jeojeobean said:
Had to make an account to add my (well, my sister's, really) two cents....
To be honest, I don't really care much for Vampire Knight. However, it's my sister's favorite manga and she's constantly sharing details of the latest chapter and/or an epiphany she's had about the plot or characters.
That aside, she just mentioned something that I found to be rather true:
If Kaname hadn't killed Zero's parents and blahblahblah, Zero would have never fallen in love with Yuuki. Had Kaname left Zero and his family alone, the only way Zero and Yuuki would've ever had a chance to interact would be through Kaien..... something about how he's an ex-hunter and Zero's parents would've still been hunters (most likely).....
Meh, it made more sense when my sis said it :P
And if Rido had never gone through with his revival plan then Kaname would've never been brought in to the current timeline to meet with Yuuki. There's still a chance that Zero and Yuuki would've met considering that he's of the hunter lineage and Kaien would likely still be attempting to bring the two races together. In any case 'if Kaname had never manipulated the situation with Zero's parents then he and Yuuki would never have met thus its justified' doesn't absolve Kaname just as Rido's bringing actions, which are in the same line of thought as Kaname's from point of view as everything he did was out of 'love', don't absolve him (note not saying you were trying to imply anything but I have seen this justification mentioned before and I disagree with it everytime.)
he said to Yuki, "if we both human we will never meet each other" or something like that.. xD I take this as him trying, in his own passive kind of way which is in everything he does, that he's learned to accept her as she is because if she wasn't that way then they wouldn't have ever met (though I disagree with him as I believe in the 'red string of fate'). To me Zero and Yuuki's relationship was built around acceptance and growth and is one of the reason I hope they're together but just my opinon. No matter what happens in the end for me the pinnacle of series was the kiss at the ball as both of them were finally being honest with themselves.