Saiunkoku: The Age of Silver: Paper Dust

[branchandroot]

Fic post from my archive.

Paper Dust

Seien sneeks a look in on Ryuuki and gets a lesson from Shouka into the bargain. Drama, I-3

The Archives were the only place he dared try to catch a glimpse of his brother.

Comments

[majochan.livejournal.com]

Huzzah for more writage!

An excellent piece to show how Seien's selfishness can be translated into apparent selflessness. To protect the country so that Ryuuki and Shuurei can be safe would be a great reason for him to actually work toward being a good emperor.

And Ryuuki is utterly adorable. How can his other brothers and mother be so evil? *hiss*

Majo

[branchandroot]

Thank you! I'm pretty well convinced that Seien has little sense of political or imperial duty, certainly not after his lost year; it all seems to be down to personal emotions, for him. He binds astonishingly tightly, when he does at all, and those people are the only ones that matter. He can agree, in the abstract, that good leaders are neccessary, but to actually get him to sacrifice himself, basically, to the kingdom, I /had/ to get him back in contact with Ryuuki.

He's such a stubborn muse!

[majochan.livejournal.com]

Yes...the fact he seems to have little personal ambition or motivation to do anything for himself comes across, and Thea-san and I have both spent happy hours pondering it (well, at least half an hour). You've dealt with it most wonderfully here.

Binding tightly, indeed. I think it's part of what makes him so interesting.^^ And the stubborness is cute too...

Majo

[grey-damaskena.livejournal.com]

And once again, Ryuuki controls the fate of Saiunkoku. Even when he's not directly in charge, somehow it all hinges on him.

. . . I might qualify for spamming at this point. Back to work with me . . .

[branchandroot]

*laughing* Hey, spam is good. Most of my flist aren't into Kokumono, so this is the only place I get much discussion.