Happy endings

[rasphigi]

My first post to this excellent community -- hope it's not too bad -____-'' I hope it fits the prompt satisfactorily; "magic" makes me automatically think "fairy tales", relate that to Saiyuki and I get... something like this

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[rasphigi]

Thank you! I've never done timed stuff like this before, so I'm afraid I was watching the clock more than concentrating on language as much as I usually do... good to know that some agreeable phrasing filtered through anyway... ^__^'

[eyesofshinigami]

Wow, that was really good! I have to agree with kispexi2...I think Doku is right. Sometimes Kou is so blind to everything else but his mother, and it is a very distinct possibility that his mother won't be resurrected. It's something he's going to have to face.

You did such a good job with both of them. ^___^ Kou needs more fics like this. Thank you for sharing. ♥♥

[rasphigi]

Kou really kind of infuriates me lately... the more I think about it the more I think: He could put a stop to this experiment, right now, if he would just take a stand against Gyokumen.
(Though I suppose it's not up to him to be the hero...)

Anyway. Thank you, I'm glad you liked ♥

[purpleicicles]

Lots of really edible description going on here; you really got across the weariness, the desperate hope, the willingness for everything else to go away. Most of all I loved Doku's final line - you can hear his anxiousness and dread for Kou's future as well as the overtones of his own past. Very well written!!

[rasphigi]

weariness, the desperate hope, the willingness for everything else to go away
Thank you (: I'm not sure how well these emotions fit canon!Kou, but really, the only way Kou's stance (re: Gyokumen and revival) makes sense to me is if he's wilfully blocking out parts of reality in order to fit this idea of "And then Mom comes back and it's all sunshine and daisies!" into his future somehow. It's really pathetic! *wants to borrow Sanzo's fan*

It kind of occurred to me as I was writing the end, "hmm, 'dead' mother / crazy bitch, tragic illusions of youth, and Dokugakuji watching it all... there's some fine parallels waiting to be illuminated here"... but I didn't have time to really do much with it at that point.
Heheh, the whole fic basically is that last line ^___^ I'm happy it worked for you!

[purpleicicles]

"And then Mom comes back and it's all sunshine and daisies!"

I want to both laugh and cry at that - Kou is definitely deluding himself somewhere, and reinforces my idea of him as a very tragic character.

[rasphigi]

Tragedy pisses me off so much. >__< I just, I really hope Kou wakes up, if only because his followers deserve better. Dokugakuji in particular doesn't need more tragedy inflicted on him.

[theskywasblue]

Oooh, I liked this a lot. I can really picture them having this conversation, and I really agree with Dokugakuji on this - Kougaiji's desperate hope really goes one step to far and leaves him almost completely blind to the truth of the situation.
Nicely done.

[rasphigi]

Thank you... Kou's a sweetheart, and I still think it's pretty hilarious to put him next to our boys from the ikkou and call Kougaiji a villain XD, but... I do kind of want to slap him upside the head sometimes.
Glad you liked!

[lady_ganesh]

Ouch. Nice work.

[rasphigi]

Thank you (: I don't imagine Dokugaku talks straight like this with Kougaiji very often, but when (if?) he does, I don't see him pulling any punches.

[lady_ganesh]

Exactly!