Meme

[tj_dragonblade]

Stolen from Tav. And sadieko. Because I need to stretch my creative brain muscles. They're beginning to atrophy with disuse.

Name a character and I'll tell you three (or more) facts about them from my own personal pseudocanon.

I'd ask that we stick to Saiyuki and Saiyuki Gaiden, as I really haven't got (or can't likely invent) a pseudo-canon for anything else. Except maybe Gundam Wing, which...would be a little rusty. But...I could manage. Okay. Saiyuki, Gaiden, or GW. Assuming anyone would like to play. ^_^;

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[jibii.livejournal.com]

Sanzo!

I'm predictable

[tj-dragonblade.livejournal.com]

1. Sanzo is not fond of Jeep. Fondness implies a certain level of attachment, after all, and we all know how Sanzo and attachment goes. However, he finds Jeep decidedly less annoying than the rest of the idiots, and, if left alone with the dragon (which is almost never), he will usually make some small gesture of appreciation for Jeep's tireless service in the whole stupid journey west. Thus, he now knows that Jeep favors fish over pork, that he prefers reading the world news section of the newspaper over editorials, and that he'd rather be scratched about the ears than below the chin. Sanzo would never admit to petting Jeep, of course, but as it's just him and the dragon, who is there to admit it to anyway?

2. In hindsight, Sanzo realizes that Shuuei was an important figure in Kouryuu's life on many more levels than what he'd thought it at the time. It's a realization that stays locked away in darker corners of his mind, however; a realization he prefers not to acknowledge at all because it adds another person to the roster of those he's cared about and been unable to save.

3. Sanzo doesn't actually have any real objection to Hi-Lites aside from their not being His Brand. It's just terribly satisfying to piss Gojyo off by insulting his taste in cigarettes on top of everything else.

[marasmine.livejournal.com]

Gojyo

I need examples to understand the game, but it sounds like fun!

[tj-dragonblade.livejournal.com]

Basically, it's like sharing things from your own 'universe' of fic-writing or character perception or whatever, that may or may not necessarily be strictly canon (or ever expressly covered in canon). Little tidbits of how you interpret the character(s), little things about them that exist or make them 'real' to you in your head, if I'm making any sense. ^_^;

1. Gojyo's tried to hate rainy nights, for Hakkai's sake, but it just doesn't work. His most vivid rainy-night association, after all, is of finding a half-dead youkai gutted and bleeding in the road, and deciding (for reasons he still can't explain) to take him home. All in all, it's turned out pretty well for him, which makes it kinda hard in the end to be anything but glad for that night. He's learned by now, too, that he can understand Hakkai's thing with the rain, can be there for him, even if it doesn't drop him into his own private puddle of angst. Besides. There's plenty for him to angst about other places in his brain. Hakkai can have this one.

2. Gojyo once caught his brother reading a 'dirty girls' book' (ie, romance novel). He didn't quite grasp what kind of book it was, though, seeing as how no one had ever really taught him how to read and there was no cover illustration, so he didn't really get why Jien was so embarrassed. He was glad about it in the end, though, because it's what made Jien realize that he couldn't read, so his brother started teaching him. Not that they had time to get very far in lessons before Jien left...

3. Gojyo really likes showering with Hakkai. Not for the perk of occasional shower sex, though he's certainly not gonna complain about that, but because...it just feels really nice to have Hakkai wash his hair. He likes the whole metaphorical whats-it that he knows Hakkai's probably thinking, that Gojyo's hair sliding wet through his fingers is kinda like washing the blood from his hands or whatever, and he likes that Hakkai is in a mental place now where he can think in terms of washing clean instead of being forever stained. Mostly, though, he just likes the gentleness of Hakkai's hands in his hair, Hakkai's fingertips against his scalp, and the fact that he's got someone who wants to touch him in little mundane ways, who isn't out to hurt him or kill him or just fuck him, who hasn't got any reason for touching him except that he wants to. Likes to, even. It's kinda cool, and kinda scary at the same time, and it makes Gojyo's stomach feel weirdly tense every now and again. Mostly, though, it just makes him content.

[tentiqa.livejournal.com]

ok...
Ten-chan then. Or Kennichan, actually, anything, as long as it is the both of them.
:)
*waits semi-patiently to see what happens next*
T-chan

[tj-dragonblade.livejournal.com]

^^ They're very hard to separate, aren't they? Very well. You get both.

