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	renjenri 2003-03-19 07:04 am UTC (link)
	... Where's the wank? I can't read that whole thing, I have no attention span. (Reply to this)

Call me stoopid but...

sajasma
2003-03-19 07:06 am UTC (link)

...is he wanking off to the memories of the dog giving birth?

No obviously not, but there is some kind of sensual theme running through this piece, however I think some of the eroticism is quite lost when "warm, wet puppies" blends so seamlessly with "Hot, bright, wet" ejaculation.

And to go along with my general drunken-ness tonight...

"Bare: A Journey of Discovery"

*cheerful 50's motherly voice* Hi, Timmy! Today we are going to learn about our bodies. Do you know what's between your legs, Timmy?

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	raisedbyhyenas 2003-03-19 07:17 am UTC (link)
	I can't make it all the way through. WTF is up with the gloves?! (Reply to this)(Thread)

ari_
2003-03-19 11:17 am UTC (link)

the story won't make sense if you don't know Tokyo Babylon and X (the manga/anime it's based on).

Basically, Subaru, who's cute and 16 and also a very powerful onmyouji (sort of a ying-yang magician) and the leader of the Sumeragi clan, always wears gloves, on the orders of his grandmother. He doesn't know why (the memory was erased), but when he was younger (8, I think), he met the Sakurazukamori (who is pretty much *the* enemy of the Sumeragi, and also a dark onmyouji).

Instead of killing him, the Sakurazukamori decided to mark him on his hands, and also made a bet with him: in the future, he is going to spend one year with Subaru. If Subaru can make him feel one true emotion, he'll let Subaru go. If not, he'll kill Subaru and feed his soul to the Sakura tree.

Currently, Subaru and his twin sister have a best friend, Seishirou. He's 25, and a vet (Subaru loves animals). He's always extremely nice, and flirts heavily with Subaru, who's so shy it's painful. Hokuto, Subaru's twin sister, is much more outgoing, and heavily encourages the flirting, and often tells Seishirou that he better marry her brother, etc.

What they don't know is that Seishirou *is* the Sakurazukamori. They do find out at the end of Tokyo Babylon, and it's ... messy. Further events in X (the sequel) are even messier.

It's a really good manga - I wish more slash fans would check it out. Anyone who likes pairings like Mulder/Krycek should like it, and I'd love to see some slash authors write Seishirou/Subaru fic...

(I really should sit down and write that "Introduction to really slashy anime and manga for slashfans" website)

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	sajasma 2003-03-19 05:59 pm UTC (link)
	Meh, anime. Or manga. Whatever. Gimme good ol' plebe Smallville any day. Them be storylines I can understand! They make sense dammit! Uh...okay, maybe they don't. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	(Anonymous) 2003-03-20 03:23 am UTC (link)
	It was these scanlations that pulled me in: http://doki3.net/tyo/ Nothing wanky about this fic. Maybe there should be a clearly marked FAQ about what f_w is all about for newbies. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	kyuuketsukirui 2003-03-20 04:35 am UTC (link)
	My friend loves both Tokyo Babylon (which I haven't read) and X (which I've read the first 10 vols. or so of, but that was years ago and thus I don't remember), but he's more of a Subaru/Kamui fan. That's like his big OTP. Grace (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ari_ 2003-03-20 07:38 am UTC (link)
	ah, SeishirouxSubaru vs SubaruxKamui. It's Mulder/Krycek vs Mulder/Skinner. Including occasional flamewars. (I often find that people who start with TB prefer SeishirouxSubaru, and people who start with X prefer SubaruxKamui) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	sorchar 2003-03-19 07:40 am UTC (link)
	I don't know if I'd call that wanky, but it sure was disturbing. (Reply to this)

	kyuuketsukirui 2003-03-19 08:06 am UTC (link)
	Well, he was wanking, but uh... Grace (Reply to this)

coreopsis
2003-03-19 06:32 pm UTC (link)

This appears to be just another story. I see no flamewar, no BNF posturing, no PR devil conspiracy theories, not even any holier-than-thou pairing bashing.

Conclusion: this is not a wank and shouldn't be here. Give JF a little while to get going and I'm sure there will be a community for pimping your fic... or pointing and laughing at someone else's...whatever it is you're trying to do here.

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	dreamtoday 2003-03-19 06:51 pm UTC (link)
	I'm sorry, but this isn't really a wank. Stories themselves, unless they're followed by wanky behavior on the part of anyone is not wank. Or perhaps i'm missing something? ~Sun (Reply to this)(Thread)

	nita 2003-03-19 09:10 pm UTC (link)
	No point to the wank here. I just heart your icon. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dreamtoday 2003-03-20 06:42 am UTC (link)
	My bonsai kitten thanks you for the compliment...:) ~Sun (Reply to this)(Parent)

	kerikeri 2003-03-21 12:59 am UTC (link)
	Damn, it's too bad I can't get some REAL X wank on here. But unfortunately it all takes place on blogs that don't have permanent comment functions, not LJ or message boards. But rest assured, the fandom IS wanky-- and most of it's been my fault. grin (Reply to this)