for the love of the game

[metisket]

…I know I said Primo fic next, BUT I LIED. Instead! There is Yamamoto fic. But who could be sad about that? Yamamoto is the happiest natural-born assassin in all of KHR!

This started out as a little fic about what the baseball team makes of Yamamoto, but then Reborn got hold of it and it spiraled out of control and became VERY FAMILY and also sort

Comments

[questofdreams]

OMG WOMAN. I haven't read fic in ages, but I can never not read yours ♥

So much hilarity and heartbreak aaaah.

You might as well blame rain for falling, or Hibari for attacking you. hahahaha

"Haha, how's Xanxus?"

"VOI, WHAT’S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?"

*dying* XD oh god Squalo just makes me laugh in general.

No matter how you look at it, Tsuna is almost always a sad, tired person in TYL fic, which just breaks my heart. And I love how all the guardians coordinate to help him.

This was amaaaazing <3

[metisket]

:D ♥♥♥!

Yamamoto really is a bundle of hilarity and heartbreak and I would not want to be his father, omg, Tsuyoshi. ;_;

But Squalo is always 100% pure hilarity, so I had to throw him in. XD

TYL!Tsuna! He is so sad, but I have to believe he'd also have the world's best support system, which is happy? AS ALWAYS, I AM CONFLICTED WITH HIM. XD

Thank you so much for the comment! <3

[azalee_calypso]

You definitely should own Hana. That was just magical. :DD So much things I love in this fic, as in everything you write, but special love for (as I said) Hana's rant, the idea of the bet and Takeshi's views on death and murder, and all the things Takeshi finds cute and funny about Hibari. Your Hibari is precious, too. Those two are the funniest guys in the whole series, I swear.
And the last part, about Reborn actively not wanting children was really surprising and really striking, too! And then the 8059 and Gokudera being an idiot, and Tsuna panicking and being adorable, and - okay, I'll shut up.

[metisket]

*seizes Hana and runs off with her*

...Though something tells me she wouldn't be too impressed with that. XD

I'm so glad you liked Takeshi! He has so many layers, and half of them he doesn't know about himself, and it was awesome fun to write. ^_^ And Hibari! So unintentionally funny. I WOULD PAT HIS HEAD IF I DIDN'T VALUE MY HAND.

And I'm glad you liked the way Reborn and Gokudera and Tsuna turned out. <3 The Reborn and children thing, especially. He's always struck me that way in canon for some reason...

Thank you so much for the comment! :D

[quiet_hearts]

This was so wonderful! I love how you used so many different characters, here. (I will allow that my pairing bias loves the moments between Yamamoto and Tsuna and then Yamamoto and Hibari the most, but THAT'S JUST ME.)

I love love love your characterizations. Everyone is perfect. Yamamoto can be a hard character to pin down for a lot of people, and you got it SO RIGHT. And his relationship with his dad, and Reborn...it's so great. Reborn seeing Yamamoto as a chance at rewriting history is just...SO REBORN, despite all outward appearances.

I'm not an 8059 fan but I liked the Yamamoto and Gokudera dynamic, here, too. And getting a glimpse of Yamamoto's teammates and their perspective on everything was really fun, too! Hahaha, man. Thinking of it from an outside perspective, everyone must think that little group of people around Tsuna is all batshit insane, and I love it.

Your writing is beautiful, your characterization is beautiful, YOU COULD WRITE ANYTHING and it'd be amazing.

[metisket]

Haha, I'm glad you liked all the characters! I have kind of a problem in this fandom, in that I try my damndest to include every single character in every fic. It never works, but I try hard... XD

Writing Yamamoto and Reborn together was even more fun than I thought it would be, because...WHY, JUST WHY? Middle school kid + battle-hardened hitman, BFFs. WAT. I have to love it. ^_^

And yeah, Tsuna is the only one who can pass for sane at all, and no one's going to buy that once they've met his friends. Presumably their classmates avoid them like they're serial killers on campus...because they KIND OF ARE.

Thank you for the awesome comment! :D

[metisket]

Hello! :D Thank you so much, I'm happy you enjoyed it! And enough to reread, yay~ ^_^

[askerian]

Gah, i'm sorry i'm too braindead for a real review, but as always you've nailed the characterization. There are some gorgeous lines in there, too, and some hilarious in a rather dark way. I love your Yamamoto, he's so interestingly fucked up. (and yay papamoto! n'aww.)

[metisket]

Oh, sorry for braindead. :/ But thank you for the comment! Interestingly fucked up is, yes, exactly how I see Yamamoto. XD

Papamoto ♥. I love that guy, he's my favorite parent in KHR. ...Not that this is a tough contest, really. *headdesk*