prillalar | Looking for PoT recs

So, um, Prince of Tennis. I've been downloading eps for a while and watching them. It's a fun, fun show, even if it is about a bunch of tennis-playing kids. The matches are exciting and the filler eps are very, very charming. I'm only up to ep 35 so far -- trying to limit my downloading so my ISP doesn't complain. (Plus I have to balance it out with Naruto and my weekly FMA fix. *g*)

Yesterday, when I was trying not to post to LJ about PoA every five minutes, I watched about 10 or 12 eps in a row. And then I wanted fic. I don't anticipate that I'll be reading in this fandom a lot or that I'll be writing in it at all (or even posting about it much in LJ), but right now I'm in the crushy *need* phase.

Looking for InuKai, because of course. But mostly, I'm after sweet and not-too-sexy TezuRyo. Not sure why I'm convinced of Their Eternal Love (And Boyish Kissage), but there it is. At first, I thought it was a really creepy pairing, but then I realised that even though Tezuka looks 25 and acts 35, he's got to be only about 15 or maybe even 14. (Unless I've completely misunderstood the schooling system -- please clue me in if so.)

It's a little disconcerting, actually. With the exception of ~~Rudy Miller~~ Ryoma, they all look somewhere between 5 - 10 years older than they must really be. I mean, if Momoshiro were as old as he looks, I'd be writing creepy fic about him and Nanjiroh. (What would that pairing smush be?) But there's creepy and then there's creepy, so I won't be going there.

Is there a centralized PoT archive someplace? I've not had much success with Google. I've exhausted ff.n (hey, I like badfic and you've got to love a fandom where the het fics are all marked "not yaoi!") and there wasn't anything to speak of in my pairings at Skyehawke. I've joined up to tenipuri_yaoi in hopes that some will come down the pike, but their layout is SO very unusable that it's nearly impossible to look back through old postings. And there didn't seem to be any comms for those specific pairings. I'm searching back through potfics, atm, though, so I might have some luck there.

ETA: I did find inu_kai, so that should help. But I still need my romantic TezuRyo!

I just want those pairings at the moment. Any suggestions?

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There really isn't much TezuRyo. It's hard to do without mangling Tezuka's character. As for sweet, I can only remember one, and unfortunately I don't recall the title; I think it was by one of the ladies at

quillofferings. I remember it involved a humor fic set at a Christmas party. They, and the ladies at

word_games are the two groups I keep an eye on. Neither specialize in the pairings you mention, but, then, I can't think offhand of anyone who does. Oh, and

sinsofwill, though she does mostly Hyoutei, and you haven't gotten to those matches yet. She says she's thinking of doing some InuKai, though.

I'm surprised, sometimes, that there isn't more InuKai. Even if ep 123 hasn't been subbed yet; enough people have watched the raw, and if it wasn't obvious before, for pity's sake, it's kissing distance from canon, now. Er, no pun intended. Still, I suppose they aren't a very tractable pair to write, either. Kaidou's a dear, but he's so goshdarned closemouthed about these things.

(You are ever so right about the layout at tenipuri_yaoi; totally unreadable.)

There really isn't much TezuRyo. It's hard to do without mangling Tezuka's character.

Ah, yes, no doubt. :) I think right now I'm in the phase where I'll read anything, OOC or not. *g* That won't last, though, probably. (Although there are some pairings where I like the badfic better than the goodfic -- maybe this will turn out to be one of them.)

Still, I suppose they aren't a very tractable pair to write, either. Kaidou's a dear, but he's so goshdarned closemouthed about these things.

And that is all the attraction! I think if I were to ever fall into writing PoT, it would be InuKai that would draw me in. The challenge. I'm glad there is something to look forward to!

Thanks for the recs! I'll check stuff out.

Hmm. I know

thistle_chaser is a big PoT fan - her recs page is all HP but she might have some links for you if you piggyback off one of her posts or send her email.

Cool -- thanks for the suggestion. :)

I'm not too sure about this as I don't follow the community, but I think there are several tenipuri fans writing for the [Bad username or site: temps mort @ livejournal.com] timed-fic challenges...

Arrg, sorry about the bad username. Here's the working link:
http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=temps_mort

Thanks for this!

Oh yes please, you goddess of fanfic, step into the PoT fandom! I'll read anything you write in it, I swear. Well, I already read anything you write, anyway...

Did you try the Jumpy Boys archive?
http://www.txq.nu/jumpyboys/
Most of the fics posted there are PoT. But be careful, most of the writers there are completely immersed in the fandom, and have watched (like myself) all of the episodes so far (more than 130). Be ready for big spoilers. (^__^)
Or else go to Fanfiction.net. The majority of the PoT fics there are absolute crap, but sometimes you come accross a true gem.

I don't read much TezuRyo, but it seems the most popular writer of this pairing (for fics in English) is Jennifer D.
However, I love Inukai and here are my favorite fics:
-Tsumi by Figbash (warning: also contain incest)
-Until I say stop by Koji
-Kanzen Shiai by Figbash (warning: full of random Japanese)

My favorite pairing is Ryoma/Kaidoh (or Kaidoh/Ryoma, I don't care. The seme-uke dynamic is not my thing), but it's very rare.
I went to the national PoT convention in Tokyo at the end of March, and was awed to find an entire aisle dedicated to RyoKai. Ah, so happy...

If you need links for the fics I'm recommending, just ask.

Leo Dormiens

Ooh, thanks so much for all the great info, esp re TezuRyo! And I know there may be spoilers -- I'm usually a rabid avoider, but when I come into a fandom so far behind, I try not to worry about them too much.

No plans to do any writing myself at this point, though -- I've got a bit of a backlog of other things I want to get through this summer. But I guess you never know. *g*

It's okay, I can wait. After watching 60 episodes, you'll feel the *need* to write PoT, you'll see. They must use subliminals or something...
Good luck on your TezuRyo quest. If you come across a good fic, please share.

I'm not in the the PoT fandom, but a friend of mine is, and she has listed a lot of fics with different pairings in the memories section of her PoT LJ:
http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=risingtides

Hope that helps!

Thank you!

Oh, and eeeeeeee! for your icon. I went and looked through all your icons and the RoyxHughes one is making me all sniffly.

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