PFFFFFFFFFFF WELL THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO START! You seriously made me squirm with utter happy when I read this. :D I'm not quite sure what I did (aside from the fanart, lol) but omg you make me want to keep doing it.
:D Just keep on keepin' on ~ I don't quite know what you did, either. But I knew I had to dedicate this chapter to you after jotting all my notes for it down on the back of one of the sketches you did for me - that's only fitting, no? :P
It's like he's already done all the growing up he did through canon, only before ever actually meeting Sango - which is unusual, since a lot of that growing up was due to Sango.
Hmm. I've not quite looked at it like that, but it *does* make sense. I had a devil of a time trying to align and space everything I wanted to put into his past, because he is older than her - by about eight years - which is what makes his experience so precious, in this regard. I think him having the patience to wait her out is what's going to be important here, and that comes directly from his own experience - he knows how long it took him to go through all this, so he has a better idea - better than anybody else - of how much time she needs, how wide a berth to give her.
Yeah, its kinda a copout to have him relying on a spiritual connection instead of actually confronting her, but I tried to take into account what another meeting between them would entail, and how it would effect the dynamics of their relationship, as it stands.
I think I decided not to mention it in my original review for whatever reason - but I totally thought of this song when I was reading it, and was pretty sure this was where it tied in. (You only showed it to me, uh... forever ago, when we had our first massive Fragments conversation over ff.net, lol.) I love the visuals of it, both in the lyrics and in the story itself. It just gets my heart all twisted up so good~!
You should have said something!! This song is still the core of this fic, though I have moved on to other musical inspirations that are more directly related to characters or events. I <3 it so much, because I only have to hear the first strains of it before I'm put back into the mood of the universe, and my mind is in tune with what I need/want to write.
When you do a little digging, you find there's tons more to Miroku than he lets on. :)
Indeed - but I am finding it very hard to ignore his surface behaviors. I don't want to ignore the way he acts, because its just as important in the manifestation of his character. So...instead, I reflect on it indirectly, and perhaps inaccurately, but I'm counting on everyone to give credence to the emotional upheaval he's suffered, as to why he'd turn down a willing woman who propositioned him, for a change o.O
What's under the surface of Miroku is what makes him so compelling to me.
And I love you for including it in his characterization. Miroku would definitely consider that, and it's nice to see him not just falling head over heels and brushing aside any consideration of what may hinder their relationship. That just wouldn't be him, and it would feel childish besides. (Yay for grownup fic!)
=) Honestly, I wasn't sure how anyone would take this Grand Revelation of his character/motivations/actions...but for all that he's lecherous or hentai in canon, he's also quite practical. He is a conman, after all, concerned first and foremost with filling his stomach and having a roof over his head. That sort of pragmatism is easy to parallel in modern day life. That it makes him hesitant is perhaps not as true to his nature, but again - this is unlike anything he's ever felt/done before, so caution is warranted, even if its cautious optimism.
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:D Just keep on keepin' on ~ I don't quite know what you did, either. But I knew I had to dedicate this chapter to you after jotting all my notes for it down on the back of one of the sketches you did for me - that's only fitting, no? :P
It's like he's already done all the growing up he did through canon, only before ever actually meeting Sango - which is unusual, since a lot of that growing up was due to Sango.
Hmm. I've not quite looked at it like that, but it *does* make sense. I had a devil of a time trying to align and space everything I wanted to put into his past, because he is older than her - by about eight years - which is what makes his experience so precious, in this regard. I think him having the patience to wait her out is what's going to be important here, and that comes directly from his own experience - he knows how long it took him to go through all this, so he has a better idea - better than anybody else - of how much time she needs, how wide a berth to give her.
Yeah, its kinda a copout to have him relying on a spiritual connection instead of actually confronting her, but I tried to take into account what another meeting between them would entail, and how it would effect the dynamics of their relationship, as it stands.
I think I decided not to mention it in my original review for whatever reason - but I totally thought of this song when I was reading it, and was pretty sure this was where it tied in. (You only showed it to me, uh... forever ago, when we had our first massive Fragments conversation over ff.net, lol.) I love the visuals of it, both in the lyrics and in the story itself. It just gets my heart all twisted up so good~!
You should have said something!! This song is still the core of this fic, though I have moved on to other musical inspirations that are more directly related to characters or events. I <3 it so much, because I only have to hear the first strains of it before I'm put back into the mood of the universe, and my mind is in tune with what I need/want to write.
When you do a little digging, you find there's tons more to Miroku than he lets on. :)
Indeed - but I am finding it very hard to ignore his surface behaviors. I don't want to ignore the way he acts, because its just as important in the manifestation of his character. So...instead, I reflect on it indirectly, and perhaps inaccurately, but I'm counting on everyone to give credence to the emotional upheaval he's suffered, as to why he'd turn down a willing woman who propositioned him, for a change o.O
What's under the surface of Miroku is what makes him so compelling to me.
And I love you for including it in his characterization. Miroku would definitely consider that, and it's nice to see him not just falling head over heels and brushing aside any consideration of what may hinder their relationship. That just wouldn't be him, and it would feel childish besides. (Yay for grownup fic!)
=) Honestly, I wasn't sure how anyone would take this Grand Revelation of his character/motivations/actions...but for all that he's lecherous or hentai in canon, he's also quite practical. He is a conman, after all, concerned first and foremost with filling his stomach and having a roof over his head. That sort of pragmatism is easy to parallel in modern day life. That it makes him hesitant is perhaps not as true to his nature, but again - this is unlike anything he's ever felt/done before, so caution is warranted, even if its cautious optimism.
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