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And, lo, here we have the Subscribe to Filters poll.
I tend to post a lot of things locked and filtered. Some security decisions I make myself, but most of my filters are content filters. The divisions are as follows:
( Filter descriptions and poll )
Against SOPA/PIPA
Jan. 18th, 2012 06:16 pmA lot of things about these two acts alarm and disgust me, but they are also part of a larger, and in many cases far more subtle, narrative in which necessary and even beneficial changes in media industry and distribution models are targets of scare-mongering, labeled piracy, and legislated against.
I think![[personal profile]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
foxinthestars put it most cogently, so go read her.
Indeed, "piracy" is a scare-label I think we need to question. How many of you have heard that that Western fansubbers/scanlators and their viewers/readers are what's destroying the anime/manga industry? That's a load of BS, and sites like Crunchyroll are busy proving it. If the US anime/manga industry cannot, in its current model, provide products that enough people wish to watch/read, at a price they are willing to pay, then that model needs to change. It does not need to be legislatively mandated.
A lot more models need to change, too. Indeed, many are changing already. But, as in other industries, like energy production, the companies that have made a lot of money off the old way don't want to give it up, and are happy to throw some of that money at legislators who haven't the tiniest clue about how the internet actually works--but do have a lot of sympathy for rich people.
Contact your representatives to give them an earful of what the rest of their constituents think.
I think
foxinthestars put it most cogently, so go read her.Indeed, "piracy" is a scare-label I think we need to question. How many of you have heard that that Western fansubbers/scanlators and their viewers/readers are what's destroying the anime/manga industry? That's a load of BS, and sites like Crunchyroll are busy proving it. If the US anime/manga industry cannot, in its current model, provide products that enough people wish to watch/read, at a price they are willing to pay, then that model needs to change. It does not need to be legislatively mandated.
A lot more models need to change, too. Indeed, many are changing already. But, as in other industries, like energy production, the companies that have made a lot of money off the old way don't want to give it up, and are happy to throw some of that money at legislators who haven't the tiniest clue about how the internet actually works--but do have a lot of sympathy for rich people.
Contact your representatives to give them an earful of what the rest of their constituents think.
[Fic] The Name of the Sound
Jan. 18th, 2012 11:46 amCross-post from my archive.
Fandom/Arc: 07-Ghost, Standalone
Characters/Pairings: Ayanami, Ayanami/Hyuuga, Hyuuga, Konatsu
Summary: Ayanami is more volatile than usual. This time, Hyuuga gets broken harder than usual. And then he has to explain the whole thing to Konatsu.
Meta: Drama, Non-explicit BDSM, I-5
Wordcount: 2819
( The Name of the Sound )Ayanami turned away from where he stood at his window, and Hyuuga stilled abruptly at the icy distance in his eyes. Something very close to panic sizzled through him as he looked into the bottomless gaze of Verloren's memories. If he were alone, he could tease or coax or yield, whatever it took to get Aya-san back from the depths of the past, but he wasn't alone today.
A day of analogies
Jan. 13th, 2012 10:26 amApropos of yet another round of exasperation with commenters who somehow think they're fit to be my beta or that it's okay to put a review in the comments:
Let us remember, please, that comments on fic are a direct, one-on-one conversation with the author, in the author's space.
If, during a party, some dishes were served that you happened not to like, or a dish was prepared in a way you found odd, you would not go find the host and/or cook and inform them that you suppose they made a good effort but that lamb had too much cardamom in the sauce. Not unless you were an asshole, at any rate. A good friend might sneak into the kitchen for a taste beforehand and note that maybe the sauce could use some alterations, but once it's done and on the table? If you don't like it, you just don't eat any more, possibly mentioning to another guest you know shares your taste that they should stick with the olive spread. This is a party, not a restaurant. You didn't pay for this food. You are the beneficiary of the host/cook's generosity and a guest in their space, and there's nothing to be served by telling them they didn't make the lamb the way you, personally, like it. You won't get lamb the way you like it, next time; you'll probably just not be invited back, since you clearly have such a huge problem with the host's lamb recipe that you just had to tell them about it.
