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YOU SPEAK MY LANGUAGE by Sleeps with Coyotes [R]
Fandom: Saiyuki
Title: You Speak My Language
Pairing: [Gaiden Arc] Goujun/Konzen
Author: Sleeps with Coyotes,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ciceqi
Website: Slash City.
Rating: R
Why this fic must be read:
It is amazing how much experience and emotional content can be conveyed when communication is nonverbal. Here is a rich, textured story of a post-coital moment in Gaiden between Konzen Douji, the nephew of the goddess of mercy, and Goujun, King of the Western Seas---two characters who, because they cannot relate with ease and depth in spoken language, and both of whom tend to hold others at a distance in any case, default to something more primal and revealing. The story also illustrates how written words can reveal more than they actually appear to say.
The author's deliberate choice to change pronoun usage to "se" and "hir" with reference to Kanzeon Bosatsu's hermaphroditic physiology isn't how the goddess is referred in official translations and it does scan awkwardly, but the tale is still beautifully rendered.
Title: You Speak My Language
Pairing: [Gaiden Arc] Goujun/Konzen
Author: Sleeps with Coyotes,
ciceqiWebsite: Slash City.
Rating: R
Why this fic must be read:
It is amazing how much experience and emotional content can be conveyed when communication is nonverbal. Here is a rich, textured story of a post-coital moment in Gaiden between Konzen Douji, the nephew of the goddess of mercy, and Goujun, King of the Western Seas---two characters who, because they cannot relate with ease and depth in spoken language, and both of whom tend to hold others at a distance in any case, default to something more primal and revealing. The story also illustrates how written words can reveal more than they actually appear to say.
The author's deliberate choice to change pronoun usage to "se" and "hir" with reference to Kanzeon Bosatsu's hermaphroditic physiology isn't how the goddess is referred in official translations and it does scan awkwardly, but the tale is still beautifully rendered.