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writetomyheart2012-09-30 01:30 am
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[Team 2] We're soliders
As Rosie's said, it's the start of the new round :D New posting order can be found in the shiny side-bar. Also, signups and other information is over here. That post has a question about introducing new challenges in future rounds, so please go give some feedback. ♥
So I've basically been drowning in Gundam Wing feels for two weeks now and 3x4 is admittedly my favorite by far and I've just been dying to write something and so I've become a anime badfic writer. lmao :x;;; Mostly canon (small adjustments?) set after Endless Waltz.
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Sleep was all Trowa wanted, as exhaustion gnawed as his consciousness. It’d take them at least five hours to reach Earth with Duo at the helm, and now that their shuttle’s escort had appeared there was no reason for him to be on guard.
But he couldn’t sleep, not just yet.
Thought he knew it was cowardly, he almost considered swapping with Duo, because Duo was better with people and he’d actually know what to say in this situation. But Trowa knew he couldn’t push this off on Duo. Despite his apprehension, he headed into shuttle’s storage area. It felt empty with just the three Aries, so used to the Gundams as Trowa was.
Quatre stood in the middle of the hanger, staring up at the Aries he had been piloting earlier. Trowa didn’t actually need to see Quatre’s face to know the other was sinking into despair, wrapping himself up in regret and sorrow and wishful thinking.
It had been a bloody battle, even Trowa acknowledged that. An uprising of OZ sympathizers with more resources than expected had ended with a higher death toll than any of them had wanted.
These battles were always hardest on Quatre. Though he could recover from them quickly enough, he tended to sink into misery when left to his own devices. Trowa wasn’t used to feeling this helpless, but he found it hard to face Quatre’s despair. Normally Duo handled this sort of thing, or Heero, because somehow Heero always knew the right thing to say.
Finding the resolve in him, Trowa stopped side by side with Quatre.
“There was nothing you could have done differently.”
Quatre’s face fell even further at his words. “I… I just don’t understand. Why didn’t they surrender? They knew they didn’t have a chance and yet… and yet they still fought us. They could have surrendered. They didn’t have to die.”
Trowa crossed his arms, shifting so he could look more directly at Quatre. “Would you have surrendered?” he asked quietly.
Quatre spluttered, but Trowa cut him off before he could say anything. “You know you wouldn’t, unless it would help the cause. Remember what happened with Sandrock, back when this all started?”
“But we were fighting for the colonies, we had to—“
“Quatre,” Trowa silenced him again, more gently. “Quatre, we’re soldiers. Soldiers die fighting for something we believe in. They believed in that too.” Trowa wasn’t actually sure if that was true or not, but he’d seen enough of that on both sides of the war, and he needed Quatre to pull back, to stay with him.
“It’s just not right. The war is over, nobody should be fighting like this.”
It was such a shame that Quatre had been such a brilliant pilot. It made Trowa’s heart ache in a way he couldn’t quite explain. If Quatre hadn’t been such a good pilot, then he could have gone on with his life just being the good person that he was. Genuine, even if the war had tainted his pureness. Even now, his heart was raw and that made Trowa fear for him.
“It’s not right,” he agreed quietly. “But we’re working to make it better, remember? That’s why we joined the Preventers. That’s why you came back. It takes time, Quatre. Some day this will all be over.”
They both knew it was a lie – their work would never be over. But it was what Quatre wanted to hear. It was enough for the haunted look to leave his eyes. Turning slightly, Quatre leaned against Trowa’s side, seeking support, if not comfort as well. Trowa hesitated for a moment, before wrapping an arm around Quatre’s shoulders, massaging gently. The other boy felt so fragile and Trowa couldn’t help but think back, wondering if Quatre would break again and knowing that could never happen, he’d never let it happen.
“We’re here for you, Quatre,” he said, the words slipping out with surprising ease. “I’m here for you.”
They were just words. Words could so easily be rendered meaningless, even with the best of intentions. But for that moment in time, as they raced through space to the place they called home… it was enough.
