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Sep 09, 2009 18:12

Oh my heavens, over eight thousand five hundred comments in the last post alone. I feel so tardy and yet I briefly felt compelled to wait until we had over nine thousand, hoohoo~! Oh, even the oldest of memes gets a rise out of my... big and manly heart.

SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI: PERSONA 4 KINK MEME
PART FOURTo beat the dead horse (or beat off the ( Read more... )

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anonymous September 10 2009, 05:08:58 UTC
Anons, I give you the title of an Aoi Hana manga chapter that I keep trying to sneak in, but have failed to incorporate into anything I've written.

The title is "Faster Than Love."

Anon wants to see what comes to mind when you see it.

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Some drabbles heading your way! anonymous October 14 2009, 13:51:12 UTC
There are things in this world which flew faster than love; everybody knows them intimately, albeit in subtly different fashions…

Death
Morooka Kinshiro had always been a little lonely. That did not come as a surprise to him; what surprised him was the fact that he couldn't suppress the small, irritating spike of bitterness in his chest. He could still remember the day in Junior High, when he, still young and hopeful then, heard something that he wasn't supposed to.
"That idiot Morooka? Eww! Please tell me you're joking, Ami!"
"No joke! I, like, saw him with an envelope with your name on!"
"God that's so creepy."
"Who does he think he is? He's so ugly!"
"Yeah, it should be a crime for him to go out with anyone!"
"Gosh! I totally agree!"He wasn't the handsomest boy, nor was he a quiet, sensitive soul, but that was fine, right? Mother always did say "be true to yourself" when she was around, and he was a good boy who listened to his mother. That night, with frost in his heart, he burned the letter and scattered the ashes across the ( ... )

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anonymous October 14 2009, 13:51:40 UTC
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Seta Souji cooks very well. Seta Souji is a star athlete. Seta Souji is good with his hands. Seta Souji is far more mature then his peers. Seta Souji is always at the top of his class; he intelligent and his answers rarely incorrect.

Seta Souji was almost perfect.

Fact is, Souji doesn't try very hard to make friends, not since his fourth year of elementary school. The reality of his parents' job kept illusions such as lasting friendships and romantic interests at bay. There is no point in trying to maintain bonds that has an expiry date of a few months, after all. He is a practiced drifter; there is no place on this world where he calls home.

Then came the sleepy little town of Inaba. Or rather, he went to it, while his parents sailed overseas; money is always needed, and there would only be more expenses spent if he left Japan with them (and despite the fact that he has no rooted home, he still wasn't ready to leave the only place he had known). He had resigned himself to the fate of living with, but not knowing the ( ... )

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Stupid typo, sorry anonymous October 14 2009, 14:14:27 UTC
That'll teach me to not proof read...

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Not OP anonymous October 15 2009, 16:02:09 UTC
I really like these, anon. Shedding some characterization on Morooka, showing the hate that Risette would receive, and the one about Souji was great too. I got that impression about him from reading the P4 manga.

I'd love to see more, keep it up!

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Writer anonymous October 17 2009, 05:41:36 UTC
Thanks for the encouragement! I was kinda worried about Morooka's section since I made a lot of stuff up with no basis in canon to draw on.

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anonymous December 1 2009, 22:41:19 UTC
I actually really liked the Morooka one too. I don't like him, I've never liked him, but that drabble made me really feel for him.

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2/? anonymous October 17 2009, 05:47:01 UTC
Desperation
When she was younger, her mother loved to cook, and Ai enjoyed good food; that was back when things always worked themselves out naturally. She gave love, was loved in return and that was good enough.

Junior High was when it all changed. It was the first time Ai found out there are unspoken standards in the world, and she’s not up to it. (Piggyhara, Piggyhara sings the cute, skinny girls in her class; Ai has no choice but to listen to their sneers, spine curling and turns her face away to hide the tears.She spent those days by herself, drifting in and out but never escaping the taunts. Everyone joined in; girls snicker behind her back where she could see them; boys fling slurs about her figure in her face; even teachers slide their gaze off her like water off the ugly duckling’s back ( ... )

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3/3 anonymous November 4 2009, 07:07:36 UTC
Despair
Mayumi is gone because of him. Because he hadn’t acted to save her, was too stupid to move and protect her. It was his fault.
Her shows were cancelled, her name spat on and dragged into the dirt. Mayumi was crying, eyes red and voice raw. That was his fault too.
Even then, she still loved him. And how did he repay her?
(I’m sorry, Mayumi.
But ‘sorry’ would never be enough...)
He should have known he didn’t deserve her.
All his fault.

