Title:  Mercy of the Fallen
Fandom:  Yami no Matsuei
Pairing:  Tsuzuki/Hisoka
Categories:  action, angst, drama, romance, post-canon, established relationship
Length:  Epic [63,000 words, plus the prequels]
Warnings:  violence; discussion of rape, torture & past character death/suicide (and of babies, too)


Author on LJ:  gaudior
Website:  n/a

Author's Summary:  There are some things Tsuzuki just can’t live with.  (Like his job.  His memories.  His part in the death of innocents.  Himself.)  There are some things Hisoka just can’t live without.  (Like Tsuzuki.)  Something’s got to give...

Review:  Yami no Matsuei, while a beautiful story, ended its anime with no firm closure - and let's not even discuss the cliff-hanger manga.  For fanfic writers, it's a delicate balance between clearing up too many plotpoints and making a hash of it, and explaining too few and lacking a purpose to your story.  Mercy of the Fallen strikes just the right note.  It may be impossible for a fic, even an epic length one, to adequately a) get Tsuzuki and Hisoka together, b) nurture the relationship until it's healthy, c) figure out what to do about Muraki, the perennial Big Bad, and d) make the afterlife worthwhile for our characters.  Gaudior's decision to leave the getting-together step for prequel fics was absolutely the right one.  Most authors choose to keep their fic to a) and b), and while that can be satisfying, losing the opportunity to fix c) and d) begins to grate.  While you have the option to read the prequels and see a) in action, it's not really necessary to do before reading Mercy.

Furthermore, Gaudior's grasp of his/her plot is astounding, and so effortlessly done.  The shinigami are drawn back to Earth for what they think will be a routine murder investigation, and they aren't ready to find out that the serial baby-killer is Muraki - or what else Muraki is.  The surprise revelation about Muraki's true identity, about halfway through Mercy, was both a stroke of genius and absolutely necessary to keep the plot spinning towards Tsuzuki and Hisoka's salvation.  Indeed, the behavior of all the characters doesn't seem forced or out of place with what we've seen in canon, and so our heroes' eventual success is so much more uplifting for appearing to be what could really happen, post-canon.

Mercy of the Fallen (the next chapter is linked at the end of each chapter)
The Prequels, a.k.a. how the Tsuzuki/Hisoka relationship started:
Exorcism
Surpassing

Title:  Mercy of the Fallen
Fandom:  Yami no Matsuei
Pairing:  Tsuzuki/Hisoka
Categories:  action, angst, drama, romance, post-canon, established relationship
Length:  Epic [63,000 words, plus the prequels]
Warnings:  violence; discussion of rape, torture & past character death/suicide (and of babies, too)


Author on LJ:  gaudior
Website:  n/a

Author's Summary:  There are some things Tsuzuki just can’t live with.  (Like his job.  His memories.  His part in the death of innocents.  Himself.)  There are some things Hisoka just can’t live without.  (Like Tsuzuki.)  Something’s got to give...

Review:  Yami no Matsuei, while a beautiful story, ended its anime with no firm closure - and let's not even discuss the cliff-hanger manga.  For fanfic writers, it's a delicate balance between clearing up too many plotpoints and making a hash of it, and explaining too few and lacking a purpose to your story.  Mercy of the Fallen strikes just the right note.  It may be impossible for a fic, even an epic length one, to adequately a) get Tsuzuki and Hisoka together, b) nurture the relationship until it's healthy, c) figure out what to do about Muraki, the perennial Big Bad, and d) make the afterlife worthwhile for our characters.  Gaudior's decision to leave the getting-together step for prequel fics was absolutely the right one.  Most authors choose to keep their fic to a) and b), and while that can be satisfying, losing the opportunity to fix c) and d) begins to grate.  While you have the option to read the prequels and see a) in action, it's not really necessary to do before reading Mercy.