Fic doesn't even carry the potential pressure to stay that a party does. There's no shadow of an excuse to buttonhole the author and complain over a fic not being written to your personal preferences.
Reviews are different. Those are in the reviewers' space (or should be, thank you very much) and those are for the benefit of readers. Pointing out both what you liked and didn't like is not only excusable but, indeed, the very business of a reviewer. An author who demands only positive reviews is delusional and living in diva-land. An author who demands only positive comments to the fic itself, and that reviews be addressed to their actual audience not to their topic, is telling readers to remember whose "house" they're in and who they're speaking to.
Besides, what do you think will happen, if you do comment that way? Will the author go and revise that finished story? No. Will the author magically start writing just the way you want them to? No, not even the ones who think they should try.
But doesn't the author want to improve in her art? asks the devotee of the Holy Concrit, puzzled and offended that their faith offering has been rejected.
Some fandom-states subscribe to the Church of the Holy Concrit as their official faith, and accept or even encourage all readers leaving "how to improve" comments. Some most signally do not. Anyone tempted to proselytize their personal faith in heathen lands might find it instructional to look up the Crusades (One through Nine) and just how little result they had outside of vast death and destruction. In little, that's pretty much the pattern you'll see over Concrit, too.
Teal deer: in someone else's fandom space, check the profile/info/about before you assume it's hunky dory to tell them to their face all the things you, in your towering judgement, didn't like about their fic. Failure to do this may result in a swift smack on the nose.
Didn't like someone telling you your comment was substandard? Remember that feeling.
Let us remember, please, that comments on fic are a direct, one-on-one conversation with the author, in the author's space.
If, during a party, some dishes were served that you happened not to like, or a dish was prepared in a way you found odd, you would not go find the host and/or cook and inform them that you suppose they made a good effort but that lamb had too much cardamom in the sauce. Not unless you were an asshole, at any rate. A good friend might sneak into the kitchen for a taste beforehand and note that maybe the sauce could use some alterations, but once it's done and on the table? If you don't like it, you just don't eat any more, possibly mentioning to another guest you know shares your taste that they should stick with the olive spread. This is a party, not a restaurant. You didn't pay for this food. You are the beneficiary of the host/cook's generosity and a guest in their space, and there's nothing to be served by telling them they didn't make the lamb the way you, personally, like it. You won't get lamb the way you like it, next time; you'll probably just not be invited back, since you clearly have such a huge problem with the host's lamb recipe that you just had to tell them about it.
Fic doesn't even carry the potential pressure to stay that a party does. There's no shadow of an excuse to buttonhole the author and complain over a fic not being written to your personal preferences.
Reviews are different. Those are in the reviewers' space (or should be, thank you very much) and those are for the benefit of readers. Pointing out both what you liked and didn't like is not only excusable but, indeed, the very business of a reviewer. An author who demands only positive reviews is delusional and living in diva-land. An author who demands only positive comments to the fic itself, and that reviews be addressed to their actual audience not to their topic, is telling readers to remember whose "house" they're in and who they're speaking to.
Besides, what do you think will happen, if you do comment that way? Will the author go and revise that finished story? No. Will the author magically start writing just the way you want them to? No, not even the ones who think they should try.
But doesn't the author want to improve in her art? asks the devotee of the Holy Concrit, puzzled and offended that their faith offering has been rejected.
Some fandom-states subscribe to the Church of the Holy Concrit as their official faith, and accept or even encourage all readers leaving "how to improve" comments. Some most signally do not. Anyone tempted to proselytize their personal faith in heathen lands might find it instructional to look up the Crusades (One through Nine) and just how little result they had outside of vast death and destruction. In little, that's pretty much the pattern you'll see over Concrit, too.
Teal deer: in someone else's fandom space, check the profile/info/about before you assume it's hunky dory to tell them to their face all the things you, in your towering judgement, didn't like about their fic. Failure to do this may result in a swift smack on the nose.
