Gintama fic: Resuscitation 2/3

[xparrot]

This chapter is...not as angsty as the last one will be. Sorry, Katsura-san...

Gintama: Resuscitation, 2/3 {6,447 words}
R; Gintoki/Katsura, Joui war-era
"For a while Katsura tells himself that it's no more than the camaraderie of the battleground."

"He hates the feeling that the Joui cause is held back because of him, is being further delayed by his weakness."

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Comments

[shayera.livejournal.com]

Aww, Gintoki. I can absolutely believe this, the way he does this to help a friend, for the here and now... It doesn't do anything for himself, and he isn't thinking about long-term consequences - he's just protecting what he can protect. I can see that as a very Gintoki thing to do, if he thought that's what it took.

And I love how you make it clear to the reader that Gintoki isn't taking any pleasure from this, and that he isn't in love the way Katsura is - although Katsura as the POV character doesn't notice!

Poor boys.

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Yeah...the thing I had trouble getting across is how young they all are; we don't have their exact ages but they couldn't have been more than 17-18 during the war...not really old enough to have any idea what they're doing with their hearts, especially with them doing most of their growing-up at war and on the battlefield. You have to feel sorry for all of them...