Furthermore, Gaudior's grasp of his/her plot is astounding, and so effortlessly done.  The shinigami are drawn back to Earth for what they think will be a routine murder investigation, and they aren't ready to find out that the serial baby-killer is Muraki - or what else Muraki is.  The surprise revelation about Muraki's true identity, about halfway through Mercy, was both a stroke of genius and absolutely necessary to keep the plot spinning towards Tsuzuki and Hisoka's salvation.  Indeed, the behavior of all the characters doesn't seem forced or out of place with what we've seen in canon, and so our heroes' eventual success is so much more uplifting for appearing to be what could really happen, post-canon.

Mercy of the Fallen (the next chapter is linked at the end of each chapter)
The Prequels, a.k.a. how the Tsuzuki/Hisoka relationship started:
Exorcism
Surpassing

Title:  Mercy of the Fallen
Fandom:  Yami no Matsuei
Pairing:  Tsuzuki/Hisoka
Categories:  action, angst, drama, romance, post-canon, established relationship
Length:  Epic [63,000 words, plus the prequels]
Warnings:  violence; discussion of rape, torture & past character death/suicide (and of babies, too)


Author on LJ:  gaudior
Website:  n/a

Author's Summary:  There are some things Tsuzuki just can’t live with.  (Like his job.  His memories.  His part in the death of innocents.  Himself.)  There are some things Hisoka just can’t live without.  (Like Tsuzuki.)  Something’s got to give...

Review:  Yami no Matsuei, while a beautiful story, ended its anime with no firm closure - and let's not even discuss the cliff-hanger manga.  For fanfic writers, it's a delicate balance between clearing up too many plotpoints and making a hash of it, and explaining too few and lacking a purpose to your story.  Mercy of the Fallen strikes just the right note.  It may be impossible for a fic, even an epic length one, to adequately a) get Tsuzuki and Hisoka together, b) nurture the relationship until it's healthy, c) figure out what to do about Muraki, the perennial Big Bad, and d) make the afterlife worthwhile for our characters.  Gaudior's decision to leave the getting-together step for prequel fics was absolutely the right one.  Most authors choose to keep their fic to a) and b), and while that can be satisfying, losing the opportunity to fix c) and d) begins to grate.  While you have the option to read the prequels and see a) in action, it's not really necessary to do before reading Mercy.

Furthermore, Gaudior's grasp of his/her plot is astounding, and so effortlessly done.  The shinigami are drawn back to Earth for what they think will be a routine murder investigation, and they aren't ready to find out that the serial baby-killer is Muraki - or what else Muraki is.  The surprise revelation about Muraki's true identity, about halfway through Mercy, was both a stroke of genius and absolutely necessary to keep the plot spinning towards Tsuzuki and Hisoka's salvation.  Indeed, the behavior of all the characters doesn't seem forced or out of place with what we've seen in canon, and so our heroes' eventual success is so much more uplifting for appearing to be what could really happen, post-canon.

Mercy of the Fallen (the next chapter is linked at the end of each chapter)
The Prequels, a.k.a. how the Tsuzuki/Hisoka relationship started:
Exorcism
Surpassing

Title:  Mercy of the Fallen
Fandom:  Yami no Matsuei
Pairing:  Tsuzuki/Hisoka
Categories:  action, angst, drama, romance, post-canon, established relationship
Length:  Epic [63,000 words, plus the prequels]
Warnings:  violence; discussion of rape, torture & past character death/suicide (and of babies, too)


Author on LJ:  gaudior
Website:  n/a

Author's Summary:  There are some things Tsuzuki just can’t live with.  (Like his job.  His memories.  His part in the death of innocents.  Himself.)  There are some things Hisoka just can’t live without.  (Like Tsuzuki.)  Something’s got to give...

