Bone of Contention: Chapter 8

[minntaka]

Rating: M for sex and disturbing themes
Characters: Isa, Lea, Saïx, Axel, Xemnas
Pairings: Lea/Isa, Axel/Saïx, Xemnas/Saïx
Genre: Drama/Angst
Summary: Isa suffers from a rare bone disease, osteogenesis imperfecta. When Lea overlooks this in favour of having someone
to himself, Isa leaps at the opportunity and so begins their downward spiral from friends

Comments

[devils_pet]

It's so strange to read this right after reading Cooking Mama. It's so tragic. Axels/Leas' pain is almost tangible. His jealousy of Megan so brutal and real that, although I felt bad for the poor girl, I felt worse for Lea. And when Isa assured him that he had nothing to worry about , I felt relieved.

Oh, oh man, that last part with Xemnas? I thought that was so powerful. It just shows his absolute power in the place Axel and Saix find themselves trapped in. How he can do whatever he wants, with no reason to his actions (or rather, no visible, obvious reasons) and no one can do anything about it. And how Axel knows that, and his frustration in that. I love this story so much, XD.

[minntaka]

Haha I know, they're kind of like polar opposites to one another. This one's too angsty but writing this is far easier than writing Cooking Mama. Jealousy's a funny thing to think about. Whenever I'm jealous of someone, I tend to get depressed and feel sorry for myself, but I wanted to write Lea in a parallel way to Axel, such that he'd be consumed by it and actually more destructive and deadly but irrationally so.

I had that idea with Saix's scar a loooong time ago. Actually, it was this that led me to give Bone of Contention its title. It's too perfect a scar to have been caused by accident (as some fics have it) and while musing this fic, I settled on a random thought that maybe it wasn't just Xemnas marking Saix (as some fics also do).

Anyway, thanks so much for reading this chapter - hope you liked it! :) now find yourself something cheerful :D

[devils_pet]

I get the same when I'm jealous. I feel sorry for myself, and then once I'm doing feeling sorry for myself I feel ashamed for feeling sorry for myself. It's so confusing. I really like that Axel gets destructive , as it seems to reflect the element he uses.

I think that Saix's scar is really interesting, because it's never explained in cannon so really it could mean anything. The only thing that I'm positive about, in my head-cannon, is that Xemnas is somehow responsible (like he usually is).

I enjoyed reading it! Thanks for writing it.

[minntaka]

I'm adamant that Xemnas had something to do with it too. It does kinda bug me how it's never explained though - it's too perfect a scar to be just an injury - but I guess it leaves us writers with more creative licence to throw around?

Haha you're very welcome - I actually enjoyed writing this chapter! :P

[chicasumi]

Jesus. Christ.

I saw this update a couple of days ago, and I was so happy! I don’t know why I love to get my heart torn to shredsHell, I don’t know where to begin. So here it goes, first thing that comes to mind; the characterization. It’s DIVINE. The amount of love I have for the characterization in this story is out of this world. Out. Of. This. World. I can’t emphasize it enough. The way Lea went from this innocent, noble knight in shining armor type of guy to a possessive, jealous egoist is utterly heartbreaking, fascinating, intriguing, and BRILLIANT!!! And Isa, the way he kind of corrupts Lea by being a needy enabler, but without even thinking about it - they can’t even be held responsible for how it all started. They are both understandably needy, and I think it’s the way they start to corrupt each other with good intentions that makes this the saddest kind of downfall

[minntaka]

Haha awwww that gif

[chicasumi]

Well, you might be addressing those subconscious issues by writing, if there even are subconscious issues *_

[minntaka]

Oh yeah, Robert Louis Stevenson? He's pretty well known here in the UK not that I've read any of his books. You might be onto something there, though, because I tend to waffle on with BoC and I don't really know where a particular subsection is going until I reach the end and I suddenly decide its significance is meant to be XYZ, and then I edit it to fit this random spur of inspiration. I don't know...long story short, my brain has to be near mush to concentrate on this fic XD

And don't worry, you're not freaking me out with your enthusiasm, I actually appreciate it :) And this feeling has just increased tenfold now that you've confirmed my suspicions. You are now officially my freaking HERO. I tend to just give up with ff.net because KH fics are mainly washed away by the great tidal wave that is AkuRoku and the accompanying sludge of high school/Sues. But the search is over! I've found something AT LAST.

Oh my god I could write an essay on your fic but I don't want to scare you. Modern Japan, and Kobe nonetheless? YES.

[water_foxx]

I should not read Bone of Contention after Cooking Mama; laughing and tearing up is not a good look on me :/

But seriously... how the hell do you get all those personalities so perfect? And that last bit with Xemnas and Axel!! The possessiveness!!

I wish I could write a more detailed comment but I'm still going crazy over the awesome-ness of this!!

[minntaka]

Thank you! I know what you mean - the emotional whiplash from going from CM to this is just ridiculous. I need to be in a particular frame of mind to write BoC - I work harder with this fic than my others, and it's easier to get stuff down when I'm feeling miserable, haha XD

Thanks for your comment - I do think I get a bit liberal with their personalities in this one (after all, it's just one big angst fest) but I wanted to write in Axel's possessiveness and essentially, where he got it from in his life as Lea :)

Thanks for reading this! ♥

[water_foxx]

Yeah, one definitely has to be in a certain frame of mind to write... well, anything haha. It would feel strange to go from writing a much lighter fic to this one...

Oh, angst-fests are good! Those and the funnier fics make my world go around. They're both much more interesting for me... My inner angsty-person coming out I guess.

You're welcome :3