fic - Johnny's & Associates - Road Not Taken AU - To Walk the Higher Road

[virdant]

Title: To Walk the Higher Road
Author: virdant
Length: ~3,000 words; one-shot
Rating: PG
Genre: AU, gen, angst
Pairing: Implications of Taguchi/Kamenashi
Summary: Part One of: Road Not Taken AU. Taguchi says, “I promised you 200%, Kazuya.” Sometimes, decisions have long-standing repercussions.
Warning: nothing, really.
Notes: I should just create a

Comments

[abyssinian13]

this is a nice, a bit angsty, take to taguchi being the frontman of KAT-TUN instead of kame

[virdant]

Thanks for reading, glad you enjoyed.

I'm always a bit hesitant in my labels, because this isn't a traditionally angst fic--which really are more about fears and anxieties--but to label this simply as gen and AU doesn't quite accurately portray the fact that it's structured (at least in it's original rough drafts) as a tragedy--in traditional Shakespearean format--and the entire piece is meant to be a slow, sorrowful look into a different shape of KAT-TUN.

And yes, I am fully aware that Kame is not portrayed in a positive light in Higher Road--this is deliberate, as he isn't given much of a voice, and when he is given a voice, it's short and fades out. Kame's point of view and justifications are completely null in this story, though after some consideration I've realized that there needs to be other viewpoints to balance out this clearly biased one, so eventually a Kame-pov and Ueda-pov may be joining this. Maybe, as I have no idea how my schedule would allow me to write.

Thank you again, for reading and commenting.

[abyssinian13]

different povs are always welcome..will wait until your schedule allow you to write them..thanks again for sharing!!

[kazuyachan]

Well taguchi is like a hidden treasure
Outshine by other stars
He's super talented and kawaii
And loyal
I thanks u on writing for him
It fits him well;)

[virdant]

Thanks for reading and commenting! Glad you enjoyed. :)

[je_levy]

This is fantastically written. I loved the structure and I'm a particular fan of the almost insiduous way you brought to light Kame's inability to share and the resignation in Junno's view of Kame. Kame seems like a blind character here, someone so caught up in his own struggle to the top, he doesn't have time to review his own weaknesses. Like, Junno could have loved him, as a friend or otherwise, but from his standpoint and the fact that he took up that position no one in KAT-TUN seems to want anymore (headcanon being what it can be) was all very interesting. I really felt like there was a gripping honesty injected into the overall theme that I found very refreshing for this fandom's fic world.

Very nicely done. I really enjoyed it.

[virdant]

Thanks for reading and commenting! Glad you enjoyed. :)