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ceiteanIn reaction to the impossibility of the Fall being both Watanuki and Himawari's fault, pasted together from comments I left on other communities:
Actually (because I've been thinking about this) it might be possible for the falling out the window thing to be caused by both Watanuki's unconscious death wish and Himawari's bad luck, as long as you take a broader view.
You know how everyone asks Watanuki why he likes Himawari? And he never really gives a good, solid answer besides 'she's cute'? I think Watanuki liking Himawari in the first place is part of that unconscious desire to off himself. Some part of him (that he ignores)is attracted to things that are bad for him.
Look back at the story with the fridge that was a dud. Out of all the fridges in that store, he would have picked the one that had something wrong with it. After Yuuko tells him to look again, Watanuki can suddenly see the 'bad stuff' around it and replies that he doesn't want the fridge anymore. That he doesn't want the fridge/can finally see the bad stuff is due to the changes he went through, which, in my mind, boil down to him not IGNORING things that are bad for him like he would have in the past.
Now take this situation and apply it to Himawari. It makes a creepy kind of sense that if Watanuki was really trying to erase his own existence he would attract things that would do the job for him, like all the bad ghosts and Himawari.
So it's this attraction to Himawari that cause him to constantly want to be in her presence, which would up the chance of his fortune going bad. Like it did.
Looked at from this perspective, it was Himawari's bad luck that caused the fall, but it never would have happened if Watanuki wasn't subconsciously attracted to things that are bad for him.
The corollary to all this is that if Watanuki is attracted to things that are bad for him, he might then be repelled by things that are good for him, ie Doumeki. We're told time and time again that Doumeki makes Watanuki's life better in general, but Watanuki's first emotional reaction to the other boy is RAGE HATE RAGE. Really, it's another subconscious reaction that would achieve the same end result as the attraction to Himawari.
Himawari/bad things= Sparkles of Love while Doumeki/good thing= Massive Irritation.
My two cents. ^_^ .
Actually (because I've been thinking about this) it might be possible for the falling out the window thing to be caused by both Watanuki's unconscious death wish and Himawari's bad luck, as long as you take a broader view.
You know how everyone asks Watanuki why he likes Himawari? And he never really gives a good, solid answer besides 'she's cute'? I think Watanuki liking Himawari in the first place is part of that unconscious desire to off himself. Some part of him (that he ignores)is attracted to things that are bad for him.
Look back at the story with the fridge that was a dud. Out of all the fridges in that store, he would have picked the one that had something wrong with it. After Yuuko tells him to look again, Watanuki can suddenly see the 'bad stuff' around it and replies that he doesn't want the fridge anymore. That he doesn't want the fridge/can finally see the bad stuff is due to the changes he went through, which, in my mind, boil down to him not IGNORING things that are bad for him like he would have in the past.
Now take this situation and apply it to Himawari. It makes a creepy kind of sense that if Watanuki was really trying to erase his own existence he would attract things that would do the job for him, like all the bad ghosts and Himawari.
So it's this attraction to Himawari that cause him to constantly want to be in her presence, which would up the chance of his fortune going bad. Like it did.
Looked at from this perspective, it was Himawari's bad luck that caused the fall, but it never would have happened if Watanuki wasn't subconsciously attracted to things that are bad for him.
The corollary to all this is that if Watanuki is attracted to things that are bad for him, he might then be repelled by things that are good for him, ie Doumeki. We're told time and time again that Doumeki makes Watanuki's life better in general, but Watanuki's first emotional reaction to the other boy is RAGE HATE RAGE. Really, it's another subconscious reaction that would achieve the same end result as the attraction to Himawari.
Himawari/bad things= Sparkles of Love while Doumeki/good thing= Massive Irritation.
My two cents. ^_^ .
