Gravitation Fic, The Lovecats, NC17

[despina_moon]

Title: The Lovecats
Author: despina_moon
Warnings: NC17 *not* worksafe!
Pairing(s): Eiri and Shuichi
Summary: After one of Shuichi's tours, Eiri is looking forward to their reunion.

Written for kispexi2 at the springfluff community.

Prompt: It would make me inordinately happy if someone would write me a Gravitation fic featuring Eiri and Shuichi. I'm an old-fashioned kind

Comments

[lawless523]

I left you a review on Gurabite and was going to send you a message as well, but this can serve the same purpose.

The comment of soliandxpyne that it would be harder to characterize a pair from a series that is all over the place is an interesting one. While I'm not sure I'd agree that they're "all over the place" - they seem to me to travel in distinct paths and to have distinct personalities - it's that very variability that most attracts me to Gravitation. You can write these guys slightly differently, or at different times in their life, or in different situations. It's not just static. And that's for those of us who write Eiri and Shuichi as main characters, not the others. Just imagine how much more freedom you have when dealing with the other characters!

I also loved the Shuichi spanking. Eiri might have picked up on an unknown kink of Shuichi's (although isn't that a pretty common one? Surprised Eiri hadn't figured it out before then); I found that part extremely hot, so does that mean you picked up on your readers' kinks?

I am envious of your ability to write IC and hot but not embarrassing smut. Maybe my writing style is too coy. Or maybe I'm not patient enough - I think Eiri's gruffness and the way he keeps Shuichi at bay is hard for me to write - I like to think they've gotten over that but it's probably not a way to make a fic hot. On the other hand I have no problem writing him as grouchy and irritable, probably because I have more than enough experience with it, being grouchy and irritable myself!

I also loved that you had Eiri saying Shuichi's name prompting a love confession on Shuichi's part. I have a really neat idea for a way for Eiri to tell Shuichi he loves him without having to say it (shh, it's a secret) but this is a good way to convey the same thought. We know how meaningful it is in Japanese society to use someone else's first name and how much it means to Shuichi, accustomed as he is to being called "brat", "moron", "idiot", etc.

Anyway, great job and welcome back to writing Gravi fanfic! To me it doesn't seem like you've been gone as long as it may seem to others because I whiled away some of my early fanfic reading days devouring all of your series fics. I just noticed one one-shot or short one of your I don't think I read - will go read it soon.

[despina_moon]

Haha smut. I still can't talk about it. I freak out when I get my stories back from beta and there is a forced discussion about sex. Speaking about it in person causes a panic attack for me.

I've pushed the boundaries every chance I've gotten, but I haven't completely freaked anyone out yet. Although that Rules story almost did it...

I hope to dust off my Kyosuke fic now, too. Gravi's been very comfortable for me recently so I might just continue. XD

The other one-shot? Oh, I think that's the Nittle Grasper one. I love Tohma. XD

Thank you for reading and all your great comments.

[lawless523]

You're welcome!

I also adore Eiri's gorgeous, snarky, f'd up ass and the way you write him. He's what attracted me to Gravitation to begin with. I'm planning (hoping?) to write a fic about Eiri's past and future and finally explain the f'd up ass to the point where people find it possible to understand what motivates him. Tall order, I know.

I just saw some of the anime and while it wasn't as bad as I thought it might be, I'll still take the manga any day over it even if it does have music. I'm not sure I'd be able to stand the Shuichi in the anime.

Considering the amount of smut you write, I'm a little surprised at your dislike for the doujinshi, but much of it is pure fanservice and her style is so graphic as to be clinical, not erotic. I find the mainstream stuff more erotic - she draws kisses very well, IMO. Whatever we think of her (and my opinion of her hasn't been soured the way many others have, maybe in part because I feel like I could have written her sidebars), she created these wonderful characters and their world, for which all of us fans are grateful.

[lawless523]

Sorry to continually spam your comments.

I sent you a message about the Nittle Grasper oneshot - "Solidarity", I think it's called? (I have a horrible memory for titles. And to me, that's the name of a Jefferson Airplane song.)

And the writer person I beta for, KusoGaki, and I would both be very happy if you continued "Slices of Life"! Although ... is "Come What May" finished? If it is, that's fine, because we've got our happy ending already, but wasn't there supposed to be more in the way of a press conference and public sex (I seem to remember it having something to do with a bet - it's been awhile since I read that one).