Nevermore (PT, Mytho/Rue)

[dark_therapy]

Title: Nevermore
Fandom: Princess Tutu
Pairing: Mytho/Rue
Summary: Kraehe searches for her Prince, and finds all her demons waiting for her. This is how we love.
Rating: PG-13
Warning[s]: Raven!Mytho, twisted love, and some sinister and suggestive implications. Dark and nasty.
Disclaimer: I don't own Princess Tutu or the characters. Ikuko Itoh does. ^_^

Comments

[demihime]

*_* Wow, wonderfully dark! I wanted to cry for those poor little eggs... And poor Kraehe!

I loved your portrayal of Raven!Mytho - so deliciously creepy and evil~

[dark_therapy]

Thank you! I love the potential darkness of this pairing, and really wanted to explore it a little more, but I think I even managed to surprise myself with how twisted this story became. o_0

It's lovely to hear that it had such a powerful effect on you (and I'm absolutely thrilled to know you enjoyed my take on Raven!Mytho!); it means a lot to me as a writer. Thanks so much for reading and reviewing!

[insaneladybug]

Oh wow. This is incredibly chilling, horrifying, and yes, dark

(Part 1)

[dark_therapy]

Wow! Thank you for such an amazing and indepth review! They're always such treats to read, and I'm thrilled to know this story left such an impression on you.

I really like the opening with Rue looking all over for Mytho and introspecting, and then occasionally delving into flashbacks that will be so relevant later on. Writing the flashbacks in present tense is a really interesting change of pace, too!

I'm not quite sure why, but writing the flashbacks in the present-tense was a very quick and instinctive decision. As well as differentiating from the regular narration, I just wanted to make her past, her feelings, and the people she used to be (the child, the amnesiac living a lie) as immediate and real as I could. I'm happy to know you liked it! ^_^

All of Rue's emotions are so gripping and feel so real: her trust in her father's words, her worry and horror over Mytho changing (coupled with her longing for him to change into someone who will love only her--the happy ending she believes in and looks for), and how she became afraid

Re: (Part 1)

[insaneladybug]

I definitely got the "immediate" vibe from the flashbacks. It was a very good decision!

I was never quite sure whether Rue actually did move in with Mytho, but she certainly was over there a lot. I always wondered how she managed to do that, especially since in episodes 19 and 23 she was in the hall and opened the door to Mytho's room, rather than just teleporting inside it. You'd think someone would have caught her breaking the rules and being in the boys' dorm so much. Unless they only didn't because Drosselmeyer didn't want them to, LOL.

Yeah, I guess maybe the part with Raetsel could have been cut, but I'm glad it stayed! I liked the added elements it brought in.

I would like to see more fics about the pre-series childhood era. It would be very interesting!

Re: (Part 1)

[dark_therapy]

I guess I've always thought that she practically moved in with him at that point, though not in any official sense. As you said, she certainly spent a great deal of time there, and at all kinds of strange hours. And I think it's implied that she wasn't not sleeping in her own dorm room at that point too. But I never thought before about how exactly she got to Mytho's room without being noticed before! XD Maybe she teleported to just outside the room? Or was sneaky enough (and has enough magic) to avoid being noticed? Or maybe she was too admired for any fellow-student to report her? *ponders*

Drosselmeyer willed it = the answer to EVERY plot hole! XD

I'm glad you enjoyed the Raetsel passages! I'd really, really love to write some fics about the childhood era sometime. I find it such an intriguing period in series canon, and feel sad that there isn't more written about it. There's just so much to explore and a lot of character development to play with, and ideas are always knocking around my head

[web_of]

I... Wow, this was amazing. So dark and chilling and utterly gut-wrenching. I admit, I cried a little at the end. You did an absolutely wonderful job with this, I only wish I had more coherent things to say.

[dark_therapy]

Wow, thank you. I really adore your Mytho/Rue fanfics, so to get such positive feedback from you is really amazing, and makes me feel incredibly happy, and very proud of my writing. I feel so moved knowing you had such an emotional reaction to the story, that I almost don't know what to say, except thank you very much for such lovely feedback. It really means a lot to me. *hugs*