1. Kenren often tells Tenpou that he just can't fathom how the Marshal could have a relationship with 'that damned dragon', but it's not entirely true. Privately, he'll admit that Goujun is dead sexy in his own right and a good man to boot, forthright and honorable and all that. Fact is, if the Commander hadn't been so dead-set in his piss-poor opinion of Kenren from the get-go, the general thinks it entirely possible that he might even have liked the dragon. He certainly would have showed him a good deal more respect, at the very least.

2. Kenren really likes the way that Tenpou tastes. He really likes the way that Tenpou looks, and the way that Tenpou looks at him. And he really, really likes the way that Tenpou moves underneath him in bed. He supposes that he probably has Goujun to thank for training Tenpou so thoroughly in the art of making love; it somehow pleases him to no end to think of the dragon fuming alone, frustrated in his own desires, while his erstwhile lover (or rather, lover-on-necessitated-hiatus) lavishes all his considerable talents on the likes of the lowly General Kenren.

3. Kenren has never really considered himself the type for heroics, never really even considered whether or not he's capable of genuine heroism. Tenpou would remark that he's likely got quite a natural inclination towards heroism, as it often goes hand in hand with bravado and stupidity, but Kenren's never really seen it as part of his persona. 'Course, he's never had anyone whom he'd want to protect quite so badly as he does Tenpou or that little scamp of a monkey, either. Although Nataku has come pretty damned close, lately...

~~~***~~~

1. Tenpou acquired the frog ashtray in a game of chance with the marshals of the other three armies some decades ago. It had been intended as a trophy of shame for the player who lost the most money; Tenpou found it unique and whimsical and took quite a liking to it, however, and carefully arranged for his luck to run short in order to ensure that he acquired it.

2. Tenpou prefers to be the bottom/receiving partner in sex nine times out of ten. Nothing really to do with a submissive nature; rather, it's more fulfilling for him on an intellectual level. There's a great deal to be learned about a man in letting him top, about what he likes, how he likes it, and how best to use that knowledge to one's own benefit. It's also much simpler to control the situation when the other individual doesn't realize that he's not actually the one in control. It should be noted, however, that this school of thought is much more successful when applied to Kenren than to Goujun.

3. Tenpou had never given much thought to his tendency toward disorganization before Kenren showed up, but he now finds a certain amount of satisfaction in letting the office go all to pieces around him. Kenren's reactions are well worth the occasional inability to locate precisely the scroll or book he was after, and putting it all back in order provides the perfect excuse to keep Kenren's company that much longer. There is also, he has found, a distinct but unnameable comfort in having someone to nag after him.

[tentiqa.livejournal.com]

Omg!
Loves the short, drabbe-ly things!!!
*Huggles!*

I read all of the rest too.

*Huggs!!*

~T-chan, uber happy and lovin it.
:))

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[deadharbor.livejournal.com]

Hakuryuu!

[tj-dragonblade.livejournal.com]

♥

1. Hakuryuu is of the opinion that if there is no objection to Gojyo having casual sex with other people, there should be no objection if Hakkai wishes to do the same. At least, that was how his own affair with Hakkai began. He realizes by now, of course, that what he and Hakkai have hardly counts as 'casual', and is not at all equatable to Gojyo's random trysts elsewhere. He knows that sooner or later Hakkai will tell Gojyo; he is of the mind that Gojyo had best be willing to share. Hakkai cares for them both, after all, and Hakuryuu is not at all willing to give him up. Besides. He has known Gojyo long enough by now to see beyond his shortcomings, and every now and again, Hakuryuu will find himself...curious. ^_~

2. Hakuryuu is aware that there are blanks in his memory, but he is not particularly bothered by the knowledge. He is aware that he should have more forms than the little white dragon and the jeep, but again, it does not bother him. He trusts that there is a reason for these things, whatever it might be, and that karma and fate and all will eventually come round again to a point where he will remember that which has been sealed away.

