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Ages ago, I cobbled together a Saiyuki Anime and Manga Overview for the crack_van fic-rec comm. It was meant to provide a brief synopsis of the various story arcs, the characters, and additional resources for people who wanted to sample some great Saiyuki fanfiction and get a sense of the story. It was never intended to replace the manga or anime, and I feel pretty secure that it doesn't.



( The overview, for those who are curious )

It's long past the time that the overview had a thorough overhaul.



Since the project commenced ...

( Current Overview status measured against changes in storylines and fan community )



This is where I turn to you for feedback about how to proceed next.

( Some areas I would like to address: )



( Lastly and importantly, )

Thank you ahead of time, for anyone who takes the time to leave their thoughtful comments. I appreciate your feedback and concrit.

THE COLLECTOR

Fandom: Bleach
Pairing: Kyouraku/Ukitake, former Kyouraku/Nanao
Rating: NC17
Warnings: Complete AU. Fluff. Adult situations in adult language.
Disclaimer: This Bleach fanfiction story is based on characters and situations created and owned by Tito Kube. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended. The content is for adult readers only.
Prompt: Bleach, Ukitake/Shunsui: complete alternate universe—"Something intrigued him about the man that came into his shop every day."
Word count: One-shot, 6,300 words, complete

Summary: Lust and antiquities.
A/N: Written for November 2009 springkink giftfic challenge.

FUMÉE
Part One

Fandom: Saiyuki
Pairing: Gojyo/Hakkai
Rating: NC17
Warnings: AU Reincarnation fic. Adult situations in adult language, violence, drugs.
Disclaimer: This Saiyuki fanfiction story is based on characters and situations created and owned by Kazuya Minekura. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended. The content is for adult readers only.
Prompt: 11th November: Saiyuki, Gojyo/Hakkai: reincarnation in 1800s Bohemian Paris- "Hello, Stranger."

Summary: Philosophers, artists, lotus eaters—two lovers reunite in fin de siècle Paris.
A/N: Warmest of thanks to beta extraordinaire, whymzycal. Written for the November 2009 springkink comm. All references to historical characters or places are intended to be fictional representations only.

FUMÉE
Part Two

Fandom: Saiyuki
Pairing: Gojyo/Hakkai
Rating: NC17
Warnings: AU Reincarnation fic. Adult situations in adult language, violence, drugs.
Disclaimer: This Saiyuki fanfiction story is based on characters and situations created and owned by Kazuya Minekura. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended. The content is for adult readers only.
Prompt: 11th November: Saiyuki, Gojyo/Hakkai: reincarnation in 1800s Bohemian Paris- "Hello, Stranger."

Summary: Philosophers, artists, lotus eaters—two lovers reunite in fin de siècle Paris.
A/N: Warmest of thanks to beta extraordinaire, whymzycal. Written for the November 2009 springkink comm. All references to historical characters or places from that period are intended to be imaginary representations only.

This is one open call that seems like it would be really fun! Normally, the honorarium award style doesn't fly for me, but I suppose it's not much different than a juried show. Also, the whole show promises to be so exuberant. I like how Bhangra is mixed and matched with all kinds of different fusion styles now.





( Call for Art Work: 2010 Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration )



Would anyone be interested in a group collaboration?

Thanks to Lena (czmadzia), from back when I wrote Ai no Kusabi fic, I get to recommend an original and engaging NC17 yaoi novel in progress, Captive Prince now standing at 17 chapters.




( Fast-paced Story is fast-paced )

Yesterday, I posted the Prohibition-era backstory to the Filumena Redux doujinshi for the 7thnight_smut Saiyuki AU gift exchange community. Here's a story about trying to come up with the images which comprised the "Burial" section of my tale. It brushes a bit on the history of the Crowsnest Consolidated Mining Co., but I will have to put the history and legends about Bill Fernie off until tomorrow.



( On authenticity in storylines. )

The 7thnight_smut postings go up tonight. This is the big annual Saiyuki "Alternate Universe" gift exchange based on the 7th Night Festival. There are always a wide variety of pairings and threesomes, and although it is mainly slash, the odd het piece as well. They can range from short 2500-word pieces to sprawling 12-chapter epics. "Twelve chapters of Saiyuki!" you say. "That's almost longer than the series." Styles can range from steampunk to death!fic to hilarious crack depending on your mood. They are all rated for adult readers only.

Since these giftfic exchanges comprise the bulk of my writing at this time, I encourage people who like my stories (or like Saiyuki stories in general) to join the comm and read them. The joining restriction is primarily to create a gateway to discourage minors and trolls. It's worth it. I've been taken aback by the quality of the stories people have written for my prompts.

