Listening to: “Korobushka” - Bond

*points down* I mentioned that I was going to go on about X but I decided not to. Instead, I’ve roughly reviewed it. Ack forgot most of what I was going to say. Sigh, now I terribly wish I could read more of the manga so that I could form theories of my own… *sighs* This kickass X shrine helped alot, with the past issues of the manga summarised… but still it’s not the real thing. But of an eyebrow raiser with the whole Subaru thing being completely different from the anime. O_O So anyway, second best thing was to look at fanfiction.

Now, I’ve already ranted about fanfiction before and so I won’t talk about that again. Fiona has also made a few good points too. I still generally avoid ff.net as it contains too much crap. So I do it the hard way, and actually surf for fanfiction sites.

Firstly, a big thank you to Tas for showing me Behold, the Void. This place cotains some of the most brillant writings I’ve read, and and deliciously ample supply of X/TB fanfiction. The way Leareth writes is really captivating (if not a bit slashy in a few stories ^^;), so I recommend that to fanfic readers.

However, not all fanfic sites have that quality of work. Here are a few I want to point out in my journey across various fanfiction archives:

1. First and foremost, PLEASE do not cross Lestat from Vampire Chronicles with various members of X. PLEASE!!!! Crossovers usually don’t work (maybe unless they are intentionally funny), and the few that I’ve read that cross these two lovely but TOTALLY UNCROSSABLE genres are, well, crap. I repeat, DON’T SHOVE LESTAT IN X!!!!

2. Love triangle between Subaru, Kamui and Seishirou COULD work if it’s SubaruxK (this was already implied in the manga anyway), SxS (duh). HOWEVER, Su and Sei getting jealous over each other FOR KAMUI, I can’t possibly see how that works. Like, Seishirou and Kamui? I DON’T THINK SO!!!

3. I came across a fanfic with the description along the lines of, “It is the end of the world and Arashi has her periods. What would she do?” This is acutally a serious fanfic as well. *bangs head on wall* Don’t understand why people write things like this.

The other thing is, bond music!!! I borrowed the DVD from a friend, and it was great! The highlight was definitely when they placed the acoustic version of Korobushka. I was in awe when I watched it, totally breathless. The way they so meticulously controlled every note, I was totally swept away. You can hear the rawness of the violins, viola and cello, how the notes just spring out, in a flow that seem to carry your soul away. I’ve watched it 3 times, and it hasn’t lessened its hold on me. Although not a serious piece (rather fun sounding), it’s played with an intensity that shows the talent of this quartet. I’ve rarely, if ever, felt this sort of concentration of emotions from music, I highly recommend it. It’s astounding what music can do to me, spent quite some time wandering around in a sort of daze, until the effect faded a little.

IF ANYONE COULD GET THE MP3 OF THIS, I’LL BE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL!