[ Prince of Tennis, Final Fantasy XII, Harukanaru Toki no Nakade ]
Notes: ALL RIGHT. HAVING WATCHED HYOUMYU (well, the first third of it, it's long!), I AM GOING FULL-ON TEZUFUJI ON FANDOM AGAIN. Because fandom sucks and I wanted to read about Tezuka with other characters but YOU BASTARDS NEVER GET IT RIGHT AND THAT MAKES ME ANGRY AND FULL OF SO MUCH RAGE SO I AM GOING BACK TO TEZUFUJI BECAUSE AT LEAST THEY GET IT RIGHT SOMETIMES, HOLY CHRIST, I HATE THIS FANDOM.
(Shut up, my rage is totally funny. And, yes, it's a joke, if anyone doesn't get that, I will stab them in the face!! :D)
Series:
Prince of Tennis - 7 Fanfics
Final Fantasy XII - 1 Fanart
Harukanaru Toki no Nakade - 1 Fanart
- Prince of Tennis - Eyes by Shiraume - It's a rather common thing to mock pairing shippers by doing the whole "Omg, they were standing next to each other OTP!!" and, yeah, I get why that's kind of a dumb reason to ship two characters. Except. I'm willing to make some exceptions, especially for characters who aren't naturally prone to letting people stand inside their personal space and this fic does a really very lovely job of showing why those little touches can mean so much. It's set from Yuuta's POV, how he's such a straight-forward character trying to think through his own reactions towards his brother, most of it he can justify, but there's that little touch during the Hyoutei matches that he can't quite let go of. And that is so much of what TezuFuji is to me, which is why this fic hit me right, it did that aspect of them so well. Add in that the Mizuki/Yuuta was nicely woven together with everything else going on in Yuuta's life, so that I could believe these circumstances with this Yuuta, and it was a nice way to kick off my new Tenipuri hunt. (Mizuki/Yuuta with at least an R rating, implications of Tezuka/Fuji and the focus is one-sided Fujicest.)
- Prince of Tennis - Éclat by wingedmemory - Okay, you can all shut up right now. There are times when I want softer TezuFuji fic, the kind that's about smiles and shattering apart the hard surfaces they both have. And I refuse to apologize for that. Especially when fic like this is really kind of lovely, the way I can see Fuji comparing himself to the shattered glass of the figuring, the way the author didn't hit the imagery too hard (or, if she did, I found myself not minding because it was somehow appropriate and just a smidge twisted/whimsical in the way that Fuji is) and it was just... nice. (Tezuka/Fuji.)
- Prince of Tennis - Not until a hot January by Maaya - adfsljasfldkja, how did I miss this one? I almost always at least stop to read Maaya's TezuFuji fic, even if I'm generally not in a TezuFuji mood. No matter, it just means more for me to read right now and, eeeeeee, holy crap, I hope she never, ever stops writing. There is this gorgeous, gorgeous understated quality to her writing, there is something about it that just gets to the TezuFuji dynamic I love. At least part of that is the way she manages to say so much without saying it at all, a quality I heavily associate with these two characters. And there was snow. And there was Seigaku being a bunch of dorks in a gorgeous, gorgeous gen way (or possibly more) that made me love them and a fabulous ending and this doesn't even have to be romantic because it's just so... so... Tezuka and Fuji. I flail with love at the gorgeous writing. And write a horrible rec, I know, shut up. (Tezuka/Fuji, except it's gen more than anything.)
- Prince of Tennis - Poolside by triniophoenicis - See, the thing I like about this fic is that I can read it as gen, which is something I've been desperately craving in the fandom for about a year now. (Too many pairings that feel far too forced sometimes does that to a person.) And it's... at a waterpark and there are Seigaku antics in the background and there's Fuji being enigmatic and Tezuka being quiet but not an android and it's just... it was a nice little fic to re-bolster my faith in the Tenipuri fandom that not everything makes me want to smash it with a sledgehammer. And I mentioned the whole maybe-gen-maybe-something-more that I liked so much, yes? (This is gen. But it's got Tezuka/Fuji interaction for those who like that.)
