The Vision of Escaflowne
- The very definition of a SLOW BURN
If you haven't watched it yet, I urge you to do it now.
When Escaflowne aired in MTV Germany in the early 2000s a whole generation of young people (presumably a lot of them watched Sailor Moon in the 90s) sat down every Wednesday night (i think 10pm?) and watched this fascinating anime.
It had everything we wanted: magic, tragedy, violence (oh boi a lot of violence), AND LOVE SO MUCH LOVE.
What a slow burn!
In fact, the OTP never even got a kiss. (But hey, the hugged.)
Still, it was such a beautiful, heart wrenching story. (Despite the fact that they totally butchered the end.)
Grumpy, not so talkative Van and happy, bubbly Hitomi were such a great pairing. Star-crossed lovers, destined to find each other.
It reminded me a lot of Usagi and Mamoru, although TVoE actually took the time to explore Van's sorrow and pain.
I hope the community will come back alive at ao3. We had really, really great authors on FF.net.
The look on Van's face. 🥰
Iconic Hitomi save!
ICONIC VAN SAVE!
All I dreamed about was riding that dragon. 🤌
We might not have gotten our OTP kisses but we GOT A LOOOOT OF BEAUTIFUL HANDS AND HANDHOLDING. 😏
The way Van always knew how to mess it up.
Okay, who had tears here?
Yep. The ending. Still hurts to see it. The alternative endings sucked too. LoL.
Major Credit for most of the Gifs go to @aubielikes
