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⌈ Secret Post #713 ⌋

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101.

[X/1999]

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[NEWS, Koyama]

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[Ojiichan wa Shounen Tantei]

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105. [repeat]

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[Stephen King's IT]

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107. [repeat]

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108. [repeat]

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109. [repeat]

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[LJ, Fanfiction.net, y!gallery, devart]

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[FFXII]

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[Goof Troop]

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[Toradora!]

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[Heroes/The 4400]

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[The Submarines]

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[Merlin]

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[jesse lacey (brand new); chris conley (saves the day); andrew mcmahon (jack's mannequin/something corporate); max bemis (say/anything); anthony green (circa survive); craig owens (chiodos/cinematic sunrise)]

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[father of the pride]

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[Kuroshitsuji]

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[Katekyo Hitman Reborn, Dr Who, Pirates of the Caribbean]

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[Schindler's List]

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[Metal Gear Solid]

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[Prince of Tennis]

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[John Oliver]

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[Crossing Jordan]

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[madeline]

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[Gunnerkrigg Court]

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[FFVII Crisis Core]

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[Dr Who]

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154. [repeat]

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[Emberverse]

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[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia]

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[Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory]

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[World of Warcraft]

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[Hey Arnold]

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[Kamen Rider Kiva / Dexter]

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[Monk]

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[Meat Loaf]

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[Video Girl Ai]

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[Ferris Bueller's Day Off]

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[Voice actors (Chris Patton, Crispin Freeman, Yuri Lowenthal, Johnny Yong Bosch, Jeff Nimoy, Travis Willingham, Quinton Flynn, Kyle Hebert, Jamie McGonnigal)]

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101. The thing about the shipping dynamics in X is a thing that holds true through a lot of CLAMP works--there is A Special Person for whom a given character does not need to answer in terms of his or her love. So shipping and slashing in CLAMP generally requires a little more legwork for the pairings that aren't presented by the creators with intention and attention. (If you want Poly, though, try Magic Knight Rayearth. It's canon there.) But because CLAMP actually has "pairings that are canon or might as well be", fic tends to center on that.

That said, what fandom are you coming from, going to X? It's kinda Schroedinger's Fandom, so...

Final Fantasy VII, of all things. A friend of mine recently got the X anime for cheap, so we watched it together and I got totally hooked. Tracked down the manga to get my fix (only read it about seven or eight times, and Tokyo Babylon two or three, too, and picked up Clamp School Detectives for that backstory), flipped out at where they left off, had, um, the unique experience that is the movie... Cardcaptor Sakura may have been my first CLAMP fandom, but it's X that's gotten me hook, line, and sinker.

I'd really love to see more of the Seishirou-Subaru and Subaru-Kamui dynamics explored, but (and maybe it's because I'm picky or because there's bad feelings between the shippers of each) I really haven't found much out there that treats both relationships with the same... respect (I guess that's the best word for it?) that the canon does. The closest I've found is Sakura and Snow.

I ship both and I feel like a freak in the fandom for it. >.>

Ah, that does explain it. But FFVII is a game that had multiple romantic subplots and the Standard Square Levels of homoeroticism and UST and fanservice, so going from that to something like X is definitely a culture shock. I had a similar issue, actually, I'd been writing DDS fic right before I got into X, and before all that Ivalice Alliance and Suikoden. So X is the first instance I've had of there being really defined and catered to canon pairings that it's hard to deviate from, and since I'd never been about the pairings anyway, well. It was a tonal shift for me too.

As for finding X fic, I'll be arrogant and recommend my own stuff (http://mithrigil.livejournal.com/tag/tbx) (scroll back as necessary, that's my catchall TB/X tag and also has cosplay and recipes) and my girlfriend's (http://puella-nerdii.livejournal.com/tag/tbx)--I spent more time in the Tokyo Babylon aspect of it myself, but there's a lot of Kamui/Subaru UST, especially in her work. Other authors that I think deserve major recognition are Leareth (http://doki3.net/void/index2.html) and AKK (http://akk.insanejournal.com/). But yes, it is kind of the Seishirou and Subaru show where I roll, but that's mostly because I think Subaru is WRONG IN THE HEAD in very compelling ways. Also, there are some lovely things over at

x2009, including, as I recall, some really twisted S/S/K.

...I can also point you toward some genfic?

epic_is_epic in the house?

Well, when you put it that way... yeeeeeeeeeah.

Heh, and in one fell swoop you've managed to rec most of what I've enjoyed most in the fandom. (I'm loving Epic, by the way -- your Sorata is absolutely. Freaking. Amazing.)

--oh wow. :blush: Anon likes me! And I love writing Sorata, so that works out. (if you are following, there is a KICKASS SORATA SCENE going up tomorrow afternoon. The Asshole Tea Party.)

Andoh. Oh, I am sorry for having been concerned and taken exception. But yeah, dead fandom is mostly dead, and as such. I am glad you have enjoyed the things I pointed out, though.

Hey, if it helps, I'm only just now reading X (at vol 10, saw the anime a while back) and the only Kamui pairing that interests me is Kamui/Kotori. I'm actually afraid to say that around Clamp fandom as a whole. (Though Sorata/Arashi is the pairing I'm actually into.)

Kamui/Kotori is absolutely ADORABLE, and it really sucks awfully that the fandom seems to completely forget its existence. COME ON, A SILLY LITTLE THING LIKE DEATH DIDN'T STOP CLOUD/AERIS SHIPPERS, DID IT?

Kamui: *whine whine emo-boy whine surly*
Kotori: *appears*
Kamui: *whi-* "KOTORI IS HERE AND I MUST ~~BE POSSESSED BY SYAORAN~~ WATCH HER AND GROWL AT ANYONE WHO LOOKS AT HER AND MAKE SURE NOT A SINGLE HAIR IS DAMAGED!"
Kotori: "Kamui, you should be nicer! Don't you remember when we were 5 and insanely cute and you wanted to be my wife?"
Kamui: *blushes* "That-that-I AM NOT NICE AND WILL RUN AWAY BEFORE I'M NICE WITHOUT MEANING TO BE!"
Sorata: *looks at Kotori*
Kamui: "DON'T LOOK AT KOTORI! KOTORI I MUST TAKE YOU HOME AND PRETEND TO NOT LIKE YOU AND ACCIDENTALLY BE NICE AND IF YOUR HAT GETS CAUGHT IN A TREE BRANCH I WILL RISK MY LIFE TO GET IT BACK FOR YOU!"
Sorata: "My work here is done."

How do you not want to squish?

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