[Fic] "Narutostuck: The Spider and the Flies" -- Homestuck/Naruto

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[vehrec]

Oh Vriska, honey. I'd hug you, but then I'd get a D8 shoved up my nose before you punched me in the guts to remove it.

I like the use of the Guardians/Ancestors here, even the Disciple as the Uchuukage. And that name will never stop making me think of Gunbuster. Which in turn makes me think the derogatory term for Trolls in the Elemental nations is Uchuukaiju. I'm really not on top of my game this morning.

[edenfalling]

Vriska is an interesting POV to write, that's for sure. She's just... I mean... Argh. She is simultaneously a victim and an abuser, and she will not/cannot recognize and admit either of those things because that would destroy her image of her society, her mentor, and herself, and right now she doesn't have anything she'd be willing to use as an alternate worldview or self-image. But cracks are starting to show in her old mental framework, as you can see. If I actually wrote the full-on PLOT! version of this world, one of the main threads would be Vriska's slow realization of how she's hurt people, how her beloved mentor hurt her, and how she needs to start making amends and trying to heal. Plus, you know, a dramatic confrontation with Mindfang, complete with physical violence, emotional manipulation, and mindgames. And then her shock and resentful anger when she isn't immediately forgiven by a lot of people, because you can't just wave a magic wand and fix things that easily... but you still need to try

[vehrec]

That sounds like a fairly good but typical Vriska Redemption ark you've got there in your not-writing pile. And I say typical, but I mean not at all typical but it really should be, in case that wasn't clear. She's an interesting and difficult POV to write to be sure. The one informs the other-she's interesting because she's got these contradictions, and the contradictions and paradoxes that she's ignoring with all her might are what make her tricky. If Vriska was simpler and easier to understand, she wouldn't be as interesting. And I'm sure that she loves being interesting, the center of attention, and the POV character.

[askerian]

The worldbuilding in this is gorgeous. (recent coup! recent humans as second class citizens! culture clashes and reform and revolutions all over the place!) And the way Vriska interacts with her teammates, prrrrt. I enjoyed the voice!

Roxy as a badass Intelligence type!! The Disciple as the Kage! (tho technically -kage should only be used for the five great elemental countries but whatevs XD) Now how did THAT happen. And oh oh oh who is the Usurper??? is it the Signless?? ngngngh oh please write something for Team OT3 of Badassitude and karkat's view on things and and NGH. This 'verse is like crack. One hit and i'm addicted. Damn it.

[edenfalling]

Yay

[askerian]

I can totally see the bunch of them be all "you don't have monopoly on that word stfu." XD

And wow yes that is a pretty nice backlog. But as long as there's a possibility you'll come back to this one at some point...! :D

the trollstuck AU, which desperately wants to turn into an epic of how sixteen young trolls solve the Gl'bgolyb Problem and take over the empire and turn their society upsidedown, plus obligatory world-building theories and more romantic shenanigans than you can shake a stick at, oh god send help
... I will only send more bunnies help if you tell me everything about this. Is it a fic you've talked about before? I can't place it atm.

[edenfalling]

The trollstuck AU is for explodingfrogs who claimed my sixth prompt slot and asked for a fic in which the human kids were trolls on Alternia and always had been -- you know, a reversal of the usual humanstuck AU trope. :-) And I have IDEAS. :-D