Review:  Yami no Matsuei, while a beautiful story, ended its anime with no firm closure - and let's not even discuss the cliff-hanger manga.  For fanfic writers, it's a delicate balance between clearing up too many plotpoints and making a hash of it, and explaining too few and lacking a purpose to your story.  Mercy of the Fallen strikes just the right note.  It may be impossible for a fic, even an epic length one, to adequately a) get Tsuzuki and Hisoka together, b) nurture the relationship until it's healthy, c) figure out what to do about Muraki, the perennial Big Bad, and d) make the afterlife worthwhile for our characters.  Gaudior's decision to leave the getting-together step for prequel fics was absolutely the right one.  Most authors choose to keep their fic to a) and b), and while that can be satisfying, losing the opportunity to fix c) and d) begins to grate.  While you have the option to read the prequels and see a) in action, it's not really necessary to do before reading Mercy.

Furthermore, Gaudior's grasp of his/her plot is astounding, and so effortlessly done.  The shinigami are drawn back to Earth for what they think will be a routine murder investigation, and they aren't ready to find out that the serial baby-killer is Muraki - or what else Muraki is.  The surprise revelation about Muraki's true identity, about halfway through Mercy, was both a stroke of genius and absolutely necessary to keep the plot spinning towards Tsuzuki and Hisoka's salvation.  Indeed, the behavior of all the characters doesn't seem forced or out of place with what we've seen in canon, and so our heroes' eventual success is so much more uplifting for appearing to be what could really happen, post-canon.

Mercy of the Fallen (the next chapter is linked at the end of each chapter)
The Prequels, a.k.a. how the Tsuzuki/Hisoka relationship started:
Exorcism
Surpassing

Title:  Mercy of the Fallen
Fandom:  Yami no Matsuei
Pairing:  Tsuzuki/Hisoka
Categories:  action, angst, drama, romance, post-canon, established relationship
Length:  Epic [63,000 words, plus the prequels]
Warnings:  violence; discussion of rape, torture & past character death/suicide (and of babies, too)


Author on LJ:  gaudior
Website:  n/a

Author's Summary:  There are some things Tsuzuki just can’t live with.  (Like his job.  His memories.  His part in the death of innocents.  Himself.)  There are some things Hisoka just can’t live without.  (Like Tsuzuki.)  Something’s got to give...

Review:  Yami no Matsuei, while a beautiful story, ended its anime with no firm closure - and let's not even discuss the cliff-hanger manga.  For fanfic writers, it's a delicate balance between clearing up too many plotpoints and making a hash of it, and explaining too few and lacking a purpose to your story.  Mercy of the Fallen strikes just the right note.  It may be impossible for a fic, even an epic length one, to adequately a) get Tsuzuki and Hisoka together, b) nurture the relationship until it's healthy, c) figure out what to do about Muraki, the perennial Big Bad, and d) make the afterlife worthwhile for our characters.  Gaudior's decision to leave the getting-together step for prequel fics was absolutely the right one.  Most authors choose to keep their fic to a) and b), and while that can be satisfying, losing the opportunity to fix c) and d) begins to grate.  While you have the option to read the prequels and see a) in action, it's not really necessary to do before reading Mercy.

Furthermore, Gaudior's grasp of his/her plot is astounding, and so effortlessly done.  The shinigami are drawn back to Earth for what they think will be a routine murder investigation, and they aren't ready to find out that the serial baby-killer is Muraki - or what else Muraki is.  The surprise revelation about Muraki's true identity, about halfway through Mercy, was both a stroke of genius and absolutely necessary to keep the plot spinning towards Tsuzuki and Hisoka's salvation.  Indeed, the behavior of all the characters doesn't seem forced or out of place with what we've seen in canon, and so our heroes' eventual success is so much more uplifting for appearing to be what could really happen, post-canon.

Mercy of the Fallen (the next chapter is linked at the end of each chapter)
The Prequels, a.k.a. how the Tsuzuki/Hisoka relationship started:
Exorcism
Surpassing

Title:  Mercy of the Fallen
Fandom:  Yami no Matsuei
Pairing:  Tsuzuki/Hisoka
Categories:  action, angst, drama, romance, post-canon, established relationship
Length:  Epic [63,000 words, plus the prequels]
Warnings:  violence; discussion of rape, torture & past character death/suicide (and of babies, too)


Author on LJ:  gaudior
Website:  n/a

Author's Summary:  There are some things Tsuzuki just can’t live with.  (Like his job.  His memories.  His part in the death of innocents.  Himself.)  There are some things Hisoka just can’t live without.  (Like Tsuzuki.)  Something’s got to give...

