Return to the past, now!
HEY GUYS, I HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT REQUEST TO ALL YOU TRC/HOLIC FICCERS.
This applies to everyone. Or rather, anyone who wants it. Er - who's caught up with canon.
I was re-reading Cardcaptor Sakura last night, and thinking about how sad it was how everything looked so happy at the end, and then Tsubasa fucked it all up. And then Watanuki had to give up his memories of the only parents he ever had, and basically everyone's life sucked a lot.
Even Horitsuba makes me sad, because CCS!Sakura and Syaoran don't turn up. And they were the originals, guys! Different ship altogether, but still adorable.
And then I thought, isn't that what AU is for? I mean, I normally write AU for characterisation fun, but there's a tradition in Harry Potter fandom called "Bring Back Black" - in which AU is written, Sirius doesn't die, everyone lives happily ever after. Sure, it's sort of a moot point now, but back in the days before Half-Blood Prince it was a little ray of hope in the corner of fandom in which I lurked.
In that tradition, here is the challenge.
Write a fragment of a story, a drabble, a long-winded story, anything - involving an AU in which CCS!Syaoran and Sakura live. With them live their son, also named Syaoran, and their adoptive son Watanuki. Watanuki bonds especially well with his Uncle Touya. Yuuko works with Sakura in magical maintenance, and eventually manages to employ both sons. Syaoran the older teaches both his sons to cook. Watanuki gets hunted down by spirits and Syaoran the younger tries not to laugh too hard at his brother's flailing. Doumeki (and/or Himawari) Meets the Family. Himawari befriends Tomoyo. Bad things happen, but everyone gets through them together.
Any of those scenarios. Something else in the same AU. I want some happy family fluff, and I don't care how it happens. Hell, it doesn't even have to be fluffy or particularly happy. Just don't kill anyone off, please.
Yeah, I realise the irony.
Notice I'm not writing it myself.
That's not to say I won't eventually, but... I'm afraid to let myself get to close to this 'verse, in case I bloody it too much with my, er... writing tendencies.
Just please, someone. Anyone. Everyone. Write this fic.
My undying devotion, and a good deal of optimism on the side,
Iambic
This applies to everyone. Or rather, anyone who wants it. Er - who's caught up with canon.
I was re-reading Cardcaptor Sakura last night, and thinking about how sad it was how everything looked so happy at the end, and then Tsubasa fucked it all up. And then Watanuki had to give up his memories of the only parents he ever had, and basically everyone's life sucked a lot.
Even Horitsuba makes me sad, because CCS!Sakura and Syaoran don't turn up. And they were the originals, guys! Different ship altogether, but still adorable.
And then I thought, isn't that what AU is for? I mean, I normally write AU for characterisation fun, but there's a tradition in Harry Potter fandom called "Bring Back Black" - in which AU is written, Sirius doesn't die, everyone lives happily ever after. Sure, it's sort of a moot point now, but back in the days before Half-Blood Prince it was a little ray of hope in the corner of fandom in which I lurked.
In that tradition, here is the challenge.
Write a fragment of a story, a drabble, a long-winded story, anything - involving an AU in which CCS!Syaoran and Sakura live. With them live their son, also named Syaoran, and their adoptive son Watanuki. Watanuki bonds especially well with his Uncle Touya. Yuuko works with Sakura in magical maintenance, and eventually manages to employ both sons. Syaoran the older teaches both his sons to cook. Watanuki gets hunted down by spirits and Syaoran the younger tries not to laugh too hard at his brother's flailing. Doumeki (and/or Himawari) Meets the Family. Himawari befriends Tomoyo. Bad things happen, but everyone gets through them together.
Any of those scenarios. Something else in the same AU. I want some happy family fluff, and I don't care how it happens. Hell, it doesn't even have to be fluffy or particularly happy. Just don't kill anyone off, please.
Yeah, I realise the irony.
Notice I'm not writing it myself.
That's not to say I won't eventually, but... I'm afraid to let myself get to close to this 'verse, in case I bloody it too much with my, er... writing tendencies.
Just please, someone. Anyone. Everyone. Write this fic.
My undying devotion, and a good deal of optimism on the side,
Iambic