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The Kakashi Mission (NC17) by JBMcDragon
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empty_mirrors and I'll be driving the small fandom van this month on behalf of Naruto. Since this 'verse is all about the ninjas, please keep your eyes open for things lurking in the shadows, don't sit with your back to the entrance and for goodness sake don't unlock the van doors at intersections. That thump on the roof could well be something much worse than a mad axe murderer.
Just a couple of JFYIs.
My passion is for long plotty fics, so expect to see a disproportionate number of those this month, though I do have a few excellent short ones for you. There will also be more slash and gen than het or femmeslash, again reflecting my reading preferences. I'm also going to throw in some AU along with canon pieces, since good characters are good characters wherever you find them.
As the source material is Japanese, I'll be using the naming convention of family name followed by personal name in the pairings. Please note that not all the stories I rec will follow this convention. I'll also be adding the genre and het, gen, m/m slash, femmeslash, since I can't be the only one who scans anime/manga fandoms squinting at the names to try and work out which the less obvious ones might be.
I also will not be following the yaoi convention of name order reflecting seme/uke etc etc, basically because I personally loath the entire conceit and since most fandoms manage without it, I think we can too. Therefore please don't complain if the order of the names doesn't 'accurately reflect the sexual behaviour in the story'. You never know, you might find yourself reading something you'd have skipped over otherwise and actually enjoying it.
Finally, a lot of these stories will be distinctly adult in nature so please take note of the warnings, don't break any laws and don't flame the authors. Instead give them loads of nummy nummy feedback. They all deserve it and love it and call it George.
Okay, warnings over, let's get started.
I came to the Naruto fandom through fanfiction, devouring it avidly for months before I was able to read/watch the original source material. In fact it was the quality of the fic that demanded I hunt down the manga and anime so I could understand better who exactly all these wonderful characters were. My first rec is one of the stories that made me do that, so hopefully it will do the same for you. And I really can't believe that it's not been recced here before.
The Kakashi Mission (NC17) by JBMcDragon
Fandom:Naruto
Pairing:Hatake Kakashi/Umino Iruka
Genre: M/M slash, romance-ish.
Length: About 70,000 words
Author on LJ:jbmcdragon
Warnings: Graphic imagery, canon character death, consent issues.
Author Website:McDragon's Lair
Why this must be read: This a long story and, since it dots back and forth in time, it takes a little concentrated reading, but oh the tale it weaves. Umino Iruka, ninja academy teacher and all round good guy, is given a top secret and dangerous mission, and all within his own home village of Konoha. He is ordered to make friends with Konoha's most feared shinobi, Hatake Kakashi, who it is suggested might be on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
At first glance, this could be a simple guy meets guy tale, and if it wasn't for the particular guys involved, it probably would have been. Of course that reckons without Iruka's resistance to having a relationship with another man, and Kakashi's decidedly complex mental health issues. As the story progresses, the author moves back and forth in time unpacking Kakashi's life experiences explaining how he comes to be the way he is and in the process allowing us to fall a little in love with him along with Iruka. The result is a complex relationship packed with issues and problems but based on pretty solid foundations. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
The Kakashi Mission.
empty_mirrors and I'll be driving the small fandom van this month on behalf of Naruto. Since this 'verse is all about the ninjas, please keep your eyes open for things lurking in the shadows, don't sit with your back to the entrance and for goodness sake don't unlock the van doors at intersections. That thump on the roof could well be something much worse than a mad axe murderer.Just a couple of JFYIs.
My passion is for long plotty fics, so expect to see a disproportionate number of those this month, though I do have a few excellent short ones for you. There will also be more slash and gen than het or femmeslash, again reflecting my reading preferences. I'm also going to throw in some AU along with canon pieces, since good characters are good characters wherever you find them.
As the source material is Japanese, I'll be using the naming convention of family name followed by personal name in the pairings. Please note that not all the stories I rec will follow this convention. I'll also be adding the genre and het, gen, m/m slash, femmeslash, since I can't be the only one who scans anime/manga fandoms squinting at the names to try and work out which the less obvious ones might be.
I also will not be following the yaoi convention of name order reflecting seme/uke etc etc, basically because I personally loath the entire conceit and since most fandoms manage without it, I think we can too. Therefore please don't complain if the order of the names doesn't 'accurately reflect the sexual behaviour in the story'. You never know, you might find yourself reading something you'd have skipped over otherwise and actually enjoying it.
Finally, a lot of these stories will be distinctly adult in nature so please take note of the warnings, don't break any laws and don't flame the authors. Instead give them loads of nummy nummy feedback. They all deserve it and love it and call it George.
Okay, warnings over, let's get started.
I came to the Naruto fandom through fanfiction, devouring it avidly for months before I was able to read/watch the original source material. In fact it was the quality of the fic that demanded I hunt down the manga and anime so I could understand better who exactly all these wonderful characters were. My first rec is one of the stories that made me do that, so hopefully it will do the same for you. And I really can't believe that it's not been recced here before.
The Kakashi Mission (NC17) by JBMcDragon
Fandom:Naruto
Pairing:Hatake Kakashi/Umino Iruka
Genre: M/M slash, romance-ish.
Length: About 70,000 words
Author on LJ:
jbmcdragonWarnings: Graphic imagery, canon character death, consent issues.
Author Website:McDragon's Lair
Why this must be read: This a long story and, since it dots back and forth in time, it takes a little concentrated reading, but oh the tale it weaves. Umino Iruka, ninja academy teacher and all round good guy, is given a top secret and dangerous mission, and all within his own home village of Konoha. He is ordered to make friends with Konoha's most feared shinobi, Hatake Kakashi, who it is suggested might be on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
At first glance, this could be a simple guy meets guy tale, and if it wasn't for the particular guys involved, it probably would have been. Of course that reckons without Iruka's resistance to having a relationship with another man, and Kakashi's decidedly complex mental health issues. As the story progresses, the author moves back and forth in time unpacking Kakashi's life experiences explaining how he comes to be the way he is and in the process allowing us to fall a little in love with him along with Iruka. The result is a complex relationship packed with issues and problems but based on pretty solid foundations. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
The Kakashi Mission.
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