05 October 2011 @ 09:50 pm
If my heart must break it will break in music [1/2?]  
Title: If my heart must break it will break in music [1/2?]
Pairing: Atsushi x Issay
Raiting: R
Genre: slice of life, angst, romance
Word Count: 2308
Summary: they say the opposites attract.


He’s the first one to wake up. It’s still the night but he can’t sleep anymore.
He carefully removes an arm possessivily flung around his waist and sits up.
Lighting the cigarette he feels the cold air caressing his bare arms.
These night he was too used to feel warmth.
He glances at the sleeping man beside him, at his relaxed, delicately marked by wrinkles face, lips slightly parted as he breaths calmly, his hair sticking out in every direction.
His chest moving up and down along with his steady heartbeat.
Atsushi takes the cigarette into his mouth and closes his eyes, letting the smoke invade his senses.
/
They’re posing to a picture. His father behind him, hands placed on his son’s skinny arms, the boy's eyes looking directly into the camera.

They’re not smiling, though it shouldn’t seem anything strange- it’s a photo after all, many persons tend to look so seriously while posing.
They’re not smiling because the boy is still sore from the punch in stomach he got that morning from his father who now only wants to go back home and drink senseless.
He does and his wife is hopeless and broken.
/
He tastes alcohol for the first time when his father tells him to bring him a bottle of vodka from the kitchen. It smells in the house, it’s sickening and disgusting but they can’t do anything about it.
Atsushi grabs the bottle and stops in a midway.
If I drink it will I be as strong as dad when he hits?
He takes a deep sip into his mouth as his father always does and drops the bottle in shock. It shatters on the floor while he’s caughing and trying to catch his breath and get rid of this suffocating heat.
All he gets is another punch from his furious dad.
A few years later, when he finds his father in the living room, pale, motionless, dead- he approaches him and takes a bottle he hasn’t finished yet.
He goes to the kitchen, wanting to spill it all into sink- but as he lifts the bottle it strangely finds its way to Atsushi’s  mouth. He’s sure he still can feel his dead father’s lips on it.
It’s the first time when he gets drunk. 
/
The first time he smokes is when he’s barely ten. He skipped school. It was his birthday.
He didn’t get any presents from his parents. He never did.
Only his mother gave him some money to spend on sweets.
He, feeling as an adult, spent it for his first pack of cigarettes.
After drawing a deep breath and sucking the smoke to his mouth he coughs hard. But it doesn’t stop him from trying more.
He’s smoked the whole pack and comes back home.
His father has never beaten him like that before.
/
Atsushi is sitting at his desk, feeling exhausted and angry. He has no idea where does this anger come from, but he can feel it with his whole body and mind, it overtakes him.
That’s why he takes his own copy of ‘Les Fleurs du Mal’ by Charles Baudelaire and opens it on a random page. He knows all those poems pretty well, he’s read them countless times, he’s been always very fond of the poet.
It seems to me at times my blood flows out in waves
Like a fountain that gushes in rhythmical sobs.
I hear it clearly, escaping with long murmurs,
But I feel my body in vain to find the wound.

