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Pairing: Miroku/Sango
Rating: T
Inspiration:

iyissekiwa #69 | Peril (2nd Place)
Based upon: Manga chapter 536, The Kazaana's Limit

Slowly but surely, I'm growing in confidence about my ability to write Mir/San.

Like most of the other ideas I've had about this pairing, this one came after going through the end of the manga. I was actually working towards another idea I've still got brewing (that may, one day, become coherent enough to write) and this just rather came out of nowhere.

I'm really rather proud of this piece :) It's divergent from the canon, and I think my experiment with the characterizations was successful. I'm beginning to understand them a bit better, what makes them tick, what motivates their behavior. I thought it would be interesting to attempt to turn the old cliche on its head - "I'm saving you from me, it's for your own good" - and definitely a challenge, within 250 words!

One of the things I disliked most about the end of the manga and the final battle with Naraku was the whole Sango-sacrificing-Rin-for-Miroku idea. It goes back to her original introduction to the story - the idea that she'd betray her friends or allies for "personal" reasons - but the whole "All me to sacrifice!" / "no me!" / "no me!" back-and-forth was beyond played out. Plus, as I replied to the original comments on this entry, I really wanted one of them to tell the other to shut up about the whole martyr complex and get on with the business of killing Naraku. If they were going to die, might as well do it together and go down in a blaze of glory!

Too many times Sango's character is misjudged, and she's turned into some sort of weepy emo angsty weakling, contrary to her canon character. She's strong, able, and a capable warrior. She's shown before that she's willing to fight for what she believes in and/or cares about. I don't think Miroku would be any different. I wish, instead of them being separated as they were in Naraku's body, that she'd followed him and defended him, showing him that she hadn't given up hope, no matter that she'd seen his true and terrible fate if the kazaana swallowed him whole.

And so, that's what I wrote :) I think the ending line is one of my better ones, too, managing to wrap it all up rather succinctly.

Maybe one day I'll have the confidence to attempt something on a bit of a grander scale with these two, but in the meanwhile, it's nice to have a chance to challenge myself and stretch my pairing chops!

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I loved the last line in this - and I have to admit I was so disappointed in how the San/Mir thing was handled throughout the final battle.
:-D This was much better.

Woooo, thanks! :) I sometimes post these contest entries so far in advance as to when I can post their accompanying 'authors' notes' that I always feel I'm going to leave something out.

But I definitely like this piece better than the first one I wrote (which, while also an award winner somehow, is too close to canon for my personal taste), but hey, we all gotta start somewhere!

I liked the chance to bring out Sango's strong side, even if it was from Miroku's point of view. Maybe that even made it better, being on the brink of death and she of all people is the one to save him...

*must stop before ideas consume exhausted brain*

I think that's one of the biggest things authors tend to ignore about Sango - heck, even close to death, she is a *strong person*. Sure, she has her weaknesses, but she can kick ass and she doesn't take shit!

Actually, I thought that it being from Miroku's POV made it that much better... that "light at the end of the tunnel" thing, I think it was more touching :-D

...and, amazingly enough, that's exactly why I find her so difficult to write. She's very opposite of me and my experiences in so many ways, I feel like I have nothing to draw on for her. But I really enjoy her complexities, so I think I'll keep chipping away at it.

Actually, I thought that it being from Miroku's POV made it that much better... that "light at the end of the tunnel" thing, I think it was more touching :-D

Don't give the bunnies anymore ideas...please, for my sanity!!

(and GOD if we could submit smut for the

iyissekiwa prompts, I'd be all over the one this week - the smutty fluffy muse is still very much awake!)

Sango is really the hardest for me to write of the group - I'm trying to work on her characterizations for Control, so I'm crossing my fingers I get it figured out.

*looks both ways* I can't promise anything when it comes to tempting bunnies... this Mir/Kag fic I'm writing for you has mutated so many times I could cry. And I have to beat the angst-bunnies off with a cattle prod! Which, of course, means they're chewing on my slippers... encouraging me to write more Mir/Kag angsty fics -_-;;

Sango is really the hardest for me to write of the group - I'm trying to work on her characterizations for Control, so I'm crossing my fingers I get it figured out.

Honestly, its been trial and error for me, so I greatly sympathize :)

*looks both ways* I can't promise anything when it comes to tempting bunnies... this Mir/Kag fic I'm writing for you has mutated so many times I could cry. And I have to beat the angst-bunnies off with a cattle prod! Which, of course, means they're chewing on my slippers... encouraging me to write more Mir/Kag angsty fics -_-;;

LOL, don't be in any hurry to finish/post the Mir/Kag fun'n'flirty fic! I can certainly handle waiting for it, though I already know it will be good :)

Plus, you know, I still have two requests of my own to fulfill. Talk about sweatdropping...I fear what will happen if the smutty fluffy muse gets wind of the Sess/older Rin request!!

And LOL @ the image of beating bunnies off with a cattle prod...you have been lured down the path of alt pairings, there's no turning back now! Mwahaha *darkside*

and now its time for bed as I've lost all coherency

I like writing Sango. She has so many sides. The heart of a warrior. The heart of a woman. The person that wants to save Kohaku so that he can be her brother again. The person who wants to kill Kohaku and herself so they will not have to deal with dishonor that Naraku has subjected them to by controlling Kohaku.

Like I told you, I liked your divergence. They went on together. I did a divergence of inukaiden where Miroku opens the wind tunnel when Sango asks Miroku to take her with him.

In the manga Sango is willing to do anything to save Miroku. Naraku is gaining strength from their despair. If she can kill Naraku and save Miroku she is willing to do it even it means killing Rin. She is lucky that Kohaku saved Rin, if Rin had died Sesshoumaru would have killed her and Naraku would have achieved his goal and gotten more power.

Naraku was willing to let them live forever in the Jewel so long as they felt despair and powered him up.

I thought your characterizations in this piece were very good.

All of those different layers and complexities are exactly why I find her so difficult to get inside her head (and yet, someone like Sesshoumaru who has arguably equally as many issues - easy peasy pie by this point, though I felt similarly intimidated before I took the plunge with him).

In the manga Sango is willing to do anything to save Miroku. Naraku is gaining strength from their despair. If she can kill Naraku and save Miroku she is willing to do it even it means killing Rin. She is lucky that Kohaku saved Rin, if Rin had died Sesshoumaru would have killed her and Naraku would have achieved his goal and gotten more power.

I realize that, and thus understand the need for the arc, but at the same time, after almost 500 chapters of the same old, same old it gets a bit tired. I'd have much preferred if they could've found some way to work over their terror and despair and come together to fight Naraku, denying him the depth of negative feelings he needed in order to enhance the jewel's power.

I thought your characterizations in this piece were very good.

Thanks! Brevity worked in my favor, methinks :D

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