#i like the idea that the card spirits weren't just created wholesale but were powers/spirits that agreed to become cards
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i’ve started reading generations of card captors by tamchronin and there’s a short scene early on where clow has to throw out a card because he didn’t illustrate it properly. a line was off, so it couldn’t be turned into a magic card. and that made me start thinking about - what if the cards got to be involved in the process of creating their appearance? rather than taking forms that were drawn for them, or those forms being what they were like as spirits before they made contracts with clow to become cards, or those forms being things subconsciously formed by clow’s mind only. i like the idea that the spirits-that-became-cards had a little window of time to hover over clow’s shoulder and give him ideas and feedback and participate in the detailing of their form as a card. the analogy is silly, but what comes to mind is temporary license plates - it is a license! it is legal and valid! but it’s just paper, and there’s no design on it, and you know the real thing is going to come in the mail soon. so there’s a similar thought that when clow created a card maybe there would be a halfway point first, a sort of temporary and partial corporealization-binding that allowed the spirit to hang around a bit and test the waters to see if they wanted to stay, and if they did they’d draft the resulting card and form together.
yes this post is half because i cannot believe clow’s subconscious would give the Song the headgear that she has, but i can imagine the Song deciding that she’d like something like that.
#i know the spirit thing isn't really compliant with how sakura creates clear cards out of nothing#but it's established that sakura is more powerful than clow + the clear cards are her power going out of control#i like the idea that the card spirits weren't just created wholesale but were powers/spirits that agreed to become cards#+ the idea they were granted more power or gained control as a card spirit vs on their own#or even that their magic was changed somewhat or given a slightly different form as a card#sort of like the resulting cards are a harmonization of clow's magic and the world's existing power#which is maybe compliant with the clear cards!!!#and i think it would be nice if part of what the spirit gets from the contract is a corporealization that they enjoy#like im imagining the Shot hanging over clow's shoulder like gimme more spikes!!! more spikes on my outfit!! YEAH!!!!#i get too sad thinking that the card spirits will become nothing so i also like this take bc#then if the cards weren't transformed in time the spirits would just leave#they would be gone in that form and that sense#but not gone forever#the clow cards#tm-talky
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