He continues reading, knowing all the following lines by heart. He’s so focused on it that he doesn’t hear the footsteps at on the corridor. Only when Issay approaches him and stands right beside him Atsushi notices his presence.
He glances at him and goes back to reading.
It’s just a short glance but it was enough to see that always bright face towards which he felt so weak.
He still hasn’t said a word; Issay draws closer, placing his hand right next to Atsushi’s and leaning on the desk with it. He reads out loud: I have sought in love a forgetful sleep;
But love is to me only a bed of needles
Made to slake the thirst of those cruel prostitutes
... hmm, no wonder why you’re so upset if you read such things- he smiles brightly and Atsushi swallows. He’s angry, he’s mad, he’s so hopeless towards the other man, it’s as if he was changing into a different person when he was with him.
Only of the inside though- he hated showing his weakness.
So he just shakes his head and turns the page. Issay chuckles.
Atsushi shivers.
-You should read something more like ‘could we live it over again, were it all worth the pain, could the passionate past that is fled call back its dead’- he recited, looking playfully at the younger man.
He only frowns.
-And why?
Issay sighed.
-Well, I know that this ‘optimistic and light-hearted’ poetry inspired you to write ‘Aku no Hana’ and it’s a pretty good album, but… I think that sometimes you need some other things to inspire you. Like, something less dark and more cheerful and motivating. What have you read before writing ‘Kimi no banira’?
Atsushi smirks.
-I was just drunk. And you could just tell already that you enjoyed ‘Six/Nine’ more because you were a guest on it.
Issay rolls his eyes and grins.
-If I enjoyed it more it was because of the tour.
His look is so intense and sincere that Atsushi wants to kiss him right here right now and make love to him like there’s no tomorrow. But since since there’s no such thing for him as ‘making love’ and he’s not some love-struck teenage girl he only shrugs and goes back to the book.
-Sure you had.
Issay stands there for a minute longer and when Atsushi makes no move to somehow cherish the other’s presence he just places his hand on the younger’s arm and brushed his lips against his temple.
-Just don’t stay up for too long.
And just like that he goes away, before Atsushi has even a chance to respond.
It was just a soft touch of lips, not even a kiss, a fleeting touch, and yet it felt as if it was something way bigger and more important.
Atsushi somehow doesn’t feel like reading about blood anymore.
/
Atsushi is mesmerized by the show he happens to witness right now. He stares in awe at the quintet, as they play the music he’s heard just a few days ago on a tape borrowed from his friend.
He stares at the vocalist, with black ruffled hair, holding a venetian mask in his right hand and a cigarette in the other one. He’s charismatic and Atsushi is sincerely impressed by the way the vocalist’s voice fills the whole hall and goes with the music.
What impresses him even more is that sincere and bright look he has on his face; even when he screams, when he furrows, when he sings about death- it’s still there, that unfailing joy, as if the man was happy with each passing second and never got sad or discouraged.
He sings and sways and lifts the mask and Atsushi can feel that aside from passion for music there’s a insuperable distance between him and the vocalist.
He rarely brings himself to smile. Only when he’s with his, let’s say ‘friends’- when he can play with them (though drums are not his biggest dream in reality) and release himself into music. Or when he just sits and drinks with them, listening to their talks, laughter, histories. He sits and listens wondering if he can be like this one day too.
But he’s always been better at listening, and they say that the opposites attract so when he ends up in bed with Issay four years later he’s not surprised. Only unsure of how to take this whole situation.
/
It’s 1988 when BUCK TICK record their fourth album, ‘TABOO’, in London, England. It’s also when Der Zibet records there their ‘GARDEN’.
It’s the first time when Issay sees the younger band’s performance.
And he’s amazed; their music is just as rebellious and crazy as theirs; Issay loves the way they move along with their instruments, the way they perform; he loves the way that the vocalist, Sakurai Atsushi expresses himself through singing.