Review:  Yami no Matsuei, while a beautiful story, ended its anime with no firm closure - and let's not even discuss the cliff-hanger manga.  For fanfic writers, it's a delicate balance between clearing up too many plotpoints and making a hash of it, and explaining too few and lacking a purpose to your story.  Mercy of the Fallen strikes just the right note.  It may be impossible for a fic, even an epic length one, to adequately a) get Tsuzuki and Hisoka together, b) nurture the relationship until it's healthy, c) figure out what to do about Muraki, the perennial Big Bad, and d) make the afterlife worthwhile for our characters.  Gaudior's decision to leave the getting-together step for prequel fics was absolutely the right one.  Most authors choose to keep their fic to a) and b), and while that can be satisfying, losing the opportunity to fix c) and d) begins to grate.  While you have the option to read the prequels and see a) in action, it's not really necessary to do before reading Mercy.

Furthermore, Gaudior's grasp of his/her plot is astounding, and so effortlessly done.  The shinigami are drawn back to Earth for what they think will be a routine murder investigation, and they aren't ready to find out that the serial baby-killer is Muraki - or what else Muraki is.  The surprise revelation about Muraki's true identity, about halfway through Mercy, was both a stroke of genius and absolutely necessary to keep the plot spinning towards Tsuzuki and Hisoka's salvation.  Indeed, the behavior of all the characters doesn't seem forced or out of place with what we've seen in canon, and so our heroes' eventual success is so much more uplifting for appearing to be what could really happen, post-canon.

Mercy of the Fallen (the next chapter is linked at the end of each chapter)
The Prequels, a.k.a. how the Tsuzuki/Hisoka relationship started:
Exorcism
Surpassing

Title:  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

Title:  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

Title:  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

Title:  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

Title:  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

Title:  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

Title:  The Fire and Shadows series
Fandom:  Yami no Matsuei [a.k.a. The Descendants of Darkness]
Pairing:  Tsuzuki/Tatsumi, some Tatsumi/Watari friends-with-benefits
Categories:  Angst, romance, action, drama, supernatural, hurt/comfort
Length:  Long [~24,000 words between all three fics]
Warnings:  some violence; references to canon rape, character death, attempted suicide  


Author on LJ:  scribblemoose 
Website:  Scribblemoose's Fiction

Review:  Tatsumi and Tsuzuki miscommunicate on their first night together, just before Nagasaki.  As a result, even though they both love one another, the canon failure of their partnership occurs.  50 years later, Hisoka and Watari figure out what happened, and try to push the two back together - but a rising evil may end their reconciliation before it even begins.

If you're curious about the fandom/canon, try Ashlea's Cropped Scan Theatre for a (funny) summary of the existing manga.  Hmm, for everyone else, this is a yaoi take on the duties of shinigami, or "death gods"; here, they're the traumatically-killed dead, who make sure that everyone dies on schedule.  They usually get too emotionally involved to be really effective.  Also, sprinkle some sorcery and serial killers on top.

If you hate plots that hinge on a nigh-ridiculous communications failure, then maybe this series is not for you.  On the other hand, canon itself somewhat supports this plot: Tatsumi does love Tsuzuki, and hasn't told him about his feelings, and he does try to make Tsuzuki happy by supporting Tsuzuki's new partnership with Hisoka.  While Hisoka/Tsuzuki and Tatsumi/Watari are the fandom OTPs, this fic makes you root for old unrequited loves. 

The first story covers that night 50 years ago.  The second story involves Hisoka and Tsuzuki talking about Nagasaki, and Watari comforting Tatsumi.  The last story expands the series' plot out beyond the personal dramas of the shinigami, and could be read by itself as an interesting episode of the anime, complete with monsters, resurrections and angst - however, Scribblemoose deftly weaves in the issues from the first two stories, and really ties the series together in an entirely satisfying way.  The communications failure is solved perhaps *too* easily, but at that point, I was ready for a happy ending.

