thanks!!! i originally intended it as a sort of kinky, supershort "how to use one's senshi/shitennou powers in the smuttiest way possible", but then it ran away from me and got angstier/mushier than i thought it would. i'm glad the results were pleasing :)
This is absolutely beautiful, and a perfect end to all that turmoil. I love the way that you write their relationship, how they trade off who is the stable and the unpredictable factor. I also love her relationships with the other characters, and the little glimpses we get of their interactions.
i toyed with the idea of leaving them unhappy, because when i initially created this discord in their relationship i had no idea of how to solve it, only how to make them as miserable as possible :P i'm glad the end is to your liking and thanks again for commenting!!
I was actually thinking that you had created discord between them so spectacularly that I wasn't sure how you were going to bring them back from that. Not only did you do it, but it feels completely natural and genuine for both of them.
Okay, so I love this. I love how their mutual pride pushes them both apart, how Makoto spells it out that she has to give something up because she can't just keep taking (and oh, how I agree with Makoto's analysis, because Rei is the worst kind of person, high maintenance but thinks she's low maintenance). And then that horrible but brilliantly written scene where Jadeite and Kunzite both get shot and then Endymion nearly killing himself to heal Jadeite (Kunzite telling him to stop! Kunzite/Endymion bromance always makes me happy). And THEN the bedside scene. How Jadeite's frailty nearly breaks her (because she needs him to be strong and always there for her!) and then how she admits that she wants him, just him. Oh Rei, OF COURSE he wants only you. He's always wanted to be the object of your devotion, duh!
Oh and the 'eyefucking' at the marriage makes me laugh because I can just see Rei being a little possessive over Jadeite now he's hers and doing all the signals to let the other women know 'this man is mine'. :D
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omg, of course i don't mind gushy! i'm insanely flattered, actually :D
how Makoto spells it out that she has to give something up because she can't just keep taking
i definitely think rei's level of self-awareness is a little lacking, haha - and though minako is usually my go-to for a heart-to-heart with rei, i thought it might be nice to play up an underdeveloped relationship between the two senshi i see as opposites on the spectrum - down-to-earth and caring vs. high-maintenance queen :P
and then Endymion nearly killing himself to heal Jadeite (Kunzite telling him to stop! Kunzite/Endymion bromance always makes me happy).
IT MAKES ME HAPPY TOO! i wanted more of it in this story, but it didn't really fit except in little moments like this, since endy barely features here. more kunzite/jadeite bromance in this one, which i don't usually see much of, come to think of it...
How Jadeite's frailty nearly breaks her (because she needs him to be strong and always there for her!)yes, you definitely hit the nail on the head! rei is such
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though minako is usually my go-to for a heart-to-heart with rei, i thought it might be nice to play up an underdeveloped relationship between the two senshi i see as opposites
Oh, I think it had so much more impact coming from Makoto. Minako... I think she would be like "WTF are you doing? Why can't you just tell him?" Minako and Rei are like reflections in this case: Rei seems low maintenance but she's actually very high on the maintenance scale because she requires so much support; Minako seems high maintenance but she doesn't actually require very much from a relationship (just amazing sex, some romance and a reality check in my head *LOL*).
IT MAKES ME HAPPY TOO! i wanted more of it in this story, but it didn't really fit except in little moments like this, since endy barely features here. more kunzite/jadeite bromance in this one, which i don't usually see much of, come to think of it...I guess it's because there's that special relationship between Kunzite and Endymion. It's nice just to have this moment, how Kunzite gets
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ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS. I'm so happy it ends happily!!! - oh, boy, i was THISCLOSE to ending it like 2000 words earlier.........with dedjed... >_> i'm so happy i didn't do that, too! i'm also very glad you think i did a decent job with the smut and battle scenes, because really, is there anything harder to write? so flattered! if i can think of anything else to write into this particular ct-verse, i definitely will, because somehow revisiting it a year after i first wrote it...i find myself liking it more than i remembered. thanks as always for your amazing comments ice, they are seriously soul food :)
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Oh and the 'eyefucking' at the marriage makes me laugh because I can just see Rei being a little possessive over Jadeite now he's hers and doing all the signals to let the other women know 'this man is mine'. :D ( ... )
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how Makoto spells it out that she has to give something up because she can't just keep taking
i definitely think rei's level of self-awareness is a little lacking, haha - and though minako is usually my go-to for a heart-to-heart with rei, i thought it might be nice to play up an underdeveloped relationship between the two senshi i see as opposites on the spectrum - down-to-earth and caring vs. high-maintenance queen :P
and then Endymion nearly killing himself to heal Jadeite (Kunzite telling him to stop! Kunzite/Endymion bromance always makes me happy).
IT MAKES ME HAPPY TOO! i wanted more of it in this story, but it didn't really fit except in little moments like this, since endy barely features here. more kunzite/jadeite bromance in this one, which i don't usually see much of, come to think of it...
How Jadeite's frailty nearly breaks her (because she needs him to be strong and always there for her!)yes, you definitely hit the nail on the head! rei is such ( ... )
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Oh, I think it had so much more impact coming from Makoto. Minako... I think she would be like "WTF are you doing? Why can't you just tell him?" Minako and Rei are like reflections in this case: Rei seems low maintenance but she's actually very high on the maintenance scale because she requires so much support; Minako seems high maintenance but she doesn't actually require very much from a relationship (just amazing sex, some romance and a reality check in my head *LOL*).
IT MAKES ME HAPPY TOO! i wanted more of it in this story, but it didn't really fit except in little moments like this, since endy barely features here. more kunzite/jadeite bromance in this one, which i don't usually see much of, come to think of it...I guess it's because there's that special relationship between Kunzite and Endymion. It's nice just to have this moment, how Kunzite gets ( ... )
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