Interstice (the Saddle in the Rain Remix) [InuYasha; Miroku/Kikyou]

[addison_rock]

Title: Interstice (the Saddle in the Rain Remix)
Author: therck
Summary: Miroku's curse wants to be passed on.
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: InuYasha
Spoilers and/or Warnings: References to and fears about potential suicide and potential rape.
Title, Author and URL of original story: Empty Acquaintances by Numisma Read more... )

Comments

[nora_charles]

What a sad story. I'm impressed that Miroku had the will power to leave before he did something terrible to one of the girls, but I feel like he's doing something awful to himself by being with Kikyou, and under those circumstances. I suppose it's good that he still has some tiny spark of hope for the future, enough to not want to take his own life immediately and try to sate the hunger at least for a little while. It's just really sad.

I've only seen a few episodes of Inuyasha, enough to have an idea what's going on, but I don't know if Miroku ever got rid of the curse, or this was just a stop on the inevitable way down.

[therck]

The anime ended before the manga wrapped up, so it was left open ended. I think the idea was to make movies to finish the series. The manga finished up last summer. I haven't read it (yet), but I believe most people got happy endings.

Part of what captured my attention about the original fic was trying to imagine how Miroku and Kikyou would end up with each other. I had an instinctive urge to reject the pairing as wrong (nothing at all to do with the quality of the original fic, more to do with the two characters and how I see them). That caught my attention and made me twist the idea around to look at it from all sides.

I think that being with Kikyou won't damage Miroku more than the curse already has. I don't think he'll be pleased with himself over it, but he knows that everything he gets comes with a price. She's also being fairly altruistic here. She doesn't gain much by helping him except the knowledge that she has helped.

[nora_charles]

Thank you very much for your reply. I feel better both about the events of your fic and about the canon prospects for Miroku now.

How interesting that you also felt the pairing was wrong, and still chose to remix it. That was very brave of you, and probably why your fic had such emotional complexity and depth. I haven't read the original fic at all, so that's not at all a judgement on its merits.

[therck]

The original fic is a double drabble and very poetic.

I had a strong response to the original and wanted to take my response apart, too. As I was figuring out which fic to remix, I eliminated those that didn't draw a response that strong or that didn't present immediate ideas in other ways. I still had four fics that I was considering. I felt this was the one I could really sink my teeth into. I kept the other options in mind in case I couldn't find the words for this one.