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Fandom: Ouran High School Host Club, crossover with: Fruits Basket, Gravitation, Yami no Matsuei, Love Mode and Skip Beat
Pairings: gen, although some hints of canon pairings like Yuki/Shuuichi
Categories: crack, humor, crossover
Length: Medium [10,000+ words] Bonus rec!
Warnings: hints at (canon) incest
Author on LJ: n/a
Website: Her page on Fanfiction.net
Review: What Ouran Academy really needed to become even crazier than it already was, were week-long visiting lecturers.
I'm a little leery about reccing the entire series, simply because I am only familiar with the first three crossover canons. Nevertheless, each chapter stands comfortably on its own, and I do recommend the first three chapters without reservation. To summarize:
Chapter One: Fruits Basket is such a shoujo series, that having it collide with Ouran (which may be shoujo but certainly spends more time parodying it than playing the tropes straight) was a stroke of genius. Shigure's interactions and musings about the Ouran students were delightfully in-character, as were their reactions to him. I particularly liked his attempts to bring out "Black Mori".
Chapter Two: Yuki as a willing guest lecturer is a harder sell, but his more cynical nature acts as the glass of cold water to the face that Ouran characters desperately need. Plus, it's at this point that a certain thematic repetition starts to become apparent. Namely, that the lecturers will a) determine that Haruhi is a girl, and b) be able to tell that the twins are faking their incestual relationship.
Chapter Three: Muraki should never have been allowed past the doorstep of a high school. The reader knows just what he's like, and there's a dark humor in seeing the Ouran students get creeped out while remaining ignorant of his crimes.
I am confident that the remaining two chapters are also comedy gold, and personally enjoyed reading them, but I can't be certain that the crossover characters are as in-character as the first three lecturers were. Then again, the series does not have an ongoing plot as such, and the first three chapters stand as a great medium-length story.
Ouran Academy Guest Lecturers Series
Fandom: Ouran High School Host Club, crossover with: Fruits Basket, Gravitation, Yami no Matsuei, Love Mode and Skip Beat
Pairings: gen, although some hints of canon pairings like Yuki/Shuuichi
Categories: crack, humor, crossover
Length: Medium [10,000+ words] Bonus rec!
Warnings: hints at (canon) incest
Author on LJ: n/a
Website: Her page on Fanfiction.net
Review: What Ouran Academy really needed to become even crazier than it already was, were week-long visiting lecturers.
I'm a little leery about reccing the entire series, simply because I am only familiar with the first three crossover canons. Nevertheless, each chapter stands comfortably on its own, and I do recommend the first three chapters without reservation. To summarize:
Chapter One: Fruits Basket is such a shoujo series, that having it collide with Ouran (which may be shoujo but certainly spends more time parodying it than playing the tropes straight) was a stroke of genius. Shigure's interactions and musings about the Ouran students were delightfully in-character, as were their reactions to him. I particularly liked his attempts to bring out "Black Mori".
Chapter Two: Yuki as a willing guest lecturer is a harder sell, but his more cynical nature acts as the glass of cold water to the face that Ouran characters desperately need. Plus, it's at this point that a certain thematic repetition starts to become apparent. Namely, that the lecturers will a) determine that Haruhi is a girl, and b) be able to tell that the twins are faking their incestual relationship.
Chapter Three: Muraki should never have been allowed past the doorstep of a high school. The reader knows just what he's like, and there's a dark humor in seeing the Ouran students get creeped out while remaining ignorant of his crimes.
I am confident that the remaining two chapters are also comedy gold, and personally enjoyed reading them, but I can't be certain that the crossover characters are as in-character as the first three lecturers were. Then again, the series does not have an ongoing plot as such, and the first three chapters stand as a great medium-length story.
Ouran Academy Guest Lecturers Series
Fandom: Ouran High School Host Club, crossover with: Fruits Basket, Gravitation, Yami no Matsuei, Love Mode and Skip Beat
Pairings: gen, although some hints of canon pairings like Yuki/Shuuichi
Categories: crack, humor, crossover
Length: Medium [10,000+ words] Bonus rec!
Warnings: hints at (canon) incest
Author on LJ: n/a
Website: Her page on Fanfiction.net
Review: What Ouran Academy really needed to become even crazier than it already was, were week-long visiting lecturers.
