The Tragic Ending Saves the Day. (Princess Tutu, Autor/Fakir)

[allira_dream]

Title: The Tragic Ending Saves the Day.
Fandom: Princess Tutu.
Warnings: None.
Characters/couples: Autor, Fakir, Duck. One sided Autor/Fakir.
Summary: In which Fakir sucks at poetry, Autor is a mean editor, and Autor discovers his romantic pattern is kind of terrible.
Rating: PG13/R

Comments

[haleysings]

Ahaha I feel like I've found a unicorn--I can only think of one other fic I've read that was really good Autor/Fakir, and I read that over a year ago (and I appear to not have saved it in my memories and that makes me sad

[haleysings]

Oh, and it looks like the other good Autor/Fakir piece I read was yours. XD So uh. YEAH. Memming it now.

[allira_dream]

Thank you! I had more fun with this one than I ever expected, so I'm glad that it was fun for others too.

And thanks for the heads up about the typos: I thought I had caught all of them, but some apparently escaped.

[allira_dream]

OH! Yeah, and the hinted romantic feelings were my intention: even by the end of the story, I meant Autor to still be very in denial of the whole thing. Realizing - or remembering - that Fakir is still in love with Duck simply made it final for him, sort of.

Hope that helps!

[catte_noir]

OMG Autor/Fakir :D!!!!!!!! Not just that, but well-written, IC, satisfyingly long Autor/Fakir. *iz dead from the happy*

Seriously, I've been pining for a story like this. Autor being Fakir's (really mean, unable-to-please) editor, him and Fakir being bitchy to each other...I loved the running poetry gag, and Fakir's 'if you're not dying, I don't want to hear it' attitude at the end there. And yet, despite them bickering like an old married couple, you could tell they were really at ease with each other and care, if reluctantly, about the others' well-being.

There were one or two minor grammatical errors that disrupted the flow of the story (i.e. you wrote pin instead of pine at one stage, and some of the sentences seem overly long, with too many commas) but its overall very well written.

I'd love to see more Autor/Fakir fic from you in the future. Do you have anything else planned?

[allira_dream]

Thank you! I swear, I never knew how much I needed this story until I wrote it.

At the moment I don't think I have anything planned, but who knows, these things change in a wink.

[bookelfe]

This is so cool! I love the way writing/editing forms the backbone of the story, and the dynamic between Autor and Fakir and Duck, and the way the story weaves touches of real-life concerns (Autor's students and lack of money, Fakir's job) into the canon to show how things have changed. Autor is one of my favorites and you have definitely done him justice here. And the poetry! AWESOME.

[allira_dream]

Thank you! I was kind of surprised by how much I enjoyed writing Autor, he's an amazingly fun voice to work with.

[puchiko2]

im not very eloquent with compliments, so ill just say FABULOUS job! very believable :D

[allira_dream]

THANKS!

[hiza_chan]

Ouch. Oh Autor, you poor dear. But he was kind of asking for it, with his love of tragedies. ♥

[allira_dream]

He'll probably end up liking it eventually. Once he manages to blame it completely on Fakir.