| Finding Beauty |
Author has written 41 stories for Mummy, Moulin Rouge, Harry Potter, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy X, and Yami no Matsuei. finding beauty ; twenty-one years old, aspiring to the likeness of Byron and Chandler--unique breeding of poetry and noir--awakening after a long absence. | |||||||||
1. Ex Post Facto reviewsRufus gen: what happens after the world goes to hell. With a dash of TsengRufus on the side. PreAdvent Children fic. Spoilers for the game only.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Angst/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,317 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 7-2-06 - Rufus & Tseng - Complete2. Becomes You reviewsHojo and Vincent balancing on the fine edge of hatred and grief. [ Birthday fic for Hojo. ]Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 994 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 3-13-05 - Prof. Hojo & Vincent V.3. Holding On reviewsWanting to be needed is a need within itself. Holiday fic. Mild implications of TsengxRufus, TsengxElena. Separate from Blue Monday arc.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,288 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 1-18-054. Identity reviewsRufus; identity crisis leads to role reversal. (RufusxTseng yaoi -- yes, just this once. R for content.)Final Fantasy VII - Rated: M - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,774 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-30-045. A Passage of Life reviewsNini isn’t certain what to call it. Their relationship doesn’t have a name any more than he does. NA&Nini ficlet, for Black Tangled Heart.Moulin Rouge - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,017 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 9-18-04 - Nini & Argentinean6. Agreement reviewsA day in the life of Vice President Shinra -- social functions can be just as bad as board meetings, but what follows isn't always bad. (TsengxRufus.)Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,499 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 9-17-047. Never Again, Again reviewsHow is it to have only a few hours left to be with someone? Why must something so necessary be so difficult? Tatsumi simply doesn’t know what to do with Tsuzuki but let him go.Yami no Matsuei - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 563 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 8-25-048. Honour reviewsThe Wutaian War rages. Loyalty is questioned; honour is lost; the past is forsaken for something more. (TsengxRufus, yaoi.)Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 7,368 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 8-16-049. Détruit reviews‘With your death ... please destroy me.’ Tatsumi. Tears do not always accompany grief; vengeance brings closure.Yami no Matsuei - Rated: T - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 800 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 8-1-0410. The Ghost of True Love reviewsThe year is 1906. Jaded author Christian James knows nothing of the Moulin Rouge—or of Satine. When writer and fading starlet meet, the ghost of something missing begins to haunt them both. True love transcends all barriers. (AU, revised. Review!)Moulin Rouge - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,699 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 7-8-0411. Bulletproof reviewsIn a world where no one lives forever, some things never die. The Turks mourn the loss of one of their own. (Game spoilers, Tseng's fate.)Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,665 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 6-29-0412. Last Morning reviewsTseng. Wake up and face your destiny. (Mid-game spoilers; mild TsengxRufus implied.)Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Angst/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,011 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 6-24-0413. Lepidoptera reviews“Someday I won’t come back. Would you cry for me?” The delicate art of pinning a butterfly. (MurakixOriya; set during Kyoto Arc.)Yami no Matsuei - Rated: T - English - Angst/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,434 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 6-7-0414. And reviewsSnape, Lupin, and the old ghosts that haunt. (Snape angst and general abstractness.)Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 627 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 5-2-04 - Severus S. & Remus L.15. In Perspective reviewsHisoka. To accept responsibility is a part of growing up. (Canon-ish TsuzukixHisoka, hints of unrequited TatsumixTsuzuki.)Yami no Matsuei - Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,110 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 5-2-0416. Just reviewsSatine. Coming undone to find oneself.Moulin Rouge - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 480 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 4-24-0417. Fait Accompli reviewsTidus. Free falling. (Spoilers for the ending of the game, disregard of FFX-2.)Final Fantasy X - Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 244 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 4-16-0418. Wilting Flowers reviewsHe used to buy her flowers, when they were young and in love and such romanticism seemed sensible. (Melancholy HaroldxMarie vignette for Black Tangled Heart.)Moulin Rouge - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,365 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 1-22-0419. Rhapsody » reviewsOvercoming the present is one thing, but the past another entirely, as Christian and Satine face the difficulties of striving for the future. Sequel to Temptation. WIP.Moulin Rouge - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 4 - Words: 12,565 - Reviews: 21 - Updated: 1-17-04 - Published: 8-26-0320. Prière reviewsDraco. Requiem for the fallen, vigil of an unlikely angel. (Brief, abstract, and quite honestly depressing. AU, DracoxHermione.)Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,421 - Reviews: 26 - Published: 1-14-04 - Draco M. & Hermione G.21. In this Valley of Dying Stars » reviewsIn the aftermath of war and a victory that was hard won, healing shall be harder still. An unlikely hero emerges, the saviour of the wizarding world declines, and one woman is caught in the middle. (Darkfic; DMxGWxHP.)Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 3 - Words: 12,520 - Reviews: 10 - Updated: 1-8-04 - Published: 10-3-03 - Ginny W. & Draco M.22. Grey reviewsSmall details don’t matter, a voice whispers in his head. It sounds like her voice. Perhaps he is going mad. Perhaps he has long since been mad.Moulin Rouge - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 853 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 1-2-0423. Father Figure reviewsWhat was I doing here? I wasn’t sure that I could go into that orphanage, look my son in the eye, and then quietly step back out of his life . . . (Laguna. Possibly AU.)Final Fantasy VIII - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,805 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 12-10-0324. Eden reviewsVincent and Hojo. A final encounter between old enemies. (Hints of VincentxLucrecia.)Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 796 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 11-8-0325. In So Many Words reviewsEverything about you makes you luminous. I sound sappy and sentimental now; and that’s certainly not me. (DMxHG drabble.)Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 497 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 10-28-03 - Draco M. & Hermione G.26. Numb reviewsThis apathy is so suffocating... (Drabble in response to a challenge by Black Tangled Heart.)Moulin Rouge - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 268 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 10-28-0327. The Wooing of Evelyn Carnahan » reviewsRick loves Evelyn. Evelyn loves Rick. If only it were that simple. The trials and tribulations of getting there, with one well-intentioned brother mucking things up along the way. Chapter four added, at last!Mummy - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 4 - Words: 8,499 - Reviews: 55 - Updated: 9-4-03 - Published: 2-16-03 - OíConnell, R. & Evelyn C.28. Dawn reviewsVincent and Lucrecia. It was a love that could have saved them, if only it hadn’t come too late.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,182 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 9-1-0329. Always reviews“And no matter what happens to us, I’m always going to be there, too. I promise.” And Sirius always kept his promises . . . — Remus Lupin reflects on his best friend.Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,327 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 7-2-03 - Remus L. & Sirius B.30. A Little Less Conversation reviewsA dialogue ficlet featuring everyone’s favorite Potions Master and a midnight visit from the Astronomy teacher. (Snape/Sinistra; for drama-princess and She’s a Star.)Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 683 - Reviews: 22 - Published: 3-12-03 - Severus S.31. One More Last Kiss reviewsShe looked back up at him, fighting to keep her expression calm. “Well, promise me...promise me that when it’s time, you’ll...give me one last kiss.” (D/G vignette; for BlackOpal.)Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,437 - Reviews: 35 - Published: 3-1-03 - Draco M. & Ginny W.32. Such Sweet Sorrow reviewsShe was his Juliet, and he became her Romeo, the villainous foe for whom her passion had never been righteously intended . . .Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,347 - Reviews: 20 - Published: 2-12-03 - Draco M. & Ginny W.33. Destiny Deux » reviewsPast lives and old enemies resurface, along with a new prophecy in a strange book that holds the potential to destroy everything, sweeping the O’Connells up into another adventure. (DISCONTINUED.)Mummy - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 8 - Words: 15,500 - Reviews: 26 - Updated: 2-11-03 - Published: 9-19-0134. Daughter of the Underworld » reviewsThe story of Moulin Rouge, from Satine’s own point of view. Complete work, revised and updated 02.02.03. Please be thoughtful and review.Moulin Rouge - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 18 - Words: 22,720 - Reviews: 82 - Updated: 2-2-03 - Published: 4-3-02 - Complete35. Temptation » reviewsThe opening night of Spectacular Spectacular, one moment changes everything, and Christian and Satine face the trials of starting anew, only to find even love has its own obstacles to overcome. First in a trilogy, spans 1899-1901.Moulin Rouge - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 19 - Words: 36,603 - Reviews: 106 - Updated: 2-1-03 - Published: 12-15-0236. Watching from the Wings reviews‘Every day, you come here. And every day, I watch you.’ An observer reflects on Christian. A vignette, dedicated to many kindred spirits.Moulin Rouge - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,721 - Reviews: 19 - Published: 1-20-0337. Shed Not a Tear reviewsThe wind began to blow more fiercely, but he stood there against the storm, in defiance of its power. Watching him like that made her want to cry . . . Vignette – Hermione reflects on Draco Malfoy.Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,131 - Reviews: 36 - Published: 1-18-03 - Draco M. & Hermione G.38. I’ll Always Bring You Roses reviewsSometimes you just have to let go, but moving on doesn’t mean to forget . . . A vignette from Christian’s point of view.Moulin Rouge - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,363 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 1-14-0339. Beloved reviewsA bleak winter day, Christian visits Satine’s grave. An angst-driven dialogue piece.Moulin Rouge - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 779 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 12-16-0240. The Dark Side of the Moon reviewsA moonless night in a gypsy camp, Remus Lupin learns about himself and how to grieve.Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,038 - Reviews: 13 - Updated: 12-13-02 - Published: 12-12-02 - Remus L.41. The Interview reviewsA bit of fluff from the point of view of an outsider.Mummy - Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,316 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 6-7-01