Underappreciated Fic Spotlight: The Nature of the Moon by Syri
This fic is relatively new, but it only has one review on FF.net. I was hesitant to read it because of the non-con/dub-con warning, but the writer handles the subject matter respectfully and discreetly.
Title: The Nature of the Moon
Author: Syri aka Syrimoon
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Characters/Pairings: Yue, Clow, and Kerberos, with a dark interpretation of Clow/Yue
Gen/Angst
Summary by the author:
Clow created a thing of great beauty, and he finds himself a weak, weak man. He never gave Yue the option to agree, or to say no. He KNEW he would not tell him no...but in his remorse and pleas for forgiveness, the magician learns Yue's very nature runs deeper than he imagined. Yue is a being whose greatest happiness comes from submission, servitude, of being Lesser Than; and it is Clow who made him that way.
This fic is a kick in the gut. Keroberos and Yue are young in mind, but not physically children, which is a fresh interpretation in pre-canon. The fic has a solid plot and lots of wonderful character moments. It finishes with a Clow Card.
The Clow/Yue relationship is shown as essentially flawed and -- let's face it -- not romance. The actual act takes place under the ellipse. You don't see it, it's not described, but oh boy do you feel the resonance of it. I felt like crying, for both Clow and Yue. Syri may have intended to depict Clow as a 100% black hat, because how can a child rapist be anything else, but I think I'm too emotionally invested in Clow Reed to lynch him. I believed his remorse in the fic to be genuine.
ClowxYue is my OTP, but I loved this fic. It has a lot to say and says it well.
Title: The Nature of the Moon
Author: Syri aka Syrimoon
Read & Review on fanfiction.net or Read & kudo/review on Archive of Our Own
Characters/Pairings: Yue, Clow, and Kerberos, with a dark interpretation of Clow/Yue
Gen/Angst
Summary by the author:
Clow created a thing of great beauty, and he finds himself a weak, weak man. He never gave Yue the option to agree, or to say no. He KNEW he would not tell him no...but in his remorse and pleas for forgiveness, the magician learns Yue's very nature runs deeper than he imagined. Yue is a being whose greatest happiness comes from submission, servitude, of being Lesser Than; and it is Clow who made him that way.
This fic is a kick in the gut. Keroberos and Yue are young in mind, but not physically children, which is a fresh interpretation in pre-canon. The fic has a solid plot and lots of wonderful character moments. It finishes with a Clow Card.
The Clow/Yue relationship is shown as essentially flawed and -- let's face it -- not romance. The actual act takes place under the ellipse. You don't see it, it's not described, but oh boy do you feel the resonance of it. I felt like crying, for both Clow and Yue. Syri may have intended to depict Clow as a 100% black hat, because how can a child rapist be anything else, but I think I'm too emotionally invested in Clow Reed to lynch him. I believed his remorse in the fic to be genuine.
ClowxYue is my OTP, but I loved this fic. It has a lot to say and says it well.