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[ Full Metal Alchemist, Prince of Tennis ]
Notes/Babbling: Sorry about the multiple updates in one day, but I curled up in bed and read for awhile because I've whined enough at people for being sick lately. XD Naturally, this means I have to spam the journal again. ^_~
Series:
Full Metal Alchemist - 3 Fanfics
Prince of Tennis - 3 Fanfics
- Full Metal Alchemist - Proper Maintenance by Moonsheen - You know, I don't always need outright-pr0n to make me all flailing fangirl over characters, because some authors have a way of writing UST that's exactly what I want in and of itself. It's not always the resolution (though I whine like a little baby if I don't get a regular fix of that, too, mind), sometimes it's the tension building between two characters that puts me in raburabu fangirl mode and, ohhhh, Moonsheen does some of the BEST Winry/Al EVAR. They don't even do anything here and yet I'm *___*'ing like crazy, because she just... she GETS THEM and even more than that, she WRITES THEM perfectly. They just... they sparkle in her hands... to the point where sometimes I kinda wish she'd write, say, Roy/Ed, because I love them, too, but then I think about how she writes Winry and Al and I find myself thinking, "No, no, I need more Winry/Al from her, 'cause they're just so damned PERFECT...." Which is a compliment, really, to say that she can distract me that much from my favored pairing. ^_~ The other thing that was so nice about this? It was... not liquid per say, but it had this whole feeling of a sort of liquid grace to the writing and the motions/actions of everything. Not delicate, but elegant and beautiful, even with something so simple as cleaning Al up. Sooo much luff. (Winry/Al hinted at.)
- Full Metal Alchemist - Nothing at All by Andariel - ....I was sadly bouncy-enthusiastic when I saw that Andariel had written Roy/Ed fic because I remember liking her WK fic quite a lot and, eeeeee, more good, solidly written Roy/Ed ALWAYS makes me happy. Deliriously so. Now, this fic may not be everyone's cup of tea, I was a little wavery over it at first, but upon a second reread (and I can't reread fic unless I genuinely liked it... hell, I can't choke down a mediocre fic the FIRST time if I don't like it, much less reread), I'm enjoying the whole thing quite a lot. The writing is smooth and polished and while I pick at the characterization a little up until the first kiss, after that, it's much, much smoother sailing. Especially since Ed rights himself pretty quickly, gets back on his feet and that is the Edward Elric I know. ♥ (Also? I LOVE that he's smug afterwards, because that was so something I could see Ed being. XD) But, really, what I liked so much about this story is that the writing is just... good, descriptive, pretty, and yet I barely even notice there are words there because it's so polished that I just get pulled right into the story. And, I dunno, I just liked the ending with Hawkeye. She's cool. ^_^v (Roy/Ed, R-rated content.)
- Full Metal Alchemist - handicap by Vikki - The taboo you commited is like scarlet fever or smallpox - it snatches away a sense you never realized was so vital - and left you longing. The more she writes, Vikki develops this... gift for insight with the characters and weaves these fantastically perfect metaphors or scenariors. She has this gift for scene these little scenes and writing them out in such a way that they could have been part of the canon itself, that's how closely they vibe with the original series itself, in my mind. This is a gorgeous little Al introspective fic, which I love because it's sad and sweet without being manipulative or over the line about it. It just... it IS Al, I can see it so clearly. And the whole tone... *sigh~* it's no wonder I rec just about everything she writes, because, dammit, I want her talent. *fangs* (No warnings/pairings.)
- Prince of Tennis - Security by Emily Ravenwood - Whenever the opportunity arose, at any rate, Ryoma would wake up to find Momo curled around him like he was some kind of oversized plushie. Most times when authors have ideas like this, they have to be very carefully written (at least with characters like Momo and Ryoma) lest the fic turn out to be overly sappy and OOC because Ryoma would never be that mushy. This, however? I loved, because Ryoma was... he was still Ryoma, but it was Momo-sempai so he wasn't AS mean as he could have been, but he wasn't really holding back, either, because it's Momo-sempai. What got me about this fic is that I was actually giggling the entire time because these are things I could JUST SEE Ryoma doing when Momo's sleeping on him, yet, at the same time, it made me all fluffy-happy because it's light MomoRyo. I'm totally not making sense at this point, so you should just go read the fic instead. It's GOOD MomoRyo, showing off the sparklyness they have that made me fall for them in the first place. (MomoRyo.)
