I declare Hurt-Comfort Day!

[rachelmanija]

This is brought to you by yesterday's diagnosis of acute bronchitis. In retrospect, I probably should not have waited one month to go to the doctor. I kept thinking, "It is just lingering irritation from the flu! It will go away any day now

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[egelantier]

::hugs::

(but what a wonderful idea, though!)

i come bearing things!

1) the most epic comforting fic thing i know is the dickens-verse series that arsenicjade wrote for me: it's a gigantic crossover mashup about a rag of street orphans finding home(s). you don't need to know any fandoms, it's just one gigantic quilt blanket of awesomest hurt/comfort.

2) rurouni kenshin live action movie is epic, gorgeous, incredibly faithful to the original story, cast with most amazing actors and chock-full of beautiful, beautiful hurt/comfort. it's - i'm looking at your anime tags and it's not there, but sorry if you're familiar with the original - about a gentle and grieving man trying to rebuild his life after a youth full of idealistically-minded violence, and it's kind and lovely and sweeping. it's also my #1 adaptation of all times, probably. i've rewatched it about thirteen times this year, showing to all the different people, and it never fails to cheer me up.

3) shirogane no ou (and especially the sequel) is a lovely tropey short manga about a king, his talking sacred wolf-pelt advisor (don't ask) and his mostly tragic bodyguard with a dark past. there's" kneeling, more kneeling, leaping in front of arrows, grievous body-harm, declarations of loyalty, awkward heart-to-heart talks, hem-kissing, did i mention kneeling. it's basically maiden rose, only without the dubcon and slash is implied.
second part, where most of the fun stuff happens, is tragically under-scanlated, but pasahiko most kindly did a thorough recap for me .

♥

[egelantier]

(4. speaking of books, how do you feel about martha wells? her raksura series are awesome about hurt/comfort, and are set in luch and wonderful fantasy setting. moon, the protagonist, actually reminds me of ross, now when i think about it? he's got separated from his people in early childhood, lost his guardian and spent most of his life being an outsider everywhere, and thinking himself to be the only one in his entire species. than he's picked up by his people, and tries to reintegrate into their society, with varying degrees of success. it's very, very satisfying).

(also, you know, matriarchal dragon shapeshifters).

[rachelmanija]

I own the first one but have not read yet. Moving up my list. It sounds excellent.

[genarti]

Having just read the first Raksura book on a friend's enthusiastic recommendation, and immediately gone to acquire the second, I second this rec!

[rachelmanija]

Thank you! I'm familiar with Kenshin but have not seen the movie. In fact, I recall hearing of it, getting excited, then forgetting that it existed.

These all sound great, thanks!

[telophase]

I ended up getting the Kenshin Blu-ray from Amazon UK, as I couldn't verify if the ones on US Amazon were legit or not. But yeah: it's good.