PoT: Mirror Writing: Long Exposure - Two

[branchandroot]

Fic post from my archive.

Long Exposure: Two

Fuji, slowly, learns how to be cared for; fortunately, Tachibana is patient. Drama with UST, I-3

"What?" his friend asked. "It's obvious that you never let your temper go unless someone provokes you intolerably. You certainly never lose it on your own behalf."

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stalking reaps many rewards...

[mildlyinsane.livejournal.com]

YAY! I stalketh and I reapeth rewards! ^_________^

fuwas at Tachibana who was respectively irritable, understanding, protective and cute. also, he cooks! *insert fangirl squeals here*.

random comment> is funny though. fuji is attracted to perfect people. or at least, near perfect people. *points to tezuka and tachibana* maybe because it's the genius thing, that makes being close to near-perfect, over-achieving people easier. near-perfect over-achievers being less likely to mutter and point at fuji and call him monster, after all. (eiji gets through to fuji through sheer exuberence, i think, and yuuta, yuuta is family.)

*sends you much rabu*

Re: stalking reaps many rewards...

[branchandroot]

*wallows in the rabu*

I agree. It would be difficult for Fuji to relate to people who weren't extremely talented in at least some of the same areas as he is. That's one of the things genius does to a person; he just can't understand a lot of common experiences that come from *having* to work at it. He needs someone who's brilliant. ...or else, someone like Eiji, who's just unstoppably bouncy and *and* has a mind like a knife.

These characters are just so much fun to write.

[hikariblue.livejournal.com]

MRFHSFM.
the UST. the goshdarned freaking UST. mrf!
... but then, it *is* rather in character. >>;

[branchandroot]

Yeah, I was kind of yelling at Fuji about that, last night. Evil creature. He just laughed, and repeated that it's fun to wach people suffer. He and Roy are really hitting it off.

[hikariblue.livejournal.com]

>>; I'd imagine so.

[written-in-blue.livejournal.com]

[purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr]

[branchandroot]

*grins and scratches Em behind the ears*

*murple*

[arete.livejournal.com]

hee... I like... but I'll like more when I actually get the chance to watch the series. Damn finals week!

Re: *murple*

[branchandroot]

Yesyesyes! You must watch! And be assimilated!

...*virtuously* after finals, of course.

Re: *murple*

[hikariblue.livejournal.com]

PoT and finals do should not mix.
Not that I let that stop me any, oh no. >>;
<- bad, terrible girl who watched 115 eps in just over a week. ._.;;

Re: *murple*

[love]

Beatcha. Started Thursday night, ended Sunday afternoon. With some breaks in between. :)

Re: *murple*

[hikariblue.livejournal.com]

holy god. o.o;
Now THAT'S a marathon.
If I didn't take breaks I'd fall asleep every five episodes, I'm sure. Not to mention not get classwork done. But still. wow.

Re: *murple*

[love]

Heh. Well, I didn't get any classwork done at all. Then again, I was sort of hitting bottom. Found out I was waitlisted for grad school for a really stupid reason (application was 3 hours late), and then did lots of soul-searching and "i don't know who I am" and stuff. Then I stumbled upon PoT and didn't stop.

[naanima.livejournal.com]

Oh gods, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!

The two of them were just perfect (I might even like them better than Tezuka/Atobe... just a little, little bit more. Honest).

You made Fuji HUMAN without falling into the trap of making him weepy, and you made me satisfied at Fuji's decision in letting go of tennis after playing for the current Seigaku team (well, Tezuka) without going for the whole 'I'm bored. The end'.

And Tachibana is just so wonderful. The type of man we would all like to have in our lives *sigh*

Also, loved the detail about Tachibana cooking dinner. How the boy was so thoughtful as to provide TWO different recipes. I LOVE!! &*huggles*

Okay, more of this couple! (or if you suddenly decide to write Inui... all appreciated).

[branchandroot]

Thank you, darling! Fuji is so hard to keep a grip on, and the inconsistency of canon where he's concerned doesn't help any. I mean, I'm used to mangaka having a better idea every other volume, and it's not as bad as, say, the Memory arc in YGO, but still.

The best part? The cooking is canon. I *love* this series, it gives me so much to work with.

*giggles* The curry is actually true to life; Anna had to make an emergency run for extra cocoanut milk before our poor, tender tongues could stand it. And we used chicken.

[love]

The cooking is canon!?!?!?!? What episode was that in, I missed that completely! :(

[branchandroot]

That's the mildly irritating part; it doesn't show up in any epiosde or chapter. It's part of the extra character info that shows up in the back every handful of volumes, or in character books. *rummages through links* Here, check this site out. http://x.seisatsu.net/index2.htm They translated some of the team info, including Seigaku and Fudoumine.

The mangaka gives us a *whole lot* of really interesting information very much on the side. It's kind of strange.

