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Hetalia kink meme part 21

Jun 03, 2012 14:52

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Japan - 1000 Cranes anonymous October 16 2011, 05:51:38 UTC

Something terrible happens (either to Japan or another nation it dosn't matter) and Japan desperately wants to make everything better but being unable to help (because of political reasons or just because there's really nothing he can do) he does the only thing he can think of. He starts folding cranes.

I'd like to see the situation getting worse and worse and Japan getting more and more desperate as he tries to get to that 1000th crane.

Happy ending, sad ending, romance, whatever. Just make it really sad Anon!

A World of Paper Cranes [1/2] anonymous October 22 2011, 07:41:15 UTC

Japan does not enjoy sitting still when he is useless ( ... )

A World of Paper Cranes [2/2] anonymous October 22 2011, 07:42:00 UTC

The next day he wakes and slowly flattens out his crumpled paper. He continues his work - folding more paper cranes - and blocks out the world outside of his room ( ... )

Re: A World of Paper Cranes [2/2] anonymous October 22 2011, 15:25:57 UTC

Not OP.

This was absolutely painful to read (in a good way) but I soldiered through it because it's such a poignant fill and I couldn't tear away. The sense of ambiguity and a brisk approach brought a tear to my eye. The sense of detachment, until the very end, is what makes the whole thing so much more striking.

And this line:

"The next day he wakes to find that he has accidentally destroyed five cranes in his sleep. He holds them and cradles them dearly, mourning their loss."

For whatever reason, it's sticking in my mind and it's probably going to haunt me for a while.

Re: A World of Paper Cranes [2/2] anonymous October 22 2011, 17:21:39 UTC

OH.MY.FUCKING.GOD.

My heart was beating so fast as I read this and it abruptly stopped at the ending. This fill pained my soul.

You rock, A!A.

Re: A World of Paper Cranes [2/2] anonymous October 22 2011, 17:43:38 UTC

Oh. Oh.

Oh, Japan. The sense of pure helplessness in this...

OP anonymous October 22 2011, 19:24:35 UTC

This is just perfect A!A! Japan's desperation and hopelessness are so tangible. I can't quote my favorite parts because I'd quote the whole thing! I really have no proper words to describe how happy I am with this fill. Just, Thank you.

Re: A World of Paper Cranes [2/2] anonymous October 26 2011, 20:45:00 UTC

Oh my god, words cannot describe how painful this fill was. In a good way. The sense of sheer helplessness was heartbreaking, and the ending was beautiful.

Re: A World of Paper Cranes [2/2] anonymous November 17 2011, 21:29:31 UTC

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...Poor Japan. That is all I can say.

Re: Japan - 1000 Cranes anonymous November 17 2011, 03:44:04 UTC

Sadako, right? :'( That book made me cry tears of sad :(((

Newspaper Cranes [1/2] anonymous November 17 2011, 07:56:08 UTC

A/N: Even though this prompt already received a great fill, I wanted to explore this plot idea a little bit. It focuses on the current economic crisis in Greece, but I kept the references to it as general as possible, so hopefully it isn’t offensive or too soon. Though, er, do feel free to tell me if it’s too much or if I went overboard with the angst in this one so I can avoid similar mistakes in the future. :]When Japan became restless or agitated, his hands instinctively searched for something to occupy them and expend their nervous energy on. This usually led to him playing video games or furiously clicking away at his laptop late into the night, but when faced with his latest source of anxiety, his hands found themselves unfolding and refolding newspaper pages into cranes with mottled gray tails and wings imprinted with rows of ink-black letters instead ( ... )

Newspaper Cranes [2/2] anonymous November 17 2011, 07:57:08 UTC

These moments were small compared to the larger-scale events unfolding in Greece’s streets and government, but they were the ones that stuck in Japan’s mind the most when he found his teeth digging into his lower lip and his hands trying to reshape these news stories into something more hopeful, because Greece wasn’t supposed to be like this. He was supposed to be the one unburdened by stresses and worries, not the main cause of them ( ... )

OP anonymous November 17 2011, 15:39:57 UTC

I would have never thought thereld be a second fill for this. Thank you A!A. I think it was very tastfully done. Being from Japan's outsider perspective gave it the distance it needed to not be too heavy. It's nice to see Japan's subtle emotions through little things like the cranes being made of newspaper articles and his eventual inclusion of maneki neko.

Also, on a personal note, it's nice to see that I'm not the only one who's had that guilty thought about Sadako's death.

A!A anonymous November 17 2011, 22:28:12 UTC

*sighs with relief* I'm glad that you didn't find it offensive, OP, and that you seemed to like it just fine.

I thought I was the only one to think that about Sadako's death, too! There's actually an alternative version of her story that says that she did complete 1000 cranes and continued to make more until she died, but the most common version has her die before she gets to 1000 so that's the one I went with.

Re: Newspaper Cranes [2/2] anonymous November 18 2011, 00:45:44 UTC

I don't understand why you thought this would be too angsty, or even too melodramatic at all. It certainly didn't come across as so to me :3

I agree this was tastefully done, and I don't find it to be offensive because you only touched lightly on the incidents occurring in Greece without judging it too much; you only described factually what occurred and how Greece, the nation personification, responded to that.

I also liked that you worked in how Japan understood the fragility of human lives, and how sometimes hopes and dreams don't come true (not even for children), no matter how much one wishes for them. Despite that, I liked that a very small subconscious part of him still wants to believe (?) he could be wrong, and that he still folds origami cranes, even if it was something he does because that's all he can do for now. I think scene alone speaks a lot for itself and for Japan as both a nation and as a normal person who still harbours some small form of hope despite all the bleakness of the world economy now ( ... )

Obvious A!A anonymous November 18 2011, 05:55:47 UTC

Well, that might be mainly because I'm not used to writing angst, so I kept on worrying about how well I had handled it. It's a bit like how I felt when I began writing smut. :]

That hopeful ending scene was actually a last-minute addition when I decided that the fill was too bleak overall. It was a bit of a rushed addition and I was afraid that it would be too sentimental (I didn't realize that Japan had been canonly described as "sentimental," so it's a relief to know that my portrayal of him isn't completely OOC), but I'm happy that it seems to work better than my original ending.

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