Fic: A Bouquet of Ministers

[flemmings]

This kind of doubles as a happy birthday greeting to rasetsunyo, though I hasten to say I had the idea before feliciter asked her what she'd like fic-wise as a present, and rasetsunyo answered.

Title: A Bouquet of Ministers
Day/Theme: Tues Feb. 26 - "We deceive ourselves"
Series: Woxin changdan/The Great Revival
Character/Pairing: Wen Zhong, Bo Pi, Wu Zi Xu
Spoilers: Ep 18

Comments

[incandescens]

Lovely. All three voices are very distinct.

[flemmings]

They're polar opposites of each other, if one can have three poles. Or rather, I guess:
Wen Zhong: incorruptible and sane
Bo Pi: corruptible but sane
Wu Zi Xu: incorruptible but mad.

One may point out that Gou Jian *did* come back and conquer Wu just as WZX feared, but the question remains, would he have done it if he hadn't been so badly treated by the obsessed WZX?

[incandescens]

As in Onmyouji (the movies, at least) where Seimei might never have bothered to get involved, if the villain had not gone to such lengths to _stop_ him getting involved?

[feliciter]

Ah, perfect for the prompt. Especially Wen Zhong, the sensible and prudent man not. (although, Bo Pi and his old master ._.)

[flemmings]

Odd, yanno: the only person who can take Bo Pi by surprise is Bo Pi. Happens with WZX, happens again when Prince You is killed and Bo Pi suddenly realizes his pawns/ second strings to bow/ hoped-to-be benefactors are *the enemy* who can hurt *him*. Man doesn't know himself at all, which is the one thing that makes me inclined to like him.

[paleaswater]

Oh, these are brilliant. Especially Wen Zhong.