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omoikkiri, it's your turn~♫
So I've basically been drowning in Gundam Wing feels for two weeks now and 3x4 is admittedly my favorite by far and I've just been dying to write something and so I've become a anime badfic writer. lmao :x;;; Mostly canon (small adjustments?) set after Endless Waltz.
♦♦♦
Sleep was all Trowa wanted, as exhaustion gnawed as his consciousness. It’d take them at least five hours to reach Earth with Duo at the helm, and now that their shuttle’s escort had appeared there was no reason for him to be on guard.
But he couldn’t sleep, not just yet.
Thought he knew it was cowardly, he almost considered swapping with Duo, because Duo was better with people and he’d actually know what to say in this situation. But Trowa knew he couldn’t push this off on Duo. Despite his apprehension, he headed into shuttle’s storage area. It felt empty with just the three Aries, so used to the Gundams as Trowa was.
Quatre stood in the middle of the hanger, staring up at the Aries he had been piloting earlier. Trowa didn’t actually need to see Quatre’s face to know the other was sinking into despair, wrapping himself up in regret and sorrow and wishful thinking.
It had been a bloody battle, even Trowa acknowledged that. An uprising of OZ sympathizers with more resources than expected had ended with a higher death toll than any of them had wanted.
These battles were always hardest on Quatre. Though he could recover from them quickly enough, he tended to sink into misery when left to his own devices. Trowa wasn’t used to feeling this helpless, but he found it hard to face Quatre’s despair. Normally Duo handled this sort of thing, or Heero, because somehow Heero always knew the right thing to say.
Finding the resolve in him, Trowa stopped side by side with Quatre.
“There was nothing you could have done differently.”
Quatre’s face fell even further at his words. “I… I just don’t understand. Why didn’t they surrender? They knew they didn’t have a chance and yet… and yet they still fought us. They could have surrendered. They didn’t have to die.”
Trowa crossed his arms, shifting so he could look more directly at Quatre. “Would you have surrendered?” he asked quietly.
Quatre spluttered, but Trowa cut him off before he could say anything. “You know you wouldn’t, unless it would help the cause. Remember what happened with Sandrock, back when this all started?”
“But we were fighting for the colonies, we had to—“
“Quatre,” Trowa silenced him again, more gently. “Quatre, we’re soldiers. Soldiers die fighting for something we believe in. They believed in that too.” Trowa wasn’t actually sure if that was true or not, but he’d seen enough of that on both sides of the war, and he needed Quatre to pull back, to stay with him.
“It’s just not right. The war is over, nobody should be fighting like this.”
It was such a shame that Quatre had been such a brilliant pilot. It made Trowa’s heart ache in a way he couldn’t quite explain. If Quatre hadn’t been such a good pilot, then he could have gone on with his life just being the good person that he was. Genuine, even if the war had tainted his pureness. Even now, his heart was raw and that made Trowa fear for him.
“It’s not right,” he agreed quietly. “But we’re working to make it better, remember? That’s why we joined the Preventers. That’s why you came back. It takes time, Quatre. Some day this will all be over.”
They both knew it was a lie – their work would never be over. But it was what Quatre wanted to hear. It was enough for the haunted look to leave his eyes. Turning slightly, Quatre leaned against Trowa’s side, seeking support, if not comfort as well. Trowa hesitated for a moment, before wrapping an arm around Quatre’s shoulders, massaging gently. The other boy felt so fragile and Trowa couldn’t help but think back, wondering if Quatre would break again and knowing that could never happen, he’d never let it happen.
“We’re here for you, Quatre,” he said, the words slipping out with surprising ease. “I’m here for you.”
They were just words. Words could so easily be rendered meaningless, even with the best of intentions. But for that moment in time, as they raced through space to the place they called home… it was enough.
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omoikkiri, it's your turn~♫
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I love 3x4 ;v; this brings back a lot of good memories
apparently there will be a new gundam wing installment....or at least I heard about it a while ago. wonder how that'll turn out....I really liked the way you described Trowa's inner turmoil and his worry. Also your characterization of Quatre from Trowa's point of view, how he fears for the other the most because he has such a good, pure heart. I also liked the parts where Trowa talks about "we're soldiers" - it's so sad but so true. ;~; waah
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I feel bad. XD Idk how it happened, but I ended up reading a bunch of 3x4 fics and that resulted in me re-watching the anime (need to get my hands on the manga) and I basically have been unable to gush about anything else for the past two weeks. T_T SO IN LOVE still.
