I have held back no water in its season

Fic post from my archive.

Hanging Upside Down

Ban is having a bad evening dealing with his ghosts. Shido chooses to help. Angsty Porn with Characterization, I-4

He remembered things he'd never experienced.

Things he had experienced, he couldn't forget.

There were days he thought that was the curse.

Fic post from my archive.

Information Wants to Be Free

Ginji and Ban have sex on a sunny afternoon. Porn Without Plot, I-4

Ginji moaned, head tipped back, hair darkened with sweat, and tightened his hands on Ban's hips.

Catching up on Getbackers summaries.

I see a lot of people suggesting the manga will end just like the anime. Clearly, it can’t end just like, because the characters are dispersed in different ways. I could see a very similar ending, of turning back from power/knowledge in favor of companionship, and basically hitting the world-reset thereby. But one basic point keeps nagging at me.

In the anime, there is an implicit assumption that the world outside Mugenjou is real. In the manga, starting with the card arc and accelerating since, there is an implication that it is not. Whether this will culminate in some kind of statement about what reality is or unravel in a lot of messy loose ends, I don’t know. (And if this whole thing turns out to be some kind of virtual reality and the ‘archive’ is the entry/exit point, well that would be consistent but it would also be a total cop out.) So the ending can’t be as simple as it was in the anime.

Re-writing carols is a bit of a hobby of mine, something to pass the time while I was trying not to listen to the Liturgy, and it’s getting on toward that time of year. So, here we go. This year’s effort is in honor of Get Backers.

*ahem*

We four Kings of Mugenjou are
Recruiting we traverse afar
Dreaming, smiling, snarling, lighting,
Following Rai Tei’s star.

Star of thunder, star of fright,
Star of bishie beauty bright,
Angstwards leading, partners needing,
Guide us to the next big fight.

*bows flourishingly*