[yamabe toshiro]

[answer_key]

REFLECTIONS BESIDE THE KOI POND
by aiwritingfic

Comments

[measuringlife]

♥! I love the peaceful feeling here, the gentle imagery and Sai looking into the Koi pond...~ it's very lovely ~ ♥

[measuringlife]

Thank you very much! I'm very happy you liked it.

- yamabe toshiro

[corbeaun]

I appreciate the details you put into this. Also, must have taken you some time for research. There should definitely be more Hein era HnG fics.

One question: is there a reason the ladies are willing to be face to face with Sai, and not be behind a screen? I'm pretty sure the women you mentioned are not part of Sai's immediate family. Is it because Sai is not of age yet?

[corbeaun]

Thank you very much! I have to admit, this was new for me--I'm glad it went over well. As for the women, perhaps it has to do with Sai being of age. perhaps it has to do with the author not being familiar enough with the Heian era. >_< Thank you for the heads-up.

- yamabe toshiro

[therhoda]

I likes this. I am afraid i spent quite a bit of time naming the fish to who i thought they were and what their actions said of them.

But the image of Sai sitting besides a formal koi pond is really gorgeous and i hadn't tried that one on before.

[therhoda]

Thank you for your lovely comment! I'm very tickled to see you played guess-the-Hikago-character. (I wanted people to!) Care to share your guesses?

- yamabe toshiro

Something fishy about all this... ;-D

[sarasusa]

What a neat look at what Sai's life might have been like before his fall from grace... and yay, there's a flute!cameo!

Here are *my* guesses:

Tancho: Touya Kouyo
Taisho sanke: Touya Akira
Black-on-gold ogon: Shindou Hikaru
White ogon: Ogata Seiji [a former incarnation as a fish would certainly explain some of his fascination with marine life!]
Kohaku: Was the hardest to figure out. I'm guessing Isumi Shinichirou, based on rumors I've heard about a match he has later than I've read so far...
Bekko: Kuwabara-Honinbou

Though I'm sure corbeaun is right about proper Heian-era etiquette, within the limits of the Hikaru no Go world it's canonical for Sai to have played and conversed face-to-face with the ladies of the court. I remember reading somewhere that there were anachronistic goof-ups along those lines in the manga/anime art.

Re: Something fishy about all this... ;-D

[sarasusa]

*laughs* You have the fish characters all correct. I hope this didn't spoil you for anything. As for the Heian stuff, it was indeed canon for Sai to face them without a screen, but I didn't want to blame canon when this is an AU/crossover round. (So very glad that I don't absolutely fail at fic though!)

Thank you very much for the lovely comment!

- yamabe toshiro

[anonymous]

Fabulous! I really love this from top to bottom. It's just so neat and pulls together so well.

-kataoka satoshi

[anonymous]

Thank you. I'm really glad you enjoyed it!

- yamabo toshiro