Flourishing Verdantly

Title: Such Shaping Fantasies
Series: Princess Tutu
Spoilers/warnings: Set right after season one. Slight Kraehe/Tutu subtext.
Wordcount: 2,500
Summary: A restless mind makes for foretelling dreams.


( Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, such shaping fantasies that apprehend more than cool reason ever comprehends )

I've finally crawled out of the backlog of all my obligations (okay just some) but the perfect response would be to give myself more work. Everyone I flaked out on before has full permission to smack me here. Yes, even if I'm still working on their other stuff...

The first TEN people to comment in this post get to request a drabble of any pairing/character of their choosing from me. In return, they have to post this in their journal, regardless of their ability level. If you absolutely can't write, I don't see why you wouldn't be able to offer drawings or icons or something instead.

1. silverprism - Static Shock: Virgil and Richie
2. wonderseal - AtLA/Mulan: Azula and Mulan
3. synergic - Princess Tutu: Mytho/Ahiru(ish)
4. starsofnite - DC/AtLA: Impulse and Toph
5. calophi - TricK: Ueda/Naoko
6. lady_ganesh - DC comics: Impulse and Brainy
7. etherealprey - Adventures of Sinbad: Maeve/Sinbad
8. skyebanshee - Merlin: Merlin/Arthur ...sort of?
9. timmesque - Princess Tutu: Mytho/Rue
10. Congratulatory short story of stupid for me for finishing this one for once

Schoolwork has been killing me but I wanted to post something today that wasn't an essay.

( Relatively old, short snippet of genderswitched!Fakir )

Title: I Carry Your Heart
Day/Theme: September 3/I carry your heart (I carry it in my heart)
Series: Princess Tutu
Characters/Pairing: Mytho/Duck (Tutu)
Rating: PG
Wordcount: ~1,300
Summary: With every shard of his heart returned, grows the longing in her heart to stay with him.

( Because if his heart is empty and hers is overfull, surely between them there could be a happy compromise. )

Yeah, so the illustrious illustrator beanclam drew this really awesome picture of girl!Fakir. And besides being really pretty it also brought up the idea of Princess Tutu, which, like Utena, is big about the roles of masculinity and feminity as it pertains to fairytales/society/literary ideas. So I wanted to explore that with art.

...nah, really, I drew the rest of the main cast genderswitched because I could and it looked fun.

( Is it still subverting gender norms when you turn inverted archetypes back on themselves? )

...yeah, I finally gave into the series gnawing at my imagination for the last few months.

Title: With No Companion
Fandom(s): Princess Tutu/Revolutionary Girl Utena
Summary: Pre-series. Anthy and Rue have come to be defined by the absence each of their princes leave.
Word count: 2,130
A/N: This is the story I always wished someone else would write. Because I know people look at Utena and Tutu and go “wow, that’s prime crossover material” and yet I haven’t found any stories exploring what would happen if these two met. That forces me to try it just so I know that it exists in some form, even if I ended up butchering it and banging my head over the idea for a week. Also, lyrics are to Leonard Cohen. Hmm, Leonard Cohen...

( A prince doesn't need two princesses, but what does a princess need? )