He’s smiling playfully, jumping and running on the scene, completely lost in music and his own voice. As if he was born to do this, as if it was the thing that gives him the energy and will to keep living.
The crowd is chanting ‘BAKU-CHIKU!’ and ‘ACCHAN! ACCHAN!’ and Issay raises his brows with amusement and respect.
It seems like this band has a bright future ahead of them.
They have met before the show, at the backstage. The Higuchi brothers, drummer and bass player were amazingly friendly and talkative, Issay started to like them right at the moment they went to the room. He hasn’t met Hide then, he was hanging around somewhere near. But he has met with the main vocalist and the former of the group. They were both silent and mysterious and didn’t show many signs of interest.
However, after seeing the performance and noticing the huge gap that was between Atsushi performing and Atsushi not performing, Issay decided that he wanted to meet him closer.
And he succeeded.
/
The first time they become intimate with each other they don’t even kiss (and haven’t kissed ever before); they just lose themselves into the moment, they don’t care about the awkwardness that might appear between them afterwards. All that matters is that tight embrace and grinding against each other, so fast, so eagerly.
They don’t even take their clothes off, they just create that pleasurable friction between them and soon they both come, groaning and panting hard.
They don’t talk about this for the closest two months. They just meet every day as they’re used to do.
/
The second time they’re together they don’t kiss either; Atsushi doesn’t want to kiss his friend. As long as it’s all purely physical, it’s safe; kissing is submissive and tender and shows the totally different kind of affection. And since he doesn’t want to show any weakness, doesn’t want to do something he’d feel uncomfortable with, he just goes with the flow using his lips in different ways.
And Issay doesn’t seem to complain though the other can see something in his eyes, something that is not exactly a disappointment but want and longing.
He decides to ignore this look as he thrusts into him.
/
The first time they kiss it’s so unexpected that it leaves Atsushi absolutely speechless and mind-fucked.
They just sit and drink sake and none of them is drunk yet; Issay tells him about a girl he has met two days ago and Atsushi just sits and listens.
Issay laughs and when he laughs all his face brightens up. Atsushi won’t admit it but he secretly loves those smiles and the sound that Issay makes with his chuckling. He loves it more than anything.
And so Issay speaks, chuckles, rolls his eyes, and Atsushi catches himself on not-listening at all- but hearing only.
And that’s when Issay notices his distraction, notices the way his friend looks at him, confused and unsure, completely lost in his own thoughts.
That’s when he leans in and tilts his head to place a chaste kiss on the other man’s lips.
They’ve been together so many times he’s lost count, has seen each other naked more than he has seen any woman, they are so comfortable around each other, as if they knew each other for decades and not ‘only’ five years and yet he feels how Atsushi tenses beside him, how hesitant he is to kiss back; he feels his doubts and fear and he brings his hand up to caress his friend’s face so tenderly, as if they were lovers head over heels for each other.
Only Atsushi is not his lover. And he’s not in love.
At least that’s what Issay thinks when the younger one pulls away and walks out of the room.
/
They’re on the tour when he receives that memorable phone call.
His mother is dying in a hospital and she wants to talk to him for the very last time.
Words are caught in his throat, he can’t bring himself to speak. He’s listening to his mother’s heavy, hoarse breath and fights with the tears.
A few minutes later it’s all finished. His happiness is finished, gone, forgotten.
/
They’re performing ‘Itooshi no rock star’, having fun on their current tour, ‘Somewhere/Nowhere’.
Issay is dressed similar to him- a white, elegant shirt, black trousers and braces.
They feel like fishes in the water, they’re so full of energy and passion when they’re together onstage, they get totally lost in the ecstasy.
When the song comes to the end, it’s Atsushi who approaches Issay, and, after singing the concluding lines- ‘kimi wa warau’ he leans closer and kisses him.

