Fic: Retrograde, Rei/Minako, PG (1/1)

Apr 23, 2009 23:28

Title: Retrograde -1/1
Pairing: Rei/Minako
Rating: PG
Summary: Minako struggles with the realities of her resurrection.
Warning(s): Spoilers through the end of the series
Disclaimer: This story was written purely for personal enjoyment and generates no profit. Don’t sue me, please. That would be mean.
Notes: Did I seriously just write PGSM angst? ( Read more... )

fanfiction, rei/minako, pgsm

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catchingspirit April 24 2009, 05:12:17 UTC
Mm. Except all the girls have died, twice; even if remembering it is to varying degrees, I don't think they'd single Minako out. They all either remember what it was like to die, or don't.

Also, Minako came back for this resurrection as the much more confident and without that hopelessness, or she could never have become more of a risk-taker as we see in the special act. Telling Artemis she has no hope defeats the point of her resurrection, which gave her hope, as she's now seen the restored worlds and her own revival.

Plus, it's arguable she was never frightened of death anyway; never did she seem to fear it, she only went ahead and made her plans so that things would OK once it happened. She looked it straight in the eye, said "Ok, then I have to do this to get ready" and that was the end. That's what makes her so special.

It's sort of debatable how much either the too-focused-on-the-past canon Minako or the freed-from-it-finally revived Minako would lie to the others, though. She kept things from them, but never ( ... )

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diana_lucifera April 24 2009, 05:46:02 UTC
Thanks for reading! It's been over a year since I wrote this and I'm a little loopy on cough medicine right now, but I'll attempt to answer your questions to the best of my ability ( ... )

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catchingspirit April 24 2009, 05:52:04 UTC
I'm always about discussion! I've had to get incredibly into character study, as I've been writing some past-life ficcage lately, which obviously doesn't give us much canon to work with.

I can definitely see why you're saying Minako is 'different'; I don't think I'd have said anything at all about that aspect (and I did understand roughly what you were getting at) if it had been fleshed out just a bit more, so maybe consider working that theme in a bit more overtly. (Not that subtlety isn't appreciated, too.)

You could probably convince me about "afraid to die and just didn't show it" if you tried hard enough. Got some good quotes/scenes pointing to it? Typically, you'd expect her to be pretty open with Artemis; I may be overlooking comments she made to him.

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diana_lucifera April 24 2009, 05:58:56 UTC
I usually write character studies, or just generally weird things dealing in characterization, so I definitely get that. Also, ooh, past life fic! Love it, but don't know if I could write it. I think it's beyond my skill level, honestly.

Yes, I can see where my attempts at keeping in subtle may have muddled that point somewhat. If I were going to rewrite this fic, that's totally what I would be concentrating on. In the future, I'll have to keep it in mind.

I would totally be willing to have that discussion, but it's one a.m. over here and I've been sick, so I'm going to have to continue this tomorrow, when I have the energy to go clip hunting, okay? :)

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catchingspirit April 24 2009, 06:03:53 UTC
I have some past Kunz/Merc, some other with them, and a past Venus/Zoisite (with apologies to your Rei/Minako ship XD)

Fic is hard in terms of subtle vs. clear. On the one hand, you should be able to assume that most, if not all, of your audience will be familiar with your characters and setting. On the other hand, ideally it should still be understandable to someone who isn't. (I don't think there was any problem with that here; a reader can definitely take away the basic messages without knowing the series.) When you're trying to shed light on a new or less-explored aspect or facet of them, though, sometimes a bit more blunt is needed.

Aww, feel better!

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