PoT: Swallow the Moon: Touch and Go

[branchandroot]

Fic post from my archive.

Touch And Go

Kirihara's relationship to Sanada and his temper. Drama, I-3

The first time wasn't really a surprise. Even one summer of observation was enough to tell anyone that Sanada-senpai had no sense of humor.

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[fromastudio]

*is almost speechless*

Just - love, that's all. I think this is the Sanada-Kirihara fic I've been looking for since reading the Fuji-Kirihara match in manga. The strange juxtaposition and violence in their relationship - oh, oh oh!

no. 6. the way you reinterpreted that canon scene, painted it in a new light. just fantastic.

[branchandroot]

*pleased* When I write these guys, lately, I find myself wondering what you'll think of it. *happy smile*

And it is strange, isn't it? There are some fairly clear gestures of... well, nurturing, if that isn't an absurd word to use for it, in their relationship. But they run alongside of the casual pummeling and that not-so-casual whack. It piques my curiosity.

*grins* Especially since it's clear Akaya can be a little smart-ass when he feels like it.

[fromastudio]

alas! I do not even think I am capable of being unbiased where your Rikkai is concerned. the squee reflex just comes on.

with an attempt at sane conversation. This one is my favourite of the three. but then I'm always biased because Kirihara! and I adore it when people draw out the more interesting parts of his personality and interactions. and your way of making reference to canon always gets me.

i love how he uses the same joke on Sanada that he uses on Tezuka, later!

ahh, I have theories about how Sanada calls Yukimura by surname, and his inability to cope with affection, like how it bursts out at random intervals? like when Kirihara reaches SOSA and he shouts out encouragement; or when Yukimura is being in the hospital and he rashly makes that promise? and it's all very teenage guy and stoicism and repressed warmth (possibly redirected into violence? but should stop speculating and do homework. yes.

the Sanada piece, a close second. just because the shaping of Sanada's thoughts into iaido-metaphor is just one of the best ideas ever. And *looks at recent scribblings* I think I've nicked your ephemeral Echizen for my own purposes. Actually, I copy a lot of your ideas shamelessly, so alas.

the third piece is gorgeous too, love it to pieces. this would be so the one I'd direct people to if they didn't have the stamina for Challenge and I INSISTED they had to have a look at your Yukimura.

[branchandroot]

*now blushing extensively*

But yes! Kirihara is love. He's definitely the muse who's gotten the most page-time out of me.

*giggling* And doesn't it just make sense that he would try the same tactics on Tezuka that have worked on Sanada?

*interested humming noises* I definitely think there's something to the idea that Sanada's passions tend to get away from him every now and then, no matter how sternly he tries to control them. It seems to me like those outbreaks have about an equal chance of flowing into caring or violence. As though he tries so hard to restrain it either way that the impulses bounce around until which way they come out is something close to random.

*wry* And feel free to borrow bits. That was how my Roy-muse wound up a coffee addict, after all, and that always seemed to work out well.

[lady-readwolf.livejournal.com]

last line --- why do I just feel like squeeing "too cute" when this fic really *shouldn't* be cute? But it is...
[sighs] I'm a lost cause, I think, for Rikkaidai.

[branchandroot]

*beams* Thank you, dear.

*buffs up recruitment badge*

[written-in-blue.livejournal.com]

*bounces, really, quite a lot*

The elf deserves all the attention he can get, bless him. And this is lovely (even if the circle-affirming violence still bothers me).

*squints at the arc title* Swallow the moon, eh? Anything to do with chasing the sun and the moon and eclipses?

[branchandroot]

*grins* Thanks, hon.

And, yeah, it makes me twitch, too. But it's the best theory to fit the evidence I've come up with yet. *sighs*

Not eclipses; it's more obscure than that. ^_^; Dragons, actually. I considered 'pearl' instead of 'moon', except that has another set of associations I wanted to not invoke. >_>

[written-in-blue.livejournal.com]

So I've noticed. *scowls at Google* Obscure indeed. I'm having trouble figuring out which words I need to plug in. All I'm turning up is variations of Rahu.

[love]

I think I read this before and forgot to comment. *squee* Wibbly!

[branchandroot]

*grins* Thank you!