Hello there! This is Senri, from livejournal, dropping a comment here... to be sure it reaches you, I guess.
These are both great! Honestly, the one that really stands out to me is the second fic, though - the whole thing is delightfully subtle, understated. You're great at skirting around mentioning these political things directly in fic while still making them clear. I loved the build up ("What would have happened if you'd swallowed it?"), Aang making it a pet, and Gyatso entirely ("A message, I think"), and him sending Aang away to the Earth Kingdom for a while. Aang is openhearted and lovely and it's a little hard to tell quite how much he realizes or does not realize; he's opaque, in a way. I'm thinking of the Innocent Inaccurate trope. Aaah, I really think it's wonderful, anyway, I'm sorry for neglecting Azula and Zuko. But I totally added this post to my memories at eljay. =)
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Date: 2010-09-09 10:39 pm (UTC)These are both great! Honestly, the one that really stands out to me is the second fic, though - the whole thing is delightfully subtle, understated. You're great at skirting around mentioning these political things directly in fic while still making them clear. I loved the build up ("What would have happened if you'd swallowed it?"), Aang making it a pet, and Gyatso entirely ("A message, I think"), and him sending Aang away to the Earth Kingdom for a while. Aang is openhearted and lovely and it's a little hard to tell quite how much he realizes or does not realize; he's opaque, in a way. I'm thinking of the Innocent Inaccurate trope. Aaah, I really think it's wonderful, anyway, I'm sorry for neglecting Azula and Zuko. But I totally added this post to my memories at eljay. =)