Didn't like someone telling you your comment was substandard? Remember that feeling.
[Fic] Strength in Trembling
Jan. 4th, 2012 02:00 pmCross-post from my archive.
Fandom/Arc: 07-Ghost, Standalone
Characters/Pairings: Ayanami/Hyuuga
Summary: Hyuuga has a real Thing for Ayanami's whip, and Ayanami has noticed this. Eventually, he decides to cut past the teasing and give Hyuuga what he's angling for.
Meta: Porn, BDSM, I-4
Wordcount: 2135
( Strength in Trembling )One of Hyuuga's great entertainments in life was to tease his commander. Aya-san spent way too much of his time being serious, and Hyuuga felt it was his solemn duty to make sure Aya-san's face didn't freeze like that.
2011 in fic
Jan. 1st, 2012 06:41 pm*thoughtful* This is actually pretty straightforward, for once, instead of being dozens of little fic every month spread all over.
In April I posted two KHR stories, about 2k between them, and that was it for the first half of the year. But for all of summer I was madly writing Naruto, so starting in July there were weekly posts adding up to 166,861 words for the whole arc. (Avalanche arc)
Starting in November or so I also fell headlong into 07-Ghost, resulting in 23,753 words for that fandom so far. (07-Ghost fic)
Plus the Final Fantasy VII loyalty porn for Rufus and Tseng, which added it's own 6k plus.
So, on the one hand, I think this may be my wordiest year so far, coming in at just a titch under 200K published and another 10k or so still in wip. But more importantly than that, this is the first year I've been able to write during term time! It's been forever since I had the spoons to do that at all! So that's the most exciting part of the writing-year for me.
In April I posted two KHR stories, about 2k between them, and that was it for the first half of the year. But for all of summer I was madly writing Naruto, so starting in July there were weekly posts adding up to 166,861 words for the whole arc. (Avalanche arc)
Starting in November or so I also fell headlong into 07-Ghost, resulting in 23,753 words for that fandom so far. (07-Ghost fic)
Plus the Final Fantasy VII loyalty porn for Rufus and Tseng, which added it's own 6k plus.
So, on the one hand, I think this may be my wordiest year so far, coming in at just a titch under 200K published and another 10k or so still in wip. But more importantly than that, this is the first year I've been able to write during term time! It's been forever since I had the spoons to do that at all! So that's the most exciting part of the writing-year for me.
[Fic] Take Me to Yourselves Shamelessly
Dec. 21st, 2011 12:05 pmCross-post from my archive.
Fandom/Arc: 07-Ghost, Standalone
Characters/Pairings: Hyuuga, Hyuuga/Konatsu, Konatsu
Summary: Hyuuga takes notice of Konatsu's interest and they wind up in bed. Konatsu only looks like he's the sane one, really.
Meta: Porn, I-4
Wordcount: 2363
( Take Me to Yourselves Shamelessly )He knew that the regular forces also thought he was crazy for the way he talked to the Major. But it had been obvious as the sun in the sky, right from the moment they'd met, that Hyuuga would never respect fear. So Konatsu never showed it. He wasn't really sure he'd ever even felt it--not fear. Stunned amazement, fierce delight, genuine respect, incredible frustration, all of those, but not fear.
Star Driver meta
Dec. 17th, 2011 01:28 pmOkay, Star Driver is a show that implies a whole lot but doesn't actually explain much. This is, naturally, catnip to me, and leads me to write up all my thoughts about How This Works. Spoilers, obviously.
( Five phases and four seals. )
All of this, of course, brings us to the question: what are these things that they were locked away so tightly?
( The nature of cybodies. )
And that, of course, brings us to the question of how to interpret the parable/metaphors we are given, in this series.
( About this Fish World. )
However, even these stories beg the question of how the marks are passed on and just how the miko seals work.
( Inheritance and virginity. )
So there you go. My thoughts on some of the worldbuilding. For my thoughts on what's going to happen next, now that the Spoilers are outside of Spoiler and can presumably be Spoilered at any time... well, that's what fic is for.
