out as romance, if external factors (related to homophobia or otherwise) didn't get in the way. There's interest, even love, but not necessarily a formalized relationship or a happy ending involved. This is why some people say that binary star systems are yuri, for example – two stars that revolve around each other, caught in one another's orbit for the long-term and always so close, but incapable of touching because to do so would destroy them both. It's intense emotion and pining and tragedy!
I see. That explains why I see many people seeing two girls interact and immediately go "it's yuri". They aren't necessarily hoping for things to get romantic.
Two women with a complex, difficult relationship in which they're both clearly deeply invested, ruled by obligation, anger, grief, affection and a melange of other difficult emotions that interfere in their obvious care for one another. That's not exclusively and necessarily romantic, but there's a pretty fruitful yuri reading.
Let's be honest here, most people in any kind of show or game that involves two persons getting close with one another it's not a big deal in most cases but when they're the same gender people go crazy about it. Take for example Yelan and Shenhe fanship, the origins come from "they look good together" and this case it's quite debatable how things go since not everything means romance in any way, even if people forcefully shipp characters in some cases because of X interaction and so on. What sells the most is usually done the most after all. Even though unpopular opinions gets immediately shut down because "nooo, you ruin other's fun time" just because you gave your opinion without offending anyone, although at this point I don't really care.
Two women with a complex, difficult relationship in which they're both clearly deeply invested, ruled by obligation, anger, grief, affection and a melange of other difficult emotions that interfere in their obvious care for one another. That's not exclusively and necessarily romantic, but there's a pretty fruitful yuri reading.
The fact that Clorinde let it slip that the latest invitation to a meal by Navia wasn't the first time this had happened before the falling out during the prison shenanigans does give me a chuckle now. It aint "JUST" her late old man's wish, that's for sure.
