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Cats in Boxes, Ch 1

Sep 02, 2006 00:14

Cats in Boxes, Ch 1
By: kytha, rabbitprint
Length: ~6.2k
Summary: A tale of a ghost, a berserker, and approximately eight thousand cups of coffee. Saix is alive and Vexen is dead, but not every book is closed and done. Set post-CoM, AU for the theoretical. Rated R for this chapter, for... things. Worksafe?

Chapter 1 - 2 - 3

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kytha, cats in boxes, pre-kh2, post-com, luc

Comments 20

hotasphyxiation September 3 2006, 00:43:24 UTC

amazing. saix is so in character, as well as vexen and everyone else thrown in on the side. i've never read a fic where saix and vexen had anything to do with one another before, but this was just... something else. lol, i don't even know what to say. you really blew me away with this piece- everything about it- abstract and deep- just the idea of saix going through vexen's things and ABSORBING it all.. this line, in particular, really stood out to me:

Something about the set of his mouth arrests his attention; Saix lets the faucet run, cold water burbling over his hand, and wonders when he grew so confident as to drink from another man's life.i feel like that very last part kind of.. summed up what saix was all about in this ( ... )

hotasphyxiation September 3 2006, 00:47:24 UTC

oh, and i just realized that this is chapter one, so stupid me for repeatedly calling it a 'piece'. D: yey.

mythicbeast September 3 2006, 06:22:34 UTC

No no, don't worry about it. I make that mistake quite a bit myself.

I'm glad you liked the fic. :] Granted, I only wrote part of it, but I did enjoy writing it, and it means a lot to hear that someone else enjoyed it too. ;D 'Something else' is definitely one of the things I like to hear anything I write described as, so I'm happy.

Don't worry about intelligent feedback, because... I'm just glad to know that you liked it so much! ^_^

*needs a happy icon*

rabbitprint September 3 2006, 16:21:59 UTC

Thank you! :) I'm glad someone liked it. It's a.... different idea, that's for sure, but kytha and I both had fun throwing it back and forth, and probably put more time than we should have into it, so it's really nice to hear that someone else enjoyed it too. :)

Glad also that Saix and Vexen passed the IC bar for you; that was one of our big worries, that the characterization wouldn't be as good while we were trying to play with the metaphors of each.

Thanks. :)

yui_hime September 4 2006, 03:25:46 UTC

Where's Chap 2? I wanna read it.

mythicbeast September 4 2006, 10:11:46 UTC

It's... still in progress! Check out the comm every once in a while for updates, I guess.

atouchofyou September 11 2006, 03:47:20 UTC

It's absolutely breath-taking. (But what else should I expect when two of my favorite authors get together?)It's intense and absorbing and I can't wait for the rest.

I love the use of the Castle as a mind; I love how Vexen tries to reduce Xemnas to an equation; and I especially love this line:

Axel makes faux-submission look as graceful as dancing

I love y'all's character interactions. My entire interpretation of the Orginization comes directly from what the two of you have done.

And one last thing: Is the whole "cats in boxes" thing supposed to mean something? Is it some kind of reference? 'Cause I don't get it...

Love for both of you!

mythicbeast September 11 2006, 14:41:48 UTC

Hee, good to know you're enjoying it! ^^

The cats thing is indeed a reference-- referring to a concept in (if I recall correctly) quantum physics that just kind of came to mind while working on this (although now I can't remember whose idea it was. Uh. Oh man, I am SO bad at this). It's popularly known as 'Schroedinger's Cat', if I'm spelling that correctly. You can look it up if you're interested, but the basic principle it's centered around is uncertainty and the role an observer plays in confirming something's existence... which is one of the things that the story hinges around. XD

rabbitprint September 11 2006, 15:48:41 UTC

Yeah, it's half a reference to the Uncertainty Principle too: that something is changed when it's observed, by the observer. I was absolutely going to call this The Uncertain Lives of Cats in Boxes but Sam was much more succinct. ;)

alba_aulbath September 14 2006, 22:01:35 UTC

spuhhh.

All I can say is: sweet. And this is only chapter one. I'm definitely thrilled to read more from you both, 'cuz I love you guyses. XD (And crack!pairings win. Especially ones that are written so well.)

mythicbeast September 15 2006, 12:29:56 UTC

♥

I am all about the crack, man. :D So good to hear you're enjoying it, because we are, too. >o> Although I'm none-too-secretly just waiting for a fandomwide reaction of 'omgwtf' in our general direction.

rabbitprint November 29 2006, 04:31:11 UTC

Weeks after the fact.... thanks! :)

alba_aulbath November 29 2006, 04:33:27 UTC

More like TWO MONTHS but whoooo's countin'~?

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rabbitprint November 29 2006, 04:30:35 UTC

it feels like a VERY well designed piece.
That is an awesome compliment. :) Thank you very much!