( Five phases and four seals. )
All of this, of course, brings us to the question: what are these things that they were locked away so tightly?
( The nature of cybodies. )
And that, of course, brings us to the question of how to interpret the parable/metaphors we are given, in this series.
( About this Fish World. )
However, even these stories beg the question of how the marks are passed on and just how the miko seals work.
( Inheritance and virginity. )
So there you go. My thoughts on some of the worldbuilding. For my thoughts on what's going to happen next, now that the Spoilers are outside of Spoiler and can presumably be Spoilered at any time... well, that's what fic is for.
[Fic] It’s Just That Any One of Us Is Half Without Another One Is You: Chapter Twenty-One
Dec. 16th, 2011 03:21 pmCross-post from my archive.
Fandom/Arc: Avalanche, Naruto
Characters/Pairings: Jiraiya, Kakashi, Naruto, Nine-tails, Sakura, Sasuke, Tsunade
Summary: The shinobi world starts to settle down again and reach for new equilibrium, and our heroes all get on with their lives.
Meta: Drama, I-3
Wordcount: 4336
( It's Just That Any One of Us Is Half Without Another One Is You: Chapter Twenty-One )"What's so surprising?" Jiraiya asked, brows arched. "You're the student of my student. That makes you my grand-student, so it's part of my job to look out for you." While Kakashi was blinking at this line of logic, he rubbed his chin. "Hmm. You're also Sasuke's teacher, so you're my teacher-in-law also. Two significant bonds! I don't see what you're startled by."
[Fic] The Command of Those Who Ask of Me
Dec. 14th, 2011 03:48 pmCross-post from my archive.
Fandom/Arc: 07-Ghost, Standalone
Characters/Pairings: Ayanami, Ayanami/Hyuuga, Hyuuga
Summary: Hyuuga tends to and cares for Ayanami in the evening. In the morning, a different side of Ayanami wants rawer proof of his service.
Meta: Fluff, Porn, I-4
Wordcount: 1885
( The Command of Those Who Ask of Me )Sometimes, when Aya-san brooded for too long, he lost himself a little, and when he lost himself to memories of pain or anger it wasn't good for anyone. Not unless there was something on hand he could kill to regain his equanimity.
When there wasn't, well, that's when getting him back out became Hyuuga's job.
[Fic] A Kiss Upon A Tide
Dec. 11th, 2011 12:44 pmCross-post from my archive.
Fandom/Arc: Final Fantasy VII, Fly to Others That We Know Not of
Characters/Pairings: Rufus, Rufus/Tseng, Tseng
Summary: More loyalty-porn! It's the new year, and after Recent Events Tseng is particularly susceptible to the rightness of his place at Rufus' side. Post-game, very loosely in the Lullabye for the New World Order AU continuum.
Meta: Porn, D/s, I-4
Wordcount: 2283
( A Kiss Upon A Tide )No moment of Rufus' presence had been without a faint glow, ever since they'd come back to Midgar, but the new year had fanned that fire, and their journey itself had stripped away the dimness from Tseng's sight. That light pulled at him, like the desire to mark the paths of the city's life only far stronger; it closed over him like water as Rufus stepped past him into his home.
Signal boost: Love!
Dec. 9th, 2011 02:40 pmlittlebutfierce has a a love meme happening, and this is always a good thing.For ease of loving,
jjhunter is indexing it! Go and love! Get some love! Love, love, love!*sidles away from impending Beatles songs*
Okay, this one looks fun
Dec. 9th, 2011 12:28 pmMeme time! It's been a while.
Give me a fandom and I'll reply with:
1. My favorite character.
2. ANOTHER favorite character!!
3. My favorite character relationship, and by "relationship" I don't necessarily mean pairing and certainly not OTP, but on the other hand, depending on the fandom MAYBE I DO!