He’ll make sure no one else will feel his grief ever again. He will save them all; from pain, from guilt, from death.
The girl was smiling in the TV; she looked so happy in there, unlike Mayumi who had screamed and begged and cried. Amagi was happy in there, safe, peals of laughter tinkling like silver bells of future weddings reserved for a time when the scandal died down.
Alive.
(I’m sorry, Mayumi.
I didn’t save you…)
He will atone for his sin. Here and thereafter.
He will.

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Re: 3/3 anonymous November 4 2009, 08:31:03 UTC
Uuuuh, anon, I loved it! Minor characters clearly deserve more love and you did them justice. ♥ My favorite parts were Ai, Kashiwagi and Souji's. Really great job, hope to read more from you!

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Writer Anon anonymous November 14 2009, 03:59:46 UTC
Thanks for the encouragement! I'm very pleased to hear that you liked the Souji one, as it's one of the harder ones for me (I think I re-wrote that one the most). Kashiwagi's and Morooka's were interesting for me to write - I think even though there wasn't a social link with any of the teachers, they clearly have unresolved issues and it's fun to imagine what made them that way (Kashiwagi is still good looking, despite being "on the wrong side of forty", so what made her a)not married and b)so desperate?) I'm quite pleased with the piece on Ai too (In fact, I think her bit was one of my favorites as well).

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Re: Writer Anon anonymous December 1 2009, 22:46:02 UTC
Oh man, Morooka had so many issues. I liked the one for Kashiwagi too, because I agree with you, she's really not that bad-looking a woman, and I was really fond of the Namatame one. Again, characters I didn't particularly care for in the game (I'm the anon who liked the Morooka drabble despite not liking him!), so I think you've at least got something there, to make me react that way!

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4.1/3 anonymous January 29 2010, 10:49:05 UTC
lol, I know this was supposed to be finished, but I've been struck by inspiration...

Determination
Three years, five months and twenty-one days (thirteen-hours-and-forty-eight-minutes) ago, Dojima Chisato was killed in a hit-and-run incident. Dojima Ryōtaro had lost a wife and Dojima Nanako a mother on that sunny day.

They get by, although sometimes (only all the time) Ryōtaro comes home late, wearing the scent of cigarette smoke and alcohol like an expensive cologne and bleeding frustration all over the floors.
A manila folder is hidden in the drawer of his desk. He takes it out when he thinks no one is watching.

Sightings of a white sedan crowd the front. Newspaper clippings dated with 11th June 2008 clamor in the middle. Chisato sits quietly at the back.
Sometimes he feels her eyes burning into his skull when he wants to give up, after another late night with a sake bottle, out of grief and out of leads ( ... )

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4.2/3 anonymous January 29 2010, 10:57:25 UTC
DesiderationOhtani Hanako wants a great many things ( ... )

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Re: 4.2/3 anonymous January 31 2010, 00:18:55 UTC
These are all really well written, and your embellishments are interesting while still fitting the characters as they were in the game. Good job!

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Re: 4.2/3 anonymous February 1 2010, 09:57:49 UTC
Thanks for reading! I'm trying to explore the character's motivations/reasons for acting as they do, so I'm pleased you find it interesting but not OOC. I'm just naurally curious about minor characters, I guess...

Honestly, I felt kinda bad for Izanami, after I've done the research. Izanagi was an ass to her. (This didn't make it in the story, but apparently Susanoo threw a tantrum in order to get his father to banish him to Haha no Kuni, where Izanami had lived before she was trapped in Yomi, because he wanted to be closer to his (non-biological) mother. That boy's an asshole to his sister, but sweet in his own way, I guess.)

I was disappointed to learn that Hanako isn't a S.Link in the game; she's just supposed to be a mean fat girl who's BFFs with a slutty teacher. It's pretty ironic, considering the theme of the game is to 'pursue your true self and look beyond the surface'. And while we're on topic, I actually wanted a teacher S.Link - a Morooka S.Link would be glorious.

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