PoT: Mirror Writing: Puzzle

[branchandroot]

Fic post from my archive.

Puzzle

The Clue Trout descends upon Ryouma. Drama Finally Romance with Slight Porn, I-3

"You should have someone you can actually trust, every now and then, that's all," Momo said. His mouth tugged up at one corner. "Someone who can talk, instead of meow."

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[naanima.livejournal.com]

*happy sigh*

The Momo/Ryouma fics make me happy. The clue trout was finally picked up ^_^ Couldn't stop squeeing when Momo challenged Nanjiroh. What made it better was Nanjiroh being smart enough to realise what was going one. Then again I always got the feeling that Nanjiroh have always been smart about things, even outside of tennis.

But anyways, back to the Momo/Ryouma squee. They are so cute, Momo's comment about trusting someone beside Karupin made me giggle, and the normal-ness of everything even after they got together is just perfect.

And of course Inui, and Fuji. There are no words to express them, except I found it so heartwarming in a very EBIL way ^^ LOVE!

(and Ryouma's team is ahoot *laughs* Oh, the evil.)

[branchandroot]

*giggles* Yeah, Inui and Fuji decided they just had to torment Ochibi over this one.

*snugs* Normalness turns out to be awfully hard to write! Good to hear it came off well.

[anruik]

Love how Momo challenged Nanjiroh. Love when the clue trout swats at Ryouma over and over again until he figures it out. Loved it even more when the tennis club thought Ryouma's being swatted by said clue trout was him plotting some evil workout for the,.

But my favorite? Inui noticing and taking notes on it. XD

[branchandroot]

*grins* You have to admit, a distracted Ryouma must be an alarming thing for his team to see. *pets Oblivious Boy*

[lady-readwolf.livejournal.com]

Tee hee hee... I like this team you've put together for Ryoma... and I'm interested in knowing why Ryoma happily thought up for his team....^___^

woo hoo!

[issen4.livejournal.com]

Yes, Ryouma finally gets the clue!

I love how nicely he assimilates the idea, and implements the necessary declaration. And Inui and Fuji's reactions are fun.

Re: woo hoo!

[branchandroot]

^__^V

It's one of the things I love most about Ryouma, that he can be quite deep and smashingly straightforward at the same time.

[soloproject.livejournal.com]

*squees* Oh, it's pulling itself together so nicely! *.* I'm greedy for more. And the kiss...was hot. *__*

"Sagara, Tsunan..." --> HAHAHA. Look what I spotted. AND DOUBLES ONE *sneeeeeerrrku*

Ah...And I love Nanjirou here. <3

[branchandroot]

*snugs* I think this might be the end of the MomoRyo for now, though they'll come back into Mirror Writing later on, of course. Maybe one more introspective for Momo.

Three points for Bunny! I think you're the first one to notice my penchant for naming the doubles pairs. *grins* I thought for sure someone would notice when I did Yagami-Ishida.

[soloproject.livejournal.com]

Wahh...owari? ;o; Well, the muses will attack you again. I wait for the next part, no matter what pair it is, Em will get it! :DDDDDDDDDD

Hmph, I IGNORED that Yagami-Ishida. XDDDD LOL, kidding. XD I thought it was some private joke that shouldn't be commented on or something T^T...but I'm a total sucker for Sagara [and Tsunan] so whee~ comment-o~ *hugs her three points lovingly*

[lady-readwolf.livejournal.com]

{blank look}

Eh?

Yagami? Ishida? Sagara? Tsunan?

{frowns} Ishida *sounds* familiar... as does Sagara... but I figured you were either using other anime character names or voice actor names, no?

Curiosity killed the cat... good thing I'm a wolf.

[branchandroot]

*grins* Digimon 01-2: Yagami Taichi and Ishida Yamato (Tai and Matt in the dub). Rurouni Kenshin: Sagara Sanosuke and Tsunan Tsukioka (his buddy from the Sekihoutei). Now, if I need a name for a singles player, that I get from the seiyuu list.

[ladycrysiana.livejournal.com]

You named a doubles team Yagami-Ishida? And I MISSED it? *kicks self* And I love that pairing, too.

[branchandroot]

*snickers* It was a passing reference in Challenge, chapter two, I think. Purely for my own amusement.

Wouldn't they make a good doubles pair, though?

[ladycrysiana.livejournal.com]

Yes, I think so. Frighteningly so. But Taichi's a soccer head anyway. (And anime canon sucks towards the end there, but seeing as it whapped us upside the head with the wtfness in 02, there you go. I'm still convinced the writers did it to spite the fen.)

[lady-readwolf.livejournal.com]

*SQUEEEES*

♥ ♥ ♥ LOVE!!!! ♥ ♥ ♥

Okay, let me just take a moment to howl here--- An...and Sakuno! Oh, poor, poor Kamio! ^__^
And the fact that Ryoma would use another gay couple to base is *normal* standard upon? {giggles}

And then, oh, the *love* for Inui and Fuji! (and Tezuka, too---*hello* captain!) ♥ ♥ ♥

OH, gods, it's Wednesday... thank goodness! *someone* keep me focused and in front of the tv at 6pm, huh? That's only, what? another four and a half hours away?

Gods, I love this fandom, and you're one of the wonderful reasons why.... ^___^ Your characterizations make me fall in love all over agian!