4. The moment/character/THING/WHATEVER that first hooked me on the fandom.
5. One of my favorite moments.
6. A song or track that reminds me of this fandom.
7. One miscellaneous awesome thing about the fandom.
8. One completely random thought I have regarding this fandom.
9. One fic/essay rec, fanart, or fanvid that depending on the fandom I either had lovingly bookmarked or saved onto my hard drive, or only just now found during a two-minute Google search.
Give me a fandom and I'll reply with:
1. My favorite character.
2. ANOTHER favorite character!!
3. My favorite character relationship, and by "relationship" I don't necessarily mean pairing and certainly not OTP, but on the other hand, depending on the fandom MAYBE I DO!
4. The moment/character/THING/WHATEVER that first hooked me on the fandom.
5. One of my favorite moments.
6. A song or track that reminds me of this fandom.
7. One miscellaneous awesome thing about the fandom.
8. One completely random thought I have regarding this fandom.
9. One fic/essay rec, fanart, or fanvid that depending on the fandom I either had lovingly bookmarked or saved onto my hard drive, or only just now found during a two-minute Google search.
[Fic] It’s Just That Any One of Us Is Half Without Another One Is You: Chapter Twenty
Dec. 9th, 2011 12:16 pmCross-post from my archive.
Fandom/Arc: Avalanche, Naruto
Characters/Pairings: Danzou, Hinata, Kakashi, Madara, Naruto, Nine-tails, Sai, Sakura, Sasuke, Shikamaru, Tsunade
Summary: Madara attacks Konoha with the aid of Zetsu and Danzou. Foxes, demons, dragons, tailed beasts, generations old grudge matches, and other kinds of hell break loose.
Meta: Action, Drama, I-4
Wordcount: 13401
( It's Just That Any One of Us Is Half Without Another One Is You: Chapter Twenty )Alarms were ringing through Konoha's night, hurrying the civilians to the shelters, raising the lights in the village center, calling the close patrols in to defend their homes. Shinobi of the village ran to guard the wall and ranged through the training grounds beyond, searching for the attackers.
Star Driver
Dec. 8th, 2011 06:08 pmCrunchyroll loves me. They have acquired the anime Star Driver, and it's coming out weekly.
This one is almost as good as the commando maids in sensible footgear.
The genre is magical mecha. There are no pretentions to genuine technology, just a few trappings of it. All the time is lavished on the interpersonal suspense between the Good Guys and the Bad Guys, usefully heightened by the fact that quite a few of the Bad Guys are in it for complicated reasons of their own and might, in fact, be considered Good Guys of a sort.
That makes it sound thoughtful. It isn't. It's silly and melodramatic and adorable. But it does have some interesting characterization to keep your brain a little bit busy.
The series does suffer from Feminine Clothing Impairment, alas, but in exchange the guys wear things every bit as silly. Indeed, the very silliest are the mecha themselves. The strongest of them are Renaissance fashion mecha, complete with poofy shoulders and poofy hips and high heels. This on the boys, mind you. There are plasma plumes on top and codpieces. Okay, not actual codpieces, but there's architecture that sure serves the same fashion purpose. And the transformation sequence for Our Hero is the swishiest thing you have ever seen. Be sure you're not drinking anything when you watch the first ep, because the first transformation is pretty much a guaranteed spit-take.
Amazingly, given this, the show manages to pretty much entirely avoid my dorkitude squick. Our Hero is a throughgoing sweetheart, and sufficiently self-aware and effective that his silly moments are cute. His love interest is determined and responsible, sometimes too much for her own good. His friend/rival/love-interest's-fiance/othe
(It's a canonical threesome! People spend time talking about how important it is that they remain a group of three! Crunchyroll loves me.)
Best of all, the women (despite clothing impairment) actually fight meaningfully. They have their own mecha, which are not about healing or support or any of that; no, they're about kicking ass, which they do both as well and as poorly as the men. The cast features a lot of strong talent (including Ishida Akira to voice Our Villain), and while most of the artwork is not especially nuanced the facial expressions in particular are wonderfully done.
I definitely recommend this one, especially if you need a pick-me-up.
This one is almost as good as the commando maids in sensible footgear.