The fans’ screams are so loud they can barely even hear the music but they don’t care; Atsushi smiles and Issay’s eyes sparkles.
And then they part, going to different sides of the stage and shouting some incoherencies to their microphones, as if nothing happened.
Though they knows something has changed.
It’s not only fanservice that they used to do when they were performing ‘Masquerade’- it wasn’t just Atsushi pressing to him from behind, placing his hands on Issay’s hips and swaying with them. He did it with many other musicians onstage.
What they’ve just done was utterly different and they both know it.
Only they’re not sure of where will it lead them.
/

A/N: Rushed and not quite satisfying... but I had to make it on time so I'm glad anyways, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MY DEAR AGATEK-CHAN♥ ♥ ♥!!! <333[info]acchanx3
I wish you great fun at Versaille’s concert *well, I’m pretty sure I don’t even Reed to wish you that;)*, that Kaya and Kamijo will live happily ever after together, that we can one day witness you-know-what in a phone box in London, that BUCK TICK comes to Poland, and all that you desire! x33 I hope you’ll like the fic because it’s written for you! ^o^
 

And now some other things about this fic… I’ve missed BUCK TICK so much these days and had the urge to write something about them and since I’ve always wanted to write a fic about Atsu & Issay for [info]acchanx3 and I got this opportunity AND decided to give it a try ^^ And as I already said, it’s rushed and definitely not perfect but I’m still glad I did it at time. The other part(s) should be posted really soon.
I wanted to give my own thoughts about Atsushi’s behaviour, character and feelings- though the most of it are my assumptions only, of course. But I tried to make it as realistic as I could, also with their relationship *not that I believe they’re/they were in such kind of relationship but there are some things I’m rather sure of, at least as far as I ‘know’ them*.
I hope you’ll bear with my terrible English, my brain refuses to cooperate these days, too much school .____.
And, well… I feel like writing more Atsu/Issay since they were my favorite pairing *they still are if we talk about jrock*. Only writing kpop is way easier, writing about B-T is utterly different. Especially when it comes to my feelings towards them. That’s why I often hesitate to write fics about them.
Anyways *I’m almost sleeping already and haven’t done my homework yet* I hope you’ll enjoy it and once again HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AGATEK-CHAN♥♥♥!!!!



 
 
Current Location: BUCK TICK no HEAVEN
Current Mood: crazycrazy
Current Music: Atsushi Sakurai- Yellow Pig
 
 
( 20 comments — Leave a comment )
.[info]_ice_lady_ on October 6th, 2011 10:33 am (UTC)
Gods, considering how much I'd crave someone writing that pairing, I WANT to adore this story, but...

I don't know, if you want to improve, I can offer concrit, but I won't if it's not welcome.
hitoshisakurai: tounge[info]hitoshisakurai on October 6th, 2011 02:30 pm (UTC)
I do want to improve, and as I said in the A/N- I know it's really rushed and it's not quite exactly how I wanted it to look in the end. But I wanted to be on time with my friend's birthday, so...
I've been considering re-writing it whole to be honest. Because I know I could do it much better. Only- I had to do in in time.
And concrit is always welcome!
.[info]_ice_lady_ on October 6th, 2011 06:16 pm (UTC)
Formatting 1/2
I know it sounds silly for asking, but I've been burned by this before, so I generally don't even bother. And hell, I know this sounds way too high and mighty from me (and no, I didn't mean it like that :P), but I really do think you have potential. Hell, the fic doesn't have rape. For jrock standards, that's an improvement of the century. ;)

This comment will only deal with formatting, because it's long. And if you're still interested in what I have to say later on, I can move towards content (which will probably be even bigger; I apologise in advance).

You're not English, but that doesn't change the fact that if you write in English, you are simply better off following the formatting rules of said language. Add to those some general guidances as to how you can make text more readable to make the entire reading experience much more pleasurable for the reader. Where the reader will want to stay with your fic. I, for one, fought hard and eventually gave up mid fic, only to come back a few hours later and force myself another misery because I wanted to see what happened.

First of all -- you're writing a story. This isn't a comic, this isn't a picture book, it's a story. Pictures have no place inside a story. If you really want to link to them, do it before/after the story, just not inside. It doesn't look good, and it definitely pulls the reader's concentration away, which you don't want. The story looks sloppy and is hard to read. (And this isn't directed at you, but for the love of god, all those authors who link to pictures of objects they're using mid story 'cause they're too lazy to describe them make me want to hurt puppies.)

Second, paragraphs. There's a million ways to deal with paragraphs. The general guidance is to keep the same scene (or topic) within one. But make sure they're not too long. But they're definitely not one sentence long.

And always, I'm begging you, always put a double space between paragraphs. Reading them like this is painful.

Here's your first... uh... scene? How I would divide it into paragraphs:

He’s the first one to wake up. It’s still the night but he can’t sleep anymore. He carefully removes an arm possessively flung around his waist and sits up. Lighting the cigarette he feels the cold air caressing his bare arms.

These night he was too used to feel warmth.

He glances at the sleeping man beside him, at his relaxed, delicately marked by wrinkles face, lips slightly parted as he breaths calmly, his hair sticking out in every direction. His chest moving up and down along with his steady heartbeat.

