Drabble: Tales of Old
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Title: Tales of Old
Rating: PG
Characters/ Pairings: Tatsuki/Orihime (Ichigo/Orihime implied)
Summary: Orihime has always been the protected one. Sometimes she’d like it if that changed.
Disclaimer: The girls belong to Tite Kubo. I’ll put them back into the box once I am done. :)
Nobody has ever had to tell Orihime the role she has played during her life. No matter where she went or what she did, in the end there was always someone who’d love her, who’d give it all to protect her and who’d shield her from all harm. She knows she is the princess, kind and gentle, and always tries to do her best where those she loves are concerned. She feels she owes them all that much.
First it was her brother who took her away from her fears. He was kind, generous and loving towards her, but a part of her knew that he would not be able to stand between her and her problems forever. He lost the fight, eventually, and what Orihime regrets most of all is to have been the princess then – the sheltered one, the loved one. The one who couldn’t fight. But after that she was alone and her heart was crushed to pieces, and she didn’t have the strength to fight against anything anymore. Sometimes she almost wished it’d be over, but what use would it have been to her brother that she’d let herself fade? She stood as long as she could, and when she finally fell, just in time, she was saved yet again.
Tatsuki did not ride toward her in a white stallion with a dawning sun blazing behind her. But she stood between her and those who hurt her, and roared and spit fire at them until they cowered in fear and fled. None of them was brave enough, good enough to win against Tatsuki. None of them, Orihime thinks, will really ever be.
It doesn’t matter if her knight rides up to her eventually and saves her because even though Orihime has found him and Tatsuki knows, she will never stop being who she is right now. Orihime may eventually ride off into the sunset with her knight, but the dragon she left behind will be always on her mind. Leaving is last thing she wants.
It doesn’t matter that he doesn’t fight Tatsuki, or that she is happy about Orihime’s choice. It’s not really about that. Orihime feels selfish thinking about it, but she wants it all. It was that dragon that made the princess gather her strength again, it was the dragon the princess fought for first. It’s the dragon the princess will wait for the rest of her life, hoping to catch a glimpse of the majestic creature soaring the sky right above them, still taking care of her.
In fairy tales they never tell you what really happens to the dragon. They are not that easy to kill to start with, and most worthy white knights would not steal the princess away without taking her opinion into consideration. The reason most knights wind up dead is that the princess feared or despised them, and the dragon wouldn’t let them get too close. Most dragons, Orihime thinks, probably let go of their princesses thinking they’ll be better off with their white knights now they don’t need them anymore.
Orihime reads the tales over and over again whenever she can. Most days she closes the books with a sad look on her face. It’s not because tales seem made for children or because they seem way too unreal. It’s because she is every princess, and she knows that they are happy with their knights. She knows they are pleased because they have gotten their happy endings. She knows they will have a good life.
She knows they will be sad.
She knows they all miss their dragon very much.
Rating: PG
Characters/ Pairings: Tatsuki/Orihime (Ichigo/Orihime implied)
Summary: Orihime has always been the protected one. Sometimes she’d like it if that changed.
Disclaimer: The girls belong to Tite Kubo. I’ll put them back into the box once I am done. :)
Nobody has ever had to tell Orihime the role she has played during her life. No matter where she went or what she did, in the end there was always someone who’d love her, who’d give it all to protect her and who’d shield her from all harm. She knows she is the princess, kind and gentle, and always tries to do her best where those she loves are concerned. She feels she owes them all that much.
First it was her brother who took her away from her fears. He was kind, generous and loving towards her, but a part of her knew that he would not be able to stand between her and her problems forever. He lost the fight, eventually, and what Orihime regrets most of all is to have been the princess then – the sheltered one, the loved one. The one who couldn’t fight. But after that she was alone and her heart was crushed to pieces, and she didn’t have the strength to fight against anything anymore. Sometimes she almost wished it’d be over, but what use would it have been to her brother that she’d let herself fade? She stood as long as she could, and when she finally fell, just in time, she was saved yet again.
Tatsuki did not ride toward her in a white stallion with a dawning sun blazing behind her. But she stood between her and those who hurt her, and roared and spit fire at them until they cowered in fear and fled. None of them was brave enough, good enough to win against Tatsuki. None of them, Orihime thinks, will really ever be.
It doesn’t matter if her knight rides up to her eventually and saves her because even though Orihime has found him and Tatsuki knows, she will never stop being who she is right now. Orihime may eventually ride off into the sunset with her knight, but the dragon she left behind will be always on her mind. Leaving is last thing she wants.