I'm a little leery about reccing the entire series, simply because I am only familiar with the first three crossover canons. Nevertheless, each chapter stands comfortably on its own, and I do recommend the first three chapters without reservation. To summarize:
Chapter One: Fruits Basket is such a shoujo series, that having it collide with Ouran (which may be shoujo but certainly spends more time parodying it than playing the tropes straight) was a stroke of genius. Shigure's interactions and musings about the Ouran students were delightfully in-character, as were their reactions to him. I particularly liked his attempts to bring out "Black Mori".
Chapter Two: Yuki as a willing guest lecturer is a harder sell, but his more cynical nature acts as the glass of cold water to the face that Ouran characters desperately need. Plus, it's at this point that a certain thematic repetition starts to become apparent. Namely, that the lecturers will a) determine that Haruhi is a girl, and b) be able to tell that the twins are faking their incestual relationship.
Chapter Three: Muraki should never have been allowed past the doorstep of a high school. The reader knows just what he's like, and there's a dark humor in seeing the Ouran students get creeped out while remaining ignorant of his crimes.
I am confident that the remaining two chapters are also comedy gold, and personally enjoyed reading them, but I can't be certain that the crossover characters are as in-character as the first three lecturers were. Then again, the series does not have an ongoing plot as such, and the first three chapters stand as a great medium-length story.
Ouran Academy Guest Lecturers Series
Fandom: Ouran High School Host Club, crossover with: Fruits Basket, Gravitation, Yami no Matsuei, Love Mode and Skip Beat
Pairings: gen, although some hints of canon pairings like Yuki/Shuuichi
Categories: crack, humor, crossover
Length: Medium [10,000+ words] Bonus rec!
Warnings: hints at (canon) incest
Author on LJ: n/a
Website: Her page on Fanfiction.net
Review: What Ouran Academy really needed to become even crazier than it already was, were week-long visiting lecturers.
I'm a little leery about reccing the entire series, simply because I am only familiar with the first three crossover canons. Nevertheless, each chapter stands comfortably on its own, and I do recommend the first three chapters without reservation. To summarize:
Chapter One: Fruits Basket is such a shoujo series, that having it collide with Ouran (which may be shoujo but certainly spends more time parodying it than playing the tropes straight) was a stroke of genius. Shigure's interactions and musings about the Ouran students were delightfully in-character, as were their reactions to him. I particularly liked his attempts to bring out "Black Mori".
Chapter Two: Yuki as a willing guest lecturer is a harder sell, but his more cynical nature acts as the glass of cold water to the face that Ouran characters desperately need. Plus, it's at this point that a certain thematic repetition starts to become apparent. Namely, that the lecturers will a) determine that Haruhi is a girl, and b) be able to tell that the twins are faking their incestual relationship.
Chapter Three: Muraki should never have been allowed past the doorstep of a high school. The reader knows just what he's like, and there's a dark humor in seeing the Ouran students get creeped out while remaining ignorant of his crimes.
I am confident that the remaining two chapters are also comedy gold, and personally enjoyed reading them, but I can't be certain that the crossover characters are as in-character as the first three lecturers were. Then again, the series does not have an ongoing plot as such, and the first three chapters stand as a great medium-length story.
Ouran Academy Guest Lecturers Series
Fandom: Ouran High School Host Club, crossover with: Fruits Basket, Gravitation, Yami no Matsuei, Love Mode and Skip Beat
Pairings: gen, although some hints of canon pairings like Yuki/Shuuichi
Categories: crack, humor, crossover
Length: Medium [10,000+ words] Bonus rec!
Warnings: hints at (canon) incest
Author on LJ: n/a
Website: Her page on Fanfiction.net
Review: What Ouran Academy really needed to become even crazier than it already was, were week-long visiting lecturers.
I'm a little leery about reccing the entire series, simply because I am only familiar with the first three crossover canons. Nevertheless, each chapter stands comfortably on its own, and I do recommend the first three chapters without reservation. To summarize:
Chapter One: Fruits Basket is such a shoujo series, that having it collide with Ouran (which may be shoujo but certainly spends more time parodying it than playing the tropes straight) was a stroke of genius. Shigure's interactions and musings about the Ouran students were delightfully in-character, as were their reactions to him. I particularly liked his attempts to bring out "Black Mori".
