I know *who* they are, but...

[robkelk]

...is the pose a homage to anyone or anything in particular? (I have the nagging feeling it is, but I can't recall what.)
Intriguing CCS fanart
-Rob Kelk
"Actually, my goal is to write neat stories. The money just makes it possible for me to write them faster and then buy neat toys."
Ryk E. Spoor, 7 November 2007
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[ECSNorway]

It -does- look naggingly familiar. I get the feeling 'Sakura' should be holding throwing knives or ofuda... hrm. --
"I give you the beautiful... the talented... the tirelessly atomic-powered...
R!
DOROTHY!
WAYNERIGHT!
--
Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.

[Morganite]

Sakura's pose makes me think of Read or Die. Like Yomiko with index cards. But I might be remembering that wrong.
-Morgan. "Mikuru-chan molested me! I'm... so happy!"
-Haruhi, "The Ecchi of Haruhi Suzumiya"
---(Not really)

[Duane Peters]

Reminds me of the Dirty Pair, but I'm not sure why...

[Feinan]

*nods* I kept thinking the Dirty Pair when I saw the picture as well.

[Texarcanum]

I was thinking it looked more like a Gambit and Rogue pose.

[Star Ranger4]

That would be because of the clow cards in her hand, holding cards like that while they charged up was one of gambits favorite... well... gambits."I was an Otaku before those kids came along and changed the meaning of the word."
-- HM "Howling Mad" Wilson to more than one team-mate.
Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky?
That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry-
NO QUARTER!!!
-- "No Quarter", by Echo's Children

[robkelk]

Hmmmmm... Now that it's been pointed out, I can see the similarity between the pose and one from the opening credits of the original Dirty Pair...
Thanks, all!
-Rob Kelk
"Actually, my goal is to write neat stories. The money just makes it possible for me to write them faster and then buy neat toys."
Ryk E. Spoor, 7 November 2007
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012