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Fic post from my archive.

Polarization: Part Three

Watari finally succeeds in becoming a woman, and Tatsumi finally finds out why he wanted to so badly. And why Enma is so upset about it. Drama with Romance and Porn, I-4

He suspected he'd get a lot worse than a docked paycheck if he was found out, but the tightness around Watari's eyes and the tension of her mouth were more than he could ignore. He liked most of his co-workers, even when they were being idiots or breaking expensive things, but Watari...

Watari was the only one who laughed at him.

Date: 2007-05-30 10:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lady-readwolf.livejournal.com
>.< Damn. I'm going to have to hunt up the manga in order to understand this arc, aren't I?
I've seen the OVAs. Tatsumi is the guy with glasses, right? Tsuzuki's friend? And, of course, I remember Watari. :)

Date: 2007-05-30 10:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] meph-kurama.livejournal.com
I love your Watari and Tatsumi! So lovely! And you're last line makes my heart melt!

Thank you for sharing this!
meph

Date: 2007-05-31 12:29 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] written-in-blue.livejournal.com
Damn, damn, damn, Watari has balls. Even if she doesn't anymore.

*amused* And the bit about Watari's humor rubbing off on Tatsumi? Priceless.

*melts over the last line*

Date: 2007-05-31 01:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 7veilsphaedra.livejournal.com
This is such an interesting story. The interaction between Watari and Enma reminds me of the myth of Hercules and Atlas, if Hercules were a transexual shinigami from Kyoto. Yay!

"Not in your lab," almost sounds like "not on your life" --- for good reason. Tatsumi is the essence of cautiousness.

Good work!

Date: 2007-05-31 06:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] giving-ground.livejournal.com
Mmm. Still loving Watari here. :)

Date: 2007-06-01 01:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cutter-tekka.livejournal.com
Whew, I'm glad I came back this morning to read Part 3 and see how all of this shook out! Honestly, more than the porn or the romance or any of the rest of it, I found your explanation of the Golden Bird and the motivation behind Watari's experiments captivating. I mean, with Watari, you never know--he could have been experimenting with sex-switching potions because he had some greater goal in mind, or he could have been doing it just because it seemed cool. But tying the two together to create a workable answer to one of YnM's unresolved questions is truly satisfying to read and, I'm sure, to write. I really liked that.

Also, this line made me unspeakably happy (as well as grounding me more firmly in the story): "The difference may not actually be quantifiable. How curious." So very Watari. I heart. <3 ("Yutako" also sounds very much like something the Enma-cho gang would come up with.)

As porn, though, I'm not sure I got into it as much as I often do your porn, at least not until the unquantifiable difference. And I asked myself why that was: it shouldn't be the heterosexual nature of it, because I can pretty happily read porn of all stripes. What I think it was for me--which is not to say anything was "wrong"; I just offer my conclusion in case it is useful to you--is that it has rather less lead-in than many of your other sex scenes. I think I was expecting a little more from Tatsumi's end first. It wasn't hard for me to see him sleeping with Yutako, but it was hard for me to see him doing it without a touch more visible deliberation. Yes, he has the confidence, and perhaps the question of whether a sexual encounter/relationship would unduly upset office politics might not be such a major issue (though would it affect his image?), but Tatsumi's always seemed rather more of a deliberator to me; someone who comes to your answer but has quickly run through the other possibilities in his mind first. This might just be my spin on him, though. Then I thought, well, maybe he agreed with so little explanation because he's always rather wanted to sleep with Watari anyway. Which totally works for me too, but in that case it would've been kind of touching to see Watari figure that out about him and confront him with it.

But I also need to tell you what gave me 100% satisfaction: "Well, I mean," she waved her hands as if to shape an answer out of the air. "It might reverse. Or it might not. That part isn't vital to the experiment!"

Seriously, my little Cutter heart was filled with joy when I read that. I could hardly read the rest of the chapter because I was just laughing too hard! Oh Watari, how I love you. <3

Date: 2007-06-02 01:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cutter-tekka.livejournal.com
You're welcome as always. ^^

I can certainly see where you're coming from with Tatsumi being "reticent in his own head," now that you mention it. And I also may get part of my deliberation thing from the fact that he can clearly and coherently explain NOW why he had to leave Tsuzuki THEN--but that doesn't mean his reasoning processes weren't very quiet at the time...maybe like a computer in which the emotional processes are running in the background? And the company budget is the program that's running in the front. [laughs]

Date: 2007-06-03 04:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cutter-tekka.livejournal.com
Oh, Tatsumi would so totally be "courtly." ^^ Yes, raw emotion + Tatsumi = failure. I'm not sure why I didn't integrate that knowledge more into my reading experience, either. But that must be why Watari makes so much sense as a partner for Tatsumi, since Watari's got a very good handle on his emotionality (unlike the rest of the office) and isn't threatening in that way.

Okay, I'm stopping now; it's just an interesting train of thought. ^^

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