CLAMP recs, yet again... (original) (raw)

I'm sorry everyone, but I'm currently at home and away from my computer with all my links, so some more CLAMP recommendations only. Partly in response to vamp_pandorina who reminded me that I signed up for try_this_fic and partly because these were the easiest links to find, here are your recs.

Magician by Natalie Baan velvetpaws (X/CCD, multi-part, complete, gen)
Broken Worlds by Natalie Baan velvetpaws and Kristin Huntsman (X/TB, multi-part, complete, gen, ambiguous shounen-ai)
Inner Strength by Monica Shin (TB/X crossover w/ Highlander, gen, slight SxS, complete)

Magician by Natalie Baan velvetpaws (X/CCD, multi-part, complete, gen) Magician is a fascinating look into Satsuki and her powers to interact with computers and Beast. A "what if" scenario, Satuski tries to hack into the CLAMP Campus computer system and gain access of the Shinken through the the CLAMP Campus defenses, but she encounters a strange defense program in her way. This fic reads sort of like a an action piece and sort of like a character study, I really enjoyed how the author portrayed Satsuki in this short series.

::ERROR::

::USER NAME?::

Shit--had she managed to miskey it? What a time to make a slip like that! Satsuki reentered the name, very carefully and deliberately, double checking to be sure that it was correct.

::ERROR::

::USER NAME INVALID FOR USER::

::USER NAME?::

"/What?/" Satsuki almost lost her link to the CLAMP Campus system as her far-off body jerked against its restraints. Alarmed, Beast sent her a heart rate alert, and she rejected the data, trying to focus through her shock.

How could a program make the distinction between a user name and the person behind it?

/How did it know that she wasn't who she claimed to be?/

Broken Worlds by Natalie Baan velvetpaws and Kristin Huntsman (X/TB, multi-part, complete, gen, ambiguous shounen-ai) This fanfic works on one simple premise: that you don't know anything about Subaru and Hokouto's ancestry besides the fact that they have a grandmother and are part of the Sumeragi clan. What I really love about this fic is that the authors can take something that would seem very far out and implausible and spin it into a story that is both moving and heartbreaking. A most definite recommendation.

Inner Strength by Monica Shin (TB/X crossover w/ Highlander, gen, slight SxS, complete) I read this fanfic a long, long time ago and without having to go back and reread the whole series again to give a good overview, there is one thing I want to say about it: it's a great story about Subaru and how he would handle immortality. What do we know about the Sumeragi? He's the last person on Earth that you would ever want to see immortal and poor Duncan McLeod is the one charged with training him after witnessing his first death. What I really liked about this fic and why I'm recommending it here is that the author really does take a CLAMP spin on the Highlander universe's concept and integrates it brilliantly to stay true to CLAMP's characters. I just loved it.

Subaru felt a shock, and suddenly, he was awake. How was this possible? He had been hit by a car -- a silly sort of death for one such as him, but an end, nevertheless. He remembered being pulled up and out of his body -- he had recognized the first stage of soul movement well enough. After all, it was part of his job. Had been his job? No, it appeared that he was still alive...

He stopped staring at the pinpoints of light, and noticed a man standing, watching him. A foreigner with long brown hair in a ponytail, he stood as a fighter would -- strong, balanced. Subaru started to get up, and groaned as muscles and bones protested. He felt a hand take his arm and help him up, and once it had done so, let him go. What was this buzzing? It was like a roaring in his head... perhaps it was because of his accident?

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