Chapter Two: Yuki as a willing guest lecturer is a harder sell, but his more cynical nature acts as the glass of cold water to the face that Ouran characters desperately need. Plus, it's at this point that a certain thematic repetition starts to become apparent. Namely, that the lecturers will a) determine that Haruhi is a girl, and b) be able to tell that the twins are faking their incestual relationship.
Chapter Three: Muraki should never have been allowed past the doorstep of a high school. The reader knows just what he's like, and there's a dark humor in seeing the Ouran students get creeped out while remaining ignorant of his crimes.
I am confident that the remaining two chapters are also comedy gold, and personally enjoyed reading them, but I can't be certain that the crossover characters are as in-character as the first three lecturers were. Then again, the series does not have an ongoing plot as such, and the first three chapters stand as a great medium-length story.
Ouran Academy Guest Lecturers Series
Fandom: Ouran High School Host Club, crossover with: Fruits Basket, Gravitation, Yami no Matsuei, Love Mode and Skip Beat
Pairings: gen, although some hints of canon pairings like Yuki/Shuuichi
Categories: crack, humor, crossover
Length: Medium [10,000+ words] Bonus rec!
Warnings: hints at (canon) incest
Author on LJ: n/a
Website: Her page on Fanfiction.net
Review: What Ouran Academy really needed to become even crazier than it already was, were week-long visiting lecturers.
I'm a little leery about reccing the entire series, simply because I am only familiar with the first three crossover canons. Nevertheless, each chapter stands comfortably on its own, and I do recommend the first three chapters without reservation. To summarize:
Chapter One: Fruits Basket is such a shoujo series, that having it collide with Ouran (which may be shoujo but certainly spends more time parodying it than playing the tropes straight) was a stroke of genius. Shigure's interactions and musings about the Ouran students were delightfully in-character, as were their reactions to him. I particularly liked his attempts to bring out "Black Mori".
Chapter Two: Yuki as a willing guest lecturer is a harder sell, but his more cynical nature acts as the glass of cold water to the face that Ouran characters desperately need. Plus, it's at this point that a certain thematic repetition starts to become apparent. Namely, that the lecturers will a) determine that Haruhi is a girl, and b) be able to tell that the twins are faking their incestual relationship.
Chapter Three: Muraki should never have been allowed past the doorstep of a high school. The reader knows just what he's like, and there's a dark humor in seeing the Ouran students get creeped out while remaining ignorant of his crimes.
I am confident that the remaining two chapters are also comedy gold, and personally enjoyed reading them, but I can't be certain that the crossover characters are as in-character as the first three lecturers were. Then again, the series does not have an ongoing plot as such, and the first three chapters stand as a great medium-length story.
Ouran Academy Guest Lecturers Series
Bonus rec!
Fandom: Love Mode.
Pairing: Takamiya Katsura/Sakashita Izumi.
Categories: Established Relationship, Fluff, Romance.
Length: Short.
Warnings: Established Relationship.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
reality_is
Author Website: makisen.net
It’s Takamiya’s birthday and he decides to celebrate with Izumi, showing just how far their relationship has come since its beginning. Though short, this fic manages to go seamlessly from poignant to hilarious, with a good deal of fluff thrown in for good measure. A lovely ficlet that will brighten your day.
Bonus rec!
Fandom: Love Mode.
Pairing: Takamiya Katsura/Sakashita Izumi.
Categories: Established Relationship, Fluff, Romance.
Length: Short.
Warnings: Established Relationship.reality_is
Author Website: makisen.net
It’s Takamiya’s birthday and he decides to celebrate with Izumi, showing just how far their relationship has come since its beginning. Though short, this fic manages to go seamlessly from poignant to hilarious, with a good deal of fluff thrown in for good measure. A lovely ficlet that will brighten your day.
Bonus rec!
Fandom: Love Mode.
Pairing: Takamiya Katsura/Sakashita Izumi.
Categories: Established Relationship, Fluff, Romance.
Length: Short.
Warnings: Established Relationship.reality_is
Author Website: makisen.net
It’s Takamiya’s birthday and he decides to celebrate with Izumi, showing just how far their relationship has come since its beginning. Though short, this fic manages to go seamlessly from poignant to hilarious, with a good deal of fluff thrown in for good measure. A lovely ficlet that will brighten your day.