Atsushi takes the cigarette into his mouth and closes his eyes, letting the smoke invade his senses.

Now that is readable. If you want to change the flow, you can separate sentences differently, but that's pretty subjective (and I could probably find 5 people who'd disagree with this division anyway; but that's not the point).

There are many spelling/grammar errors here too, but again, that's a completely different story. For a non native English speaking person who isn't secure in their language skills, I'd recommend getting either a beta, or a bribe-able native English friend to read through it. If nothing, you will improve with their guidance.

Second part is definitely scenes. Don't just put / between what I'm guessing are scenes. Well, you can, but put that / with double spaces no both sides. Aka:

It’s the first time when he gets drunk.

/

The first time he smokes is when he’s barely ten. He skipped school. It was his birthday.

I personally use "---" because it's reminiscent enough of a line. And I don't like a long line separating the entire page. But it's really up to you. Just keep a double space, please. Readability wise.

.[info]_ice_lady_ on October 6th, 2011 06:17 pm (UTC)
Formatting 2/2
Also, while there isn't an agreed length of a scene (from my knowledge; and I prefer to keep mine 700+ words long, though of course I make exceptions), I personally wouldn't go under 500 myself. It's hard to finish an event, any event, if it consists of 4 sentences, each 15 words long.

Third thing, though it's quite subjective (mostly because it requires actual, proper research) -- if you're skipping between time periods, put in a date, or at least a year. When did the first scene happen, with Atsushi and Issay sleeping together? I'm guessing 1991 or after (you're mentioning Masquerade, so it had to be after that song, which was published in 91)? When did the events with Atsushi's father happen? 1970? These things matter and, while I'm personally quite involved with Atsushi and Issay's timeline (due to a huge project my co-author and I are working on), 99% of your readers are not. Don't make them confused. Confused readers will the back button.

When you write dialogue, please use "quotation marks". They're there for a reason. English rarely uses -dashes-. And it's very confusing. Worst of all, English would use dashes at the beginning of what person says and at the end, not just once. There's an amazing explanation (with examples) here, and I'd urge you to look into it, over and over, until it sinks.

And it gets especially confusing if you end up using dashes for other things, in a similar manner -- for instance, for adding into sentences, etc. You You wrote:

He goes to the kitchen, wanting to spill it all into sink- but as he lifts the bottle it strangely finds its way to Atsushi’s mouth.

Personally, I had problems figuring out whether that was a dialogue or what happened here. You should've done something more like this instead:

He goes to the kitchen, wanting to spill it all into sink - but as he lifts the bottle it strangely finds its way to Atsushi’s mouth.

Now, I get it.

Another thing (I can't find an example now, and that's just the part of the problem) -- point of view changes. Never, ever change POV inside the same scene. Frank Herbert did it, but he's special. The dude wrote Dune, for fark's sakes. And his writing threw me off badly, no matter how much I wanted to read his novels. And, worst of all, PLEASE make sure that the POV shift is obvious.

It's horrible when I'm reading and trying to figure out WTF is going on here, who the person actually thinking these thoughts is. If there's a characterisation problem added to that, realising who the speaker is can throw a reader off like no tomorrow.

And I'll be frank -- I have indeed pushed myself through this story solely for the pairing. I hope you don't take this as an attack on yourself, because I didn't mean it like that. I'd love it you could improve as a writer. Hell, it's Atsushi/Issay, I'd give my soul for another fix. ;)

But if this weren't Atsushi/Issay, I can assure you that I'd be hitting the back button three words in.
hitoshisakurai: dark[info]hitoshisakurai on October 6th, 2011 07:00 pm (UTC)
Re: Formatting 2/2
Well, I just hope that this 'potential' is not only about not including a rape scene in it ;)
And *I know I'm repeating myself* it was rushed, that's the main reason of its sloppiness and other inconveniences. It's not that I'm making an excuse, I just want to say once again that I'm absolutely aware of the fact that I should think of the plot differently, write it in different way, spend more time on checking or even formatting. I write a lot and usually before posting it or giving it to someone to read I leave it for some days, weeks, sometimes even months- to come back to it later and look at it as objectively as I can and then improve it.