3. Every once in awhile, Hakuryuu can convince Hakkai to take him out for a recreational drive. He loves these occasions, loves the freedom of racing over open ground with only Hakkai for company. Hakkai's hands are on the wheel and at the gear shift, but Hakkai leaves all the real control to him and it is truly an exhilarating feeling. It's the closest thing to flying that he can get in this form, and thus the closest he can come to sharing the joy of flight with Hakkai. That may be the thing he likes best about it - the way Hakkai lets go on these little excursions. He can feel Hakkai relax, melt back into his seat; he is willing to bet that half the time, Hakkai's eyes are closed as well. He takes as much pleasure in freeing Hakkai of all the daily mundane cares, however briefly, as he does in freeing himself from the same.

4. Hakuryuu dreams of very odd things, sometimes. He has dreamt of heavenly palaces and burning pearls, of armies under his command, of politics and conspiracies and other things that make his head ache. He also dreams of simpler things, sometimes; of diving for fish in the depths of the ocean, of sharing the bounty thus caught with his four companions. His favorite dream, perhaps, is one held dear by his subconscious mind; in it, he has a form much like Hakkai's, arms that can wrap the other tightly to him, hands that can touch him the way that Gojyo does, and it fills him with such intense longing that he often wakes out of it, quite suddenly.

5. Occasionally, Hakuryuu likes to be a little bit mischievous. His favorite minor misdeed thus far has been stealing Gojyo's lighter, or cigarettes, or sometimes both, and squirreling them away where the kappa cannot find. Eventually he will leave them lying out in plain sight again, and finds himself smugly pleased to see the look on Gojyo's face that plainly bespeaks a worry of early senility. He is not too terribly concerned about being found out, either; he knows that any blame laid upon him will never stick. He knows that all he need do is twine himself around the back of Hakkai's neck, cooing his distressed denial, and Hakkai will give Gojyo That Look; Gojyo's mouth will flap soundlessly a time or two, and his eyes will go wide, and eventually his face will fall and his shoulders slump and he will turn away, confounded in his defeat. There are great advantages to be had in the appearance of innocence, after all.

6. Hakuryuu cannot actually recall the last time he might have seen the ocean or swam its waters, but there are moments when he misses it fiercely.

7. Hakuryuu is tempted, every now and then, to pluck the limiters from Hakkai's ear, but settles for an affectionate nip to his earlobe instead. It is one of his fondest desires to help Hakkai come to terms with his dual nature and accept his youkai self; he realizes, however, that the road to such acceptance is long and winding and cannot be embarked upon until Hakkai is truly ready to set foot to it.

Way more than three. But. It's Hakuryuu. ^_^

[deadharbor.livejournal.com]

Hehe, thank you, thank you!! That was a great read. I love your Hakuryuu so much!

[bronzetigress.livejournal.com]

Wufei. :)

[tj-dragonblade.livejournal.com]

1. For all his bluster and protest, Wufei is actually quite fond of the nicknames Duo tends to give him. He can be pressed to admit this fondness, under the right circumstances, but he will never, ever admit, even under extreme duress, that his favorite is Fei-Fei.

2. Wherever he and Duo eventually end up settling, Wufei wants a garden with the house. Specifically, he wants a water-garden, complete with koi pond and little bamboo fountain-features and all. It will be an ideal place for tai chi and meditation and keeping himself spiritually centered and healthy. He has currently acquired a small handful of wind chimes that will eventually have a home in that garden; in the meantime, he also keeps three male bettas in a divided twenty-gallon tank in their apartment. He dotes on them more than he'd thought he would in the beginning, more than he cares to admit to, in fact, and he can tell that Duo thinks it's 'cute' by the way the other grins about it. He's not sure if he should be annoyed by Duo's amusement or not. Duo refers to them as his 'dragon fish'. ^_^

3. Wufei tends to 'sleep funny', to use Duo's words. Many a morning he's woken to find himself squirreled half-sideways on the mattress, legs in danger of dangling off the edge, head pillowed on Duo's hip with an arm loosely wrapped around Duo's thighs. Duo seems to find it both amusing and endearing, however, and is not inclined to embarrass him by telling any of their friends. Wufei is grateful, and has learned not to be surprised by Duo's understated acts of maturity and/or discretion.

Gods, but I find myself itching to write these two again...

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Goujun.

[tj-dragonblade.livejournal.com]

*flounders* Where to start, where to start...

