mithrigil

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Sorry for the radio silence: I have had ridiculous(ly good) real world concerns for the past couple of weeks, and will continue to. But I thought the Suikoden fans on my flist would appreciate knowing about two new fics:

A Hasty Proposition, in which Flik names his sword and tells Odessa they're married now, with predictably awkward results.

And Grasping At Shadows by my beloved puella_nerdii, in which Jowy Atreides makes poor life choices.

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So one day, Puel and I were tossing headcanon around, you know, like we do, and I made a comment about how Luca Blight probably has a fine-looking pair of hands. Like, classical-guitarist level of fine-looking hands, long fingers, strong fingernails. Puel misheard the "classical" part of classical guitarist and envisaged Luca Blight holding an axe up over his head and yelling THIS IS THE POWER OF ROCK!!!!!!! as he smashed the poor instrument down upon the nearest amplifier.

Then this happened, because apparently if you turn Suikoden II into a boyband AU, it kind of works.

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Once upon a time, in a recording industry near and dear to our hearts, there was a major company called Jowston Records. The recent financial crisis and differences of opinion as to the state of the industry fragmented Jowston Records into several genre-specific imprints. Highland Records, a rival company, has been exploiting these fissures in the hopes of taking Jowston Records down completely and dominating the scene. But Highland Records is involved in some pretty shady shit, and that corruption has spread down from the executives to the bands themselves.

One of the most popular bands on the Highland Records label, a power metal band (with a sizable mainstream following) called The White Wolves, is in the middle of its second North American tour. Two unfortunate roadies and amateur artists witness lead singer and guitarist Luca Blight involved in an incident of arson, possibly to cover up a drug-related murder, and flee before they’re caught at the scene. This incident is covered up in the press, and these boys are outraged. They run into an indie duo, Blue Lightning and the Bear, who bring them on board as they search for ways to save Jowston from what looks like an inevitable buyout from Highland.

But one boy decides to expose Highland Records’ corruption by promoting the Jowston label, and the other decides to take Highland down from the inside...

( Cast of Characters )

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SO YEAH. We want to poke around in this universe but don't want to write the whole thing, so we're more content to ramble and gossip and and make jokes about Fitcher giving Shu blowjobs under the desk and retell the time that Odessa Silverberg took Flik to the Rocky Horror Picture Show and and and and and. THROW PROMPTS. Backstory! Onstory! Ridiculous lyrics about getting knifed in the front! The perfect Shu latte!

And yes, he is also an expert at the pimpsmack in this universe.

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I lost a bet.


Title: Five Times Jowy Atreides Almost Believed in Luca Blight (and once he remembered not to) (AO3 version here)
Author: Mithrigil
Fandom: Suikoden II
Characters: Jowy; Pilika, Pete, Luca, Jillia, Seed, Culgan, and a conspicuously absent Riou.
Words: 1500
Rating: R for Real, as in Shit Gets.
Warning: Discussion of rape as per Luca’s backstory. Also violence. Well, it’s Luca.
Not in the fandom? You might still like this if you enjoy: Monsters, young people utterly in over their heads and the powerful men who exploit them, meditations on power, the apparently delicious irony of me writing characters outside my comfort zone.

Summary: “Today, I stood before Luca Blight once again. I listened to what he said, and I became something terrible. But maybe...no. Maybe I was only taken in by his strength. Taken in, and terrified of it. I asked for power, once, but maybe I was really grasping at Luca’s shadow.” - Suikogaiden 1, Chapter 2

( The castle Pete and Pilika have built, out of upturned buckets and bowls and earthenware cups, is a marvel of architecture. )

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I'm home, Suikoden fandom! I...might've changed my game a little, but I'm home!

Title: Script #7: Nadir’s 108 Stars of Dragstiny (AO3 version here)
Author: Mithrigil
Fandom: Suikoden III
Characters: ...a lot of them.
Words: Over nine thousand.
Rating: Crack.
Warning: My girlfriend forced me to marathon three seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race over the course of a week. It was awesome.

Summary: A debate between two Suiko-Narcissists leads to a theatrical endeavor to boost the morale of the New Fire Bringer.


( “I know I cannot ask for much in the way of tastefulness,” Nadir went on, “considering this is an army. But I do expect you to display your charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent.” )

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