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Winter Recommendations
Jan. 8th, 2010 05:37 pmA couple of great reads for a cold winter's day =)
Title: Steel and Salt
Author: Scribe Figaro
Universe: Canon
Genre: Romance
Rating: Y
Warning: Citrus
Pairing: Miroku/Sango
Word Length: 4,815
URL: http://www.mediaminer.org/fanfic/view_ch.php/164651/581058/
Author's Summary: Miroku recovers from the injuries sustained with the group in the Oni's Stomach. After awaking to Sango's vigil, the two decide to share some well-earned intimacy. Canon, or close enough to it.
Why I'm recommending this piece: Because for all I love the Mir/San corner of fandom, it seems a grand majority of the authors who currently reside here are afraid to write intimacy for this pairing. Don't get me wrong - higher rated fic doesn't automatically mean greatness...and, after all, I also write mostly T-rated fic myself - but its refreshing and exciting to see someone else's take on the sort of intense, romantic, sexual bond these two form over the course of the canon story and beyond. This piece is set around mid-manga, after the end of the first anime, and it slips into the universe so well. It's beautiful, erotic, and mature all at once, definitely a rare trifecta to find in any fandom. There's a reason we like to call Scribe Figaro the GOD OF ALL MIR/SAN FANDOM, and he just proves his worthiness with this piece =)
Title: A Pillow of Twisted Grass
Author: Milareppa (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
zigsa)
Universe: Pre-canon
Genre: Drama
Rating: K+
Warning: A bit of violence
Pairing: Miroku/Sango
Word Length: 11,921
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5633658/1/
Author's Summary: As two children struggle with the hardships life throws their way, they have no way of knowing how the physical distance separating them hides their shared destiny.
Why I'm recommending this piece: This is one of the most beautiful yet haunting pre-canon stories I've ever read. The author traces the childhoods of Miroku and Sango, finding and illuminating those key events which define them as characters, and shape the destinies we begin to glimpse as they're introduced into the manga. It's full of recurring motifs, drawing on the canon as well as Japanese culture, and the end result is something I'm just a sucker for - learning how and why characters find each other and what ultimately brings them together.
As always, you can also check out my recommendations post, which I try to update as I find wonderfully fantastic new fics worth sharing and squeeing over :D
Title: Steel and Salt
Author: Scribe Figaro
Universe: Canon
Genre: Romance
Rating: Y
Warning: Citrus
Pairing: Miroku/Sango
Word Length: 4,815
URL: http://www.mediaminer.org/fanfic/view_ch.php/164651/581058/
Author's Summary: Miroku recovers from the injuries sustained with the group in the Oni's Stomach. After awaking to Sango's vigil, the two decide to share some well-earned intimacy. Canon, or close enough to it.
Why I'm recommending this piece: Because for all I love the Mir/San corner of fandom, it seems a grand majority of the authors who currently reside here are afraid to write intimacy for this pairing. Don't get me wrong - higher rated fic doesn't automatically mean greatness...and, after all, I also write mostly T-rated fic myself - but its refreshing and exciting to see someone else's take on the sort of intense, romantic, sexual bond these two form over the course of the canon story and beyond. This piece is set around mid-manga, after the end of the first anime, and it slips into the universe so well. It's beautiful, erotic, and mature all at once, definitely a rare trifecta to find in any fandom. There's a reason we like to call Scribe Figaro the GOD OF ALL MIR/SAN FANDOM, and he just proves his worthiness with this piece =)
Title: A Pillow of Twisted Grass
Author: Milareppa (
zigsa)Universe: Pre-canon
Genre: Drama
Rating: K+
Warning: A bit of violence
Pairing: Miroku/Sango
Word Length: 11,921
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5633658/1/
Author's Summary: As two children struggle with the hardships life throws their way, they have no way of knowing how the physical distance separating them hides their shared destiny.
Why I'm recommending this piece: This is one of the most beautiful yet haunting pre-canon stories I've ever read. The author traces the childhoods of Miroku and Sango, finding and illuminating those key events which define them as characters, and shape the destinies we begin to glimpse as they're introduced into the manga. It's full of recurring motifs, drawing on the canon as well as Japanese culture, and the end result is something I'm just a sucker for - learning how and why characters find each other and what ultimately brings them together.
As always, you can also check out my recommendations post, which I try to update as I find wonderfully fantastic new fics worth sharing and squeeing over :D
