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[fanbeatsman]

Things I have read/watched/become unduly obsessed with recently:

1) Naomi Novik's Temeraire book series (or, The Great Platonic Love of One Man and His Dragon):

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[alienchrist]

Yeah, I basically wrote So Klingt Liebe to yell at fandom. Though it was mostly DAMN IT SOMEONE WRITE THIS PAIRING. NOW. Oh fine, I'll do it! And also because of the source, like, uh, what happens to Machi?

For the Kaoru/Hikaru fics I'd like to write, I've started a few that fizzled out. I read somewhere that it's a Japanese myth that people who die together as lovers can be reincarnated as twins, so I really wanted to play with that, sorta ripping off a book that I read as a kid where a girl starts remembering her past lives after nearly drowning. I really liked the idea of Kaoru remembering their lives together and trying to get Hikaru to recall, and them loving each other because they're literally soul mates, and no one else gets it because, um, ew. I felt like I needed to do more research for that, though, so that's shelved.

The other one I've been daydreaming about on the bus is where Kaoru and Hikaru have been separated for a little while (they went to different colleges) and Kaoru suffers a terrible attack / accident and loses his memory. As he's trying to piece together his life, he begins to suspect there was something between them before and falls for Hikaru. I have a little bit more of an outline for this one going, so, give it some more time to gestate and I think there's a good chance I'll write it.

It would be really difficult to write an actually happy ending for them, and I think that there's way too much desire for instant gratification in the fandom. I really hate stories where people are automatically couples for no reason, too. There was a Kyouya/Kaoru fic I was so excited to check out and then... it was really disappointing! Kaoru being my favorite, obviously. *l*

I actually find Hetalia to be irritating, but I don't want to piss on anyone's parade about it so I just attempt to ignore it.

[fanbeatsman]

Both those ideas sound really interesting - I can see how both would work as ways of exploring and taking apart how their relationship is constructed in the canon. I think the myth-based one in particular could be really amazing, what with how it would tie in to the construction of the "specialness" and almost mystical-ness of the relationship between twins, but I can also see how it would be a lot of work. Although actually, the more I think about it, the more the second idea's getting my brain working, too - memory loss and disorientation would be such an interesting device in the context of a relationship where the line between types of feelings is imposed, rather than felt. I think you could do a lot with either idea, anyway. Whether there'd be much of an audience for it...I don't know.

I like the idea of Kyouya/Kaoru! If they could manage to navigate the fact that both of them have another extremely important person in their life (which I imagine they both could; I can't see either of them being especially jealous people), then I reckon that would work really well. Frustrating that the fic wasn't great :/