- Prince of Tennis - Slow Burn by trixie - [ part 01 - part 02 - part 03 ] - You know, I have a weakness for certain storylines when it comes to TezuFuji, the whole "apart but thinking about each other" thing just somehow gets me in the right author's hands. What I really love about trixie's writing is that the characters have moved on with their lives even as they think about each other, there are all these little details in their new lives (along with some really strong, clean writing that I love about her work ♥) that make them feel fully realized, it's not just some vague, undefined, nebulous future, they actually have jobs and are doing things. It lends the writing such a solid quality. And. And. And. Okay. I realize I'm kind of a fangirl, but the ending/third chapter totally made me happy and was such pretty imagery and there was this lust-slash-stirrings-of-intimacy even after they'd been apart for so long and it was just... really nice. *loves all over trixie* (Tezuka/Fuji, very light content warning for part 3.)
- Prince of Tennis - close parentheses by Charlotte - There's something so... bittersweet about this fic that I just love it to pieces. I'm not always one for bittersweet with Tezuka and Fuji (as you'll have noticed in the above recs), but in the right author's hands... somehow it works for me. I think it helps that Charlotte does this gorgeous characterization of them and it's not really angsty, so much as just simply... well, bittersweet. Yet, it's also warm and happy at the same time. Which is just... between the beautiful, beautiful writing and the interesting use of the "our distance and that person" theme and the little fabulous details with the cup (omg the use of the kiss! ♥), it was just... lovely. God, I am never, ever letting Charlotte leave this pairing. Neverrrrrrr. (Tezuka/Fuji.)
- Prince of Tennis - our foolish story and and the streetlights fade away and keys to the city by Charlotte - Recommending these together since they're companion stories. And. There's a note on the second fic that says: Tezuka/Fuji, companion to our foolish story, and in the same woobie style. Because everything in Tenipuri-land is cured by tennis. Probably even meningitis. And cancer. Which made me laugh and go, YEAH, SO I CAN LIKE THE FLUFF IF I WANT TO, SHUT UP. Not that it's purely happy fluff, there's almost a bittersweet tone to it and I think it's possibly only because it's Charlotte that I'm not quietly staring suspiciously at the author. (Ie, I know she ships them as hard as--if not moreso--than I do, so she's still cool.) This series of short fics is lovely because it's... it's almost made up more of the little details, the little body gestures, the little words unsaid, than it is of direct actions. That's not the type of fic for everyone, but for me it's the kind of TezuFuji fic that makes me nearly vibrate with happiness. And, goodness, her characterization is as lovely as ever, I read these stories and it's... it's right. It's lovely writing, pitch-perfect characterization that makes me ache because Charlotte can only write so much on her own, and just... it's Tezuka and Fuji, many years later, moving away from Japan and everything that goes with that, all while being subtle. Not just understated (which has its time and place), but subtle. There's a difference to my mind and the author nails it here. Beautiful fic. (Tezuka/Fuji.)
- Final Fantasy XII - Zazen [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - ....okay, first of all, there is a Balthier fanart with bunny ears like the Viera have and that makes this site kind of awesome right there. Second, shota!Larsa isn't usually my cup of tea, but pretty fanart is pretty fanart and I enjoyed quite a lot of what this artist had to offer. The sketches/oekaki images are very cute, but it's the Larsa art in the gallery proper that especially attracted my attention, there's a very neat stylized feeling to it that I liked a lot. There's a surprising amount of detail to them and some interesting coloring styles and a lot of art tucked into various corners. Putting all that together made for a nice little site to collect some good Larsa fanart. (A lot of yaoi, but if you step v. v. carefully, you can find some gen, too.)
- Harukanaru Toki no Nakade - ARCADIA [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - I'm fairly certain I've been to this site before, since the FFX art looks vaguely familiar, but I may have skipped over the Harutoki fanart last time since I wasn't in the mood. And now that I am in the mood, this was a very nice Kurou/Nozomi fansite. It's not always perfect, but the artist pays a lot of attention to their clothes and hair, which is a big draw for this series in the first place, I suspect. ^_~ Plus, I love that they're often holding hands or leaning against each other or gently touching each other somehow because it totally gets at the romantic in me, which is often times what I'm really looking for with Harutoki fanart. (Kurou/Nozomi.)