It doesn’t matter that he doesn’t fight Tatsuki, or that she is happy about Orihime’s choice. It’s not really about that. Orihime feels selfish thinking about it, but she wants it all. It was that dragon that made the princess gather her strength again, it was the dragon the princess fought for first. It’s the dragon the princess will wait for the rest of her life, hoping to catch a glimpse of the majestic creature soaring the sky right above them, still taking care of her.
In fairy tales they never tell you what really happens to the dragon. They are not that easy to kill to start with, and most worthy white knights would not steal the princess away without taking her opinion into consideration. The reason most knights wind up dead is that the princess feared or despised them, and the dragon wouldn’t let them get too close. Most dragons, Orihime thinks, probably let go of their princesses thinking they’ll be better off with their white knights now they don’t need them anymore.
Orihime reads the tales over and over again whenever she can. Most days she closes the books with a sad look on her face. It’s not because tales seem made for children or because they seem way too unreal. It’s because she is every princess, and she knows that they are happy with their knights. She knows they are pleased because they have gotten their happy endings. She knows they will have a good life.
She knows they will be sad.
She knows they all miss their dragon very much.
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Date: 2007-07-09 10:53 pm (UTC)Me ha gustado mucho, la idea de Tatsuki como dragón es muy buena y apropiada. Me imagino una escena de Tatsuki en pose de kárate con un dragón detrás (igual existe y todo, porque me suena un montón xD).
¿De qué te has tomado el crèpe?
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Date: 2007-07-10 05:39 am (UTC)Pero en este momento el crepe que me viene a la mente es el de chocolate y leche condensada. ♥Me alegro de que te gustara. La verdad es que para la imagen de dragon to tuve que pensar mucho - creo que en el manga esa te la dan hecha. El titulo de unos chaps que van de ellas no eran 'princess and the dragon'? Tengo bastante mala memoria (el alzheimer me odia ¬¬), pero de eso creo que me acuerdo. XD A partir de eso todo se escribe solo. XDD
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Date: 2007-07-10 07:00 am (UTC)Yo ya ni me acuerdo, pero sí me suena algo de la princesa y el dragón. Acabo de darme cuenta de que me gustaría acordarme de los títulos... bueno, por lo menos sé que en la portada de Ikkaku del tomo 23 pone "mala suerte" ^^U
Para inspiración de tus futuros fics, igual te sirve esto ^^ http://chirachira.livejournal.com/103520.html
el tomo 4 es para tu pairing! xDno subject
Date: 2007-07-10 12:49 pm (UTC)(Por lo menos hasta que contrate a la mafia para librarse del profesor o algo por el estilo.)Solo es una hora, asi que no es grave. Pero uf, tengo cosas que hacer y drabbles que terminar. ^^'' (Dos, de momento.)Ay, como molan los poemas de los tomos! ♥ Me fijo mucho en ellos cuando los leo, y los titulos. Quedan muy bien. ^^
Aparte que el del tomo 4 me ha matado ligeramente, y no me acordaba muy bien. XD Pero ha sido verlo y pensar 'LA MADRE QUE LOS P-! XDDDD' y soltar a mi fangirl interior. XDDLo mismo los pongo como principio de fic y hago uno para cada personaje de la portada. :3 *pensando*no subject
Date: 2007-07-10 12:59 pm (UTC)Los poemas molan un montón, pero tendrás que leerte más Bleach para poder hacer los fic de los tomos siguientes *_*
*espera ansiosa que llegues al tomo 23 y 24 a ver si compartes su entusiasmo*no subject
Date: 2007-07-10 01:06 pm (UTC)Tengo el cd que me pasaste con algunas cosas mas,me tiene que dar el prontazo de repente para tragarme otros diez tomos. XD Que no se descarta en absoluto, pero leerlos en el ordenador... no le veo tanto la gracia. XDD Pero como tengo ganas de leer pues seguro que cae, eso me da mas material para seguir haciendo fic. :3 Y tengo que ver el anime tb! ^^
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Date: 2007-07-10 01:12 pm (UTC)Es que eres una niña bien ^^UGuay, bueno, yo ya estoy acostumbrada a leer scans en el pc. Voy por el tomo 14 de Nana, por cierto ^^U, y bastante viciada. Empieza a valer la pena a partir del 4 o así, y la historia se vuelve bastante buena, aunque sea en plan culebrón. Nobu me cae indiferente, la verdad, y Takumi, aparte de ser un maltratador potencial, no me parece tan malo ^^U, tiene sus cosas majas xD Me da mucha pena Nana porque tengo la idea de que la va a palmar con Ren (y Ren no me gusta ¬¬, es sooooso).
