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Week #21- Alternate Reality

Jul 10, 2005 15:36

Title: Fools Paradise
Rating: K+ (PG)
Genre: Drama. Time-Line Split/Alternate Reality
Word Count: 2370
Characters: Sesshoumaru. Kagome.
Warning: Extremely non-linear timeline. Strangely though, it's probably the most straightforward one shot I've ever written.
Summary: “A limbo large and broad, since call'd The Paradise of Fools to few unknown.” - ( Read more... )

anaphalis, #021 alternate reality

Comments 27

paynesgrey July 11 2005, 02:26:37 UTC

Awesome! I love this! You make the Kag/Sess fanatic in me go SQUEEE!
Good work! And everyone is in character perfectly. ^^

anaphalis July 11 2005, 03:58:46 UTC

Aw... Thank-you! Strangely enough, I'd just recently joked with someone that the only way I could ever write Kagome ending up with Sesshoumaru without me writing them wildly OOC was if they were in an alternate timeline, so this was far too good of an opportunity to pass up :) I love good Kag/Sess- I've just never had a good idea for them for my own stories in the canon timeline and it was great to be able to write them in a way I could imagine them working (i.e. sans Inuyasha and Rin). I'm delighted that you think that the characterizations worked -it means a lot coming from you :) Thanks for taking the time to comment!

hardlyfatal July 11 2005, 03:22:22 UTC

I love the idea he has fallen for her, but never says a word about it to her until she pushes it. So stoic, so like him. Good job!

anaphalis July 11 2005, 04:00:36 UTC

Hee. I can't see him expressing his emotions without a bolt of lightening to the head actually, but this was the best compromise I could come up with :) I always agonize over Sesshoumaru characterization, so I'm especially glad that you thought that it was in-character. I'm delighted that you enjoyed it- thank-you for commenting :)

white_siren July 11 2005, 05:06:19 UTC

Wow! I really enjoyed that! I've never been much of a Sess/Kag fan (more Sess/Rin or Sess/Kagura), but this was writeen wonderfully. I love the ending! It's the greatest! ^_^

anaphalis July 11 2005, 14:10:32 UTC

I'm really glad that you enjoyed the story, despite not being a Sess/Kag fan. As I joked above, Sess/Kag is a pairing that I have a hard time writing normally, so I'm happy that you thought that it worked. And yes- the ending was my favourite part :) Because I just can't see him giving her hearts and flowers, unless the heart was still beating ;)

rumdiculous July 12 2005, 21:44:53 UTC

This was wonderful! It's so hard to find a good characterization of Sesshoumaru. But I think you've done a lovely job.

anaphalis July 13 2005, 01:57:20 UTC

Wow... I love trying to write Sesshoumaru and it's always a thrill when someone else thinks that my characterization worked :) I'm very glad that you enjoyed the story- thanks for commenting :)

emogyrlskyttlez July 13 2005, 01:21:55 UTC

And I told myself I would never find a SessKag worth reading, or IC and non-cliched. I did. It was wonderful. Congratulations

I love it...and possibly you. ;-) I jest, great job though! You've impressed me beyond belief!

anaphalis July 13 2005, 02:04:15 UTC

Hee. This is actually the first Sess/Kag I've ever posted because I have such a hard time trying to write them IC and involved. I'm thrilled that this appealed to someone else who sometimes has a hard time trying to figure out how to put them together in an IC way. Thanks for taking the time to comment!