- Prince of Tennis - Insight by Emily Ravenwood - This was... you know, I'm not even sure how to begin describing it, because it's one of those stories that sort of... is this little introspective stories that brings all these images to mind that you can't really put down into words, lest they be like cobwebs and you wind up tangling them up into a jumbled mess. But they're there in my head, these whisps of imagery that flew through my head as I was reading, pulling me in and engrossing me in the story. However, what I liked so much about this story is that it FELT RIGHT and I don't always get that from Tezuka/Atobe fiction. Her Tezuka was just... god, there were so many lines in this fic that I wanted to quote because this is what a character introspection should be--it illuminates his character, but does it in a way that's natural and flowing, rather than the author hitting the pause button and giving us exposition. Not to mention, the title is entirely appropriate--it weaves in Atobe's insight abilities, insight into Atobe, AND insight into Tezuka, all in one lovely, lovely piece of writing. ....dammit, just when I think I'm out of the whole Tenipuri fic thing.... >_> (No real warnings/pairings.)
- Prince of Tennis - Backstage (Chapter 01, chapter 02, chapter 03, and chapter 04) by Emily Ravenwood - Oh, man, there are no words for how glad I am to see Emily Ravenwood writing Tezuka/Atobe fic, because... just... *happy vibrations* there are a certain handful of authors (Jennifier D and Aishuu were two of them as well) that I never discussed things with beforehand, but we seemed to have reached so many of the same conclusions on the characters, to the point that it's eerie. (The Atobe - Fuji comparison is the one that sticks out most in my mind, because how many times have I said that or made that case? But I was also totally *____*'ing over Atobe detailing the antics of his team to Tezuka, who's gently amused, because I have had similar and thoughts and, eeeee, no only does that make ME feel smart to be in synch with an author I really like, it makes me happy because this is how I see them! ♥) And reading this story... oh, it's what I'm looking for, I can't put it better than that, I don't think. Not everyone is going to react the same way, but for me... there are good reads and then there are the things I'm looking for and this was so very much the latter.
Series:
Full Metal Alchemist - 3 Fanfics
Prince of Tennis - 3 Fanfics
- Full Metal Alchemist - Proper Maintenance by Moonsheen - You know, I don't always need outright-pr0n to make me all flailing fangirl over characters, because some authors have a way of writing UST that's exactly what I want in and of itself. It's not always the resolution (though I whine like a little baby if I don't get a regular fix of that, too, mind), sometimes it's the tension building between two characters that puts me in raburabu fangirl mode and, ohhhh, Moonsheen does some of the BEST Winry/Al EVAR. They don't even do anything here and yet I'm *___*'ing like crazy, because she just... she GETS THEM and even more than that, she WRITES THEM perfectly. They just... they sparkle in her hands... to the point where sometimes I kinda wish she'd write, say, Roy/Ed, because I love them, too, but then I think about how she writes Winry and Al and I find myself thinking, "No, no, I need more Winry/Al from her, 'cause they're just so damned PERFECT...." Which is a compliment, really, to say that she can distract me that much from my favored pairing. ^_~ The other thing that was so nice about this? It was... not liquid per say, but it had this whole feeling of a sort of liquid grace to the writing and the motions/actions of everything. Not delicate, but elegant and beautiful, even with something so simple as cleaning Al up. Sooo much luff. (Winry/Al hinted at.)
