Two people on my f-list recced this, and if they hadn't I never would have clicked on such a rare pairing. Anyone else who scrolls past it is really missing out.
This layout makes it really difficult to quote, but if I could this comment would be six inches long.
What I love in any piece of writing is when a writer gives me a realistic character with certain, defined personality traits - making it clear what this character would and wouldn't do - and then creates a story that changes that person, making it utterly believable that those traits have changed.
This part here: Falling into the role is always an inner shift of some kind, but the exact nature of the shift changes, depending on the undercover assignment. This time… this time, it's something completely new. Because most of all, walking through the Ragaraja's door – duffel bag of fetish gear in hand – is a relief.
It's like inner bonds loosening and falling away. Ryo wants to touch Junno, and so he does – he puts his free hand to the small of Junno's back, flat against cotton and warm skin, just like that. When he slides his hand down into Junno's back pocket, Junno leans into the touch.
We see how Ryo has changed and we are happy for him. Relieved for him. I can imagine him walking through those doors into a place that should be repulsive and nerve-wracking and dangerous to him and yet knowing that it's the only place where he can truly have what he wants and needs at that moment.
I don't usually read kink fics, either, and I was impressed at the knowledge/research that you shared. I don't know anything about this stuff, but you presented it in a way that made it easy to visualize and yet not distasteful for those of us who don't swing that way. It was fun to read.
The parts that were humorous played well against the parts that were suspenseful. Usually I can't read a fic this long without my mind wandering and leaving and coming back to it, but I read this one straight though. Fantastic story telling.
Personally, I can't stand Taguchi. I hate his stupid smile and stupid jokes and I ignore anything with him in it. But ... damn you make him hot and beautiful.
I hate writing smut because I feel like I'm using the same words and phrases over and over, telling something that has been told so many times that the shine has worn thin. But your writing isn't like that at all - it's fluid and graceful and beautiful and I'm so happy that people recced this because otherwise I would have missed it.
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Date: 2009-06-01 06:36 pm (UTC)This layout makes it really difficult to quote, but if I could this comment would be six inches long.
What I love in any piece of writing is when a writer gives me a realistic character with certain, defined personality traits - making it clear what this character would and wouldn't do - and then creates a story that changes that person, making it utterly believable that those traits have changed.
This part here:
Falling into the role is always an inner shift of some kind, but the exact nature of the shift changes, depending on the undercover assignment. This time… this time, it's something completely new. Because most of all, walking through the Ragaraja's door – duffel bag of fetish gear in hand – is a relief.
It's like inner bonds loosening and falling away. Ryo wants to touch Junno, and so he does – he puts his free hand to the small of Junno's back, flat against cotton and warm skin, just like that. When he slides his hand down into Junno's back pocket, Junno leans into the touch.
We see how Ryo has changed and we are happy for him. Relieved for him. I can imagine him walking through those doors into a place that should be repulsive and nerve-wracking and dangerous to him and yet knowing that it's the only place where he can truly have what he wants and needs at that moment.
I don't usually read kink fics, either, and I was impressed at the knowledge/research that you shared. I don't know anything about this stuff, but you presented it in a way that made it easy to visualize and yet not distasteful for those of us who don't swing that way. It was fun to read.
The parts that were humorous played well against the parts that were suspenseful. Usually I can't read a fic this long without my mind wandering and leaving and coming back to it, but I read this one straight though. Fantastic story telling.
Personally, I can't stand Taguchi. I hate his stupid smile and stupid jokes and I ignore anything with him in it. But ... damn you make him hot and beautiful.
I hate writing smut because I feel like I'm using the same words and phrases over and over, telling something that has been told so many times that the shine has worn thin. But your writing isn't like that at all - it's fluid and graceful and beautiful and I'm so happy that people recced this because otherwise I would have missed it.
Thank you for sharing it.