Fic rec - Nukume Dori

Title: Nukume Dori series

Author: Leareth

Fandom: Tokyo Babylon / X/1999

Rating: PG-13 (R to mild NC-17 in later parts)

Pairing: Subaru/Seishirou, Hokuto/Kakyou

Warnings: canonical underage pairing, explicit sex, underage sex, dubcon, power dynamics issues, canon-typical violence, suicidal ideation, period-typical homophobia, character injury, partner betrayal, family betrayal, mind control, discussion of rape, forced abortion, and suicide

Other notes: au, fix-it fic, time travel, amnesia, magic, Japanese mythology, ghosts and spirits, the 90s, family,

Length: 300K+,  WIP

Summary: 

After the Final Day, Subaru finds himself sixteen again and reliving the last few months of the Bet, this time with the knowledge of all that is to come. He knows that Seishirou is the Sakurazukamori, he knows that they are playing a deadly game of love and death - and he knows that Hokuto's life is at stake if he loses.

 

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Originally posted on Pillowfort on 02/24/19

Fic rec - Ripples of Fate

Title: Ripples of Fate

Author: Lacertae

Fandom: xxxholic / Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle

Rating: PG-13

Pairing: mostly gen fic, established Touya/Yukito and Syaoran/Sakura, pre-relationship Watanuki/Doumeki

Warnings: discussion of familial death, animal death, and depression, grieving

Other notes: au, fix-it fic, family, feels

Length: 30k, plus sequel

Summary: 

He had been searching for years now, scouring through the dreamscape to find the Witch of Dimensions, and finally, he'd found her. And now he would find his missing family again.

“So tell me, Kinomoto Touya, what is it that you wish for?”

“I wish to meet with my nephew,” he said, and his voice carried over to Yuuko the urgency of his request.

 

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Originally posted on Pillowfort on 02/24/19

Meta on fandom

Well, this is certainly a title:

The Science of Stanning and Why You Want Your Fave to Run You Over With a Bus

Alas, strong fan reactions have historically been relegated as a phenomenon unique to manic teenage girls, from Beatlemania to the boy band craze of the late 1990s. “A lot of this has to do with the fear of female sexuality, that we are uncomfortable when teenage girls are acting out and talking about sexual things with celebrities,” says Booth.

Yet, fans of more “masculine” media, like professional sports, still exhibit outward displays of emotion when it comes to their devotions. (Take both the Philadelphia Eagles and Cleveland Cavaliers fans who ate horse feces when their teams won respective championships.) “We know that sport fans don’t act rationally in so many regards,” says Greg Greenhalgh, Ph.D., associate professor at Virginia Commonwealth University. In a 2015 study, Greenhalgh and his research team found that fans who reported high emotional investment in a team placed more (and more irrational) value on the team's success, meaning “that your emotional attachment is what’s going to end up leading to your level of fan identification… how much in your personal identity is wrapped up in being a fan,” Greenhalgh continues. “Once you get to a certain level, fans try to outdo certain fans: I’d eat horse poop to show you what a great fan I am.”