The genre is magical mecha. There are no pretentions to genuine technology, just a few trappings of it. All the time is lavished on the interpersonal suspense between the Good Guys and the Bad Guys, usefully heightened by the fact that quite a few of the Bad Guys are in it for complicated reasons of their own and might, in fact, be considered Good Guys of a sort.
That makes it sound thoughtful. It isn't. It's silly and melodramatic and adorable. But it does have some interesting characterization to keep your brain a little bit busy.
The series does suffer from Feminine Clothing Impairment, alas, but in exchange the guys wear things every bit as silly. Indeed, the very silliest are the mecha themselves. The strongest of them are Renaissance fashion mecha, complete with poofy shoulders and poofy hips and high heels. This on the boys, mind you. There are plasma plumes on top and codpieces. Okay, not actual codpieces, but there's architecture that sure serves the same fashion purpose. And the transformation sequence for Our Hero is the swishiest thing you have ever seen. Be sure you're not drinking anything when you watch the first ep, because the first transformation is pretty much a guaranteed spit-take.
Amazingly, given this, the show manages to pretty much entirely avoid my dorkitude squick. Our Hero is a throughgoing sweetheart, and sufficiently self-aware and effective that his silly moments are cute. His love interest is determined and responsible, sometimes too much for her own good. His friend/rival/love-interest's-fiance/othe
(It's a canonical threesome! People spend time talking about how important it is that they remain a group of three! Crunchyroll loves me.)
Best of all, the women (despite clothing impairment) actually fight meaningfully. They have their own mecha, which are not about healing or support or any of that; no, they're about kicking ass, which they do both as well and as poorly as the men. The cast features a lot of strong talent (including Ishida Akira to voice Our Villain), and while most of the artwork is not especially nuanced the facial expressions in particular are wonderfully done.
I definitely recommend this one, especially if you need a pick-me-up.
Chihayafuru
Dec. 8th, 2011 05:27 pmOne of this season's new anime is Chihayafuru. It's that rare beast the gender-neutral sports anime.
This one has been compared to Hikaru no Go, and there are indeed a few similarities. The plot is only loosely similar in that they are both sports anime. The real point of likeness is the suspense. Chihayafuru is about a poetry card matching game. On the face of it, nothing should be less likely to be thrilling and heart-pounding. Like HnG, however, it really kind of is. The story gets inside the players' heads and engages you in their reasons for playing and wanting to advance, the struggle to form a club and a full team, the way the game catches everyone differently.
The most intimate focus is on Chihaya, our heroine, Arata, our angsty hero, and Taichi, our ambivalent hero. Their relationships provide a lot of the dynamic tension, and the series succeeds wonderfully in showing that all three of them are human. They each have great strengths and equal weaknesses. Chihaya has natural ability in the game but also a tendency to obsess and pretty striking emotional immaturity. Arata is a genius, and deeply conflicted over the game that he once lived for and now feels he shouldn't have. Taichi is bright, popular, and desperately messed up by a fear of only being second best. All of them are, in turn, deeply exasperating and amazingly sweet, and only together do they seem to have any stability.
(They are just begging to be a threesome, especially as the romantic thread intensifies.)
This one is very worth watching, especially if you've been craving a good sports series. It opens with our focal characters' entry into high school, and almost immediately flashes back to how the trio met and played years ago. That section may feel like it's moving slowly, but it sets up the return to the present beautifully.
And on the basic eye-candy side, the art of this one is really lovely.
This one has been compared to Hikaru no Go, and there are indeed a few similarities. The plot is only loosely similar in that they are both sports anime. The real point of likeness is the suspense. Chihayafuru is about a poetry card matching game. On the face of it, nothing should be less likely to be thrilling and heart-pounding. Like HnG, however, it really kind of is. The story gets inside the players' heads and engages you in their reasons for playing and wanting to advance, the struggle to form a club and a full team, the way the game catches everyone differently.