And now... when it comes to writing in English sometimes I'm still not sure of many things, of how to describe them, of what words I should use. And there are days when I'm writing rather smoothly
and there are days when I can feel that something's definitely wrong *which happened when I was writing this fic*. It's mostly a matter of a day and my level of distraction and tiredness.

About the pictures- I wanted to change their format and make them all looking similar *for example make them all in black-white in the same size* only I didn't have the god damn time... but I get your point. And now that I'm looking at it I think I'll change it.

About the paragraphs... well, to be honest? I have NO IDEA how to deal with formatting them on LJ. No clue at all. That's why they look like this.

Skipping between time periods- it's something I'm arguing about with people since I don't even know when. I thought of putting dates here but then again I've read *and written* many stories of this kind of structure where the dates weren't included and it didn't make the reading harder. It was actually captivating and gave the melancholic feeling to the story.
/I'll be repeating it until the very end, but it was RUSHED. Which explains the sloppiness.

My reason of using '-' in dialogues comes from the fact that we use them in Polish. It's just a habit. And then again I think it's not making reading that hard- I can read texts in both English and Polish *and in Spanish where they also use the '-'* and I see no problem in all this. I know that I should write dialogues between quotation marks but I don't think it's such a big deal.
(Yes, I know it's English and I should follow all of its rules if I decide to write something.)

And I'm not taking it as an attack on myself, I've written to many things and listened to too many different opinions to think of your criticism as of an attack. It's not like it's gonna crush me or make me go all depressed, it can actually help me in improving in some fields :) It's not the first thing I wrote and definitely not the last. And definitely not one of the ones I'm truly proud of. Buuuuuuuuuut have I mentioned before that it was rushed? :P

Thank you for taking your time in commenting on it!
.[info]_ice_lady_ on October 6th, 2011 07:33 pm (UTC)
Re: Formatting 2/2
This wasn't an attack, this was me taking the time away from my life and my obligations in hope to offer you potentially helpful advice. As someone -- and while this might sound too presumptuous from me, though it's honestly not aimed in that direction -- who has been through very similar periods like this before, and has many years of experience to know rather well what works and what doesn't.

The fact that, after reading what I wrote, you have the need to justify as to why you're breaking the rules, and essentially won't accept the advice, just proves to me that my time has been wasted.

And it's such a shame, especially by someone who definitely manages characterisation much better than 99% of jrock fandom, that you think that just because it's not that bad, it's perfectly acceptable to use it. You'll have to forgive me for being blunt, but that is indeed the very opposite of wanting to improve. You, as an experienced writer yourself, should know as much.
hitoshisakurai: hand[info]hitoshisakurai on October 7th, 2011 05:08 am (UTC)
Re: Formatting 2/2
I didn't say that I won't change anything. I just wanted to explain some things. It's not like I haven't thought about anything you wrote me because I have- and your advices are really helpful.
And I'm not quite sure what exactly did you mean in "you think that just because it's not that bad, it's perfectly acceptable to use it."
It wasn't supposed to sound as if I was opposed to all that you wrote, as I said, I just wanted to explain why some things are this way, I really do appreaciate the time you took to give your sincere opinion- it means a lot to me.
I have a lot to improve and I'm aware of it and your comment gave me some new thoughts about writing and making it as readable for readers as it can be. So, I'll repeat it: YOU HAVEN'T WASTED YOUR TIME. And I'm really thankful for your advances.
scope: ruby_wine[info]storygatherer on October 6th, 2011 10:51 am (UTC)
Acchan/Issay = OTP ♥

I'll wait for part 2, and then I'll try to write something coherent. So far, I like it very much :)
kaiser1103: satsuki[info]kaiser1103 on October 6th, 2011 03:54 pm (UTC)
oh I love this pairing ^^
I can't wait for Ch.2 !
buriedinheart[info]buriedinheart on October 7th, 2011 12:05 pm (UTC)
just two things to say.

