Remember When I Wasn’t Sick & Twisted? Also, Valentine's Day

[redbrunja]

Do you know what not to read for ‘just for a few minutes’ before going  to bed, especially when you should be asleep already?

Godchild.

Man, Godchild is twisted. Talk about a wacked-out creepy manga. Drugging a father so he kills his daughter? He was already a psycho, but that’s pushing it. And Cain, were you really that annoyed that she was coming on to you?

Mainly I feel sorry for Mary- can you imagine going from living on the streets telling fortunes to being locked up in a mansion having deportment lessons? At least Leonie got to fence. Mary has a great name, though.

I feel dirty even saying this, but am I the only one picking up incesty vibes between her and Cain? His possessiveness, the fact that a lolita complex was mentioned in the third panel after we first met her, and the, frankly, really disturbing conversation that ended the chapter....

 “My feelings might something that could engulf you in flames” and “I don’t mind if I have to be a bird trapped in cage, I want to be trapped inside your love.”

 I'm like.... I haven’t seen a brother so attached to his sister since Hakkai and we all know how that turned out. Adding in that Cain is a child of incest himself, and I’m forcibly restraining myself from making a ‘keeping it in the family’ joke.

And now, in a complete change of tone,

Valentine’s Day Meme!

Pick a couple and a prompt from behind the cut, and I’ll write you a drabble.

(My fandoms are are Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Supernatural, Battlestar Galactica, Dark Angel, Gilmore Girls, Veronica Mars, Harry Potter, Global Frequency, The 10th Kingdom, Fullmetal Alchemist, Girl Genius, Ghost in the Shell and Saiyuki.)

1. Gift
2. Flowers/Roses (specify if you wish)
3. Ribbon
4. Heart
5. Candy/Chocolate (again, specify if you want)
6. First Kiss
7. Attraction
8. Shy
9. Passing notes in class (or equivalent)
10. First date
11. Jewelry
12. Dance
13. Secret
14. Arrow

Comments

Mrs. Reynolds, Take 2

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Oh, boy is there ever subtext. I mean, if I'm reading and going, 'there's something kinky here' I think there's something kinky here. Yeah, Cain definatly has that, 'I care about no one but them, and for them I will destroy worlds.'

Mal and Inara have already had a great first kiss, and it's too awesome for me to try and write a diffrent perspective on, so this would be their second kiss. Enjoy!

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The vicious atmospherics batted at the shuttle like a kitty with a toy and Inara struggled with the controls, her eyes flicking frantically between the controls and the blindingly opaque swirl of sand outside the shuttle, her face serene as ever.

They skidded into a landing, the undercarriage of the ship moaning in protest as it scrapped across rocks before rocking to unsteady halt.

“Well, that went well,” he commented and Inara lost her temper.

“’Well?’” She repeated incredulously, rising to glare at him. “I’ve irrevocably ruined a relationship with one of my clients, our guidance system is damaged, Serenity doesn’t know where we are and we were both almost killed!” He rocked back on his heels and she stepped closer as she continued. “The Guild could revoke my license for what I’ve done today and....” she trained off, and pulled her training around her like a shawl.

“Never mind.” Her face smoothed, returning to its usual unruffled perfection and as she shook her head, glossy curls slipped away from her shoulder to reveal to bruises marring her neck.

“Inara....” Mal muttered and brushed his fingers against her throat. She stared up at him, eyes wide, and, half expecting her to slap him, Mal lowered his head.

“Mal, wait...” she said, and then he was kissing her.

She tasted spicy and sweet and more seductive than he had imagined.

Then his knees were buckling, slamming into the decking hard enough to rattle his bones and the last thing he saw before he passed out was Inara leaning down and saying, “My lipstick is–”

Re: Mrs. Reynolds, Take 2

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I hope by better you don't mean there's less Mary- because I really like her, although she needs to get some excerise and lessons in detecting. She'd be a great asset to the Cain and Riff team- I think she has an understanding of human nature, desires and emotions that Cain certainly lacks.

*Bows* I'm glad you liked this fic.

[mjules.livejournal.com]

Saiyuki! Sanzo and Goku - chocolate. (Doesn't have to be slashy, btw. But those two begged for a food prompt.)

The Town Of The Kama Sutra

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

They do scream for a food prompt. This isn't slashy at all, I hope you don't mind.

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Hakkai drove away from the town briskly.

Goyjo stared backwards with a longing, brokenhearted look, the expression on his face exactly mimicking that of a kicked puppy.

Sanzo stared balefully at his robes, the lurid smears of lipstick sporadically splotched on them fueling his rage.

The road curved and the offerings the villages had shoved at them and he’d dumped on the floor of Jeep slid annoyingly against his feet.

Goku was asking irritating questions.

“Why did we have to leave so fast? Why didn’t we get to stay for dinner? They looked like they were having a party! That would have been nice. Did you see the meatbun stand! They seemed to like us– didn’t they want us to stay? And what were they chanting about a sutra? If they have a sutra don’t we want it? Why–”

It turned out that some of those aggravating offerings actually had a purpose.

A box of chocolates made a remarkably effective gag, especially when the box was shoved at yammering mouth with excessive force.

Re: The Town Of The Kama Sutra

[mjules.livejournal.com]

Heeeeee.

No, I don't mind. I know you don't like slash, and I'm not a hardcore slasher. *grin* Since it was a V-Day prompt, though, I felt I needed to specify. ;)

And HEEEEEE. This was so cute. Poor Gojyo; I just can practically feel his disappointment. *pets* At least Goku got his chocolate.

Re: The Town Of The Kama Sutra

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked. Thanks for not being bound to the slash.