FILUMENA REDUX

Part 4: THE BURMIS TREE



Pairing: Hakkai/Gojyo
Rating: NC17
Warnings: Slash AU, Graphic depictions of sex and violence. Coarse language. Adult situations intended for an adult readership only.
Status: Complete.
Disclaimer: This Saiyuki fan-art doujin is based on characters and situations created and owned by Kazuya Minekura. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended. The content is for adult readers only, and all adult situations depict adult characters only.

Summary: Murder and Execution Day.

Author's notes: Written for 7thnight_smut for the prompt, Bonnie and Clyde.



Part One: Ice Cream Social
Part Two: Emperor of the Gap
Part Three: Whiskey Six Proposition



( FILOMENA REDUX, Part 4: THE BURMIS TREE )

FILUMENA REDUX

Part 3: WHISKEY SIX PROPOSITION



Pairing: Hakkai/Gojyo
Rating: NC17
Warnings: Slash AU, Graphic depictions of sex and violence. Coarse language. Adult situations intended for an adult readership only.
Status: Complete.
Disclaimer: This Saiyuki fan-art doujin is based on characters and situations created and owned by Kazuya Minekura. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended. The content is for adult readers only, and all adult situations depict adult characters only.

Summary: Gojyo finds that not all of Hakkai's secrets are unpleasant.

Author's notes: Written for 7thnight_smut for the prompt, Bonnie and Clyde.



Part One: Ice Cream Social
Part Two: Emperor of the Gap
Part Four: The Burmis Tree



( FILOMENA REDUX, Part 3: WHISKEY SIX PROPOSITION )

FILUMENA REDUX

Part 2: EMPEROR OF THE GAP



Pairing: Hakkai/Gojyo
Rating: NC17
Warnings: Slash AU, Graphic depictions of sex and violence. Coarse language. Adult situations intended for an adult readership only.
Status: Complete.
Disclaimer: This Saiyuki fan-art doujin is based on characters and situations created and owned by Kazuya Minekura. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended. The content is for adult readers only, and all adult situations depict adult characters only.

Summary: After finding a job with The Emperor, a rumrunner with connections to the Mob, Gojyo discovers some unsettling news about his father's death.

Author's notes: Written for 7thnight_smut for the prompt, Bonnie and Clyde.



Part One: Ice Cream Social
Part Three: Whiskey Six Proposition
Part Four: The Burmis Tree



( FILOMENA REDUX, Part 2: EMPEROR OF THE GAP )

How was HBP?

Title: DIVINATION



Pairing(s): None, Koumyou + Ukoku
Ratings: Gen.
Warnings: None
Status: 773 word drabble, complete.
Disclaimer:This Saiyuki fanfiction story is based on characters and situations created and owned by Kazuya Minekura. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.

Notes: 20-minute timed fiction posted for the saiyuki_time community. Challenge 51: Disappointment.



( DIVINATION )

Salon says there's an ero-lit rag in Britain whose publisher, despite being a woman, says that she won't publish stories written by women because she thinks that women are terrible erotic writers, ie., too emotional, not mechanically focused enough.

ROFL.

Apart from agreeing, as a woman, that I would much rather write and read about emotionally based sex than the 'put tab A into slot B' sex, and disagree that this makes for terrible writing, who buys erotic literature magazines anymore?

I've always assumed that most of the people who take the trouble to respond to my stories are generally pretty straightforward. As long as a criticism is worded respectfully and intended as an offer of concrit or even just a statement of where the person is coming from, I tend not to have issues with it. I get pretty shirty about remarks that are just about being rude, though, and maybe that intimidates honest, heartfelt criticism.

Perhaps there's something else you've wanted to tell me, and for whatever reason, you feel that it's better to say it anonymously. Here's your chance:

THE ANONYMOUS WRITING FEEDBACK MEME

stalkerbunny has hand-drawn and hand-painted with gouache and watercolours a magnificent illustration to one of my fics.

For those of you who haven't yet been introduced to stalkerbunny's work, the handmade work is her specialty. She doesn't rely the luxury of photoshop or illustrator or Paint(tm) to tweak parts of her pictures later. So her work depends on making the right stroke of the pen/pencil and applying the right wash of paint. As a result, the pictures are full of vigour! I think you will be as impressed as I am with just how right she gets it! She is not afraid of colour, not afraid of black, not afraid of details. There is always a lovely balance of activity and restfulness in each of her creations.