Volviendo a lo de Bleach, yo me vi todo el anime hasta el relleno y luego cogí el manga a partir de cuando acaba el primer arco en la sociedad de las almas (el 19 o por ahí), y me lo cepillé en tres noches xD. Bueno, de hecho, me forcé a leer sólo un tomo por noche, pero mi determinación se fue a la mierda el primer día >_>UUU El anime, salvo algún episodio de relleno mal dibujado, está muy bien. Los colores hacen mucho, las voces ya ni te cuento y la música es genial. Soy una enamorada de todos los OP y ED ♥.
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Date: 2007-07-10 01:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-07-10 04:22 pm (UTC)... Si? ^^'' XDDYo estoy peleando para no descargarme demasiados spoilers, pero la verdad es que al final acabo mirando si en ese momento lo tengo delante, como siempre. XDD Takumi es el que peor me cae, en serio. Los otros tienen un pase, pero es que los trozos en los que Takumi le suelta a Hachi que se calle con ese tono y las cosas que le llega a soltar... uf, a ratos lo mataba. XDD Justo cuando empiezo a pensar 'Mira, si no es tan malo' va y se la hace. ''¬¬
Ren... no me llama tanto. Ni me va ni me viene. Me caen muy bien Leila y Naoki, eso si ('Naoki, no hables entre cancion y cancion que se va a notar que eres tonto!' XDD) Nobu y Yasu me caen fenomenal, pero son como 'los perdedores' en todo esto, son los que no van a poder ganar, parece.
Pero personalmente me encantan las novias que se echan, asi que lo de 'salir perdiendo' es relativo. XDDA mi las secuencias que se me quedan son la de los vasos de fresas (dios, que mal lo pase) y Leila diciendo que le daba mucha pena Hachi, y la asistente le alaba que sea tan sensible y contesta 'Solo depende de la mujer con la que te identifiques'. ;.; Y los finales de cap., que ya sabes que me encantan. ♥ Oh, el drama. XDD Y creo que Nana sigue viva. Perdida, pero entera. O eso espero. XDDMe dedicare a pegarme la gran panzada Bleach cuando pueda. XD No salgo de mi casa en tres dias y aparezco luego completamente 'decolorada'. XDD
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Date: 2007-07-10 04:34 pm (UTC)Sigo leyendo, y parece que Nana sí está viva, con el pelo largo y de rubia O_O. Takumi al principio es un impresentable, pero en el fondo, a pesar de ser un cabrón, la verdad es que no es una mala persona para que Hachi comparta su vida. De momento no va mal del todo. Nobu no me gusta, definitivamente. Y me cae muuuy mal su novia ¬¬---X En lo que respecta a Yasu, sigue siendo mi personaje favorito y me encanta la pareja que hace con Nana, pero también me gusta mucho Miu ^^ Leila... que quieres que te diga, me parece un tanto idiota. Creo que debería quedarse con Naoki que es la leche y que se lo pasaran muy bien. Shin me encanta, lo adoro *_*, sobre todo cuando empieza a llamar a Hachi "mamá" :)
La escena de los vasos es impresionante. Y otra que me encanta (y que me he puesto de wallpaper en el portátil) es la secuencia de 3 páginas en las que sale Hachi por la calle hablando por móvil y ve la pintada de "die Nana", luego vuelve corriendo, la tapa con spray blanco y se larga dejando "Nana love ♥". Me saltaban las lágrimas sobre la sonrisa estúpida mientras la leía. La verdad es que me encanta la pareja platónica que hacen las dos Nanas.
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Date: 2007-07-10 04:59 pm (UTC)Y la del 'Nana Love' es tambien genial. Ademas con esos discursos de final de cap. 'No voy a poder ser la protagonista de la historia de Hachi. Pero la de la mia se llama Nana. Y eres tu.'
A pesar de que yo a ratos a Hachi le habria dicho de todo. XDDLa pareja de las dos es la mejor, pero lo que pasa es que cada una la caga por su cuenta de alguna manera, y por eso parece que no terminan tan bien como deberian.no subject
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