ALL OF THEM. *flails hands, looks ridiculous, falls out of bed*
I - uh. I AM GOING TO COME BACK WHEN MORE COHERENT. Though my thoughts on Umi-and-Ferio and Ferio-and-Clef (...whether or not it remains within the bounds of friendship XD)(Possibly because Ferio and Umi are similar in so many ways, I think that Ferio might balance him too? Unless it's the OVA. In which they go back to REPOPULATE CEPHIRO. *will never stop giggling at that*) are probably now detailed thoroughly enough in the pairings thread (ahaha, sorry, hijacked it. I fail at linear-progression and sticking to topic?)
But GEO, argh, Geo, Geo and Lantis and Eagle and Zazu, he kind of breaks my heart and gives me warm fuzzy feelings all at once - because he's trying SO HARD to look after Eagle, to support him, after losing Lantis, but Eagle's too stubborn and determined and too /Eagle/ for him to manage, at least on his own!
I was bad enough about Geo anyway, and then he turned up in Tsubasa with Eagle and Lantis, still playing the WHY AM I THE ONLY ONE TALKING SENSE AND NO ONE HERE IS LISTENING TO ME ARGHHHHH role, and I melted hard. Poor, poor guy. No one will ever be able to keep Eagle out of trouble - I seriously doubt even Hikaru would manage it entirely, because Eagle is nothing if not determined to do things HIS way, and that's one reason I think Hikaru and Geo should team up to keep Lantis and Eagle out of trouble :DD I like the idea that Geo starts off at the end of canon (MANGA CANON for REASONS T_T EAGLEEEEEEEEE) being somewhat surprised that both Eagle and Lantis seem to be so strongly inclined towards this kid - I mean, he knows she's nice and obviously strong and rather adorable, but they're both /silly/ over her, what gives? And then one day she turns up and says seriously to him 'Eagle's about to do something he shouldn't, isn't he' when Eagle's trying to, IDK, push his recovery. 'How do you think we should change his mind?'
and he begins to get it. XD
And then they form a team of awesome the likes of which have never been seen before, and Zazu wanders about in shock saying things like 'I just saw Eagle, and he was actually USING HIS CRUTCHES! THAT NEVER HAPPENS!'.
Tarta and Tatra and Umi I love too. I adore Tatra's kind, gentle, completely-made-of-steel character, and I love the caring older sibling role anyway - the fierceness she betrays when she needs to, for Tarta's sake. Her amusement at Tarta and Umi (FAR too alike XD) is far too close to what I feel watching the episodes. <3
Clef and any one of his former students gives me terrifying amounts of feeling - I was about to say 'especially ~~~' but started typing out ALL OF THEM. Zagato and Emeraude and Alcione and Lantis - just, ugh. FEELS. The way that the only way he could NOT betray them was to do his (sworn) duty, which meant betraying them, at least emotionally - failing them - and I am stopping here before Clef Feels destroy this whole post, because I know myself. XDD
Then! There's the knights themselves! Who are just AWESOME and so supportive and accepting even though they're so very different people - and admittedly they WOULD cling to each other at first, because when you're tossed into a world which makes NO SENSE and you can't believe it's REAL, surely you'll become attached to the only other two people who make sense? But it's more than that, there's such affection there, and I love it!
TLDR: I LOVE EVERYONE AND HAVE TOO MANY FEELINGS I should not be rayearth-ing in the middle of the night. XDD