The most intimate focus is on Chihaya, our heroine, Arata, our angsty hero, and Taichi, our ambivalent hero. Their relationships provide a lot of the dynamic tension, and the series succeeds wonderfully in showing that all three of them are human. They each have great strengths and equal weaknesses. Chihaya has natural ability in the game but also a tendency to obsess and pretty striking emotional immaturity. Arata is a genius, and deeply conflicted over the game that he once lived for and now feels he shouldn't have. Taichi is bright, popular, and desperately messed up by a fear of only being second best. All of them are, in turn, deeply exasperating and amazingly sweet, and only together do they seem to have any stability.
(They are just begging to be a threesome, especially as the romantic thread intensifies.)
This one is very worth watching, especially if you've been craving a good sports series. It opens with our focal characters' entry into high school, and almost immediately flashes back to how the trio met and played years ago. That section may feel like it's moving slowly, but it sets up the return to the present beautifully.
And on the basic eye-candy side, the art of this one is really lovely.
[Fic] Shadows that Won’t Disappear
Dec. 7th, 2011 01:01 pmCross-post from my archive.
Fandom/Arc: 07-Ghost, Standalone
Characters/Pairings: Castor, Castor/Frau, Frau
Summary: Castor's life centers around control. Sometimes he needs to set it down, but sometimes what he really needs is to take a firmer grip on it. Frau is really pretty okay with that.
Meta: Porn, Bondage, I-4
Wordcount: 1914
( Shadows that Won't Disappear )Castor didn't always ask for what he needed. Personally, Frau thought he'd taken the whole abstinence and penance thing way too seriously. This evening, though, Castor made a thoughtful sound and took a sip of his wine, eyes fixed on Frau over the rim. "There's something I think I want to try," he said at last.
[Fic] It’s Just That Any One of Us Is Half Without Another One Is You: Chapter Nineteen
Dec. 2nd, 2011 12:13 pmCross-post from my archive.
Fandom/Arc: Avalanche, Naruto
Characters/Pairings: Danzou, Jiraiya, Kakashi, Madara, Naruto, Sai, Sakura, Sasuke, Tsunade
Summary: Kakashi takes Sai under his wing and Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura help Sai start to find his emotional feet. Just in time for Madara to make his move on Konoha.
Meta: Drama, Angst, I-4
Wordcount: 5443
( It's Just That Any One of Us Is Half Without Another One Is You: Chapter Nineteen )"Shinobi are the weapons of their villages. Their nations. Their employers. True enough. But a shinobi without the will to evaluate orders, and even modify them if field conditions demand it, is a blade without a sheath. And members of ANBU are ground to a sharper edge than any others. That's what you've been waving around your own village, Danzou."
Cross-post from my archive.
Fandom/Arc: 07-Ghost, Standalone
Characters/Pairings: Ayanami, Haruse, Hyuuga, Konatsu, Kuroyuri
Summary: How the newer members of the Black Hawks might have come to join and, over and above that, come to be contracted with Ayanami.
Meta: Drama, Character Study, I-3
Wordcount: 4165
( The Word Whose Appearance Is Multiple )Kuroyuri was a prodigy. She'd heard it from her family, she'd heard it from her teachers, and once she'd gotten to the Academy she'd seen it in the eyes of her classmates. Whenever they looked down far enough, anyway. She was the youngest person in the whole school by almost five years.
[Fic] True as Gold and Iron
Nov. 27th, 2011 01:01 pmCross-post from my archive.
Fandom/Arc: Final Fantasy VII, Fly to Others That We Know Not of
Characters/Pairings: Rufus, Rufus/Tseng, Tseng
Summary: Tseng rather abruptly sees Rufus in a new light and is struck by all the things Rufus has become that he's been trying not to hope for. Baroque and self-indulgent loyalty porn! Clothing porn! Even some porn porn! Assumes some Lullabye for the New World Order history.
Meta: Drama, Porn, D/s, I-4
Wordcount: 3206
( True as Gold and Iron )It was one week before Shinra Corporation's Yule ball, the offices were gaudy with decorations, the backstabbing over seating arrangements had reached its annual fever pitch, and Tseng was airing out his formal robes.
