Of Angels Watching Round (Yami no Matsuei)

[ghost_of_banquo]

Summary: Most people who come to see Kurosaki-sama have to wait, if they get to see him at all, but then Tsuzuki isn't most people.

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[anonymous]

That's beautifully written. I enjoyed reading this so much.

[p_zeitgeist]

Still with the incoherent squee. But this time I wanted to add that I did (and do) notice that thing where now it's Hisoka who won't let Tsuzuki go, any more than Enma would: the powers have changed, but not the result, not really. And the delicate ambiguity of Tsuzuki's reflection that he can never forget that it was Hisoka who brought him back. And the echoes of Muraki and Hisoka in the way Tsuzuki's scars now burn in Hisoka's presence -- and the further echo of Tsuzuki's old fantasy about Muraki carving a curse into his skin in the scars he has now.

And the way, horribly, everything has changed -- and nothing at all has. Really, this thing is just amazing. And with that, I am back to the gibbering incoherence: guh. And also, squee!

[b_hallward]

And the way, horribly, everything has changed -- and nothing at all has.

Which is utterly typical. Or rather shows that, however I try, I can't seem to find anything that trumps Meifu's essentially entropic nature.

where now it's Hisoka who won't let Tsuzuki go, any more than Enma would

Well, Hisoka wouldn't let him go in Kyoto; and whether, setting aside Hisoka's motivations -- the knot of love and selfishness -- that was in effect a kindness or cruelty isn't all that clear, especially since nobody seems to know what happens to spirits expunged by Touda's fire. Would it have been just another cycle of suicide/damnation/punishment, or a means to achieve some kind of rest, or just total self-annihilation? Who knows?

Of course, Kyoto doesn't exist in this timeline, but I think this situation was meant to be similarly ambiguous, carrying something of the same dilemma. And, honestly, I have trouble picturing your Hisoka running into that burning warehouse, not because he doesn't love Tsuzuki or isn't brave and nervy, but... playing