as a fellow writer, i understand the technical details and difficulties on LJ.

second, I LOVE THE ADDITION OF PICTURES. they really do provide visual illustration that words cannot describe, (Well, a picture IS worth a thousand words). and that makes this fic special, unique, and quietly reverberating.

i like your style and am impressed with your gasp of english. the 'inconsistencies' are actually aspects of your style in my opinion.

i felt you conveyed everything in a quiet poignant way. i loved this story, your style and development.

kudos and good job.


p.s what does rape have to do with a writer's ability, seriously.
buriedinheart[info]buriedinheart on October 7th, 2011 03:44 pm (UTC)
*grasp >
.[info]_ice_lady_ on October 7th, 2011 03:56 pm (UTC)
Wow. Passive aggressiveness done wrong.

Look, I get it, sticking together, honour among thieves and all that. But you managed to sprout so much bullshit it's not even funny. Honey, you're not an author, you write first kiss ficlets. We've all been through that back in high school.

And most of us grew out of it. But when all you get is positive feedback for this crap, no wonder this fandom as a whole is still stuck in that nonsense.

I must be very unique, for as a writer I want to grow and get better with each consecutive story. As a non native English speaker, I want for my grasp of grammar and vocabulary (and all those little linguistic nuisances) to get better with each sentence I write.

For a start there, I thought the writer of this story wanted the same. I guess I was wrong. Bunch of underachievers, the lot of you. You do indeed deserve this bag of virginal first times, end of the world 'verses and rapefics. I pity you for indeed not knowing any better. Not knowing how much better it can get.

(And no need to accuse me of trolling. I know where the door is.)
buriedinheart[info]buriedinheart on October 7th, 2011 03:57 pm (UTC)
yup i know im a horrible writer. and its just my opinion, whatever i commented above.
you're obviously entitled to yours as well.

hitoshisakurai: dark[info]hitoshisakurai on October 7th, 2011 08:21 pm (UTC)
Honestly? I have no words.
Critisizing me is one thing (and there's nothing wrong with it, you have the right to) but bashing other people on my LJ just because they have refered somehow to your comment? Sorry, but this is just too rude for words. I have no idea what's gotten into you to write these things.

Also: I've always thought that we- the 'writers' write fan fics for FUN. There are some people that will aim for being flawless and perfect in their writing- and there are some who write fics for relax, have some fun and share it with other fans. It isn't writing a book, it's something we do in our free time to express ourselves in some way, it doesn't always have to be high-flown or have some deep meaning. Writing about such prosaic things as 'first kiss' doesn't mean that the author is shallow or is 'not an author' as you've stated. Could you tell me what are the attributes that 'an author' in your opinion should have? What can he and what can he not write about?
(funny thing about the 'We've all been through that back in high school'- well, I am now in high school. And I don't consider myself immature. ALSO I don't think that if you're done with high school such themes as first-kiss *sorry, I'll hold up with this one since you've mentioned it* are a shame to write about. Because, really? Every aspect of human's life is important in some way and if a writer wants to write about it and has a good idea for it- even if you don't like it- it's his business and his work. And bashing someone so senselessly is unedifying. Don't like, don't read, don't waste your time, it's really simple.)

And I don't know why there's so much sarcasm in your words. I mean- if you really think we're so worthless and we're just doomed to be some hopeless high school fangirls writing about nonsense- then why are you here? For feeding you ego? Because now, after reading this comment of yours I'm starting to believe in it.

It's really great that you're that ambitious and hard-working. But get real, will you? You're treating it all way too seriously and you're bashing people without even knowing what they're able to write. It's not like the fics you're posting on lj in your NOT native language are the best thing you can write. (That's also why I'm treating fics as kind of hobby because I'm paying way more attention to what I write in Polish, because it's a completely different thing).
If it hurts you so much, if you're just too good for us, way better than us- why do you even bother reading?

