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Saiyuki (Gaiden):Goujun/Tenpou

Oct 10, 2007 16:23

Fandom: Saiyuki Gaiden; Goujun/Tenpou
Title: Essence of Loss
Author/Artist: i_am_zan
Rating: Gen. Sorry ladies and gents, it is work safe.
Warnings: Sadly, none.
Word count: 508
Summary: Prompt - Military - "honour demands no less"
A/N: Dr Samuel Johnson, in his A Dictionary of the English Language (1755), defined honour as having several senses, ( Read more... )

i_am_zan, saiyuki

Comments 7

incandescens October 10 2007, 09:13:31 UTC

Extremely touching.

i_am_zan October 10 2007, 10:00:51 UTC

thank you.

flemmings October 10 2007, 16:00:04 UTC

The realisation that he could not have asked for more than was given did not dampen the loss any, but it helped.

Well, it's no consolation to some of us, but I suppose dragons are pragmatic that way.

And Dr. Johnson got it in one.

i_am_zan October 10 2007, 16:02:45 UTC

erm...^__^...thank you, (I think!)

flemmings October 10 2007, 17:10:12 UTC

It's that 'To think that two and two are four/ And neither five nor three' thing. I always ask for more than I'm given, and feel ill-used when I don't get it. Even if I don't know what it was I wanted in the first place, I know very well that I don't have it.

None of which, natch, is Goujun's thing at all.

tj_dragonblade August 26 2011, 06:28:14 UTC

It almost hurts to watch him struggling to figure out what he feels, especially when he's so stoic and practical about it despite how deeply the loss cuts him. T_T

Wonderfully written - I like the echo of his sitting in the chair as relaxed as he'll ever be to sort of bookend the realizaton in between.

i_am_zan August 26 2011, 07:04:53 UTC

thank you dear.