Theme: Oikage Fic Fills, Volume 13 (The Ones Where Something Ends)
Title:OiKage, Stop/Start Creator(s):kitaiichis Rating: G Major Tags: none Why is this work awesome?: This fic just has this really slow, certain note of pining, setting up a relationship between Oikawa and Kageyama as a thing of the past, something that's over, nothing to be upset about. It's best summed up by this line: Both of them chasing forward, both of them leaving behind. Both of them familiar with the shape of someone’s back as it rushes by them and past them, posing them as two people who could never quite exist in parallel. It hurts, but in a remarkably gentle way, and I love that Andrea is able to construct something with this very particular, resonant kind of mood.
Title:Punctured Volleyball, Punctured Dreams Creator(s):catsbythegreat Rating: G Major Tags: none Why is this work awesome?: The best part of this fic is definitely the dialogue, the way the banter between Oikawa and Kageyama just plays out so naturally. It's a premise where Oikawa sent Kageyama a punctured volleyball as a mocking challenge about his dreams and Kageyama throws it right back at him, if not without difficulty. I love it because Kageyama's pluck is so clear but Oikawa is still able to get one up on him, get him off balance, and that push-pull between them is the real delight.
Title:Oikawa's Career-Ending Injury Creator(s):rosebrook Rating: G Major Tags: mention of knee injuries Why is this work awesome?: This is a fic in which pro volleyball player Oikawa finally sustains an injury lasting enough to force him to retire. It's written in a very matter-of-fact, direct way, detailing the progression of Oikawa's playing, the progression of his medical care, the progression of people coming to visit him while he's at the hospital. The prose itself is as inexorable as what's happening, and it's not until Kageyama sends his gift and states outright, career ending injury that all those little factual pieces add up to something real, both for Oikawa and the reader. It's Kageyama who somehow understands the reality of what this means for Oikawa more than anyone else, and I really like that this is a facet of their relationship here.
FILL: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA
Title: OiKage, Stop/Start
Creator(s):
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: This fic just has this really slow, certain note of pining, setting up a relationship between Oikawa and Kageyama as a thing of the past, something that's over, nothing to be upset about. It's best summed up by this line: Both of them chasing forward, both of them leaving behind. Both of them familiar with the shape of someone’s back as it rushes by them and past them, posing them as two people who could never quite exist in parallel. It hurts, but in a remarkably gentle way, and I love that Andrea is able to construct something with this very particular, resonant kind of mood.
Title: Punctured Volleyball, Punctured Dreams
Creator(s):
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: The best part of this fic is definitely the dialogue, the way the banter between Oikawa and Kageyama just plays out so naturally. It's a premise where Oikawa sent Kageyama a punctured volleyball as a mocking challenge about his dreams and Kageyama throws it right back at him, if not without difficulty. I love it because Kageyama's pluck is so clear but Oikawa is still able to get one up on him, get him off balance, and that push-pull between them is the real delight.
Title: Oikawa's Career-Ending Injury
Creator(s):
Rating: G
Major Tags: mention of knee injuries
Why is this work awesome?: This is a fic in which pro volleyball player Oikawa finally sustains an injury lasting enough to force him to retire. It's written in a very matter-of-fact, direct way, detailing the progression of Oikawa's playing, the progression of his medical care, the progression of people coming to visit him while he's at the hospital. The prose itself is as inexorable as what's happening, and it's not until Kageyama sends his gift and states outright, career ending injury that all those little factual pieces add up to something real, both for Oikawa and the reader. It's Kageyama who somehow understands the reality of what this means for Oikawa more than anyone else, and I really like that this is a facet of their relationship here.