Happy Monday

[flemmings]

nekonexus wrote me a Goujun story. Stunning images, delicately edged characterization, and resonances that tickle at the mind as, yes, fish in a pond brush over the skin.

"But in the Ocean, he speaks the language of the waves, he knows how to see through what obscures others' vision."

"Non-attachment is a difficult thing for a dragon." Mh, yeah. It would be.

And this, which I love:

"...he hears the koi speak. Swifter than thought, they tell each other tales of what passes Below. Their voices jumble over each other - each one distinct, each one a thread in a cacophonic melody of imperfect harmonies. Each swish of a fin, each ripple, each breath through their gills - it is all a part of the story."

No, I *will* not say 'we are a tale told by a carp' but, well, the idea is there too. "... or a butterfly dreaming it was a Chinese philosopher."

Story is based on the seal script Confucian passage in this picture, whose text was so painstakingly unravelled by lovely friends in this entry.

NB Link takes you to the whole entry because there are other fics in there worth reading.

Comments

[i-am-zan.livejournal.com]

*pouts* - I am denied access to the story (obviously I don't know enough of the right people ^_^). But what is here is very lovely. I guess I'll leave it for another day.

*goes back to cleaning* - since I didn't get to it yesterday at all. Sleep won out.

[nekonexus.livejournal.com]

Yeah, sorry, it's locked due to also having original fiction in the comments. But I will post it to AO3 shortly, and then pass on the link. :)

[i-am-zan.livejournal.com]

Ahhh no worries. Take your time and thank you. ^_^

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Now over here (http://archiveofourown.org/works/277866), plain text here (http://archiveofourown.org/works/277866). And check out the Goku goes trick or treating in Heaven story (http://archiveofourown.org/works/275021) in the same archive. (Seems no way to search on author over there?)

[nekonexus.livejournal.com]

Mm, attack of the skins deploy. I believe that if you type "author: nekonexus" in the search box, you *should* get all fic by me. ... Except not the ones tagged under a linked pseudonym, apparently.

Oh AO3. So close and yet so far. >.

[xsmoonshine.livejournal.com]

there's a search tool on the top right, and if you click on an author name you can get all their works. :)

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I will not say it's counter-intuitive that the 'search on author name' link seems to be part of the story, but it's counter-intuitive to me.

[nekonexus.livejournal.com]

Here you go (http://archiveofourown.org/works/277866). ^_^

[nekonexus.livejournal.com]

Right, so I have also done what I should have done in the first place and moved the Node fic off into its own (locked) post and unlocked the drabble/ficlet meme post.

So now everybody should be able to see it, either in my journal or on AO3, as they prefer. :)

And yes, comments are welcome!