... and this is why my post had a "don't get me started on what this development does to Yuuko's character" line.

If it turns out that this is all about Clow and FWR's Macho Fight for Yuuko, I'm going to. Break something. DX

(Out of curiosity, did you read/watch CCS? Because CCS!Clow is very, very different from TRC!Clow and that's part of what has fandom so very WTF-ed about this.)