Bonus rec!
Fandom: Love Mode.
Pairing: Takamiya Katsura/Sakashita Izumi.
Categories: Established Relationship, Fluff, Romance.
Length: Short.
Warnings: Established Relationship.reality_is
Author Website: makisen.net
It’s Takamiya’s birthday and he decides to celebrate with Izumi, showing just how far their relationship has come since its beginning. Though short, this fic manages to go seamlessly from poignant to hilarious, with a good deal of fluff thrown in for good measure. A lovely ficlet that will brighten your day.
Bonus rec!
Fandom: Love Mode.
Pairing: Takamiya Katsura/Sakashita Izumi.
Categories: Established Relationship, Fluff, Romance.
Length: Short.
Warnings: Established Relationship.reality_is
Author Website: makisen.net
It’s Takamiya’s birthday and he decides to celebrate with Izumi, showing just how far their relationship has come since its beginning. Though short, this fic manages to go seamlessly from poignant to hilarious, with a good deal of fluff thrown in for good measure. A lovely ficlet that will brighten your day.
Bonus rec!
Fandom: Love Mode.
Pairing: Takamiya Katsura/Sakashita Izumi.
Categories: Established Relationship, Fluff, Romance.
Length: Short.
Warnings: Established Relationship.reality_is
Author Website: makisen.net
It’s Takamiya’s birthday and he decides to celebrate with Izumi, showing just how far their relationship has come since its beginning. Though short, this fic manages to go seamlessly from poignant to hilarious, with a good deal of fluff thrown in for good measure. A lovely ficlet that will brighten your day.
Title: Devil's Advocate.
Fandom: Love Mode.
Pairing: Takamiya Katsura/Sakashita Izumi; Aoe Reiji/Shirakawa Naoya.
Categories: Established Relationship.
Length: Short.
Warnings: None.
Author on LJ: ![[info]](https://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
reality_is
Author Website: makisen.net
Review:
I've yet to find a good "Love Mode" epic, but some of the short stories are so good that they (almost) make up for it.
The premise of the story is very simple: Takamiya, Izumi, Reiji and Naoya meet for dinner at a fancy restaurant. Yet the characterization and the dialogue more than make up for the simple plot. Ju manages to capture the interaction between the characters (be it Izumi’s antagonistic relationship with Reiji, his friendship with Naoya or the romantic entanglements between the couples) in such a way that the fic becomes a must-read for every Love Mode fan.
Devil's Advocate.
Title: Devil's Advocate.
Fandom: Love Mode.
Pairing: Takamiya Katsura/Sakashita Izumi; Aoe Reiji/Shirakawa Naoya.
Categories: Established Relationship.
Length: Short.
Warnings: None.
Author on LJ: reality_is
Author Website: makisen.net
Review:
I've yet to find a good "Love Mode" epic, but some of the short stories are so good that they (almost) make up for it.
The premise of the story is very simple: Takamiya, Izumi, Reiji and Naoya meet for dinner at a fancy restaurant. Yet the characterization and the dialogue more than make up for the simple plot. Ju manages to capture the interaction between the characters (be it Izumi’s antagonistic relationship with Reiji, his friendship with Naoya or the romantic entanglements between the couples) in such a way that the fic becomes a must-read for every Love Mode fan.
Devil's Advocate.
Title: Devil's Advocate.
Fandom: Love Mode.
Pairing: Takamiya Katsura/Sakashita Izumi; Aoe Reiji/Shirakawa Naoya.
Categories: Established Relationship.
Length: Short.
Warnings: None.
Author on LJ: reality_is
Author Website: makisen.net
Review:
I've yet to find a good "Love Mode" epic, but some of the short stories are so good that they (almost) make up for it.
The premise of the story is very simple: Takamiya, Izumi, Reiji and Naoya meet for dinner at a fancy restaurant. Yet the characterization and the dialogue more than make up for the simple plot. Ju manages to capture the interaction between the characters (be it Izumi’s antagonistic relationship with Reiji, his friendship with Naoya or the romantic entanglements between the couples) in such a way that the fic becomes a must-read for every Love Mode fan.
Devil's Advocate.
Title: Devil's Advocate.
Fandom: Love Mode.
