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crack_van2004-07-13 09:20 am
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Lost in Jade by Selah Spinshadow (PG)
Fandom: YAMI NO MATSUEI
Pairing: Oriya/Hisoka
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
spinshadow
Author Website: Yumeji::TransFactions
Why this must be read:
Generally speaking, I avoid reading anything on fanfiction.net for a variety of reasons. However, Oriya/Hisoka is such a rare pairing that when I ran across this link on a few rec pages, with positive reactions, I decided to give it a try. I was very pleasantly surprised.
While I have a few quibbles with the characterization in this story, and while it suffers from the common YnM plague of overly flowery physical description, it is nonetheless an elegant exploration of the intriguing dynamic between Oriya and Hisoka. Their canon interactions are both explosive and complex, and the complexity is often lost in fanfiction which pairs them. Not so in this story. The author weaves their mutual curiosity, their grudging respect, their opposing ideologies and their shared background of Japanese tradition into a solid yet delicate foundation on which she builds their growing attraction.
This story is the first in an ongoing series, but I have not read the other stories and I feel this one stands well enough on its own.
Lost in Jade
Pairing: Oriya/Hisoka
Author on LJ:
spinshadowAuthor Website: Yumeji::TransFactions
Why this must be read:
Generally speaking, I avoid reading anything on fanfiction.net for a variety of reasons. However, Oriya/Hisoka is such a rare pairing that when I ran across this link on a few rec pages, with positive reactions, I decided to give it a try. I was very pleasantly surprised.
While I have a few quibbles with the characterization in this story, and while it suffers from the common YnM plague of overly flowery physical description, it is nonetheless an elegant exploration of the intriguing dynamic between Oriya and Hisoka. Their canon interactions are both explosive and complex, and the complexity is often lost in fanfiction which pairs them. Not so in this story. The author weaves their mutual curiosity, their grudging respect, their opposing ideologies and their shared background of Japanese tradition into a solid yet delicate foundation on which she builds their growing attraction.
This story is the first in an ongoing series, but I have not read the other stories and I feel this one stands well enough on its own.
Lost in Jade