There's this... Frozen Teardrop thing? It supposedly takes place 30-40 years after the original series, but I haven't touched it because nothing that I've heard of it makes it sound appealing at all. x:;o; Awww, thanks. I admit I'm having all these freakout sessions because somehow writing anime fic is so hard after writing so much RPS? Or something like that. /o\ *rolls everywhere* But I couldn't help myself, I HAVE SO MANY FEELS.
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You make me want to re-read some of the old GW fics I still keep around in my printed fic archive... (any recs for any 3x4 fics btw?). I used to own the manga but I sold it a long time ago. Didn't like it as much as the anime I think. It's a great fandom. Or at least I remember it being great years ago ;v;
Duo used to be my laptop turn-off sound "I will become the great of death once again but right now...I need some sleep"Aah...I should go and listen to the 3x4 instrumental duet song again... *loves*Oh? Uh...okay that sounds...questionable at best...ugh...I bet it's hard to write anime/manga fandom again after doing RPS for so long X_X I wonder if I could still do it. But you did a good job! I liked it!! ♥
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lol well 8X idk if any of these fics can be called goodfic (like I'd call the writing bad and some of the plots/action are overly dramatic, but like, they just give me SO MANY FEELINGS)
(Also, there are so many unfinished fics around, ugh 8C) My favorite fic actually vanished, which makes me sad. It was one of those various Quatre-is-a-rich-company-heir-who-tries-to-escape-his-life-and-Trowa-owns-a-bookstore fics, but oh god, it was so cute T_T Trowa owned this children's bookstore and he actually hated the Winners but he didn't know that Quatre was a winner and then there was drama and emotions 8D/
Anyway XD but I really liked http://www.fanfiction.net/u/640507/Dentelle-noir this girl's fics. Especially Keep In Time, To Be King, and While You Were Out, and while Oxfords is especially ridic, I love it. ?_?
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3889094/1/College-Days XD Which I liked too
randomly, but why do anime fics always use the hair/eye color labels, lmao 8Xhttp://www.fanfiction.net/s/6787047/1/The-Sun-and-the-Moon slkdjf feels okay
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6692713/1/Haunted-Houses So the rich heir/bookstore owner and the Trowa-finds-Quatre-the-Ghost are the two most common stories but 8D/ *enjoys*
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5601636/1/The-Painting-in-the-Parlor Another Trowa/Ghost!Quatre. A bit... odd? But idk I liked it 8D
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2690577/1/Buy-Me-Love \o/
I have no idea where to look for GW fic outside of fanfiction.net so if you haveeeeeee suggestions, I totes want them too 8D;;; ♥
Yeah, I think Heero is now... called Sleeping Beauty because he was frozen so he's still something like 17. And he pilots 'Snow White'??? And everyone else ages? But idk, 8X I have no interest in Gundam Wing if the pilots are split like that and wtf Heero.I actually wrote a one-shot for this shiritori prompt, but it ended with Quatre's name and I wanted it to stay that way and not lose, so I wrote this instead. XDDD
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I think with anime fic, things like that are okay and fine! ;v;
I will definitely check the links out once I have more time ... too much RL drama right now *sob*
Mh, I don't know if any of my old sources are still working but I'll try my best. Wonder if the survival ratio of 1x2 or 3x4 websites is better... *investigates*
...ok that just sounds... no. ugh. wtf. I just hope Heero woke up and pointed a gun at the first person he saw saying "Omae wo korosu" but even that is not a saving grace...aw XD
ok so these still seem to be working:
http://archiveofourown.org/works/124915
(main: http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Gundam%20Wing/works )
http://www.gundam-wing-fanfiction.net/
http://gundamwingrecs.tumblr.com/
I also used to really like the fics this user wrote: http://kc-anathema.livejournal.com/profile
:)