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Namely the last chapter of the Twhinelite/Yami no Matsuei crossover. Since I've been airing some of my grievances with Twilight by way of this fic (I used Muraki's habit of monologuing as a chance to work in an Author Filibuster about the Cullen clan's environmentally unfriendly eating habits, with a bit of a Shinto slant on it, though Mercy Falcone also mentioned the skyrocketing deer population in the Forks, WA area), I managed to work in a counter to the character assassination of Charlie Swan in the last two books of the series. I like Charlie Swan; he's a good man who's been shafted by the women in his life, and I honestly wanted to reach into the book, hug him and give him a sympathetic ear for him to pour out his frustrations with his daughter and her poor taste in men. He didn't deserve to have his personality riddled with bullets by his own creator, so I'm giving him a scene toward the end. I just can't seem to decide if he gets The Bad News from either 1.) Mercy and Tatsumi showing up on his doorstep, claiming to be from the respective US and Japanese embassies, or 2.) the physician attending Bella. I'm inclined to go with the latter, since it makes for a more shivery exchange, from readers In the Know, though there again, said physician is on his best professional behavior, and yet I still managed to make it creepy... Though I like the idea of Charlie getting some much-needed sympathy from two sympathetic characters. I'm inclined to just write both and save one version for the Omake chapter.
If I could stop tossing off YnM one-shots. :: Growls, facepalms, laughs::
I did get an interesting response to this fic, from a level-headed Twilight fan on one of the anime boards I've been poking around on, to the effect that I was doing a great job with the Twilight half of the story. This is a relief, since I wasn't sure if I was half-assing the thing or if I was doing a good job. Like I said, I've been trying to avoid the usual excessive use of obvious bashing that plagues a lot of anti fic, and I'm glad it passed muster with a fan, albeit one who has their eyes open to the inherent -- and glaring -- flaws in the Twilight series.
If I could stop tossing off YnM one-shots. :: Growls, facepalms, laughs::
I did get an interesting response to this fic, from a level-headed Twilight fan on one of the anime boards I've been poking around on, to the effect that I was doing a great job with the Twilight half of the story. This is a relief, since I wasn't sure if I was half-assing the thing or if I was doing a good job. Like I said, I've been trying to avoid the usual excessive use of obvious bashing that plagues a lot of anti fic, and I'm glad it passed muster with a fan, albeit one who has their eyes open to the inherent -- and glaring -- flaws in the Twilight series.