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

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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

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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

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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.