Background: This whole thing is part of the what-if scenario of gender flipping the characters of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. A chance remark on the relevant Animesuki thread made me write a short scenario on the matter.

Recently, a group of fans have begun to make audio dramas of various works on this, and my scenario is one of themIt's a ( Read more... )

First story finished for the iai universe.

Not too happy with how it turned out, but I have no idea how else to improve it (at least for now). As always, comments and instructions on doing so are very much welcome.

( Random angsting about ficwriting inside. )

Cassandra Cuthbert will now be named Cassandra Chesterfield. Alliteration when written, not so much when spoken, and sounding very aristocratic. Unless someone has a better suggestion ( Read more... )

- Would "Cassandra Cuthbert" ("Cass") and "Thomas Downfrey" ("Tom") be too bizarre names for a fantasy steampunk-type world? In the sense that they would detract from the story too much because readers are stumbling over the names?

- Would the average reader accept it if I said that Cass wears an ushanka, or do I have to describe what an ushanka ( Read more... )

The current challenge at tsukimineshrine makes me sad at CLAMP.

There are few things I find as irritating as having to scrap an entire story just because I forgot that sound does not travel in space, and certainly not at geostationary orbits.

( A psychologist may have a field day with this. )

( I sit in my zen of simultaneously being able to do everything and nothing correctly. )

BITCHCAKES.

(If you're still wondering why, it all comes from officialgaiman, and The Skippy Show.)

Wondering what to do for my current fanfic idea. On the one hand, the ideas that I have for it fit so well, and it's about Clow Reed (and all that entails).

On the other hand, the protagonist is necessarily a woman, in order for a major plot point later to work ( Read more... )