Please go and take a look.

I'm 7veils at dreamwidth if anyone is interested in friending me there. The freedom from advertisements impressed me very much, feeling as I do about the value of content. I have invested in a paid account, although I'm not sure how I will use it at this stage.

Hello!

I wanted to mention some pieces by a fanfic writer who incorporates lovingly detailed and well-researched craftsmanship into the overall themes of her stories, not to mention that they are just fun to read.

Presently, I'm admiring her Saiyuki/Bleach x-over, Tenpou's Tea, but she also writes a mean (in the best possible sense of the word) Samurai Champloo [Jin/Mugen] in Combined Edge Strange Edge.

Please go and read them, if you haven't already. You won't regret it!

The trailers for HBP look really exciting. Very dark, but complicated and interesting.

When I look out my window and see a meter of crusted snow, and when we had sleet just yesterday, it's hard to believe that the northern hemisphere approaches another vernal equinox. Even if people in my region get sunshine from now until mid-April, the spring flowers--crocuses, hyacinths, narcissus, daffodils and early tulips--won't be up for 2-3 weeks yet. Blossoms won't come until the end of next month. Even so, I wish everyone in the northern hemisphere a happy, warm and blossom-filled spring.

In the comments section for Masque over on valentine_smut, stalkerbunny provoked a long explanation from me about the different types of masks worn during the Venetian Carnivale.



Carnivale is tied in with the Twelfth Night Feast of Fools [Epiphany] celebrations in northern Europe, Mardi Gras in Roman Catholic countries, hosts of Roman and pre-Roman pagan festivals, and which kind of morphed into the sanitized Valentines Day (greeting-card co.) celebration during the (outwardly) uptight Victorian era. It was so satisfying to let out all that esoterica in one big dump that I decided to do the same thing here. So for those who wondered about the differences between a volto and a bauta mask, here's the (long) version:

( My long explanation involving Carnivale, Mardi Gras and Venetian Masks. )

( Examples of Venetian Masks. )

MASQUE


Pairing: Hakkai/Gojyo
Ratings: NC17.
Status: 3,000 words more or less, one-shot complete.
Warnings: Yaoi, language, graphic sexual content.

Disclaimer: This Saiyuki fanfiction story is based on characters and situations created and owned by Kazuya Minekura. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended. The content is for adult readers only.

Author's Notes: Written for the valentine_smut Giftfic Exchange. Much gratitude and delight for whymzycal's beta. Here's a wonderful link to a Venetian Carnival Mask Shop for those who are as affected by costume fetishes as me.

If you PLEASE: stalkerbunny has hand-drawn and hand-coloured a lovely illustration of the ballroom scene. Please go admire it as much as I have!

( Masque )

Have you spotted a glaring error or missing fact in the Saiyuki Overview? Please feel free to mention it in the comments section here.



Please note:

I don't have a lot of spare time to fact-check, so I will concentrate on implementing easily verifiable corrections. If you think I was wrong about something, feel free to mention it and I might get around to looking at it some time. If you know I was wrong, and can point out where, please direct me to:

• volume, edition and page numbers,
• or season and episode numbers,
• or link me to posts from konnyakuhonyaku's translations, or athena8's and saiyuki_manga's translations.

The easier it is to verify the mistake, the quicker I can revise it.

Thank you so much for your feedback and help!

LANTERN FESTIVAL



Pairing: Implied Fuji/Tezuka; implied unrequited Inui/Fuji.
Rating: Gen
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: This Prince of Tennis fanfiction story is based on characters and situations created and owned by Takeshi Konomi. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Status: 1,229 words, complete.
Summary: Playing with fire.

Author's notes: Written for milkyxduckie for the following prompt:
Excerpt from a song: ""High" by Lighthouse Family
And at the end of the day / We'll remember the days/ We were close to the edge /And we'll wonder how we made it through /And at the end of the day / We'll remember the way / We stayed so close to till the end / We'll remember it was me and you" It'd be great if you can make it a setting of Tezuka and Fuji celebrating New Year." The lanterns were built for a New Year's celebration.





( LANTERN FESTIVAL )

FIRMAMENT / PAVEMENT


Pairing: Kenren/Tenpou/Goujun
Ratings: NC17.
Status: 9,158 words, one-shot complete.
Warnings: Yaoi, language, graphic sexual content.

Disclaimer: This Saiyuki fanfiction story is based on characters and situations created and owned by Kazuya Minekura. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended. The content is for adult readers only.

