PoT: Swallow the Moon: Zoology and Mythology

[branchandroot]

Fic post from my archive.

Zoology and Mythology

Some friendly bickering within the Rikkai team. Drama, I-2

They were all getting off the bus, stretching and exchanging dinner plans, when Masaharu heard Yanagi ask Kirihara, softly, "So which are you going to be, Akaya? A tiger cub, or the boy who swallowed a dragon pearl?"

Comments

[lawnmower-elf.livejournal.com]

...Very pretty. I love how the mythology is just woven into there (and Yanagi's input).

I completely agree with Yanagi being the turtle, although I probably would never have thought of that before. Not so much the tiger and dragon ones; maybe because that's what fandom already attributes to them? (or did you start that, you brilliant writer you) Yukimura I can see, Sanada I might have to disagree on...

I love Kirihara's idea of who/what he is. That was so him right there.

**piles love for the beautiful ficlet**

[branchandroot]

Thank you!

*considers* The Yukimura-dragon thing may trace back to me. The tiger, though... *grins* That's another Chinese legendry reference, which made it across to Japan as part of the martial arts traditions--the dragon and the tiger tend to be complementary opposites, and opponents.

The elf actually surprised me, on this one. I hadn't expected him to pick that way. *proud of him*