Title: Ace Kicker
Genres: Western, Drama
Summary: Famed bandit Mai Valentine's Wanted posters don't do her justice. / Wild West AU, Bribeshipping Mai x Rex, Arrogantshipping Mai x Seto
A/N: Written for the YGO Fanfiction Contest, Season 10, Round Four, with the pairing of Bribeshipping (Mai Valentine x Rex Raptor), although the story also features a ( Read more... )

The following essay seeks to explore the common themes and conventions of the Magical Realism genre and how they are applied to the story "Visiting Hours," as well as explaining the various fairytale references found in the text and translations and pronunciation of the German used.

( In its most basic form, the genre makes a conscious effort to portray elements of the fantastic or unreal immediately alongside elements of the everyday reality. )

I don't think I've enjoyed writing a story this much in a long time. Since there was literally so much within the story that only a well-versed musician might have been familiar with, I've decided to go through the story and point out some of those instances and write a little bit about my interpretations of things, in the hope that anyone who has ( Read more... )