Theme: Hikaru no Go Fills, PUNCH TO THE GUT (feat. Sai) Edition
Title:Sai's Rematch with the God of GoSai's Divine Move to Hikaru Creator(s):winterstuck Rating: G Major Tags: none Why is this work awesome?: I'm reccing these two not-fills as one piece, because the second is a direct follow-up to the first and while Alex insists they aren't "real" fic due to being stream-of-consciousness and in lapslock, the emotional impact is very, very real. In the first, Sai spends his afterlife playing against the God of Go until he finally surpasses his teacher and is invited to take the God's place. In the second, Sai is allowed to visit Hikaru one final time, to play him in one last game of Go, before becoming a God and losing direct contact with humanity all together. The informal, dare I say "sketchy" writing style really works for the content, laying out what's happened with Hikaru's life in thick, broad strokes, and I legitimately teared up by the end, I adore this piece with all my heart.
Title:Lie Down And Cry Creator(s):winterstuck Rating: G Major Tags: none Why is this work awesome?: This one's a joke fill using art from the longer comic fill Alex did, but I still love it. It's a riff on that "Lie down, try not to cry, cry a lot" meme and it's a pretty suited to the part of the series being referenced. Plus I love Alex's little grayface character holding the Hikaru no Go manga and turning to look at the camera like, are you serious? Don't cry? How do you expect me to do that? Same, grayface character.
Title:Pining For Someone Creator(s):winterstuck Rating: G Major Tags: none Why is this work awesome?: I adore this comic. It's expanding on one of the most heartbreaking, suckerpunch-to-the-emotions things that happens in Hikaru no Go, while doing so with grace and dignity and this sweet, sad poignancy. I love the framing, the questions, the sense of longing to the words, especially combined with Alex's lovely art, and the limited palette where everything is grayscale with the smallest touches of yellow. I sincerely choked up over the final image, the final word, and for that it's worth it. (and do look carefully at that final image: it's a very subtle gif, and what's buried in it hurts the most.)
FILL: TEAM MIYUKI KAZUYA/MIYUKI KAZUYA
Title: Sai's Rematch with the God of Go Sai's Divine Move to Hikaru
Creator(s):
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: I'm reccing these two not-fills as one piece, because the second is a direct follow-up to the first and while Alex insists they aren't "real" fic due to being stream-of-consciousness and in lapslock, the emotional impact is very, very real. In the first, Sai spends his afterlife playing against the God of Go until he finally surpasses his teacher and is invited to take the God's place. In the second, Sai is allowed to visit Hikaru one final time, to play him in one last game of Go, before becoming a God and losing direct contact with humanity all together. The informal, dare I say "sketchy" writing style really works for the content, laying out what's happened with Hikaru's life in thick, broad strokes, and I legitimately teared up by the end, I adore this piece with all my heart.
Title: Lie Down And Cry
Creator(s):
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: This one's a joke fill using art from the longer comic fill Alex did, but I still love it. It's a riff on that "Lie down, try not to cry, cry a lot" meme and it's a pretty suited to the part of the series being referenced. Plus I love Alex's little grayface character holding the Hikaru no Go manga and turning to look at the camera like, are you serious? Don't cry? How do you expect me to do that? Same, grayface character.
Title: Pining For Someone
Creator(s):
Rating: G
Major Tags: none
Why is this work awesome?: I adore this comic. It's expanding on one of the most heartbreaking, suckerpunch-to-the-emotions things that happens in Hikaru no Go, while doing so with grace and dignity and this sweet, sad poignancy. I love the framing, the questions, the sense of longing to the words, especially combined with Alex's lovely art, and the limited palette where everything is grayscale with the smallest touches of yellow. I sincerely choked up over the final image, the final word, and for that it's worth it. (and do look carefully at that final image: it's a very subtle gif, and what's buried in it hurts the most.)