NEW GOAL: 299/1500
(Shut up, my rage is totally funny. And, yes, it's a joke, if anyone doesn't get that, I will stab them in the face!! :D)
Series:
Prince of Tennis - 7 Fanfics
Final Fantasy XII - 1 Fanart
Harukanaru Toki no Nakade - 1 Fanart
- Prince of Tennis - Eyes by Shiraume - It's a rather common thing to mock pairing shippers by doing the whole "Omg, they were standing next to each other OTP!!" and, yeah, I get why that's kind of a dumb reason to ship two characters. Except. I'm willing to make some exceptions, especially for characters who aren't naturally prone to letting people stand inside their personal space and this fic does a really very lovely job of showing why those little touches can mean so much. It's set from Yuuta's POV, how he's such a straight-forward character trying to think through his own reactions towards his brother, most of it he can justify, but there's that little touch during the Hyoutei matches that he can't quite let go of. And that is so much of what TezuFuji is to me, which is why this fic hit me right, it did that aspect of them so well. Add in that the Mizuki/Yuuta was nicely woven together with everything else going on in Yuuta's life, so that I could believe these circumstances with this Yuuta, and it was a nice way to kick off my new Tenipuri hunt. (Mizuki/Yuuta with at least an R rating, implications of Tezuka/Fuji and the focus is one-sided Fujicest.)
- Prince of Tennis - Éclat by wingedmemory - Okay, you can all shut up right now. There are times when I want softer TezuFuji fic, the kind that's about smiles and shattering apart the hard surfaces they both have. And I refuse to apologize for that. Especially when fic like this is really kind of lovely, the way I can see Fuji comparing himself to the shattered glass of the figuring, the way the author didn't hit the imagery too hard (or, if she did, I found myself not minding because it was somehow appropriate and just a smidge twisted/whimsical in the way that Fuji is) and it was just... nice. (Tezuka/Fuji.)
- Prince of Tennis - Not until a hot January by Maaya - adfsljasfldkja, how did I miss this one? I almost always at least stop to read Maaya's TezuFuji fic, even if I'm generally not in a TezuFuji mood. No matter, it just means more for me to read right now and, eeeeeee, holy crap, I hope she never, ever stops writing. There is this gorgeous, gorgeous understated quality to her writing, there is something about it that just gets to the TezuFuji dynamic I love. At least part of that is the way she manages to say so much without saying it at all, a quality I heavily associate with these two characters. And there was snow. And there was Seigaku being a bunch of dorks in a gorgeous, gorgeous gen way (or possibly more) that made me love them and a fabulous ending and this doesn't even have to be romantic because it's just so... so... Tezuka and Fuji. I flail with love at the gorgeous writing. And write a horrible rec, I know, shut up. (Tezuka/Fuji, except it's gen more than anything.)
- Prince of Tennis - Poolside by triniophoenicis - See, the thing I like about this fic is that I can read it as gen, which is something I've been desperately craving in the fandom for about a year now. (Too many pairings that feel far too forced sometimes does that to a person.) And it's... at a waterpark and there are Seigaku antics in the background and there's Fuji being enigmatic and Tezuka being quiet but not an android and it's just... it was a nice little fic to re-bolster my faith in the Tenipuri fandom that not everything makes me want to smash it with a sledgehammer. And I mentioned the whole maybe-gen-maybe-something-more that I liked so much, yes? (This is gen. But it's got Tezuka/Fuji interaction for those who like that.)
