Corrida

[astrangestorm]

Title: Corrida
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: Matsumoto Jun/Sakurai Sho
Summary: The matador is swift and precise, dodging the charging horns. Even from across the ring, Sho can see the determination on the young man’s face.
Notes/Warnings: An AU request from miquilis who asked for Jun as a matador. Set in Madrid, late 1936 (beginning days of the

Comments

[darkilk]

Took a break from the last two weeks of pounding my head for Final Project submission and this just blew me away. The ray of light in the midst of despair. It was bleak, yet the unrelenting fight to push on just was so well-painted. God Jaime, what can I say about your writing that you don't already know? :) :)

A+++++++ to infinity! :) :)

[darkilk]

Oohh... first! Just wanted to add one more thing. It always sends a tingle up my spine when I see you've updated. I just KNOW I'm in for another ride: angst, comedy, action... you know no bounds! :) :)

[astrangerenters]

All I can say is 'be careful' when you post things like 'First' - it is one of my biggest pet peeves and I get very 'comment delete' trigger happy when I see that stuff ;)

Otherwise thank you very much :)

[darkilk]

Oops! Sorry. *silly alien swears never to repeat the behaviour* Will a fervent prayer to the powers-that-be to order a Sakumoto An-An shoot suffice to restore me to good graces?

[katmillia]

But you know I like the AU ♥ Why is Jun as a matador still hot? Why am I now thinking about our proposed Umbrella song PV?!

WHY IS THIS PAIRING SO HOT?!

A++ would read again

Boy this is the most disjointed comment in the history of ever, I am really out of it tonight lol.

[astrangerenters]

Jun as a matador is hot probs because the pants are so tight.

[miquilis]

nvnkjsnvlamjlvna I haven't read it yet but I'm freaking out because my matadors dreams have come true!!
edit*
yay!! sparkles! blood! historical settings! civil war! angst! slightly intoxicated sakumoto sexy times! suspenders!

why are these all things that make me ridiculous happy?!

Thank you for writing this! I may have taken my obsession with Jun in Matador themed tour costumes too seriously but I'm glad I did if it means awesome fic gets written ^^ I do sort of hate Matadors (for animal cruelty reasons of course) but I've always been slightly fascinated with them and the culture around them. I really loved the way you did the characters and didn't idolize the violence but the talent it takes to do it.

Anyway, I loved it, just tell me they didn't die. TELL ME OR I"LL CRY!!!

[astrangerenters]

I HAVE A SUSPENDERS KINK I AM SORRY

The original idea for this was the Madonna Take a Bow video. And then I kind of went in an entirely different direction >.<

I will just not mention how many school teachers were killed under Franco (plenty of folks fled the country LOL)

[miquilis]

SUSPENDERS KINKS ARE ENCOURAGED - THERE IS NO NEED TO APOLAGISE!!

In my strange Sakumoto/Matador fantasy Take a Bow was definitely a heavy influence but I much prefer this <333

It's times like this I'm glad I didn't pursue my dreams of studying modern European history and that I have a memory like a sieve and have since forgotten most of what I had learned so I can live in blissful denial. I'm pretty sure they rode happily ever after into the sunset and the bull miraculously recovered and came with.

[astrangerenters]

Haha, well I have a history degree (doesn't mean I know anything). My first concentration was ancient/medieval Europe and my second concentration was modern Europe. So um. Yeah, if you haven't noticed that when I go AU, I go Europe a lot (I only took a few Japanese history courses, so my knowledge is limited even though those AU would make far more sense, right?)

[hiro_chan]

*siiiighs*

really. what is there left for me to say about your fic that haven't been said over and over again by the others?

gorgeous AU as per usual, Jamie. we're lucky that you and Katy are in sakumoto fandom <3333.

[darkilk]

Complete second that setiment. Thank God for Jaime and Katy. Aren't that many sakumoto writers in the first place, and even fewer that make me want to immerse myself 100% in the worlds they create, ESPECIALLY the AU ones! :) :)

[astrangerenters]

YOU PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GIVE ME A BIG HEAD HERE

But thank you :)

[kiephra]

Historical Au is <3 and so is sakumoto! This was great :D I can totally imagine Jun in a matador outfit... they need to have concert costumes like that! :P

[astrangerenters]

Historical AU is my happy place, what can I say? :)

Thank you!