- Full Metal Alchemist - Nothing at All by Andariel - ....I was sadly bouncy-enthusiastic when I saw that Andariel had written Roy/Ed fic because I remember liking her WK fic quite a lot and, eeeeee, more good, solidly written Roy/Ed ALWAYS makes me happy. Deliriously so. Now, this fic may not be everyone's cup of tea, I was a little wavery over it at first, but upon a second reread (and I can't reread fic unless I genuinely liked it... hell, I can't choke down a mediocre fic the FIRST time if I don't like it, much less reread), I'm enjoying the whole thing quite a lot. The writing is smooth and polished and while I pick at the characterization a little up until the first kiss, after that, it's much, much smoother sailing. Especially since Ed rights himself pretty quickly, gets back on his feet and that is the Edward Elric I know. ♥ (Also? I LOVE that he's smug afterwards, because that was so something I could see Ed being. XD) But, really, what I liked so much about this story is that the writing is just... good, descriptive, pretty, and yet I barely even notice there are words there because it's so polished that I just get pulled right into the story. And, I dunno, I just liked the ending with Hawkeye. She's cool. ^_^v (Roy/Ed, R-rated content.)
- Full Metal Alchemist - handicap by Vikki - The taboo you commited is like scarlet fever or smallpox - it snatches away a sense you never realized was so vital - and left you longing. The more she writes, Vikki develops this... gift for insight with the characters and weaves these fantastically perfect metaphors or scenariors. She has this gift for scene these little scenes and writing them out in such a way that they could have been part of the canon itself, that's how closely they vibe with the original series itself, in my mind. This is a gorgeous little Al introspective fic, which I love because it's sad and sweet without being manipulative or over the line about it. It just... it IS Al, I can see it so clearly. And the whole tone... *sigh~* it's no wonder I rec just about everything she writes, because, dammit, I want her talent. *fangs* (No warnings/pairings.)
- Prince of Tennis - Security by Emily Ravenwood - Whenever the opportunity arose, at any rate, Ryoma would wake up to find Momo curled around him like he was some kind of oversized plushie. Most times when authors have ideas like this, they have to be very carefully written (at least with characters like Momo and Ryoma) lest the fic turn out to be overly sappy and OOC because Ryoma would never be that mushy. This, however? I loved, because Ryoma was... he was still Ryoma, but it was Momo-sempai so he wasn't AS mean as he could have been, but he wasn't really holding back, either, because it's Momo-sempai. What got me about this fic is that I was actually giggling the entire time because these are things I could JUST SEE Ryoma doing when Momo's sleeping on him, yet, at the same time, it made me all fluffy-happy because it's light MomoRyo. I'm totally not making sense at this point, so you should just go read the fic instead. It's GOOD MomoRyo, showing off the sparklyness they have that made me fall for them in the first place. (MomoRyo.)
- Prince of Tennis - Insight by Emily Ravenwood - This was... you know, I'm not even sure how to begin describing it, because it's one of those stories that sort of... is this little introspective stories that brings all these images to mind that you can't really put down into words, lest they be like cobwebs and you wind up tangling them up into a jumbled mess. But they're there in my head, these whisps of imagery that flew through my head as I was reading, pulling me in and engrossing me in the story. However, what I liked so much about this story is that it FELT RIGHT and I don't always get that from Tezuka/Atobe fiction. Her Tezuka was just... god, there were so many lines in this fic that I wanted to quote because this is what a character introspection should be--it illuminates his character, but does it in a way that's natural and flowing, rather than the author hitting the pause button and giving us exposition. Not to mention, the title is entirely appropriate--it weaves in Atobe's insight abilities, insight into Atobe, AND insight into Tezuka, all in one lovely, lovely piece of writing. ....dammit, just when I think I'm out of the whole Tenipuri fic thing.... >_> (No real warnings/pairings.)
