FY! CLAMP BOYS ♥

A blog dedicated to all the boys in CLAMP manga. Please enjoy it ♥

[skyflyinginaction]

X/1999 Illustration art evolution

1992

1993

1995

1996

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2005

[parnshari07]

I likeeee

[yaoioioay]

[fyclampboys]

Pspspsps little angry kitten

[kelseysshorts]

We’re going to get the ending of X after all. This was all part of CLAMP’s master plan, I’m sure of it.

[fyclampboys]

Attention!! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!! Attention!!

Uniqlo US will start selling their CLAMP collaboration collection “The World of CLAMP” beginning September 7th of this year!!

Here is the link :

https://www.uniqlo.com/us/en/spl/ut/the-world-of-clamp

Get it on the calendars and get the credit card ready :3

[houseofclamp]

[fyclampboys]

CLAMP fans when they realize the Uniqlo CLAMP collaboration doesn’t feature any images of Kamui covered in blood and being mind fucked by Fuuma.

[houseofclamp]

[fyclampboys]

CLAMP fans be like “i was felling really depressed so I decided to re-read X and TB” like these aren’t the most depressive manga ever written.

Bitch you need therapy.

[yukarnn-deactivated20161201]

Seishirou Sakurazuka from CLAMP’s Tokyo Babylon

[houseofclamp]

[fyclampboys]

[fyclampboys]

Magic Knight Rayearth

[fyclampboys]

Kamui Shirou

The very first chapter of X/1999

[veeaziel]

every day i am percieved™️

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

There is a reason for this though!

The original tweet summarizes it pretty well. Fanfic tends to be popular among certain types of neurodivergent people (aka people most likely to read excessively as a child, and have burnout as an adult) for the same reasons that we tend to hyperfixate–neurochemical signaling (I hope I’m using that phrase correctly). What I mean is, for people who are really dependent on changes in dopamine/serotonin/neurotransmitter levels, who have low levels or wonky neural reward systems (perhaps the most common types of neurodivergence)…people like us rely on dependable external sources of those neurochemicals. In order to function, we spend a lot of our free time trying to level out our brain chemistry using things that can reliably bring us a steady stream of joyful moments (rewards) without costing too much of the mental effort that is already in short supply. 

significantly: the investment of reading has to be balanced with a steady “return on investment”–and this return has to start fairly quickly. because again, we don’t have a lot of attention/energy to invest on tiring things. we have perpetual “low batteries” in that regard.

that doesn’t mean these stories are “simple,” or that they lack complexity or value–only that the reward has to come in short regular intervals, and it has to have a low “upfront cost.” these stories are only “easy” to read in the sense that the effort we put into them is rewarded in a timely manner. which is why fanfic stories are so perfectly formulated for neurodivergent readers–they are often beautifully written, but skip a lot of the upfront costs (of introducing new characters, of world-building, of getting the audience emotionally connected to the story elements).

the nature of fanfiction is that the reader has a pre-existing relationship with this world and these characters. that–combined with the shorter average length of fics–means that fan fics very quickly start rewarding the reader in a way that traditional fiction struggles to. that’s not a bad thing! and maybe it’s something more traditionally published writers should be paying attention to.

Fanfic, as a genre, has been uniquely helpful and accessible to many neurodivergent readers who would otherwise struggle to immerse themselves in stories. I’m glad so many of you have found a way to love and enjoy reading again! The important thing is that you are spending time inside stories you love–the way those stories are published or presented to the world is just one detail. The fact that you find joy in the process of reading (or listening!) to stories–that is what matters.

[attackofjak]

I feel understood 🥰

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

a bunch of people have reblogged this with the default “i feel called out” reaction….and i know when we say that we mean it tongue-in-cheek….but this comment sorta blew my mind & shifted my perspective up and to the left a little thank you♥

[zadabug98]

The Serotonin is stored in the Ao3

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

The Serotonin is stored in the Ao3

[houseofclamp]

[noa-ciharu]

[fyclampboys]

Every few years I reread CLAMP’s X/1999 and I every single time I am reminded of the following insane things :

1) This is the same universe as CLAMP School Detectives !!!! They really looked at one of their sweetest mangas and went “yeah, let’s fuck them up” and they did. Bonkers

2) Kamui’s progression from “don’t call me by my first name” bad boy attitude to mew mew between vol 1 and ~vol 10. I keep forgetting what a ass he is for the first 2 volumes before getting softer and more likable. He also gets prettier as a side effect.

3) how Fuuma treats Kamui as a boyfriend since day 1 and won’t miss a chance to “hug” him. With blood and all ❤️

(Seriously, at this point Kamui is a toy for Fuuma. Very hot very messed up give me 5 of those)

4) Whatever is happening between Subaru and Kamui. Is Kamui a mirror of Subaru? Is this an unrequited crush? Why CLAMP decided these two need to bond over drama to repeat Subaru’s storyline is a mystery. No explanation, just scenes like this one: