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Ahiru, Fakir, Rue, Mytho – 17?

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First off, the cuteness of imagining their karaoke night is making me smile a ridiculous amount. (And obviously, I’m going with english language music, just for familiarity sake.)

Okay, so I think Rue would be a little nervous about picking a song and singing, so I think Ahiru would offer to sing with her. She’d pick something cute, I’m thinking like Colbie Caillat’s “Bubbly” or Sara Bareilles’s “I Choose You,” something fun but also sincere that’ll make their boys blush (even though Ahiru and Rue are singing to each other (platonically) as much as they’re singing to Fakir and Mytho).

I initially thought of Mytho singing “Pieces of Me” as a joke, but now the idea won’t leave. I can easily see Mytho really liking pop, not it necessarily being his favorite, but definitely something he’d like and the sort of thing he’d pull out to have fun with everyone.

Fakir completely unironically sings “Welcome to the Black Parade.”

And then Ahiru really wants to do another “duet,” so she gets Mytho to sing “You Don’t Know You’re Beautiful” to Rue with her.

(Later, Fakir feels bad he’s the only one who didn’t sing a love song, so on the ride/walk/whatever home, he puts on “Wonderful Tonight” and flusteredly sings along and changes the lyrics to fit Ahiru.)

Haruka, 10

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10) How they deal with pain

I think there are certain types of physical pain Haruka handles very well. Cuts and bruises don’t really bother her. She’d probably swear, say, if she drops a wrench on her foot, but she’s not going to make a big deal out of it. It’s the one way she lives up to the tough, cool front she’d like to think she exudes.

Anything to do with illness, though, stomach ache, sinus pain, anything like that, and Haruka’s the… I don’t want to say whiniest, as that sounds to negative, but something along those lines.

She can’t deal with internal pain at all. She all but demands pampering, even for minor things. And the worst part is, it’s only when she’s started to feel better that she can enjoy the attention at all. People have definitely accused her of milking it (which to be fair, she has occasionally done) but for the most part, she actually just feels that bad.

Michiru, 1

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1) Something this character is truly proud of.

I think it would be a long time before Michiru gets to a place where she can feel completely, unambiguously proud of anything she’s done. As a child she realized that her parents valued her work more than they valued her as a person, so any pride she might have in art or music got squashed out of her pretty quickly. And I think senshi work is very tied up in guilt and self-loathing for her, so she can’t feel pride in that.

But one day, when she and Haruka have been married a little while and have started having kids, she looks at her family and realizes that there is one thing she’s proud to be a part of. And after that, she realizes she’s proud of herself for being happy, because that never felt like somewhere her life could go, and here she is.

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docholligay
replied to your post “So after encountering an unrelated trash story that involved aliens…”

I tend to remove the whole alien thing for simplicity’s sake in my au, but that Haruka/Seiya thing is brilliant and also hilarious

The Haruka/Seiya bit has been sitting in my head for a really long time, I’m glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
I’m always a little torn about the alien thing, because on the one hand I find it really fascinating, but on the other it really limits what can be done with the characters, because then they can’t stay on earth forever.

Just read your entry for “The memory of you emerges from the night around me” and, oh my, I don’t even have words to respond with to reflect all of the feelings that it evoked. Very nicely done. Also, to answer your tag question, I didn’t think the way the little vignettes were ordered made it hard to follow (It just made things more painful – which I think meant it worked?).

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Aw, thank you so much!

♥

And thanks for letting me know, too, I haven’t done flashbacks much before and was worried I’d make a mess of it. 🙂

Here’s a good one: Which of your SM/HP house things do you think goes AGAINST the grain?

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That IS a good one. 

I think my big one is I don’t personally go with Pluto/Setsuna being a Ravenclaw, which I see a lot. She’s smart, definitely, and has such a vast store of knowledge, but I don’t know that she’d really value knowledge for knowledge’s sake the way ‘claws do. I think for me it comes down between Hufflepuff and Gryffindor, because her loyalty and duty and love are the most central things to her, and Gryffindor edges ahead.

The few Ravenclaws in HP canon came off as pretty cerebrally-orientated, and I see Setsuna as being led a lot more by her heart. She could watch the Silver Millenium burn not because there’s calculated thought behind doing so or anything, but because guarding the time gate is the one thing she can do, her last act of love for her queen and the rest of her people. And then, in every canon, which she gets a chance to do more, she loves enough and is brave enough to lay down her life. 

So to me, Setsuna’s pretty firmly a Gryffindor.

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docholligay replied to your post

“I intended to write something fluffy and Outers Family-Oriented for…”

Okay before I get into a more ~detailed analysis~ I have to tell you that I had almost the same idea for a story holy fuck, the mindweasels are spreading

Wow, I actually had the thought partway through that you or someone else might have decided on the same idea for Michiru’s birthday. WEIRD. 

docholligay replied to your post: I intended to write something fluffy a…

“Haruka’s marker had clearly started to die by the time she’d gotten to the “iru.” This detail is so good, so clever, and so in character. It really makes the passage come alive!

Ah, I’d glad you liked that bit! I love thinking about Haruka before she can fully express her extravagant side. Someday, she will have the ability and the confidence to throw Michiru the best (/worst) birthday party in the world, but right now all she has is a big piece of paper and some crayola markers. 

docholligay replied to your post: I intended to write something fluffy a…

But horses also race, so.” She let her eyes meet Michiru’s for a split second. “So.” *INCOHERENT SCREAMING*

fortythousandth replied to your post: I intended to write something fluffy a…

MY HEART. I have such a weakness for S-era angst, GEEZ. The Poseidon bit was fabulous, and the struggle of Michiru’s inner and outer dialogue was especially good here.

Thank you! I struggled  with whether to do the Poseidon bit or not, so I’m extra glad you enjoyed it. I liked the way it functioned, but I couldn’t decide if it was too obvious or not obvious enough.

fortythousandth replied to your post: I intended to write something fluffy a…

“For the first time in years, Michiru felt a real urge to cry.” YES

docholligay replied to your post: I intended to write something fluffy a…

I love the whole motif of them almost doing a…humanity exchange. As they are together, Michiru gains an ability to be loved, to be disappointed. As Haruka is forced to kill, she loses that softness in her, that tenderness.

I hadn’t thought about it in those terms before, but YES. Heaven help Michiru if it ever occurs to HER that way. She gets a real hope for the world, a belief in something worth fighting for, crying for, dying for, and Haruka gets to lose hope. I’d say the realization would make her hate herself, but this is Michiru so she’s already there ;__;

docholligay replied to your post: I intended to write something fluffy a…

Oh man, the ending kills me, just kills me.

I almost had Michiru look Haruka in the eye the whole time, too, but that felt too horrible for everyone.

Utena!

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Thank you I was really hoping to get Utena!

THE OTP: Utena/Anthy, of course

M/F OTP: Miki/Some nice girl who doesn’t resemble his sister (Now that I’m doing this I’m realizing I don’t ship any of the dudes with like anyone, whoops)

M/M OTP: Hm… I like reading romantic feelings into Touga/Saionji, but I don’t ship it per say… so let’s go with Chu Chu/the Frog he said goodbye to in the ending. I hope the frog one day breaks free of Ohtori and reunites with Chu Chu and they live happily with Utena and Anthy.

F/F OTP: Either Juri/Shiori once they get in better places with
themselves, or Juri/Wakaba or Juri/Nanami, once they’re older 

Fav Female: Tie between Juri and Utena. 
Fav Male: Chu Chu  I’m going to admit that I found Touga really interesting in my rewatch. I don’t like him as a person, but there’s something really sad (not quite sympathetic, but sad) at the end when he realizes Akio is bad and wants to save Utena, but the only way he knows how to try doing it is by replicating Akio’s behavior and trying to force Utena to be his girlfriend.

Least Fav Female: Kanae’s mom or the one lady teacher (I love all the girls a ridiculous amount)
Least Fav Male: Akio

Why I joined the fandom: I’d seen a lot of people recommend the show, so I decided to try watching it. And it of course turned out to be a hugely important story and everyone’s takes on different things are always so interesting to read.