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LuxKen27 ([personal profile] luxken27) wrote2009-06-22 10:32 pm

Temptation

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Pairing: InuPapa/Izayoi
Rating: T
Inspiration: [livejournal.com profile] iy_themes #04 | Silk
Based upon: a scene from Chapter 5 of "Raindrops" by Youkai Yume


The last couple of pieces I've written have been for pairings I don't normally write. This has been very refreshing, at least from my point of view; its always nice to have a break from the usual and attempt to stretch unused muscles somewhere. I've wanted to write for this prompt ever since we finalized the list, but literally up until the last day, I had no idea how I was going to use it.

I'd had a bug to write something for this pairing, but just like with anything unknown, it took me a long time to work out a situation and then justify the actions/reactions in my head. I probably go through far more grief than need be, but its worth it in the end, for characterization if nothing else.

I was looking through Youkai Yume's fabulous artwork (she just posted a new S/K piece that I had to go squee over, LOL) and decided to look through the last chapter of her doujinshi, because she'd drawn a backstory for how InuPapa met Izayoi and paralleled it to her Sess/Kag storyline (quite beautifully, I might add - of all the fanartists out there, she's probably the one who draws the best Sesshoumaru). And then it struck me...attempting to reconstruct a similar scene, from InuPapa's point of view.

Thus, I had my idea for the prompt, and I rather like the way it turned out. I sorta decided to make InuPapa like an older yet more open version of Sesshoumaru, LOL, one who would be curious, rather than offended, if some lowly but attractive human didn't pay him the respect he might have expected.

I also had the line of this song running through my head:

Give you what you're giving me / I should dress you up in pearls / Finest silk to touch your skin

It fits, no? :)

I quite like writing for the community, even though my entries aren't eligible for voting. We've had a lot of great support and enthusiasm, and that spills over into almost all of the posts. It's nice to see such positivity out there, for a change :)

[identity profile] landofthekwt.livejournal.com 2009-06-22 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I enjoyed your story about Inupapa/Izayoi a lot. I have never been very sympathetic to Izayoi. I have always viewed her a spoiled princess who things happened to because she was unaware of the consequences her actions might have. I had never really thought about SessIzayoi until I read Raindrops Chapter 5. Raindrops Chapter 5 is beautifully drawn. Of course, I am not very sympathetic about them from IY POV. I noticed that YY had written one of the top 10 read ff on MM.