I know, poor Goyjo. I also feel sorry for Sanzo; I think he got mauled in unpleasent ways, and I bet Hakkai prevented him from killing the townsfolk.

Hopefully, there's hard, chewy carmal in the chocolates to shut Goku up.

Re: The Town Of The Kama Sutra

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

love this lots.

Yeah Godchild is so damn weird and while she claims there is no incest between Cain and mary, this is the same person who gives incest in Angel Sanctuary so...

Subtext

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I'm not saying there's actually sleeping together, but there is subtext out the wazoo for those two.

Re: Subtext

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

oh totally agree. so much so that I'm not sure i actually believe that they aren't

Re: Subtext

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I'd read that fic. (Oh, god, remember when I used to be pure? Oh fandom how you're dragged me down int the muck with you /end angst.)

[mzminola.livejournal.com]

Poor Mary indeed. They need to give her some excercise, like fencing or tennis, besides getting kidnapped.

Well, that girl did stab another girl in the throat at a teaparty. Plus, the guy drugged himself, Cain just switched the names on the rooms to keep the girl-who-doesn't-kill-people from getting beheaded.
...yeah, it was pretty freaky.

Have you met the scary scary doctor yet?

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I've met the scary doctor.

Mary needs fencing lessons, gunplay lessons, and dectecting lessons, because I think she'd be a great asset to the team- she has an understanding of emotions and society that Cain lacks, plus she'd be better at talking to witnesses than he is.

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

Agatha/Gil. First date.

China-Red Silk

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

It was awkward.

It wasn’t supposed to be awkward.

Admittedly, first dates had that reputation, but Gil hadn’t expected that once they sat down together, separated by a linen covered table, Agatha dressed in a gorgeous china-red dress, she would be wearing the exact same expression that every other girl he’d ever dated wore, only this time, he hadn’t even started talking yet.

He desperately flailed about for a topic, but she knew everything he was working on in the lab, and his usual gambits would seem out of character when speaking with Agatha and asking about her parents would sound like prying.

Agatha raised a fork up and looked at it critically.

“Trying to figure out how to turn that into a explosive?” Gil asked, thrilled to be able to say something.

Agatha quickly lowered her hand, blushed, and shook her head.

Silence regained over the table.

Somebody attack us, Gil though. He wondered if it would be bad form to yell out, ‘she’s a Heterodyne heir,’ and if it would draw someone out to try and kill him.

And then his prayers were answered. In the street outside someone galloped up on a lathered horse yelling about monsters in the woods, and Agatha was pulling something large and lethal out of her rather gargantuan evening bag.

It turns out that China-red silk looks much better torn and ripped than it did from across a table.

Re: China-Red Silk

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

Brain has been floogy lately and I forgot to say this before . . .

*applauds* Excellent. Perfectly awkward and totally in-character. These are not the kind of people who would go on normal dates; they will likely just give up and call it a date if they hold hands or stand back-to-back while fighting the latest monsters.

Re: China-Red Silk

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm glad to know it was in character. I think Agatha and Gil will manage to have more normal dates after they've been together for a while but right now, trying to be normal is just going to make everything more awkward, plus I don't think their lives are going to let them have a minutes' rest.

I love how after the first time they fight the hive Agatha kisses him- it was a brillant moment and I loved his goofy smile afterwards.

Re: China-Red Silk

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

Normal is what you make of it. When crazy adventures are an everyday occurance, they start to seem quite normal. So watching the sun set by the light of a burning town, holding hands and sitting on top of a well-armed clank . . . so romantic!

She yanked him right in for that smooch. *grin* Not to mention the chapter heading for that page -- "Agatha Discovers She Enjoys Adventures"

[frenchroast.livejournal.com]

Gift, Simon/Kaylee
:)

*Exactly* 100 words. Yes!

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

There were many difficulties involved in buying Kaylee fresh fruit.

First, it was hard to find.

Secondly, it took great effort to not stare wantonly at her lips as she bit into the fruit’s flesh, tearing it away with a ripping sound that invoked the image of clothes being torn away. Third, while Kaylee was nibbling, Mal inevitably decided it was time to pointedly clean his guns.

All considered, giving Kaylee presents was quite the endeavor.

She opened the cardboard carton, mouth forming a perfect ‘oh’ and face shining with happiness, and whatever travails had been needed were suddenly immaterial.

[reopened-wound.livejournal.com]

Attraction for EdxWinry

...who else?

Attraction

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Winry was finishing the adjustments to his right arm.

“Better?” she asked. Ed was sitting in the wide-armed wooden chair where Winry usually did esoteric things with his automail, only instead of kneeling to the side, she was straddling his lap, tools in her hands. “How’s it working?” she continued, hair loose around her face.

It seemed perfectly reasonable to test his reach of his automail by wrapping his arm around her waist and pulling her closer. She arched into his touch, and wearing the skimpy top she worked in during the summer, Edward could see her nipples tighten. He leaned forward and bit one of them, a gentle nip, and Winry gasped, dropping her screwdriver and wrench, and her hands were in his hair pulling him closer and–

He woke up.

~~~

“Brother, do you need a tune-up?”

“Wha- why do you ask?”

“Last night in your sleep- you were mumbling about Winry and adjustments.”

Re: Attraction

[reopened-wound.livejournal.com]

I really had to laugh considering I'm sure that dream probably has crossed his mind once or twice.

That was amazing and it made my day. Not surprising. You are amazing.

Mwaa* ♥ ♥

Re: Attraction

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm glad that it was worth a chuckle or two. I love playing with Ed being attracted to people/dreaming about them, because there's a lack of control implict in those two acts that would drive him up the wall. I'm so glad you liked this.