Author's Notes: Written for the yuletide_smut Giftfic Exchange.
Request: Kink: breath play, blood play, bondage, spanking/paddling, leather, or knife/sword play. No: Scat/golden showers, non-con, under-age, incest.

Return to Saiyuki Fanfiction Index

( FIRMAMENT / PAVEMENT )

BADGER IN A BAG



Pairing: Implied Fuji/Tezuka.
Rating: Gen
Warnings: This story will only make sense if you've read this story, "Pwyll, King of Dyfed" (link) from The Mabinogion first.
Disclaimer: This Prince of Tennis fanfiction story is based on characters and situations created and owned by Takeshi Konomi. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Status: 1,105 words, complete.
Summary: Anyone who makes a play for Tezuka had better know how to contend with Fuji.

Author's notes: Written for lovefujitez for the following prompt:
Excerpt from a song: Afraid for Love to Fade
i can't let you pass me by / i just can't let you go / but i know that I’m much too shy / to let you know / afraid that i might say / the wrong word and displease you / afraid for love to fade / before it can come true.

According to Konomi, Fuji likes Celtic music, which led away from modern pop music to Fleetwood Mac's "Rhiannon" which, in turn, led to this story:

The Celtic myth to which Fuji and Atobe refer is roughly recounted here (link). It kind of wandered away from the prompt, Junn, but it did so on its own accord. I hope you like it anyway!



( BADGER IN A BAG )

A SCANDAL IN HADES



Pairing: Tatsumi/Watari
Rating: PG 13
Warnings: Kissing, explosions, creative accounting.
Disclaimer: This Yami no Matsuei fanfiction story is based on characters and situations created and owned by Yoko Matsushita. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Status: 621 words, complete.
Summary: Watari has his own way of working in the shadows.

Author's notes: Written for despina_moon for the prompt: Oh no, you didn't! Continuing with the New Year's drabble meme. May your 2009 be filled with blessings!



( A SCANDAL IN HADES  )

COMMAND PERFORMANCE



Pairing: Raoul/Katze
Rating: Genfic
Warnings: None
Status: 704 words, complete.
Disclaimer: This Ai no Kusabi fanfiction story is based on characters and situations created and owned by Reiko Yoshihara. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.

Summary: Everything old is new again.

Author's notes: Written for elegantpaws for the prompt: Katze has a secret. He is working with Raoul on something or other, but he steals away the same time each month and disappears into the underworld of Ceres. Somehow this intrigues Raoul only because purely by accident he is heading out one night late and notices the red-head looking decidely different than the usual drab and wonders where he is going and selects to follow him.

It all transpires, but not quite so overtly. I hope you like it anyway!



( COMMAND PERFORMANCE )

Master Fanfiction and Fanart Index:




PLEASE NOTE: As I posted on my front page, because of some mischief in the recent past, all fanfiction and fanart rated above PG13 on this journal is friend-locked. Please comment on my friending post if you want access and your account is not a sock-puppet. I usually befriend people back.

            Ai no Kusabi

        Ayakashi/Mononoke

        Bleach

        Gakuen Heaven

        Prince of Tennis

        Saiyuki

        Weiss Kreuz

        Yami no Matsuei

(Harry Potter fanfiction has been removed pending possible rewrites.)



( Ai No Kusabi )
( Ayakashi/Mononoke )
( Bleach )
( Gakuen Heaven )
( Prince of Tennis )
( Saiyuki )
( Weiss Kreuz )
( Yami no Matsuei )

AZKABAN CHIC



Pairing:Ginny + Draco
Rating:Genfic
Warnings: Um, crackfic. Sorry.
Status: 581 words, complete.
Disclaimer: This Harry Potter fanfiction story is based on characters and situations created and owned by J. K. Rowling. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.

Summary: A high-fashion model must earn his keep.

Author's notes: Written for fallenwitch for a prompt which showed a very handsome picture of Boyd (um, Holbrook? *is embarrassed*) and the explanation, "This is Draco awaiting incarceration at Azkaban. Where's Ginny and what was/is her role in the whole stinking affair? Or something like that. Prefer angst. No squicks." You prefered angst, and I bring you crack. I'm sorry. It's late and my brains are getting fried. If you don't enjoy it, let me know, and I will write you another once I've had a good sleep.



( AZKABAN CHIC )

NO TIME FOR IDLE HANDS (with apologies to Ted Hughes)



Pairing:Gojyo + Hakkai
Rating:Genfic
Warnings: Crossover with Ted Hughes' The Iron Giant. Angsty fluffdoodles and crappy Tell, Don't Show style of narration.
Status: 1,739 words, complete.
Disclaimer: This Saiyuki + The Iron Giant fanfiction story is based on characters and situations created and owned by Kazuya Minekura and Ted Hughes. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended. The content is for adult readers only.

