Princess Tutu fic, Mytho/Rue, The Mystery of Love Is Greater, Chapter One

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Title: The Mystery of Love Is Greater
Fandom: Princess Tutu
Pairing: Mytho/Rue, Autor/Rue
Warnings: Creepiness, great piles of it.
Notes: Based (loosely) off Oscar Wilde's play Salome. Points to anyone who can identify which other works I borrowed from.

Comments

[haleysings]

That was absolutely lovely, and I'm shocked nobody else has commented on this yet! I could see the scene very clearly in my mind--your descriptions were very clear and nearly poetic. And although this was an AU, nearly everyone involved seemed very, very IC. I'd love to see more fic set in this world! I feel like there's a ton to explore here

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Thank you! I am definitely planning on continuing this, so I'm glad you like it. As for Duck, to be honest I'm kind of unhappy with the way I wrote her here, so she's definitely getting a bigger role in later chapters.

Rue's word switch has to do with the use it gets in the play this is based on, which I was reading at the time. In retrospect, I kinda don't like that I put it there, as it really served no clear purpose.

But thank you so much for your feedback here, I really appreciate it!

[haleysings]

Wow I totally missed "chapter one" before somehow. XD But I'm REALLY excited now, I can't wait to see where this goes! I'm looking forward to Duck's role getting expanded, too.

[dark_therapy]

Ooh, more of this, please. *_*

The opening passages were absolutely fantastic, and instantly drew me in. It reads beautifully, just like the opening descriptions in real fairytales. I love how you wove in so many references so smoothly, and your gorgeous descriptions, images and storytelling ability make me squirm with envy and admiration

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aaaaaaa thank you so much! This is a wonderfully lovely comment and I'm not sure I deserve all this praise. I am glad you like the darker aspects of it, I was kind of worried that that would drive people away. And I'm happy someone can appreciate twisted Autor/Rue with me as well!

I haven't, but now that I have I think I need to find that movie.

[moonshadowmagic]

Very vivid-- I can see the setting, I wish I had time to paint tonight (while I'm home Not Driving On The Ice From Work in a few hours.) The insistence upon not letting the commoners see the Princess sounds familiar, but I can't place it yet....

I did catch one verb-- Autor should say either "has strictly forbidden" or "strictly forbade."

Everyone is staying IC, too, given the changes in their roles. Well done!

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Thank you! I admit, I borrowed the whole tone of that from The Picture of Dorian Gray, since I was going for an Oscar Wilde feel.

[culolapp]

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