Much love showered upon you with offers of some of the Mother See's chocolate I brought back with me from California, kay? Unless you want something else....

[branchandroot]

*drools* Chocolate...

I was actually going to give Kamio to An, in this arc, but she up and decided Sakuno needed her more. Hard to argue with that. At this rate I'm going to have to write a story for them, which I had meant to let Em take care of.

*bouncbounce* new ep, new ep, oh, hey, maybe I should post the AtoSana in honor. ^____^

[ladycrysiana.livejournal.com]

*hearts you* Oh, and the FujiandInui torture...it's so wonderful. I'd comment more, but I'm rather incoherent.

[branchandroot]

Incoherent is good! *heartsback*

[arashi-neko.livejournal.com]

*convulses in chair, clutching stomach*
Oh... my..... god.... Ryoma's reaction..... And finally getting a clue, a good clue...

Oh, Fuji and Inui are Teh EBIL plotting pair in PoT. The reaction of Ryoma's senpais, though.. wonder how long he was oblivious? Must have been blindingly noticeable to everyone else who knew them well enough.

[branchandroot]

*grins* Ebil is fun, oh yes. I figure it must have been obvious to the rest of them for several months, at the least.

Ryouma with a clue is a dangerous thing...

*hearts*

[arashi-neko.livejournal.com]

Ryoma with a clue is definitely dangerous. Especially considering how dangerous he is before he gets a clue.

Nanjirou is lucky Ryoma didn't turn out worse than he did, though, considering how he brought him up. *growls*

[written-in-blue.livejournal.com]

SQUEE! Protective-Momo! Clue Trout! Fuji and Inui evil! Momo vs Nanjirou! SQUEE!

And even smut! [dances for joy]

[branchandroot]

*loves* I had fun with this one. Especially Protective-Momo. ^_^

*Eeeppp!*

[meph-kurama.livejournal.com]

I love Momo...

Just wanted to mention that.

Aside from that I love the way you described Momo's concentration during his match with Ryouma's father. And Ryouma's thought process was very amusing... (especially his team's reaction to him while he was thinking things through!!)

Thank you!

Re: *Eeeppp!*

[branchandroot]

*huggles* Momo is Love. Man, I'm such a sucker for the purple eyes.

[chzbrgr-of-doom.livejournal.com]

ah, that was priceless.

[branchandroot]

*two thumbs up* Ryouma's fun to write when he gets all flustered. ^_^

[absenceofmind.livejournal.com]

i never know what to make of these things, whether the "hey i'm gay and in love with my best friend" thing should be glossed over or angsted over, and having come to no scientific conclusion, i just like smut. so. again, thanks for a fun read. and yay for the clue trout!

[branchandroot]

You're exceedingly welcome!

It is a hard question, and every ficcer has to decide for herself, but I know enough about the shape of homosexuality in Japan to know I don't know enough to write it realistically. So, since anything I write will be unrealistic, I pick the unrealism that I like best and have all characters not turning a hair over the gender of their object of desire. It makes more room for them to angst over character issues *grins*.

Besides, who needs realism, when we're writing about a show where the boys apparently all have antigravity devices in their shoes? ^_-

*tries to remember* Was it you who did the bit with the Yaoi Fairy? I died laughing over that; it was so perfect.

[absenceofmind.livejournal.com]

ahaha, yes, i am the guilty party XD and for real, the anti-grav thing and the mortal kombat moves???

this last anipuri episode totally tipped it over the edge for me. i just could. not. stop. laughing. exploding balls? lines of fire? and it was sooooo ridiculous to see cassidy looping his lasso--i mean, tennis racket. and um. japanese ppl have this weird obsession with cowboys, much the way americans think of samurais. but d00d, NOBODY dresses like that even on a dude ranch. and when it showed the screenshot of them jumping like fifty feet into the air--*chokes with laughter*

so yes. we've agreed to abandon realism (and HE started it!) so why shouldn't we have fun? ^^ more room for pr0n AND angst is always good. *adores you for writing plenty of both, especially with happy endings*

[lady-mari-chan.livejournal.com]

Enjoying the story very much, please continue writing.

BTW: What would a clue trout look like anyway? ^_^

[branchandroot]

Thank you, that's always good to hear!

*scratches head* Actually trout-shaped, I think. When Lys first mentioned it, it was something about someone being smacked by "the wet trout of get-a-clue". *grins*

[lady-mari-chan.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, I could use a clue trout for the people I work with. LOL

You can thank Lady_Readwolf for getting me into your stories. I'm sure she's smiling in Japan right now, seeing as how our last few conversations have been about this arc.

Can I have permission to list you as a friend?

[branchandroot]

Please feel free!

Ah, so you're the one Andrea was saying she was doing so well with corrupting? ^__^

[lady-mari-chan.livejournal.com]

Yes, tis I. I have been corrupted by PoT, and I am loving it. LOL

[flamesword.livejournal.com]

heeee! Momo playing Nanjiroh! ♥ and Ryoma with a clue! ♥♥ and smut! yummy, yummy, very hot kiss. ♥♥♥ And Fuji being, well, Fuji... ♥♥♥♥♥ I love you. ^_____^

[branchandroot]

*heartsback* I think this one was the most fun to write; well, except for Karupin punching Momo, which had me giggling over my keyboard. Ryouma with a clue is a dangerous thing, oh, yes.