Fic: On Razor's Edge - Chapter 16

[lovelylytton]

Title: On Razor’s Edge - Chapter 16
Summary: Crystal Tokyo has arrived. So has Ando Tanaka.
Warnings: All the sad pandas.
A/N: One reference to Desmond and Lost. Thousand thanks to Charlie.

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[lovelylytton]

Hmm, where is it? Where is that heart of mine?
Oh, right. There it is, on the floor. Squished. By ORE.
Oh dear. dailypuppy.com?

A beautiful picture but not quite right - it sums up Takeshi and Setsuna's whole relationship and it's just the perfect metaphor for them. And yet, even as I love him and Minako as a couple, my heart just WEEPS for Set/Tak by the end.
I do feel a bit bad for Takeshi and Setsuna. Those two just can't win.

This is such a beautiful chapter because all the tensions and issues from before both have an effect now and yet at the same time don't really matter, because at the end of the day, they're the Shitennou and Senshi, which means they're different. They have a destiny, and this isn't supposed to be it. They're stuck together and confused and it's just so brilliantly played out here. I love it, so much. And it hurts. Also, Minako is on fire here, she's a trooper and just so on the ball. She may not be the most outwardly commanding, but she's the real leader here, the one who sees sense and who makes others see it to. Because she's awesome. And she makes sensible decision. Unlike Mamoru. Idiot. ¬_¬
Thank you, darling! I struggled a bit with this chapter because I didn't want to write one that was just about grief. In a way, everyone is still in shock, but some propel forward to cope with it, and weirdly enough, saving Ando is Minako's way to deal with Rei's demise.

Also, while Hiromasa's and Haruka's losses are not being played quite as dramatically as Ando's it's still felt. Oh, boy, is it felt.
I'll have to write an extended Hiro scene in one of the final chapters. Maybe I can even make it a happy one?

Thank you for your support, my darling!