[fanfic fifty] [heart no kuni] 45. Morph

[spicy_diamond]

Title: I'm Not Myself Today
Author: spicy_diamond
Fandom: Heart no Kuni no Alice
Characters: Nightmare Gottschalk / Alice Liddell
Table: Four
Prompt: 45. Morph
Rating: PG-13
Challenge: fanfic50
Summary: [AU-Heart, **Major Spoilers for Truth End**] Alice Liddell, catatonic victim of manic depression. Nightmare Gottshalk, hemophiliac, roommate, and inpatient

Comments

[auburn_leaves]

That's a really interesting idea. I'll gladly read the continuation 8D It's always nice to see a different take on the Alice universe

[spicy_diamond]

Thanks! Glad you liked it

[auburn_leaves]

I thought this way for a long time, too. The idea about Alice's body being left in the real world is very interesting (and tempting, especially with the possibility of it dying). The truth end shows us that she had the bottle (I think it was both a metaphor for her guilt and an actual object) with her when she got back, and it can mean that either Alice had it with her before and just forgot about it (and unconsciously made it a symbol of her guilt while she was in the dream), or she was physically in Wonderland and that bottle was something that existed there. It didn't seem like a lot of time passed in the real world while she was in Wonderland, so it most likely means that the time there passes much more slowly than in the real world. That is assuming Wonderland is real, otherwise it's easy to explain how barely any time passed while she was "asleep", since a lot can happen in a dream in a very short amount of time

[auburn_leaves]

(I had to split my original comment into two because of the character limit ^^;; I swear only Alice talk makes me do that, lolol

[spicy_diamond]

Geh, I wish I could read Japanese well enough to get the novels now. That scenario with Nightmare sounds really neat. I never considered that he might be affected by the emotions of the other role holders beyond just his normal ability to read their thoughts. (Maybe that's why he reads 'hearts' and not 'minds

[auburn_leaves]

That novel is really awesome (at least seen from a Nightmare fan's perspective xD) <333 The only minus (and a big one) is that it's available only for Japanese mobile phones :/ Right now even if QR published the last chapter I wouldn't be able to read it because I'm not in Japan anymore ;w; It's really not fair that they did it this way... As for Nightmare reading "hearts" and not "minds", it can be simply because that's how you write "mind reading" in Japanese. I believe Alice alternates between using the words "heart" and "thoughts" as well (I didn't really pay enough attention to this so I may be wrong), because in Japanese it can mean exactly the same thing. In the end I believe that Nightmare is capable of both literally hearing other people's thoughts and reading/feeling their emotions

[auburn_leaves]

(splitting again

[spicy_diamond]

Double drat. You'd think Quinrose would make these things more easily available considering that their fans are global now.

I wouldn't be surprised if Joker has some way to materialize the bottle. Considering that the prisoners are entrapped by their own guilt, it would make sense that, as Warden, he'd have the means to keep them 'locked' as it were.

Geh, I really just love how complex Wonderland is. Alice does cherish life/(time) so much more than the people in Wonderland because she knows it's value where they make a mockery of all the rules of time. (Aging, the order of the day, life/death) Now I want to redo a bunch of Anni to refresh myself. XDD (*cough* And, I do actually have the completed save data if you'd rather watch than play Ace's non-stay... His is really intriguing for reasons beyond just being able to pick Alice up. >.> Heaven knows turns makes the games long. Both disappointed and glad that Omochabako skipped em