Bonus: P.L. Nunn was commissioned to, and drew, two pictures for this series (very NSFW; there are links at the end of the fics).

Devastation
Anniversary
Seeds of Evil

Title:  The Fire and Shadows series
Fandom:  Yami no Matsuei [a.k.a. The Descendants of Darkness]
Pairing:  Tsuzuki/Tatsumi, some Tatsumi/Watari friends-with-benefits
Categories:  Angst, romance, action, drama, supernatural, hurt/comfort
Length:  Long [~24,000 words between all three fics]
Warnings:  some violence; references to canon rape, character death, attempted suicide  


Author on LJ:  scribblemoose 
Website:  Scribblemoose's Fiction

Review:  Tatsumi and Tsuzuki miscommunicate on their first night together, just before Nagasaki.  As a result, even though they both love one another, the canon failure of their partnership occurs.  50 years later, Hisoka and Watari figure out what happened, and try to push the two back together - but a rising evil may end their reconciliation before it even begins.

If you're curious about the fandom/canon, try Ashlea's Cropped Scan Theatre for a (funny) summary of the existing manga.  Hmm, for everyone else, this is a yaoi take on the duties of shinigami, or "death gods"; here, they're the traumatically-killed dead, who make sure that everyone dies on schedule.  They usually get too emotionally involved to be really effective.  Also, sprinkle some sorcery and serial killers on top.

If you hate plots that hinge on a nigh-ridiculous communications failure, then maybe this series is not for you.  On the other hand, canon itself somewhat supports this plot: Tatsumi does love Tsuzuki, and hasn't told him about his feelings, and he does try to make Tsuzuki happy by supporting Tsuzuki's new partnership with Hisoka.  While Hisoka/Tsuzuki and Tatsumi/Watari are the fandom OTPs, this fic makes you root for old unrequited loves. 

The first story covers that night 50 years ago.  The second story involves Hisoka and Tsuzuki talking about Nagasaki, and Watari comforting Tatsumi.  The last story expands the series' plot out beyond the personal dramas of the shinigami, and could be read by itself as an interesting episode of the anime, complete with monsters, resurrections and angst - however, Scribblemoose deftly weaves in the issues from the first two stories, and really ties the series together in an entirely satisfying way.  The communications failure is solved perhaps *too* easily, but at that point, I was ready for a happy ending.

Bonus: P.L. Nunn was commissioned to, and drew, two pictures for this series (very NSFW; there are links at the end of the fics).

Devastation
Anniversary
Seeds of Evil

Title:  The Fire and Shadows series
Fandom:  Yami no Matsuei [a.k.a. The Descendants of Darkness]
Pairing:  Tsuzuki/Tatsumi, some Tatsumi/Watari friends-with-benefits
Categories:  Angst, romance, action, drama, supernatural, hurt/comfort
Length:  Long [~24,000 words between all three fics]
Warnings:  some violence; references to canon rape, character death, attempted suicide  


Author on LJ:  scribblemoose 
Website:  Scribblemoose's Fiction

Review:  Tatsumi and Tsuzuki miscommunicate on their first night together, just before Nagasaki.  As a result, even though they both love one another, the canon failure of their partnership occurs.  50 years later, Hisoka and Watari figure out what happened, and try to push the two back together - but a rising evil may end their reconciliation before it even begins.

If you're curious about the fandom/canon, try Ashlea's Cropped Scan Theatre for a (funny) summary of the existing manga.  Hmm, for everyone else, this is a yaoi take on the duties of shinigami, or "death gods"; here, they're the traumatically-killed dead, who make sure that everyone dies on schedule.  They usually get too emotionally involved to be really effective.  Also, sprinkle some sorcery and serial killers on top.