1. Goujun had many tutors in his youth. The one to whom he was most attached was his tutor in history and academics, a black dragon who eventually enlisted Goujun's assistance in ending his life. He had lived a great many centuries, this dragon, and was possessed by a burning curiosity to find out what life might be like as Other than dragon. Goujun can only assume that he reincarnated as some other race, free of all his dragon knowledge. He hopes that his old tutor is enjoying his experiment, and that it was worth it; the other had been very dear to him, after all. Tenpou reminds him of his old tutor, at times, but Goujun is hesitant to speculate on whether or not Tenpou actually is his new incarnation. He thinks, perhaps, that it is better--and quite likely less painful--not to know.

2. Regardless of who Tenpou may or may not be, he caught Goujun's attention very early in his career and never quite managed to let it go. They became lovers, eventually, despite all dragonish cautions against bedding Other than dragon, despite the fact that a dragon of Goujun's age is strictly forbidden to bed one so young as Tenpou, despite the risk of scandal should the truth of their relations ever be laid bare to the kami. Goujun found it difficult to feel shame, for any of it, but never did divulge the relationship to any of his kin back home. It would cause undue tensions, could well lead to strife, and he never felt that it would be worth the reprimand it would bring down upon his head. It did serve, however, to open his eyes to the fact that he was changing, or changed, and led Goujun to his first real thoughts of not truly belonging among his own kind anymore. Eventually, of course, the political climate in Tenkai became such that Goujun and Tenpou found it most prudent to take a prolonged pause in their partnership; it would be far too disastrous if they were found out. Unspoken between them was the certainty that the winds of politics would shift again, and such caution would eventually be unfounded any longer. Along came Kenren, however, in the interim, which of course complicated things to a certain degree; unfortunately, the hourglass ran out on them all before anything resembling a resolution to the triangle could even begin to be considered.

3. Goujun is not one to openly flout the laws of Heaven, no matter his personal distaste for some of them, but he is not above pressing their bounds in private, particularly under Tenpou's influence. Perhaps the most obvious example is the habit he's developed of suckling blood from Tenpou's throat. After all, as Tenpou had pointed out, tasting blood is not at all the same thing as consuming flesh, and the blood has not technically been spilled if it is lapped from the wound directly. He had not set out to establish such a habit, but self-control is not always his strongest attribute in bed with Tenpou and he found himself one evening with his kami's flesh between his teeth, the skin broken, and the taste of blood welling over his tongue. It was exhilarating, particularly in light of the abstinence required of him in regards to his carnivorous nature; the fact that Tenpou found it pleasurable only ensured that it would happen again. He is careful of how often he does so, regarding it as an almost sacred sort of offering on Tenpou's part that is not to be indulged frivolously.

4. Goujun's man-form has different 'stages' that he can hold with relative ease. The most natural stage, which he generally does not take except in the privacy of his own quarters, leaves his fingers taloned and his tail very evident. The man-form worn out among the kami (nails rounded, tail little more than vestigial and easily concealed by clothing) is a more formal stage, and requires slightly more focus and energy to hold. There are also varying degrees of dragon-form, the primary difference between any of them being size.

5. The thing that Goujun misses most for his service to Heaven is the music of the sea, the weight of ancestral home against his mind, the lull of the waves beneath his window when he sleeps. Heaven is certainly beautiful in its own right, but to Goujun, there is no comparison.

[thefacelessevil.livejournal.com]

Ukoku~

[tj-dragonblade.livejournal.com]

...okay, is he fair game under any name, or are you looking specifically for the Ukoku phase of his life? I've got pseudo-canon out the wazoo for Nii, but Ukoku is much more of a mystery to me. If it's strictly Ukoku that you're after, though, I'll manage something.

[thefacelessevil.livejournal.com]

Fair game to do as you please. :)

[tj-dragonblade.livejournal.com]

*cracks knuckles*

1. Nii views everyone around him, more or less, as toys of varying quality. Gyokumen is like the happy meal toy - cheap, predictable, not terribly complex, and ultimately boring after a very short time. Hwan is like a Barbie - not much to her, either, but somehow playing with her never really goes out of style. Kougaiji is like the super top-of-the-line tough-techie toy that every kid wants - there's a tremendous thrill in figuring out how he works and how much abuse he can take before he'll break; there's just as much thrill in the idea of figuring out how to put him back together if he does.

