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Show the Lights by Partingxshot (Teen)
Hello and Happy New Year! I'm your Homestuck reccer for the month of January. I've never done this before, so feel free to thwap me if I mess up. In case you need a Homestuck refresher, here's the Homestuck Overview by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
roachpatrol. On to the recs!
Fandom: HOMESTUCK
Pairing: Rose/Kanaya (flushed), minor Rose/Vriska (caliginous)
Length: 17k
Author on LJ:partingxshot
Author Website: On AO3
Why this must be read:
This is possibly my favorite fic in Homestuck. A lot of Rose/any girl fic have Rose having no trouble with her sexuality - jumping right in to a relationship. While those stories are often fantastic too, Show the Lights takes a different path and goes into Rose's coming to terms with being attracted to other girls - while at the same time dealing with her descent into grimdark and the Horrorterrors. The plot is lovely, the romance is wonderful, and the characters shine.
They stare at one another for a moment, reveling in the sheer effort it took for them to meet face-to-face.
It’s just that she was unprepared for her friend to be so physically striking. This is a normal reaction; it’s not every day that your alien correspondent turns out to bear all the marble grace of Praxiteles’ Hermes. It is normal to admire such beauty, to want to catch the gaze of exotic eyes that dig so deeply.
“I wasn’t sure about the lighting,” Kanaya says anxiously. “I am aware that humans are diurnal, but I am uninformed as to its benefits in recovery. I tried asking Strider how to make you most comfortable, but he gave me an answer that involved maiden sacrifices and I have grown enough accustomed to your human sarcasm that–”
Ah, there it is. Familiarity.
“So the rambling wasn’t solely an online trait.” She isn’t sure if she is smiling or smirking, but Kanaya seems to appreciate the effort. “Oh, good.”
She prays that Kanaya doesn’t ask if that was sarcasm. Rose honestly doesn’t know.
Show the Lights
roachpatrol. On to the recs!Fandom: HOMESTUCK
Pairing: Rose/Kanaya (flushed), minor Rose/Vriska (caliginous)
Length: 17k
Author on LJ:
partingxshotAuthor Website: On AO3
Why this must be read:
This is possibly my favorite fic in Homestuck. A lot of Rose/any girl fic have Rose having no trouble with her sexuality - jumping right in to a relationship. While those stories are often fantastic too, Show the Lights takes a different path and goes into Rose's coming to terms with being attracted to other girls - while at the same time dealing with her descent into grimdark and the Horrorterrors. The plot is lovely, the romance is wonderful, and the characters shine.
They stare at one another for a moment, reveling in the sheer effort it took for them to meet face-to-face.
It’s just that she was unprepared for her friend to be so physically striking. This is a normal reaction; it’s not every day that your alien correspondent turns out to bear all the marble grace of Praxiteles’ Hermes. It is normal to admire such beauty, to want to catch the gaze of exotic eyes that dig so deeply.
“I wasn’t sure about the lighting,” Kanaya says anxiously. “I am aware that humans are diurnal, but I am uninformed as to its benefits in recovery. I tried asking Strider how to make you most comfortable, but he gave me an answer that involved maiden sacrifices and I have grown enough accustomed to your human sarcasm that–”
Ah, there it is. Familiarity.
“So the rambling wasn’t solely an online trait.” She isn’t sure if she is smiling or smirking, but Kanaya seems to appreciate the effort. “Oh, good.”
She prays that Kanaya doesn’t ask if that was sarcasm. Rose honestly doesn’t know.
Show the Lights
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Super happy to see someone else show this fic the proper love it deserves though! Now, I'll just go sit in the corner and fail for not reccing anything for my most favorite couple ever. /o\
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I loved your recs, btw - I hadn't read a few of them, and they were fantastic!
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Hehe, and I'm very glad to know I didn't chase off everyone with all my girl/girl(/girl) and angsty recs! xD Thanks, and I hope you get to all of them cuz they're all pretty awesome! (I'm trying to wait out some WIPs to finish before I sign up to rec again though. Boo. Waiting sucks. xD )