If you hate plots that hinge on a nigh-ridiculous communications failure, then maybe this series is not for you.  On the other hand, canon itself somewhat supports this plot: Tatsumi does love Tsuzuki, and hasn't told him about his feelings, and he does try to make Tsuzuki happy by supporting Tsuzuki's new partnership with Hisoka.  While Hisoka/Tsuzuki and Tatsumi/Watari are the fandom OTPs, this fic makes you root for old unrequited loves. 

The first story covers that night 50 years ago.  The second story involves Hisoka and Tsuzuki talking about Nagasaki, and Watari comforting Tatsumi.  The last story expands the series' plot out beyond the personal dramas of the shinigami, and could be read by itself as an interesting episode of the anime, complete with monsters, resurrections and angst - however, Scribblemoose deftly weaves in the issues from the first two stories, and really ties the series together in an entirely satisfying way.  The communications failure is solved perhaps *too* easily, but at that point, I was ready for a happy ending.

Bonus: P.L. Nunn was commissioned to, and drew, two pictures for this series (very NSFW; there are links at the end of the fics).

Devastation
Anniversary
Seeds of Evil

Title:  The Fire and Shadows series
Fandom:  Yami no Matsuei [a.k.a. The Descendants of Darkness]
Pairing:  Tsuzuki/Tatsumi, some Tatsumi/Watari friends-with-benefits
Categories:  Angst, romance, action, drama, supernatural, hurt/comfort
Length:  Long [~24,000 words between all three fics]
Warnings:  some violence; references to canon rape, character death, attempted suicide  


Author on LJ:  scribblemoose 
Website:  Scribblemoose's Fiction

Review:  Tatsumi and Tsuzuki miscommunicate on their first night together, just before Nagasaki.  As a result, even though they both love one another, the canon failure of their partnership occurs.  50 years later, Hisoka and Watari figure out what happened, and try to push the two back together - but a rising evil may end their reconciliation before it even begins.

If you're curious about the fandom/canon, try Ashlea's Cropped Scan Theatre for a (funny) summary of the existing manga.  Hmm, for everyone else, this is a yaoi take on the duties of shinigami, or "death gods"; here, they're the traumatically-killed dead, who make sure that everyone dies on schedule.  They usually get too emotionally involved to be really effective.  Also, sprinkle some sorcery and serial killers on top.

If you hate plots that hinge on a nigh-ridiculous communications failure, then maybe this series is not for you.  On the other hand, canon itself somewhat supports this plot: Tatsumi does love Tsuzuki, and hasn't told him about his feelings, and he does try to make Tsuzuki happy by supporting Tsuzuki's new partnership with Hisoka.  While Hisoka/Tsuzuki and Tatsumi/Watari are the fandom OTPs, this fic makes you root for old unrequited loves. 

The first story covers that night 50 years ago.  The second story involves Hisoka and Tsuzuki talking about Nagasaki, and Watari comforting Tatsumi.  The last story expands the series' plot out beyond the personal dramas of the shinigami, and could be read by itself as an interesting episode of the anime, complete with monsters, resurrections and angst - however, Scribblemoose deftly weaves in the issues from the first two stories, and really ties the series together in an entirely satisfying way.  The communications failure is solved perhaps *too* easily, but at that point, I was ready for a happy ending.

Bonus: P.L. Nunn was commissioned to, and drew, two pictures for this series (very NSFW; there are links at the end of the fics).

Devastation
Anniversary
Seeds of Evil

Title:  The Fire and Shadows series
Fandom:  Yami no Matsuei [a.k.a. The Descendants of Darkness]
Pairing:  Tsuzuki/Tatsumi, some Tatsumi/Watari friends-with-benefits
Categories:  Angst, romance, action, drama, supernatural, hurt/comfort
Length:  Long [~24,000 words between all three fics]
Warnings:  some violence; references to canon rape, character death, attempted suicide  


Author on LJ:  scribblemoose 
Website:  Scribblemoose's Fiction

Review:  Tatsumi and Tsuzuki miscommunicate on their first night together, just before Nagasaki.  As a result, even though they both love one another, the canon failure of their partnership occurs.  50 years later, Hisoka and Watari figure out what happened, and try to push the two back together - but a rising evil may end their reconciliation before it even begins.

