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Reflection
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Pairing: None (single character introspection: Jinenji's mother)
Rating: K+
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iyfic_contest Week 166 | Oil & Water (1st Place)
Based upon: Episode #96, "Jaken Falls Ill" & "When You Were Young" (C) 2006 The Killers
Hmm, maybe there's something to all this bittersweet fic I've been writing lately...
I struggled to come up with a suitable idea for this theme, but I knew there would be a good one lurking somewhere within the canon. So many opposites attracting pairs abounding, LOL :) But there wasn't much I could say about the core characters that didn't feel like a retread of something else I've written recently.
I've been thinking quite a bit about the Sess/Rin relationship lately (I blame you,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
plumespixie!), and this idea was a natural extension of that one. The first few lines came to me, and suddenly it hit me that there was a better 'fit' to such thinking: Jinenji's mother. And, even better, these particular relationships cross paths, at least in the anime!
So, after a bit of research (watching the two relevant episodes and rereading Jinenji's arc in the manga), I contemplated the continuation of the conversation between Jinenji's mother and Rin in "Jaken Falls Ill", before she heads out to find the berries.
We don't know much about this relationship, only that his father died sometime before they enter the manga/anime storyline. Considering her age, and Jinenji's scars, it must've happened a long time ago - long enough for her to grow old and crony and bitter, LOL, all the while fiercely protective of her son.
The only reason it's in first person (which I generally abhor) is because she lacks a name, and I didn't want to make one up. Besides, as the piece went on, I thought it was better to have it in first person, to make the regret and longing and reflection a bit more poignant. Here's a woman torn between her past (her grand passion) and her present (caring for her son), dealing with her situation as best she knows how.
I thought her relationship with her youkai mate was a nice contrast to the Sess/Rin one, hence all the romantic discussion even though she was there to save Jaken's life! Sometimes I do wonder...if anybody tried to ward Rin off her stubborn path of following Sesshoumaru, would such warnings fall on deaf ears? Probably. No matter how you define their relationship, she worships the ground he walks on.
The inspiration song has a lot of nice lyrics, and the whole feel of anticipation of the innocent is well-matched for this, I think. Looking back with a mix of pain and nostalgia...yeah, I think that's what Jinenji's mother does often when she's alone :)
You sit there in your heartache / Waiting on some beautiful boy / To save you from your old ways
You play forgiveness / Watch it now / Here he come
He doesn't look a thing like Jesus / But he talks like a gentleman / Like you imagined
When you were young...
Can we climb this mountain? / I don't know / Higher now than ever before
I know we can make it if we take it slow...
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Pairing: None (single character introspection: Jinenji's mother)
Rating: K+
Inspiration:
iyfic_contest Week 166 | Oil & Water (1st Place)Based upon: Episode #96, "Jaken Falls Ill" & "When You Were Young" (C) 2006 The Killers
Hmm, maybe there's something to all this bittersweet fic I've been writing lately...
I struggled to come up with a suitable idea for this theme, but I knew there would be a good one lurking somewhere within the canon. So many opposites attracting pairs abounding, LOL :) But there wasn't much I could say about the core characters that didn't feel like a retread of something else I've written recently.
I've been thinking quite a bit about the Sess/Rin relationship lately (I blame you,
plumespixie!), and this idea was a natural extension of that one. The first few lines came to me, and suddenly it hit me that there was a better 'fit' to such thinking: Jinenji's mother. And, even better, these particular relationships cross paths, at least in the anime!So, after a bit of research (watching the two relevant episodes and rereading Jinenji's arc in the manga), I contemplated the continuation of the conversation between Jinenji's mother and Rin in "Jaken Falls Ill", before she heads out to find the berries.
We don't know much about this relationship, only that his father died sometime before they enter the manga/anime storyline. Considering her age, and Jinenji's scars, it must've happened a long time ago - long enough for her to grow old and crony and bitter, LOL, all the while fiercely protective of her son.
The only reason it's in first person (which I generally abhor) is because she lacks a name, and I didn't want to make one up. Besides, as the piece went on, I thought it was better to have it in first person, to make the regret and longing and reflection a bit more poignant. Here's a woman torn between her past (her grand passion) and her present (caring for her son), dealing with her situation as best she knows how.
I thought her relationship with her youkai mate was a nice contrast to the Sess/Rin one, hence all the romantic discussion even though she was there to save Jaken's life! Sometimes I do wonder...if anybody tried to ward Rin off her stubborn path of following Sesshoumaru, would such warnings fall on deaf ears? Probably. No matter how you define their relationship, she worships the ground he walks on.
The inspiration song has a lot of nice lyrics, and the whole feel of anticipation of the innocent is well-matched for this, I think. Looking back with a mix of pain and nostalgia...yeah, I think that's what Jinenji's mother does often when she's alone :)
You play forgiveness / Watch it now / Here he come
He doesn't look a thing like Jesus / But he talks like a gentleman / Like you imagined
When you were young...
Can we climb this mountain? / I don't know / Higher now than ever before
I know we can make it if we take it slow...
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Sesshoumaru/Kagura is pretty one-sided in my opinion (on her part) because, again. The whole "spawn of Naraku" thing would be a deal-breaker IMO. I've written it, some quite lovely pieces in fact, but it's not my all-time pairing. I'm Inu/Kag at heart, but like to keep my mind open to all possibilities.
Sess is an enigma, and he arguably has the most character development over the length of the manga. That's why he's my favorite, hands down.
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I'll attempt to work on that in the future as re-reading my comment I can see how it would be taken as some like, MILITANT thing where I am ANGRY that someone DARE to say anything about my precious Sess/Rin pairing... lol.
I like them, but I have written others, and I do belong to some Yaoi comms and have written some gift!fics for others that vary... even Inucest for my bff
Sorry again if I didn't express myself appropriately.
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PS: I know what you mean about Sess/Kagu... they aren't canon, but the die-hards out there insist that they are.
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