Pairing: Takamiya Katsura/Sakashita Izumi; Aoe Reiji/Shirakawa Naoya.
Categories: Established Relationship.
Length: Short.
Warnings: None.
Author on LJ: reality_is
Author Website: makisen.net
Review:
I've yet to find a good "Love Mode" epic, but some of the short stories are so good that they (almost) make up for it.
The premise of the story is very simple: Takamiya, Izumi, Reiji and Naoya meet for dinner at a fancy restaurant. Yet the characterization and the dialogue more than make up for the simple plot. Ju manages to capture the interaction between the characters (be it Izumi’s antagonistic relationship with Reiji, his friendship with Naoya or the romantic entanglements between the couples) in such a way that the fic becomes a must-read for every Love Mode fan.
Devil's Advocate.
Title: Devil's Advocate.
Fandom: Love Mode.
Pairing: Takamiya Katsura/Sakashita Izumi; Aoe Reiji/Shirakawa Naoya.
Categories: Established Relationship.
Length: Short.
Warnings: None.
Author on LJ: reality_is
Author Website: makisen.net
Review:
I've yet to find a good "Love Mode" epic, but some of the short stories are so good that they (almost) make up for it.
The premise of the story is very simple: Takamiya, Izumi, Reiji and Naoya meet for dinner at a fancy restaurant. Yet the characterization and the dialogue more than make up for the simple plot. Ju manages to capture the interaction between the characters (be it Izumi’s antagonistic relationship with Reiji, his friendship with Naoya or the romantic entanglements between the couples) in such a way that the fic becomes a must-read for every Love Mode fan.
Devil's Advocate.
Title: Devil's Advocate.
Fandom: Love Mode.
Pairing: Takamiya Katsura/Sakashita Izumi; Aoe Reiji/Shirakawa Naoya.
Categories: Established Relationship.
Length: Short.
Warnings: None.
Author on LJ: reality_is
Author Website: makisen.net
Review:
I've yet to find a good "Love Mode" epic, but some of the short stories are so good that they (almost) make up for it.
The premise of the story is very simple: Takamiya, Izumi, Reiji and Naoya meet for dinner at a fancy restaurant. Yet the characterization and the dialogue more than make up for the simple plot. Ju manages to capture the interaction between the characters (be it Izumi’s antagonistic relationship with Reiji, his friendship with Naoya or the romantic entanglements between the couples) in such a way that the fic becomes a must-read for every Love Mode fan.
Devil's Advocate.
Title: Breaking the Habit
Fandom: Love Mode
Pairing: Takamiya Katsura/Sakashita Izumi; Aoe Reiji/Shirakawa Naoya
Categories: Established Relationship, Fluff
Length: Short
Warnings: None
Author on LJ:
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peroxide_fic Author Website: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/31057/
Review:
After attending health class, Naoya and Izumi realize exactly how dangerous their partners’ smoking habits are and decide, each in their own way, to do something about it.
What makes this fic so memorable is that Celeste manages to get everyone’s characterization spot on: Naoya, who still does his best not to "burden Aoe-san" in any way; Aoe, who will act gruffly, but will do anything to make his lover happy; Izumi, who despite all his protests cares for his lover deeply; and Takamiya, who will happily cater to Izumi’s every whim. Add some Naoya-Izumi friendship and a bit of the famous Izumi-Aoe rivalry and you have a delightfully amusing short story.
Breaking the Habit
Title: Breaking the Habit
Fandom: Love Mode
Pairing: Takamiya Katsura/Sakashita Izumi; Aoe Reiji/Shirakawa Naoya
Categories: Established Relationship, Fluff
Length: Short
Warnings: None
Author on LJ:
peroxide_fic Author Website: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/31057/
Review:
After attending health class, Naoya and Izumi realize exactly how dangerous their partners’ smoking habits are and decide, each in their own way, to do something about it.
What makes this fic so memorable is that Celeste manages to get everyone’s characterization spot on: Naoya, who still does his best not to "burden Aoe-san" in any way; Aoe, who will act gruffly, but will do anything to make his lover happy; Izumi, who despite all his protests cares for his lover deeply; and Takamiya, who will happily cater to Izumi’s every whim. Add some Naoya-Izumi friendship and a bit of the famous Izumi-Aoe rivalry and you have a delightfully amusing short story.
Breaking the Habit
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