Minute Details, Berubara fic

[flower_ballet]

Title: Minute Details
Author: S.
Fandom: Rose of Versailles, Takarazuka 2006 Oscar-hen production
Rating: R
Pairing(s): Rosalie/Oscar, Rosalie/Bernard, slight hints of Oscar/Andre
Summary: Woman or man. It doesn't matter. Does it?
Author's Notes: I've been meaning to write this for ages, but never got around to it. Yesterday I just couldn't keep

Comments

[wottie]

Aw. This was beautiful - so deep and thoughtful and sweet. Poor Rosalie. Poor Bernard, too. Man, characters written about by the Takarazuka Revue never have a good time. I loved the pacing of this - the gentleness of Oscar and the harshness of Bernard (however much he doesn't mean to be, which just makes it even more tragic) and as always your word choice is impeccable. Wow.

♥ thanks for sharing.

[flower_ballet]

... first off, your icon. I love it so much!

Secondly, yeah - I really feel sorry for all involved in this. The story of Oscar is, in itself, just tear-jerkingly sad. I mean, talk about doomed love. "Oscar, I love you!" "Andre, I love you too!" French Revolution comes and there's no more Andre or Oscar. ;_; But the side-characters, especially in this version... Rosalie who has to live on with her beloved Oscar killed. Bernard who has to live with his wife loving someone else. Jeez, no one have happy endings in this. >_< I really look forward to watching this with you. I think you'll enjoy the insane drama of it.

Hopefully as much as you enjoyed the story - or more. ♥

[polina_slosvau]

Oh. OH. Your Rosalie!voice is pretty, pretty stuff, my dear. I love her gentleness, the way she just bears everything and dreams about Oscar because that's all she'll ever be able to do. She's a bit like... a pet dog. A very trusty, sweet creature but essentially, a doormat. XD Yes, this is actually the prettiest comparison I could come up with currently; I'm too busy drowning in the uncomplicated world of shounen, so sue me.

The poor girl. She never gets a break, does she? This fic really reminded me of her dance scene; always enduring and always accepting the smallest possible rewards in turn.

Also, ouch. Painful, painful heterosexual intercourse, not only because of the actual, physical pain, but because of the way it just ruins her perception of romantic love. Like, the way she lives her life, she'll always be a servant first, woman second. Doormat, I tell you. Historically, obviously, not so much a doormat as just... properly raised. But yes.

She's sad, this fic is beautiful and I'm done rambling. ;)

- K.

[flower_ballet]

♥

I'm so glad you liked it, dear. Rosalie is just the kind of character who... is so easily over-done. The manga itself even does it a couple of places, so I'm glad to hear that you didn't think I went down the same road.

I was thinking about the dance scene almost constantly when I wrote this - the feeling of so many dreams and hopes, ruined. It was just really the feeling of that scene, right?

Thanks for commenting. You know it means the world to me.

- S.

[hawkwolf]

Aaa! So sweet and tragic. I love it because as a ready you want the romantic happy endings, for everything to work out right, but it doesn't. And it shouldn't because the best stories are very rarely happy because they're true

[flower_ballet]

I know! I mean - sad love stories just push you the entire way, right? You get to experience the hope, the belief, the insane want for it all to work out... and at the same time you also get to experience the somewhat rather too pleasing emotion of seeing all your wishes turn to dust, because tragic love is just so... fulfilling, right? ;_;

Thanks for reading and reviewing. I'm glad you liked it.

[flower_ballet]

Also, stupid computer is stupid for duplicating my comment.

Sorry for spamming you.

[ladybretagne]

Beautiful as always, dear. I particularly love the idea that Rosalie thought she could love Oscar /despite/ her being a woman and then realising once poor Bernard comes into the picture that she loves her /because/ she's a woman.

[flower_ballet]

I'm glad you liked it.

And your wording of /despite/ and /because/ was spot on. It was exactly how I saw the idea develop in Rosalie's own head.

Thanks for commenting.

[midoriseppen]

Looove, so much tragic love <3333

(And I thank you for making me think of Komu!Oscar in a bath XD)

[flower_ballet]

Problem is - I can so easily imagine it that it's just a tad embarrasing. >_<

But well... I live to please.