- Prince of Tennis - Backstage (Chapter 01, chapter 02, chapter 03, and chapter 04) by Emily Ravenwood - Oh, man, there are no words for how glad I am to see Emily Ravenwood writing Tezuka/Atobe fic, because... just... *happy vibrations* there are a certain handful of authors (Jennifier D and Aishuu were two of them as well) that I never discussed things with beforehand, but we seemed to have reached so many of the same conclusions on the characters, to the point that it's eerie. (The Atobe - Fuji comparison is the one that sticks out most in my mind, because how many times have I said that or made that case? But I was also totally *____*'ing over Atobe detailing the antics of his team to Tezuka, who's gently amused, because I have had similar and thoughts and, eeeee, no only does that make ME feel smart to be in synch with an author I really like, it makes me happy because this is how I see them! ♥) And reading this story... oh, it's what I'm looking for, I can't put it better than that, I don't think. Not everyone is going to react the same way, but for me... there are good reads and then there are the things I'm looking for and this was so very much the latter.
It was marvellously in character and in line with how I see them, it was clever and, oh, how I will go on about a fic that's not only got a wonderful graps on the character, but one where the dialogue is actually CLEVER. The interaction between Tezuka and Atobe was just... I hum and sparkle over it because there's no clear favorite between the two, because they're both so gorgeously THEMSELVES, because it's not Atobe-favorism, because it's not Tezuka-favorism, because it's the dynamic between them that's the focus of the scenes rather than how one in particular bounces off the other. The slow building towards something is just... leaving me in that happy, swoon-y place, because I can BUY THIS, especially because they're more honest here, but they're not sappy or saccharine, they're THEMSELVES. *bounces* Man, you can see how hard I've been pulled back to these two amazing characters after a fic like this, can't you? (Tezuka/Atobe, though, it could easily pass for gen at this point.)
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ANd yeah! I don't do them regularly, but now and again I'll rec something on LJ. Goodfic deserves to be read, and you do a good job at linking stuff that's, well, likeable! (I hope, er. *g*)
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(In all seriousness, though, if there's one thing I believe in myself over, it's that I know the things I like are worthwhile things. I know when I like something despite it being stupid or if I like something because it gives me a fix of something I want and I know when I like something because it's well-done and GOOD. And I like your writing a lot, I wouldn't keep coming back to it and shoving it at others if I didn't believe that I could stand by my words that other people should read it. So. No arguing with me. Your writing is good stuff and that's that. *hmph* ^_~)
(And god love some of the people on f_w, but some of the others... ...well, I'll just take my disenchanment with f_w in the last six months or so and go be a grumpy fangirl in the corner. XD)
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([nods] I mean, it's okay to like something stupid too, if the author knows it's stupid and all that. God, I mean, all these AUs? are being done for FUN. But to be told they don't deserve consideration because of that? It's just... that's not the fanfic world I know and love, you know? *wg* and thank you. :) I'm feeling much better, a few days later. Probably didn't help I was on the first day of a flu when this whole thing came down. >_> )
(Yeah, me too. *wg* These days, it's all Harry Potter and personal taste. Rather than quantity, I'd like to see QUALITY wank up there, y'know? Things where everyone's being childish and there's no QUESTION as to who the wanky ones are... [sighs] Though, oh well. *wg* There were some good times, and some bad ones.)
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(It just bugs me that people are hunting for the wank these days and see nothing wrong with that. Or posting about "Well, it's not wanky yet, but I'm just waiting for it to explode!" And... well, there are a lot of things about the atmosphere in f_w that are rubbing me the wrong way in the last six months or so, but especially that it's not really about quality wank anymore, it's about encouraging people to be bitchy and snarky rather than attempting to play nice in fandoms and get along. There's nothing wrong with being nice, you know? It's not that I think f_w is a cesspool of back-stabbing cunts or somesuch, because a lot of people are very funny, intelligent, and witty over there.
I'm certainly not going to stop reading or stop laughing at some of the retardation in fandom. Just... I'm not as enchanted as I once was. .....wah, I have clearly turned into one of those, "I was reading f_w back when it was on LJ and Blurty and these kids today just don't get what it's REALLY about! GET OFF MY LAWN, YOU BRATS!" ^_~)