2. While he's always considered himself not precisely 'normal' and quite certainly something of a perv, Nii finds that Kougaiji somehow inspires him to deviant behaviours that almost surprised him, at first. He's developed a taste for Kougaiji's blood, for example, and finds that there's nothing quite like the rush of using Kougaiji's own clawed nails to tear the skin across his chest and then licking up the blood behind them. The fact that this fuels Kougaiji's ever-present anger and makes the prince seethe only makes it all the better and more exciting in the end.

3. Ukoku learned many lessons from Koumyou, though not all of them were taken to heart quite as the elder Sanzo might have intended. Many of the lessons learned by Ukoku were not likely intended as such, at all. For instance. Ukoku observed that Koumyou's persona of the air-headed simpleton served him very well in many dealings, particularly in that it tended to make others underestimate him and his influence. Nii has taken this idea to heart in his own twisted fashion - it's not simply for comfort that he wanders about all day in his slippers, after all, and the bunny doll is even more useful as a tool to perpetuate the illusion of possible madness than it is as a hiding place for you-know-what. And really, who in their right mind takes a dirty and perverted old man for any kind of serious threat, on the surface?

4. Ever since he was Kenyuu, Nii has sought challenges worthy of his talents and attentions, and in Kougaiji he has at last found a game truly worth the playing again. He has managed to seduce the conflicted prince, a feat far more difficult than forcing himself on Kougaiji. There's no challenge in simply raping someone like Kou, so where's the fun? What's the point? Far more entertaining to seduce an unwilling partner, to f*ck with his mind, to make him want you, crave you, even though he despises you. Far more fulfilling to turn his own desire into his greatest enemy, to make his own mind and body betray him. To make him like you, care about you, even, when you have done terrible things to him and he knows that he hates you--this is the ultimate sort of violation, and it requires far more skill and finesse and subtle ruthlessness than brutishly taking someone against his will. This is the sort of game Nii lives to play, though he sometimes thinks that perhaps Kou is too fine an opponent, and wonders fleetingly what might happen if he ended up lost in his own game, consumed by it.

[thefacelessevil.livejournal.com]

[tj-dragonblade.livejournal.com]

...Did LJ eat a comment?

Really. They ought to feed that poor goat more often...

[thefacelessevil.livejournal.com]

YES IT DID. That goddamn goat. I was basically gushing over your description. Your vision on the Kougaiji 'n Ni relationship is so very hot.

In my own, personal, opinion I don't know how much Ni wants Kougaiji to 'care' about him, even to fuck with his mind, - I actually think it would give him more perverse pleasure if Kougaiji tried to seriously kill him. Oh ho ho, what an experience that would be.

All in all, I loved it. I love the way you write. ♥

[kintail.livejournal.com]

since flemmings got here before me

Kanzeon!

[tj-dragonblade.livejournal.com]

Ohh, thank you. ^_^

1. Kanzeon is very very fond of Goujun. Not that she'd ever proposition him, or interfere too directly in his affairs, but she does find it personally fulfilling to see to it that he's not allowed to take life too seriously all the time. She's not above stealing a kiss, either, should the opportunity ever present itself. She is also, at least until canon says otherwise, responsible for Goujun's sealing of form and memory and thus his 'transformation' into Hakuryuu. She'd totally let him top hir, though. In either form.

2. Early on, Kanzeon had tried to get Jiroshin and hir nephew hooked up, but they never really took the hint. Which was just as well, she soon decided; they're both far too stiff in their own ways to have ever been a very good match. She really doesn't know what she was thinking. The monkey suits Konzen far better, and Jiroshin...well, it's just entirely too much fun to send his poor little heart into palpitations at all hir 'unseemly' behaviour. Half the things she says or does are solely for that reason. The poor dear. Maybe one day she'll ease up, for his sake, but...not too terribly soon. ^_~

3. Kanzeon is the only person who knows about Goujun and Tenpou aside from Kenren. No one ever told hir of it, nor do they know that she knows; just how she found out remains hir secret alone. She has done nothing with this knowledge, of course (aside from random behind-the-scenes acts now and then to help ensure that they are never discovered), and never will. She simply takes pleasure in the knowing.