[love]

*checks pockets, under bed, behind radiator* Nope, no spare change. *sighs* And I've already told myself the DVDs come first.

[flamesword.livejournal.com]

So, here I am, with my long comments, lol. Anyway, was reading things out of order again tonight. I knew, when I started reading the Atobe/Tezuka storyline, that Fuji was with someone else (other than Tezuka, obviously--what do you think of that pairing, by the way?) in your little 'verse, but I couldn't remember who. It was a really odd pairing though, I thought.

So I went to look it up, tonight, and went omg wtf? Tachibana? ^____^ I was thrilled, but surprised. I guess there is some subtext in those eps after he gets hurt, but I haven't seen that far yet, so...it seemed really random to me. But I've always loved Fuji, and right now I have such a major Tachi fixation, you know I couldn't resist reading it immediately. ^_^ I didn't really think I would like the pairing all that much--I couldn't really see them together, even though I love them individually, I just didn't see any sparks there. So I figured I'd be pretty ambivalent about it, but I was curious as hell.

I got as far as the end of the second part here--the scene where they are talking about Yuuta, and I quote, from an IM conversation with a friend:
KiraSakuya720: oh well. damn.
KiraSakuya720: that just about does it, there.
KiraSakuya720: okay, she sold me. (Emily does that with frightening regularity... ^^;;) but. Tachi is so Tachi and Fuji is so Fuji and gah....it just works.

And it does. <3 I love the way Kippei just gets it, and says exactly the right thing--like he does--and it is so. cool. I *heart* them both so very much. ^_^ The dynamics here are perfect--I positively love that last scene, the almost but not quite acknowledgement, it's like yes~! So balanced. Like they both are. And wheee, like most of your fics, it leaves me all warm and fuzzy inside. ^____^ Much heartage. ♥♥♥

I shall have to read the last part later because it is SO damn late here, and I'm putting off the Mizuki arc for as long as possible, because omfg, teh ANGST. >< I love angst, but I hate Mizuki--though I have the sneaking suspicion that I might not after you're done with me. But. I will read it, eventually. And you may be sure, as well, that you are the only person I would trust to read it from. ^_~ I still don't promise to like it (Mizuki/Yuuta makes me go 'oh-dear-god-it-hurts-make-it-stop! ><;;), but we shall see. ^^<3

[branchandroot]

*sparkles* Thank you, my dear! I do love converting people; it gives me a nice warm feeling. ^_-

But, yeah, this pretty much came straight out of The Hospital Scenes, which are really adorable. And I love Tachibana to tiny, little pieces, and simply had to give him someone. And someone stable and protective would be so good for Fuji. *pets boys*

I'm going to have to start posting almost-AU warnings for my Mizuki, pretty soon, because the anime is hitting him up so hard for comic relief that his earlier characterization is altered quite a bit. The Mirror Writing stories were written when I still believed he had both a soul and a brain. And a psychotic complex, but that's what makes it fun... ^_^ Not too much angst, really. Just for a little while, anyway. I believe in Yuuta-with-a-spine, among other factors. *cheers and fangirls Yuuta*

Oh, and as for TezuFuji, I like it but it hasn't latched onto me all that hard. There's a TezuFuji bunny hopping about, but it's kind of shy and skittish. I think the pairing politics may scare it; I know they scare me. ^_^;

[flamesword.livejournal.com]

Yes! Little tiny pieces gooood. Good, good. ^____^ Right now Tachibana comes very close to being my favorite character on the show. It's hard for me to pick a favorite, but if I have one, he's it. And yes, see your point about Fuji. *nods* Good point. (Which is why I like him with Tezuka, but. Tachibana! so! cooool! *sparkles*) I really do have to see those eps...

My perception of Mizuki is based mostly on the Seigaku matches against St Rudolph...I haven't gotten yet to any of his later appearances. It's also colored by the fact that I love Fuji, and Fuji hates him. With good reason I think. You might have noticed I have a soft spot for protective older brothers. ^_~ I'm going to do an essay one of these days here soon on the similarities and differences between the Fuji brothers, the Kaibas, and the Elrics. I think that Syuusuke and Yuuta are less of a set than the others, though, simply because of the friction between them--for the others, the Kaibas in particular, you just don't get one without the other.

But that friction proves your point--Yuuta is independent and thinks for himself, and obviously has plenty of steel in him...anyone who goes head to head with Fuji the way he does has to have a spine and a half. But it's very clear, at least to me, that they do love each other a great deal. They do have a bond there, it's just a little bit different. Hmmm...I have a lot more to say about that but I have to go and it's really off topic besides, so! Later...

oh yes, I agree with you one hundred percent about the pairing politics. My god. I'm going to write Fudo fic where people don't care. XD But i think there are reasons why that pairing in particular is such a lightning rod...