Kingdom HeartsJuly 2, 2006 1:27 pm

Summer’s End
Characters/Pairings: Sora, Kairi, Riku
Warnings: None
Summary: “Summer’s almost over, and they plan on leaving soon.”
Comments: It’s a very calm, peaceful, almost bittersweet sort of fic. I liked the style of writing; it drew me into the mood of the fic without being so ornate that it became purple. I have doubts about the Kairi bits, but frankly, at this point in reading KH fics, I can’t tell when she’s being bashed and when she isn’t, and I think I may be overreacting to things that paint her in an unflattering light. (Seriously, I haven’t seeing character bashing this bad since Gundam Wing. What the hell, fandom.)
One-shot, complete.

Fullmetal AlchemistJuly 1, 2006 12:34 pm

Firebird
Characters/Pairings: Scar/Al
Warnings: Graphic sex
Summary: “Restored to his body, Al comes to the desert, looking for something he can’t quite name. Scar helps him find it.”
Comments: Huh. I honestly thought I’d already recced this fic. I searched through the FMA section, plus a few other in case I’d marked it into the wrong category, but. Apparently I didn’t. So. It’s the only well-written Scar/Al fic I’ve ever seen, and ever since I first watched episode…23? 24? 25?, I’ve thought that Scar/Al had the potential to be a very interesting pairing. But I’d probably rec this even if I didn’t have that background, just because the way they play off each other is just so beautiful. The way Scar’s trying to teach Al that not everything has to be equivalent exchange, the way Al’s still trying to adjust to being in a human body, just…everything.
One-shot, complete.

Kingdom Hearts 11:39 am

Loose Ends
Characters/Pairings: Sora, Axel, implied Roxas/Axel
Warnings: None
Spoilers: Yep
Summary: …And every single summary I write for this is spoileriffic for KH2. So. No summary.
Comments: First, Harukami remembered the Disney characters. I’m…actually still just a little weirded out by reading Disney characters, but at the same time, they’re part of the series and if you’re writing Sora travelling someplace, you SHOULD NOT just not write Donald and Goofy. THat’s not the main appeal of the fic, of course. I just really kind of wanted to rant.
     Mostly, though, it’s just a really, really well-done fic that does an excellent job of resolving how Sora might feel about Nobodies and about Axel at the end of the game. And yes, that’s a common type of theme in KH2 fandom. But this one’s really well-done.
One-shot, complete