lights for the emperor and insomnia

Jan 10, 2010 20:38

More fic news. FANCY THAT.

Posted a Yu Yu Hakusho one shot over at AO3 a couple days ago:

Lights for the Emperor
An estimated half of one percent of Japan's population is Christian. An estimated seventy-three percent of the general public celebrate Christmas by eating a cake. An estimated zero percent of demons care. (Or: why Hiei is having a ( Read more... )

slash, fic, yuugiou, fic yuugiou, fic yyh

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akalillyn January 12 2010, 03:28:11 UTC
♥ fic is always the best way to start the new year. Thank you so much! Am halfway done with the YYH one, and I just have to tell you that I love it so far!

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tenika January 12 2010, 04:36:25 UTC
It is, indeed, the best way. ♥ Hope the end satisfies, and thanks for reading!

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akalillyn January 12 2010, 07:51:45 UTC
The ending was perfect. fka; I really did fall in love with this. I loved all the individual scenes and how you didn't tell the story chronologically. All the little details you put in like the tokonoma and the genkan! ♥ GUH I MUST SLEEP NOW BUT I WILL BE BACK TO SQUEE ABOUT EVERYTHING I LIKED SPECIFICALLY. IS THAT OKAY? OKAY. WELL. YEAH I'M GOING TO DO IT ANYWAY. :]

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tenika January 12 2010, 17:21:32 UTC
THAT IS TOTALLY OKAY.

You have no idea how happy I am that all the pieces worked together for you, because seriously, while non-linear plots are totally my secret passion (along with dream sequences and tea time, and holy shit do I wish I were kidding about that), I'm perpetually terrified when I put them out in public that they'll be too fragmented and will only make sense to me. D:

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ARE YOU READY FOR THIS? akalillyn January 13 2010, 07:53:02 UTC
:D Don't worry about it, it totally made sense. Okay, not at first because no one ever really expects a nonlinear plot, but with some thinking, it totally worked out. I loved it.

Okay, starting from the beginning. haha Hiei and the coffee and the cake. Frustratingly enough, the still-browning cake didn't disappear. It even had the audacity to continue cooking. That was an incredibly funny and adorable line. This whole scene, actually, was pretty adorable. Hiei, in his confusion, finds a cake when all he really wants is to find coffee. And how strange and out of place is that? Hiei, looking for coffee! But you totally made it work, like the fanon Hiei+icecream thing everyone has going on, but you have coffee. haha I loved that. I just didn't realize that Hiei was actually standing on the stove until the next scene. Somehow, I thought he was standing on the floor, but after reading it again, it made sense because otherwise, how would he have felt the heat from the floor? Yeah. Smart me. I also love that he actually ran away. That also ( ... )

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Re: ARE YOU READY FOR THIS? tenika January 13 2010, 18:48:42 UTC
♥ ♥ ♥

MY HEART WASN'T QUITE PREPARED, AND NOW IT IS MELTED.

Seriously, though, thank you SO MUCH for such in-depth feedback. In particular, I cannot stress enough how pleased I am by your observation about these two scenes that normally go together, like the cuddling after sex along with the morning after without the actual sex, because that. That is totally what I was going for; an exploration of the fact that, while they're obviously both aware of their sexual needs, the kind of relationship they're engaged in is nevertheless not defined by those needs, but rather by their need for one another as individuals. I'm also extremely glad that the quiet tone came through. :D ( ... )

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Re: ARE YOU READY FOR THIS? akalillyn January 15 2010, 08:55:57 UTC
so my computer has been wonky as of late, and I decide to type out the rest of my review on notepad. I don't know what I was thinking, seeing as how notepad doesn't save things when my computer crashes. So my awesome review of awesomeness (in length only lol) is gone. I AM SO SAD. SAD SAD SAD.

SO YOU WILL GET THE REST AT A LATER TIME. AM SO SORRY. ;_;

but yay, I am happy your heart is melted. :] and I didn't remember that about canon! THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO MY ATTENTION! LES GASP. HAHA and awww how cute. Short Hiei is short. I'd say more, but I'm sure that I'm going to repeat it in my ongoing lengthy review anyway. :[ ILY. hahahaha Thank you again! Reviewing it in depth gives me a chance to re-read it again and again and enjoy it even more, which I do. ♥

BTW I LIKE THE SHUICHI DANCE OF JOY. HAHAHA. you has cute icons. :]

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Re: ARE YOU READY FOR THIS? tenika January 19 2010, 00:26:32 UTC
I AM SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. D: D: D: Just knowing that there was an awesome review of awesomeness is amazingly joyful to me, but nevertheless, computers shutting down and destroying great undertakings are tremendously depressing. (Ask my sisters what a pathetic balls of tears I turned into the one time I lost a whole half a chapter of something. IT WASN'T PRETTY.)

But take all the time you need! As always, the notion that you've enjoyed ineracting with the story (a lot! :D) is the best thing I could have hoped for. I'm just sitting here blushing at how much time you've invested in it already. I am so happy to have made somebody else happy. :)

Also, Gravitation is my happy place. ♥ If I could somehow have Shuuichi and his burning passion for life tattooed across the very fabric of my soul, I totally would.

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