Stand My Ground - Amiboshi

And the other reason I haven't blogged in forever . . . I finally figured out how to make a YouTube video. MU HA HA HA!!! Yes, this does mean my friends may occasionally need to disengage my fingers from the keyboard and drag me outside (kicking, screaming, gibbering - the whole works) for sunlight.

For anyone who has not seen Fushigi, this has major SPOILERS - so you may not want to watch (or read) any further. You can scroll down and look at the pretty pictures of my garden instead.

For everyone else, this video is my answer to T.'s question "Why do you like that guy so much?" Answer: Because he's AWESOME. Amiboshi has one of the hardest choices in all of Fushigi. He is caught in the ultimate soldier's dilemma: what happens when you realize you're fighting for the wrong side?

Nakago told Amiboshi that Miaka and the Suzaku Seven meant to destroy Amiboshi's country - to murder his friends, his family, and his way of life. A good soldier, Amiboshi carries out his orders and attempts to execute Miaka and her comrades. But in the end, he realizes Nakago lied to him, and to make amends he accepts his own death (plunging into the river), which evens the playing board and gives the Suzaku Seven their only, slim, chance at victory. But fate is never kind, and Amiboshi fails to drown, so he goes into hiding. And when the war finally catches up to him again, he helps Miaka, who feels she is a traitor to everyone she ever loved, understand that sometimes you have to make hard choices. And sometimes you have to face up to them. And sometimes . . . just sometimes . . . you have to stand your ground and defend what you know is right.

How could you not respect him?

Yes. I am a dork (and a hopeless romantic to boot). ENJOY!