I was thankful for your advices, but these words of yours- these harsh, UNNECESSARY words suddenly changed my opinion about you.
I'm really glad you're so skilled and want to make fandom oh so perfect and get rid of all those needless unworthy writers that just use the space here and waste electrical current to post their crap but sometimes it's better to think twice before saying anything, because you can harm somebody. With no real reason. That's my advice. Think twice and be less bitter and not that full of yourself. And don't bash the people that want to express their opinion.
And I'll gladly stick with first kisses and my poorly written crap.

Pity for you for being so inconsiderate.
hitoshisakurai: Atsu[info]hitoshisakurai on October 7th, 2011 08:40 pm (UTC)
I'm really glad you liked it!

I wanted to add the pictures because well, the things I was describing were things that actually happened *only I described them from my point of view* so I wanted to, I don't know, make it more real by putting the pictures in? I mean, most of the things here are true events that I wanted to describe in my own way. I wanted them to get as realistic as I possibly could. That's why I added the pictures^ ^

Though I'm not quite satisfied with the result to be honest. Since I have more time for writing part 2 I'll try to make it way better than this one.

PS. I don't know it either... it's an unfathomed mistery for me right now, seriously.
And now that I think about it I haven't read that many jrock fics but actually none of them contained a rape scene... hmmm... my luck or maybe not a rule really?
white_jenna: Crossroads[info]white_jenna on October 9th, 2011 03:18 pm (UTC)
Hi there. I just wanted to say that [info]_ice_lady_'s earlier comments about formatting are valid, and I hope you'll consider them for future fics. For those of us used to reading English on LJ (which *can* screw up formatting), it's *very* difficult.

Re: the rape comment. There are a number of jrock fics out there that do contain them, but more disturbingly, include it not as....something that a well written fic could contain, but more as a...plot device, in which (a disturbingly high percentage of the time) the victim will come to see how much the rapist loves them, etc. I've seen the "warnings" line contain "rape" and "fluff". Sigh.
hitoshisakurai: ATSUSHI[info]hitoshisakurai on October 9th, 2011 06:55 pm (UTC)
I agree with a part of her formatting advices and I'll be working on it, I'm only indignant at what she wrote as a reply to the comment above.

Huh, I see then... well, I read one k-pop fic which had a plot similar to what you wrote here- it was about a guy being raped who then fell in love with the rapist and it was all fluffy and lovey-dovey and rather irrational... such kind of stories will probably never be convincing for me.
But to be honest I've read only a few jrock fics and I haven't bumped into any 'rape fic' among them, so I was pretty surprised about the "Hell, the fic doesn't have rape. For jrock standards, that's an improvement of the century. ;)", because it sounds as if not-including a rape scene in fic makes you unique and not that bad...
Acchan[info]acchanx3 on October 22nd, 2011 08:42 pm (UTC)
Kyaaaaaa~ Dziękuję ślicznie, to bardzo miłe z Twojej strony! x3333
Podejrzewam, że po polsku bym lepiej zrozumiała, no ale... xDD
Będzie ciąg dalszy? Chcę więcej! (>_<)
I ten~ Koncert Versailles był najlepszym co mnie w życiu spotkało ^w^ A Kamijo i Kaya... Kolejne marzenie mi się spełniło, jak zobaczyłam zdjęcie na którym się całują!! *///* I czekam na więcej >3 Aktualnie wychodzę na psychofangirla, ale na szczęście nie jestem w tym sama 8DD
Więc~ Dziękuję jeszcze raz i chcę ciąg dalszy! <33
noyatasya: by dakishimeru666[info]noyatasya on April 9th, 2012 07:03 pm (UTC)
Just leaving a comment to let you know I read this fic, and liked it. Wonder will there ever be a part 2?
hitoshisakurai: jae[info]hitoshisakurai on April 9th, 2012 07:13 pm (UTC)
Thank you! To be honest, I wanted to write part 2, though I somehow lost the will to do it... recently, I've been planning to write it in my language only. But, maybe one day, it'll appear here in English as well. I don't know that yet. Anyway, thank you for reading and commenting!
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