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No spoilers no spoilers no spoilers no spoilers, but:

My god, they like to fuck with canon!

I mean, one does expect that any movie-verse by it's very nature will be somewhat AU, but there are basic facts and events that are nonetheless expected to remain canon--

--and yet I can't help admiring on some level how certain aspects of canon are woven in and twisted and re-molded into a less-far-fetched shape, no matter my indignation at another level--

Feh.

And heh.

And oh looky, a post on which I finally use my long-dormant Sparky icon!

It should also be noted that this non-rant really applies to the entire trilogy, as well.

[Fic] Awakenings (repost)

As this was my first real Saiyuki fic, I've never been quite satisfied that it had come out 'right'. Having moved into my second year in the fandom, I felt that I'd gotten a better handle on writing these guys and so began quite a bit of revision on this. Having now entered my third year, I'm thinking perhaps it's time to wrap up the tweaking and call it good enough. ^_^

In addition to grammatical tweaks like removing excess ellipses and emphasis marks and trading those left for italics and trimming off extraneous narrative fat and breaking down some of those paragraph-length run-ons I seem so fond of, there have also been adjustments made for characterization, as follows:
- Extensive attempts made to polish Gojyo's voice more toward Hirata than Guardiola though I'm afraid he still sounds like some blend halfway between the two
- Extensive dialogue and thought revisions in an effort to capture Ishida-Hakkai rather than Hunt-Hakkai
- Hakuryuu moved from a cushion in the corner of the room to Hakkai's bed
- Hakuryuu given spoken lines instead of simply being narrated through both of his scenes.
- Minor tweakings that attempt to address my initial blithe disregard for Hakkai's over-developed sense of modesty
- Minor tweakings that attempt to mop up most of the excess sap

Still far from perfect, and still flawed. 'Course, I was never aiming for perfect and I don't feel it's worth it to completely re-write the thing to address its flaws. Just wanted to do a bit of clean-up and practice little things like characterization and objective punctuation.

Fandom: Saiyuki
Title: Awakenings
Author: TJ Dragonblade
Rated: 13+
Pairings: Hakkai/Gojyo. Peripheral Gojyo/OFC, Hakkai/Kanan, brief speculation on Goku/Sanzo.
Setting: Erm...early-to-mid-journey, summertime. Bearing in mind that I have no real idea what season they set out in. Probably fits better with the anime timeline, pre-Homura.

Summary: Gojyo's luck with the ladies one night leads Hakkai to the discovery of an inexplicable jealousy and Gojyo to the discovery of an equally inexplicable emptiness...

Warnings/This Fic Contains: Yaoi. Mild angst. A bit of sap. Scattered language. Mention of het with brief nudity. Men kissing while shirtless. Brief flashes of fantasy that could warrant a stricter rating. Mention of various events that could amount to spoilers in relation to Hakkai and particularly to his history with Gojyo...oh. And a brief moment of mild Hakkai fan-service.

Disclaimer: The many incarnations and characters of Saiyuki were created by the wonderfully talented Kazuya Minekura--may she be forever blessed and properly deified for sharing her vision with the rest of us. I venture onto her playground in the name of entertainment and maintaining my sanity; in so doing I mean no disrespect or copyright infringement.

Cross-posting: hardlove, hakkailove and saiyukiyaoi, as I wasn't a comm-member when I first posted this.

Part One of Three Contains brief flashes of fantasy that aren't quite worksafe.

Part Two of Three Mentions female nudity; work-safety issue left to individual discretion

Part Three of Three Worksafe

*sigh*

The problem with vacations? Is that they end. And all I seem to be able to see is not the sunshine and the relaxation and the time with my boys and all the wonderful good I got out of it, but all the things I had wanted to accomplish in the time off that I didn't.

Gods, I don't want to go back to work!

And I'm whining, which is so very mature. Not to mention attractive, yes.

Feh.