xparrot | Gintama Fic: Everyone's got to write their own happy ending.

Not quite sure what to say about this one, though I feel I should say something. First to warn that it is rather joke deficient and thus not in the proper Gintama spirit. Moreover it's quite uncanonical, as it's a few-years-in-the-future fic and it's an established part of Gintama canon that the chars don't age, being the stars of an episodic gag manga/anime. Various character interpretations and relationships are equally uncanonical. There's allusions to a few 'ships, while the story itself is kind of anti-ship, at least when it comes to Gintoki pairings. Not trying to diss on anyone's OTPs, and this isn't necessarily how I think the chars are; but it's how they look to me sometimes, in certain lights. I like that light, and this story is cotton candy fluff for me, but maybe it could be a little sad, especially if you find unrequited love painful.

Thanks to

gnine and

naye for reassuring me that it wasn't as pointless as all that. Any comments as always appreciated.

Gintama: Everyone's got to write their own happy ending. {~6,700 words}
PG, Futurefic
In which Shinpachi is married, Gintoki is not, Kagura is all grown up, and the Yorozuya will always be the Yorozuya.

Read it on AO3

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sprawled on his back on one of the couches with his bare feet up on the cushions. He was perusing the latest issue of Shounen Jump, muttering the sound effects aloud

Ohhh my heart ♥
Really, you paint Gin-san so perfectly ;_;

"Oh, no, that's just Hedoro-san's daughter. She's actually very sweet, in spite of the horns."

That's adorable! Ahaha, and I see whut u did thar with the "monster" pun xD

Aww. I love the anachronism of the Gintama universe in that they have email and cellphones, yet Kagura and her dad always handwrote letters to each other; I love that you've carried that endearing aspect. ♥ (Also I'm glad Sadaharu's with her even though I'd half-hoped she would've left him with Gin-san so he won't get too lonely! x3 Aw, and emails to Okita~)

Of course Katsura reads shoujo. Of course he does. :]

Wahh!!! Shinpachi stammering on "b-babies"!! SO CUTE HEHEHE! ♥ ♥

"Though come to think of it, maybe I could go and tell Kagura-chan I'm actually gay and in love with Zura. He'd probably play along..."

Um, no Gin-san. That would be a terrible idea. *sweatdrop*

awwwwwww Gin-san just wants a letter from Kagura! Q______Q

*rolling on the floor laughing forever at Gin-chan's reacting to his kids' crushes on him* Omg I can picture his expression so perfectly! XDDDDDDD

"Sometimes," Shinpachi said. "But family doesn't"
and
"Someone who's good with kids, and good at teaching lessons more important than what they learn in school. Someone who knows how to be a samurai, even in the Edo we're living in now"

Tears. Rolling down my face. Plopping onto my keyboard. T______T
Thanks for giving Shin-chan such amazing lines!!!

"we do want to have children in a few years—neither of us have parents to move in and help out, so it'd be good to have someone else there. Though she told me not to mention that to you, didn't want to scare you off..."

D'aww~ Grandpa Gin! = 0=

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BAWLLLL THAT ENDING~~~ The letters were so simple, sweet, and just neat in a way that — while I half-wanted to come away from the fic with a nice, bittersweet, twinge-y feeling in my chest — I wasn't able to because it promised such a happy 未来! x3

......man, I apologize for that awfully rambly "review" orz

0______o

A-a-and now that it's posted — sweet merciful crap! I had no idea it would be such a large comment. Eek!

*crawls away*

Long reviews are <333333~! You are not allowed to apologize for them! Especially when they leave me thusly: ^___________^

Hee, I am glad you like my Gin-san! I can't draw him but I try to write him how I like to see him, in all his lazy-ass irresponsible glory - very happy he works for you ^^

Sadaharu I actually think Kagura would've left behind (especially since he's a temple guardian dog, after all!) but I didn't want to deal with him in this story so I, uh, shipped him off. Sorry, Sadaharu! ^^;

Katsura totally reads shoujo, you know he does! And probably draws BL dj, too :P

while I half-wanted to come away from the fic with a nice, bittersweet, twinge-y feeling in my chest

Yeah...near the end I realized I could end it less definitely, and it would be touchingly melancholy and all. But I wanted this to be a genuine happily ever after, for all of them, because in reality there's no single key to happiness; we've all got different things we want out of our lives. So went for the super-sweet. ^^

...Besides, it's the Yorozuya, I couldn't leave them broken up!

Gintama Fic: Everyone's got to write their own happy ending.

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