If you're curious about the fandom/canon, try Ashlea's Cropped Scan Theatre for a (funny) summary of the existing manga.  Hmm, for everyone else, this is a yaoi take on the duties of shinigami, or "death gods"; here, they're the traumatically-killed dead, who make sure that everyone dies on schedule.  They usually get too emotionally involved to be really effective.  Also, sprinkle some sorcery and serial killers on top.

If you hate plots that hinge on a nigh-ridiculous communications failure, then maybe this series is not for you.  On the other hand, canon itself somewhat supports this plot: Tatsumi does love Tsuzuki, and hasn't told him about his feelings, and he does try to make Tsuzuki happy by supporting Tsuzuki's new partnership with Hisoka.  While Hisoka/Tsuzuki and Tatsumi/Watari are the fandom OTPs, this fic makes you root for old unrequited loves. 

The first story covers that night 50 years ago.  The second story involves Hisoka and Tsuzuki talking about Nagasaki, and Watari comforting Tatsumi.  The last story expands the series' plot out beyond the personal dramas of the shinigami, and could be read by itself as an interesting episode of the anime, complete with monsters, resurrections and angst - however, Scribblemoose deftly weaves in the issues from the first two stories, and really ties the series together in an entirely satisfying way.  The communications failure is solved perhaps *too* easily, but at that point, I was ready for a happy ending.

Bonus: P.L. Nunn was commissioned to, and drew, two pictures for this series (very NSFW; there are links at the end of the fics).

Devastation
Anniversary
Seeds of Evil

Title:  The Fire and Shadows series
Fandom:  Yami no Matsuei [a.k.a. The Descendants of Darkness]
Pairing:  Tsuzuki/Tatsumi, some Tatsumi/Watari friends-with-benefits
Categories:  Angst, romance, action, drama, supernatural, hurt/comfort
Length:  Long [~24,000 words between all three fics]
Warnings:  some violence; references to canon rape, character death, attempted suicide  


Author on LJ:  scribblemoose 
Website:  Scribblemoose's Fiction

Review:  Tatsumi and Tsuzuki miscommunicate on their first night together, just before Nagasaki.  As a result, even though they both love one another, the canon failure of their partnership occurs.  50 years later, Hisoka and Watari figure out what happened, and try to push the two back together - but a rising evil may end their reconciliation before it even begins.

If you're curious about the fandom/canon, try Ashlea's Cropped Scan Theatre for a (funny) summary of the existing manga.  Hmm, for everyone else, this is a yaoi take on the duties of shinigami, or "death gods"; here, they're the traumatically-killed dead, who make sure that everyone dies on schedule.  They usually get too emotionally involved to be really effective.  Also, sprinkle some sorcery and serial killers on top.

If you hate plots that hinge on a nigh-ridiculous communications failure, then maybe this series is not for you.  On the other hand, canon itself somewhat supports this plot: Tatsumi does love Tsuzuki, and hasn't told him about his feelings, and he does try to make Tsuzuki happy by supporting Tsuzuki's new partnership with Hisoka.  While Hisoka/Tsuzuki and Tatsumi/Watari are the fandom OTPs, this fic makes you root for old unrequited loves. 

The first story covers that night 50 years ago.  The second story involves Hisoka and Tsuzuki talking about Nagasaki, and Watari comforting Tatsumi.  The last story expands the series' plot out beyond the personal dramas of the shinigami, and could be read by itself as an interesting episode of the anime, complete with monsters, resurrections and angst - however, Scribblemoose deftly weaves in the issues from the first two stories, and really ties the series together in an entirely satisfying way.  The communications failure is solved perhaps *too* easily, but at that point, I was ready for a happy ending.

Bonus: P.L. Nunn was commissioned to, and drew, two pictures for this series (very NSFW; there are links at the end of the fics).

Devastation
Anniversary
Seeds of Evil