Ambivalence - 01

[linsetsu]

Title: Ambivalence - 01
Fandom: Gundam 00
Characters/Pairing: Ali-Al-Saachez x Lockon Stratos  
Rating: T
Warnings:  There is no love. In this chapter, there are some swearing, and nothing awfully explicit.
Summary: Post episode 23. Lockon is alive and taken captive. He meets...
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam 00, nor any of its characters.

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Comments

[impervection]

I was wondering about the numbers, couldn't quite get it to fit. :)

Ir's nice to see that someone else thinks that Neil was not an innocent orphan until he joined up with CB. He's got too much rage inside of him. And there are a couple of years in between to account for. Thus far, anyway.

Ali continues to be his lovable self; cruel and witty, and Neil refuses to be a victim even when victimized. I like.

[linsetsu]

"Neil refuses to be a victim even when victimized." <-- I laughed. But it's true! Ah, Neil...how long will you be able to bear it? ~.~

And Neil, an innocent orphan until he joined CB? Pffft. Yeah right. He had to learn how to snipe with a conventional rifle /somewhere/. CB wouldn't have picked a no-experience civilian as a Meister. And yes, the rage and how he kept it alive all these years meant he was constantly in an environment that reminded him of it, unlike Lyle, who led a more-or-less normal life and found a reason to look towards the future.

Anyways, thanks for the comment! I hope you continue to like it ^_^
(and, yeah, numbers... I'm too lazy... ¬_¬)

[impervection]

I don't think that tyhey recruited their meisters based on their convictions alone, they have to have had some sort of skills from the start that suited the goal. We know that Setsuna and Allelujah were trained from a young age and Tieria... well, still a mystery, but I don't imagine that someone who was engineered especially for the assignment lacks the combat training to go with it. That just leaves Neil. There was a fic at the kinkmeme that speculated in his past too, which I thought was interesting. It's good when they leave us with this much room to play, the creator of the anime. That always spawns the best fanfics.

I suspect that he'll be broken down eventyually - this is Ali, after all. And I'm looking forwards to seeing how you're going to accomplish it. Will require going some seriously dark places. And always get the shivers when writers do that to me. :)

[linsetsu]

Ooh, do you remember what the speculation was in that kinkmeme entry? (I'd ask for a link, but I reckon you don't have it, and there are simply too many for me to be bothered to check each one...)

It's really a bad habit, but often times when I read a number of good fanfictions about something that has not (yet) been elaborated on by the anime/manga, I tend to be disappointed with what the original creators end up revealing. It makes sense, actually, since anyone would want their favourite characters to have the deepest (most painful, I did not say that) past, and the creators obviously don't have the leeway to spend so much time on one character... Meh, I'll enjoy my fanfictions ^^;

So there's no way Neil was an innocent orphan XD

Ah, yes, this is Ali... Aliiiii~! hahaha, I look forward to it too! I hope I manage to get dark enough to not make you disappointed o.o

[pfmoi]

Very nice, lin. Can't say I -like- it, but oy is it good writing. Anxiously awaiting the next chapter. ;)

[linsetsu]

Thank you!!

hehe, well, one needs to tip it all upside down and squint at it, and even then, only a handful of people will say they /like/ this pairing. ^^; So, can't blame you. I'm just happy (and a little apologetic) that you've decided to read it. ^_^

Thanks as always for your compliments!

[pfmoi]

Don't be apologetic. It are good fic. It are EPIC good fic. It's just -painful-, but in a good way.

[linsetsu]

lol! Thank you~!!

[rubyofkukundu]

I am loving this. You write so very well and you get the realism across perfectly. I feel like I'm watching some kind of film. Awesome.

[rubyofkukundu]

p.s. I should probably let you know; the link to the previous chapter doesn't actually link to the previous chapter, it links to this one instead.

[linsetsu]

Thank you for your encouraging comment!! I'm glad it turned out okay. I was struggling with it the whole of yesterday, going backwards and forwards, and in the end, my brain was too fried to judge if it had any flow at all. ^^;

Ack, thanks for letting me know about the link!! Didn't check that... will go to fix it now...

[sp_kathrine]

This is me, worshiping you. *grovels for another scrap of AliNeil*

Wow, they feel so real. Even the brutal kiss was just so PERFECTLY them.

But what he could not do physically was more than made up by the mental pressure that pervaded the cell. The hatred and disgust and fury all but assaulted Ali, sending goose-bumps rippling along his skin. He grinned. It was exactly this sense of violence, the thirst for blood, the thrill of kill or be killed that he had experienced in space while fighting the Gundam.

He couldn’t get enough of it.

This was why he couldn’t stop fighting.

It was just too much fucking fun.Ali, this is why I love you even when I love to hate you. ♥ And of course, this sense of "history" between feels like it could be possible. Ali is a warmonger and Neil is a professional terrorist

[linsetsu]

LOL! No, no, I don't deserve the worship at all >.< But I'd glady go on a quest to grovel for more AliNeil with you anyday XDD

^____^

Ali Ali Ali Ali Ali Ali!! I love him too. Him and Neil are awesome, it's so much fun writing the obvious clash between them ^^; The history between them was just a random idea at first, but I've recently began to realise that I could do so much more with the fact that they knew each other in the past (mostly just character development, but it's better than naught!).

Yikes, I don't know what would happen if Neil stayed with Ali until Lyle became the new Lockon. That would, indeed, be very interesting...and complicated. I myself don't know where this will all lead to yet. Will need to start thinking about it soooooon. ^^;

Oh YES, PLEASE make an icon! Or two, or three, or four or fifty! Ali/Lockon is just such a rare pairing even in the Japanese fandom that there are hardly any fanarts featuring them... >_>

Lastly, thank you very, very much for your heart-warming comment and enthusiasm!!! ^___^ *

[kanilla_maxwell]

Interesting :D

I'm a sucker for reading my favourite characters get emotionally tortured.

[linsetsu]

Thanks!!

I am too ^__^ Ali wasn't really on the top of my fave list before, but after having gotten into this pairing, I love him too! XD