Summary:Killer Robots from Outer Space slay me.

Author's notes: Written for whymzycal for the prompts, idle hand and GIANT ROBOTS!!! ...what? I got the idle hands and Giant robot. I didn't get the what. Sorry.



( NO TIME FOR IDLE HANDS )

OF KISSES AND DOUBLE-EDGED SWORDS



Pairing: Kyouraku/Ukitake
Rating:PG13.
Warnings: Kissing. Fluff, and I mean pure 100% schmaltz.
Status: 719 words, complete.
Disclaimer: This Bleach fanfiction story is based on characters and situations created and owned by Tito Kube. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended. The content is for adult readers only.

Summary: Boats are tricky places.

Author's notes: Written for whymzycal for the prompt, Koi ponds in midsummer.



( OF KISSES AND DOUBLE-EDGED SWORDS )

SATISFACTION


Fandom: Saiyuki
Pairing: Sha Bros., implied Gojyo/Hakkai
Rating: Gen
Warnings: Fluff
Status: Drabble, complete, 434 words.
Disclaimer: This Saiyuki fanfiction story is based on characters and situations created and owned by Kazuya Minekura. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
A/N: Dedicated with condolences to theskywasblue upon her recent loss, with thanks to velvetine_wonka for organizing this group-gift.



( SATISFACTION )

The Chinese government has decided to crack down on Deviantart.com. Artists whose work will be affected include popular illustrators Heise and Deland-Fox. (Thanks to sirielle for the heads-up.)

Here's the notice (link). I don't expect that protests will be effective.

The writers grab stories from the news, Vancouver Airport's taser death in this last episode, and stitch them up with fragments of others into these fantastic chimerae, taut with suspense.

An autopsy hones in on the activities of charitable organizations to nation-build-restore, and the devil's pacts they strike up with mercenary groups, who seem to get off scot-free---lots of gray areas where the rule of law, the necessary and just rule of law, directly counterpunches the moral integrity and realities of survival within a frontier environment. Canadian Dr. Evil also re-emerges in the character of ex-CSIS agent Mannering, promising future dastardly deeds.

Such a good show.

ETA: And my LJ comment notification is on the fritz. Lots of people have been complaining about the same problem. If anyone can shed some light on this for me, please do. It seems that LJ's new servers don't have the juice.

I just want to flag some of my f-list out there who are trying really hard to master English, especially you brave souls who are tackling it as your second language! (Full of admiration for you.)

The marvelous whymzycal, who teaches this stuff for a living, has very kindly offered to coach people on the nuts and bolts of American English. She is a better resource person than me, because Canadian English swims between British and American, and refuses to commit to either shore.

Also, she approaches it from the POV of a teacher---an English composition teacher---which is not my skill. I have habits from longstanding practice and critical reading. It's quite a different (and amazing) matter to actually be able to explain this stuff simply and clearly, knowing how the process of learning works.

So, head on over to whymzycal's LJ, and post your trickiest sentences and paragraphs, and let her work her magic on you!

Title: SATISFACTION


Fandom: Saiyuki
Pairing: Sha Bros., implied Gojyo/Hakkai
Rating: Gen
Warnings: Fluff
Status: Drabble, complete, 434 words.
Disclaimer: This Saiyuki fanfiction story is based on characters and situations created and owned by Kazuya Minekura. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
A/N: Dedicated with condolences to theskywasblue upon her recent loss, with thanks to velvetine_wonka.



( SATISFACTION )

Would you like a Christmas Card from me?

Leave your name and address in the screened messages below and I will be happy to send you one! If you would like to send me one, let me know in your post and I will PM you my address.

All the best,
Phae

LIES BENEATH


Fandom: Ayakashi/Mononoke.
Pairings: Kisuriuri/Other Self
Ratings: NC 17, eventually.
Warnings: Adult themes in adult language.
Status: Multipart work in progress. This section, 1,641 words.
Disclaimer: This Ayakashi/Mononoke fanfiction story is based on characters and situations created and owned by Ninagawa Yaeko. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.

( Lies Beneath: Visible Signs )

CBC's "The Border" continues to astound with its combination of terrific and topical suspense and jaw-dropping awful sex. This time Agent Gray creases the sheets with Liz Carver, a US agent whose big line is: "Let's get this over with. I can't afford any more distractions."

Um, is that supposed to pass for foreplay?