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by brythain
Tue Jun 09, 2020 12:26 am
Forum: Fan Fiction
Topic: Yamaku Book Club (20220124 Dish Washing)
Replies: 1945
Views: 906892

Re: Yamaku Book Club (20200608 Triple Shot)

Mutou Gets Fired seemed like a nice but too-easy one-shot for me. That year, I had written ' Pavane ', so MGF (especially since it wasn't posted properly on the forum) seemed thin. There Were Five was okay. I used an idea in it when considering the non-Euclidean geometry of the room in the basement...
by brythain
Mon Jun 08, 2020 2:21 am
Forum: Fan Fiction
Topic: Alt Dreams [One-Shots] (#73—'Stripping')
Replies: 324
Views: 312666

Alt Dreams [One-Shots] (#67—'A Bear Discovers Salt')

This piece is part of my random (and totally not canonical, and sometimes contradictory) series of fragments of a certain KS parent's infamous autobiography. You can find the other two (so far) as ' A Bear Discovers Fire ' and ' A Bear Discovers Tears ', also in this thread. Disclaimer: The followin...
by brythain
Fri Jun 05, 2020 10:53 pm
Forum: Public Discussion
Topic: Opinions on Iwanako?
Replies: 9
Views: 10782

Re: Opinions on Iwanako?

There's no more to Iwanako than what you see in the game. There's not even an official face for the girl. Outside of the opening and the letter she sends Hisao, that's it. She's essentially a ghost from Hisao's past as far as the plot is concerned. She is thus a generally useful minor plot device—i...
by brythain
Mon Jun 01, 2020 11:36 pm
Forum: Public Discussion
Topic: Katawa Shoujo Character's Persona Arcana
Replies: 2
Views: 5112

Re: Katawa Shoujo Character's Persona Arcana

Hisao is the Fool — he steps out into the unknown. If he follows the wrong path, he will... fall. I think of Misha as the Moon; there's an element of deception and self-deception, there is ambiguity (e.g. in translation) and ambivalence. Lilly is the Sun; there will be great success and happiness—or...
by brythain
Sun May 31, 2020 6:02 am
Forum: Fan Fiction
Topic: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Oneshot thread)
Replies: 60
Views: 60478

Re: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Oneshot thread)

That's a great Shizune story. It's a great serious Jigoro story too. Well done!
by brythain
Mon May 04, 2020 10:39 pm
Forum: Fan Fiction
Topic: Re: Learning To Fly - A Saki pseudo-route (New NSFW Art 2/22)
Replies: 1198
Views: 1082214

Re: Learning To Fly - A Saki pseudo-route (New Art 5/4)

Congrats. 300k for a pseudo-katawa pseudo-route—I don't mean that in a denigratory sense. It's been quite a trip for us, readers, thus far. Happy that it continues to prosper!
by brythain
Sun May 03, 2020 11:34 pm
Forum: Fan Fiction
Topic: Beauty and Other Stories by Scramblers and Shadows
Replies: 9
Views: 6178

Re: Beauty -- a minific after Lilly's neutral end

That was a very pleasant read, although my synaesthesia kicked in early on and I began to smell tin, lead and iron. Which made me overlay your scene mentally with Clint Barton and Natasha Romanov on Vormir. Nevertheless, interesting first entry! Welcome to the forums.
by brythain
Sun May 03, 2020 12:01 pm
Forum: Public Discussion
Topic: Just a quick opinion about Shizune's route
Replies: 5
Views: 5922

Re: Just a quick opinion about Shizune's route

There's a great earlier thread here which might help you out.

Of course, Megumeru, who is Japanese himself, wrote this.
by brythain
Fri May 01, 2020 12:30 pm
Forum: Fan Fiction
Topic: Alt Dreams [One-Shots] (#73—'Stripping')
Replies: 324
Views: 312666

Re: Alt Dreams [One-Shots] (#66—'Contrast')

This was an interesting format with the constant suggestion of things that have happened elsewhere, offscreen. It makes you wonder what Saki was like before she passed away. It's also interesting to see that she was quite the alpha personality, if the story is anything to go by, which is different ...
by brythain
Mon Apr 27, 2020 3:27 am
Forum: Fan Fiction
Topic: Alt Dreams [One-Shots] (#73—'Stripping')
Replies: 324
Views: 312666

Alt Dreams [One-Shots] (#66—'Contrast')

This piece was done in haste, a kind of concept outline. It is technically compatible with 'After The Dream' , but I make no assertions of canonicity. Disclaimer: The following post was written in response to Stiles Long's writing contest. Each participant was given a list of KS character pairings a...
by brythain
Sun Apr 26, 2020 10:05 pm
Forum: Fan Fiction
Topic: Feurox's Den of Sadness Updated 5th of January, 2024
Replies: 107
Views: 98112

Re: Feurox's Den of Sadness [04/26/2020]

Ah that's some good writing, that is. Good characterisation, obligatory time-blips, has a nice stormy atmosphere of the time just before an end, fin-de-siecle kind of feeling. Or perhaps a new beginning. Melancholia plus a hint of petrichor. It's a winner in my book. Taro, Miki, Hanako and Suzu are ...
by brythain
Thu Apr 23, 2020 11:58 am
Forum: Fan Fiction
Topic: After the Dream—Rin's Arc/Miki's Arc (Complete)
Replies: 115
Views: 105203

Re: After the Dream—Rin's Arc/Miki's Arc (Complete)

Of course, the reason I think this is funny is that AtD is essentially about monuments and their ruinous conclusions. AtD is that expression of permeance in the face of loss, with that acknowledgement that the Ruin is inevitable… It amazes me that you have expressed in this long and thought-provoki...
by brythain
Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:03 am
Forum: Fan Fiction
Topic: After The Dream—MAIN INDEX (and secret Hisao arc)
Replies: 165
Views: 260174

Re: After The Dream—MAIN INDEX (Rika update 20190704)

Thank you for writing all of these stories, and even possibly continuing to do so. You've certainly encouraged me to start writing my own KS based fan-fiction as well. Thanks very much for your encouragement and the review above. I too was encouraged to write my fanfic by the sterling work of the p...
by brythain
Sun Apr 12, 2020 3:06 am
Forum: Fan Fiction
Topic: After the Dream—Rin's Arc/Miki's Arc (Complete)
Replies: 115
Views: 105203

Interlude (20200412)

This time, I am almost not ready for it. But when I see the dark hair and the grey slash running like subtle lightning through it, I recognise her at once. Today she's dressed in a cream blouse and simple beige calf-length skirt, trying very hard to look like a modest middle-aged business-lady. And ...
by brythain
Mon Mar 30, 2020 10:32 pm
Forum: Fan Fiction
Topic: Secret Santa 2019 - Story collection
Replies: 54
Views: 48316

Re: Secret Santa 2019 - Story collection

Oh lovely! So unreal especially in these terrible times, so happy-making. Ah, Mutou/Akira... one of those ideas which needs growing.