- Prince of Tennis - Slow Burn by trixie - [ part 01 - part 02 - part 03 ] - You know, I have a weakness for certain storylines when it comes to TezuFuji, the whole "apart but thinking about each other" thing just somehow gets me in the right author's hands. What I really love about trixie's writing is that the characters have moved on with their lives even as they think about each other, there are all these little details in their new lives (along with some really strong, clean writing that I love about her work ♥) that make them feel fully realized, it's not just some vague, undefined, nebulous future, they actually have jobs and are doing things. It lends the writing such a solid quality. And. And. And. Okay. I realize I'm kind of a fangirl, but the ending/third chapter totally made me happy and was such pretty imagery and there was this lust-slash-stirrings-of-intimacy even after they'd been apart for so long and it was just... really nice. *loves all over trixie* (Tezuka/Fuji, very light content warning for part 3.)
- Prince of Tennis - close parentheses by Charlotte - There's something so... bittersweet about this fic that I just love it to pieces. I'm not always one for bittersweet with Tezuka and Fuji (as you'll have noticed in the above recs), but in the right author's hands... somehow it works for me. I think it helps that Charlotte does this gorgeous characterization of them and it's not really angsty, so much as just simply... well, bittersweet. Yet, it's also warm and happy at the same time. Which is just... between the beautiful, beautiful writing and the interesting use of the "our distance and that person" theme and the little fabulous details with the cup (omg the use of the kiss! ♥), it was just... lovely. God, I am never, ever letting Charlotte leave this pairing. Neverrrrrrr. (Tezuka/Fuji.)
- Prince of Tennis - our foolish story and and the streetlights fade away and keys to the city by Charlotte - Recommending these together since they're companion stories. And. There's a note on the second fic that says: Tezuka/Fuji, companion to our foolish story, and in the same woobie style. Because everything in Tenipuri-land is cured by tennis. Probably even meningitis. And cancer. Which made me laugh and go, YEAH, SO I CAN LIKE THE FLUFF IF I WANT TO, SHUT UP. Not that it's purely happy fluff, there's almost a bittersweet tone to it and I think it's possibly only because it's Charlotte that I'm not quietly staring suspiciously at the author. (Ie, I know she ships them as hard as--if not moreso--than I do, so she's still cool.) This series of short fics is lovely because it's... it's almost made up more of the little details, the little body gestures, the little words unsaid, than it is of direct actions. That's not the type of fic for everyone, but for me it's the kind of TezuFuji fic that makes me nearly vibrate with happiness. And, goodness, her characterization is as lovely as ever, I read these stories and it's... it's right. It's lovely writing, pitch-perfect characterization that makes me ache because Charlotte can only write so much on her own, and just... it's Tezuka and Fuji, many years later, moving away from Japan and everything that goes with that, all while being subtle. Not just understated (which has its time and place), but subtle. There's a difference to my mind and the author nails it here. Beautiful fic. (Tezuka/Fuji.)
- Final Fantasy XII - Zazen [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - ....okay, first of all, there is a Balthier fanart with bunny ears like the Viera have and that makes this site kind of awesome right there. Second, shota!Larsa isn't usually my cup of tea, but pretty fanart is pretty fanart and I enjoyed quite a lot of what this artist had to offer. The sketches/oekaki images are very cute, but it's the Larsa art in the gallery proper that especially attracted my attention, there's a very neat stylized feeling to it that I liked a lot. There's a surprising amount of detail to them and some interesting coloring styles and a lot of art tucked into various corners. Putting all that together made for a nice little site to collect some good Larsa fanart. (A lot of yaoi, but if you step v. v. carefully, you can find some gen, too.)
- Harukanaru Toki no Nakade - ARCADIA [ Japanese Fanart Site ] - I'm fairly certain I've been to this site before, since the FFX art looks vaguely familiar, but I may have skipped over the Harutoki fanart last time since I wasn't in the mood. And now that I am in the mood, this was a very nice Kurou/Nozomi fansite. It's not always perfect, but the artist pays a lot of attention to their clothes and hair, which is a big draw for this series in the first place, I suspect. ^_~ Plus, I love that they're often holding hands or leaning against each other or gently touching each other somehow because it totally gets at the romantic in me, which is often times what I'm really looking for with Harutoki fanart. (Kurou/Nozomi.)
NEW GOAL: 299/1500