PoT: Standalone: The Quality of Mercy

[branchandroot]

Fic post from my archive.

The Quality of Mercy

Yukimura's reaction to his team's behavior during his absence. Drama, I-3

"Too many of those games were sloppy, and too many were aimed at cheap victories that were unworthy of you. We are Rikkai. We are the best." His eyes narrowed. "We don't need to win by default. Ever."

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[lawnmower-elf.livejournal.com]

Your Sanada. My god. The way you so captured him, right there, on the receiving end of the rebuke...

The ebb and flow of emotions between the team members and their captain was also beautiful - all that in such a short scene, in just a short conversation.

**holds you in awe**

[branchandroot]

*blushing* Thank you!

Really, this one was mostly about trying to work out some of the more complex bits that I see in Sanada's character, and in Yukimura's. Great to know it worked out. *pleased*

[lawnmower-elf.livejournal.com]

**suddenly recognizes the name**
Ahh!!
You're the one who did the Rikkai "Challenge" arc, and the beautiful Seigaku ones, and the Tennis Sanctuary drabbles, and the wonderful FMA ones...!!!

Have you any idea how legendary you are? (I apologize for my utter lack of incoherency here, because MY GOODNESS it's YOU, isn't it?)

It's odd how Yukimura comes across (to me) more like the lens through which we get insight into Kirihara and Sanada, and less so into Yukimura himself. Your Sanada is amazing, and so was that essay you did on him (manga!Sanada is canon for me; the anime sometimes just doesn't mesh...). And it's luverly that you're ficcing in Tenipuri again! (now that I realize who you are... <.< )

**shock**
Ahh!!

[branchandroot]

*blushing fit to fry an egg on her face* Yeah, that would be me. #^_^#

*thoughtful* It's true, this story reveals Kirihara and Sanada more directly than it does Yukimura. His action and understanding makes the... frame, perhaps, for their responses to him. Which makes a certain amount of sense, since the relationships between them were the central idea. Glad you liked the essay, too!

*grins* And you can mostly blame Lynn for this line of stories. She keeps bringing up these ideas, and they morph into plot-bunnies and latch onto my ankle. Every time I think some other show has wrested my soul out of Rikkai's clutches, the muses just have to go and prove me wrong...

[lawnmower-elf.livejournal.com]

Hmm...so it's peer pressure that's providing the inspiration? XD
(Don't worry. Once Tenipuri has latched onto your soul, it's Tenipuri's. Forever.)

...I love all of your fics (that Petshop of Horrors one was immensely interesting and original). May I friend you? Just so I can keep up with your torrents of brilliance...

[branchandroot]

*laughing* Not sure if it's peer pressure, so much as pure exposure.

And please feel free! The personal journal is where all the essays and disconnected fan-thoughts live, if you like those, too. *nips off to friend you*