and as they say: oh well what the hell

[ambientlight]

comment with a pairing, an angst&doom rating (scale of 1 to 5, 5 for ragnarok), and a single-word prompt* -- and i'll write you a valentine's day ficlet thingy. though not necessarily featuring valentine's day, of course

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[tarigwaemir]

Kyon/Haruhi, 3 (or at least as high as you can make it?), "radiation"

[ambientlight]

eheh, sorry about that -- made some mistakes. >_. not that this version is much improved. again, my apologies.

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White Day is next week, and there are a lot of things that don't bear thinking about. I don't just mean the creepy, 'platonic' (ha!) cards that Koizumi has handed out to the whole SOS Brigade, either. No -- depressingly enough, the fate of reality rests on my choice of romantic gifts this year.

(That's hardly an exaggeration, given what happened on Valentine's Day. I'll spare you the gory details. Suffice to say, it involved Asahina, an innocently-intended box of chocolates, and a record-breaking sulking fit by our dearest commander.)

So what, Kyon? you might ask. It hasn't been the end of the world yet. Why sound like the conflicted male lead in some sad, warped parody of a shoujo manga? Oh, you'd think it would be a simple matter of making up for Valentine's Day by doing the expected thing next week, but no. Haruhi, being Haruhi, might consider a box of chocolates an insult. Or consider me too boring and predictable

[tarigwaemir]

<3! I really do love your Kyon's narrator voice; it always matches perfectly with the series. It's also brilliant how you capture each of the characters in a few choice words--e.g. Koizumi with his platonic Valentine's cards. This was wonderful!

I think writing angst&doom for Suzumiya Haruhi is a pretty difficult endeavour (I think it was sub_divided who said that it's a surprisingly lighthearted series despite the existentialist premises), and I think this comes as close as one could possibly manage. ^_^

[ambientlight]

you are too kind! but thankyou. ^_^;; i have this terrible, uncontrollable need to give itsuki more screentime (so to speak) than he usually gets in canon, for which i apologise.

part of the reason i like kyon so much is how it's hard to make him angsty, really -- and part of the reason i like the series is how it manages to be cheerful but complex, i suppose! though i suspect that writing itsuki/kyon angst would be dangerously easy. hark the yaoi fangirls squeal, etc.

[sub_divided]

YOU ARE AWESOME. Kyon has no free will! Sadly, this is probably true.

I love your take on "radiation," it really works. Also: the line about being the lead in some warped shoujo manga, Haruhi's great white shark smile. This is great.

[ambientlight]

eheh, thanks! for pointing out the bits you liked, too. ^_^;; i prefer to think that kyon is actually the one with world-changing powerz somehow immune to haruhi's abilities, but still.