Catchup Post for WomenLoveFest 1?

[tigerlily]

So this is the problem. I have done only three days on my chosen characters, partly because I do not have as much time as I had only recently, and partly because I am tired and uncreative right now. But I did have some recommendations to make for some other characters, and I wanted to fill in some of the emptier entries a bit so I reached for more. There are a few I'm leaving out for now. And hopefully I'll be able to come up with four things for my chosen ladies before the deadline.



For Usagi Tsukino:

The Brooch by Jason Ulloa http://mediaminer.org/fanfic/view_st.php/56154 It's more of an ensemble cast, but it's still about her. The Dark Kingdom woke up during World War II and conquered the Earth, with Tokyo being Ground Zero. Usagi is a refugee who lost her entire family. When the cats find her, she refuses to fight as Sailor Moon, but the power is still inside her. Split personalities ensue.

It takes a long time to update, with a few chapters being released between now and when I first started reading in late 2008. But since the updates keep coming, even when a year apart, I have hope. It's a very good, plotty fic.

http://everlasting-moonlight.info/simplesweetness/ Silver Legacy A doujinshi about how Usagi and Mamoru met in their past lives. Slow updates, but the art is very beautiful.

For Hitomi Kanzaki:
Ace of Serpents by beccastareyes http://mediaminer.org/fanfic/view_ch.php/149940/521704 It takes place post-series, about her going to college.

Fate Unbound by Ollen70 http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1600444/1/Fate_Unbound It's both Merle and Hitomi centric. What if Hitomi made a different choice in front of the Destiny Machine? Dark. The writing's not perfect, but it's still good.


For Azula:

Mostly reposting what I recced somewhere else.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3573698/1/ Object Lesson Unfinished story in which Azula becoms Aang's firebending teacher.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4696310/1/ What it is to Burn Possibly dead story in which Azula ia banished instead of Zuko.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5827377/1/ Morality Chain AU. What if Azula loved Zuko?

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4110956/1/I_Adore_the_Sight_of_Your_Broken_Metaphors
"There's a terrible sort of sense in the general pain of hating blood family - because life goes backwards and is never satisfied with just a heart.
And forever is only a lifetime." An Azula oneshot set in The Avatar State.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4834864/1/Heart_of_Fire First in a trilogy in which Azula is on a redemptive path. I haven't actually read this yet, but it was recommended a few times on Television Without Pity.


http://www.phoenixdawn.com/fic/drabble/daughterflame.html Daughter of Flame by beccastareyes Vignette on what Azula learns about the peoples of the world.

Meta links about Azula and women in the finale reposted:
http://snarp.dreamwidth.org/275177.html on the finale and female stereotypes in general http://coffeeandink.dreamwidth.org/299956.html On Azula and older women role models http://kaigou.dreamwidth.org/350898.html Deconstructing Azula

For Anthy Himemiya:

No love, even on womenlovefest?

Worldwalker by mllelaurel http://archiveofourown.org/works/61414/chapters/81135 Entirely Anthy-centric crossover in which she searches for Utena in five worlds. Very mythic.

Swords by etrangere http://archiveofourown.org/works/203250
"When Dios weakened and she forbid him to go back fighting ; she took his sword away, and she hid it within her heart. It was the first sword that pierced through her."

Awakening by Stealth Noodle http://archiveofourown.org/works/177418
Short from both Anthy and Utena's POVs. "When she opens her eyes, she sees the sky."

For Luna Lovegood:

http://luna-exchange.livejournal.com Luna_Exchange
Way back in 2008 an exchange community was started for her. It only lasted one round, but check out the fic.


http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4300636/1/Never_Never Never, Never by BellonaBellatrix
"Luna battles her shadows to regain her sense of self."
It's been years since I read it, but I remember it being very good. There are scenes which stick with me. It features Luna and Tom Riddle in a dreamscape, with a twist.

For Chibi-Usa, Usagi Tsukino, Kagome, Kikyo, Ginny and Molly Weasley, Relena Darlian, and Sakura Haruno, and Winry Rockbell:

http://hated-character.livejournal.com/368864.html I had no material for Chibi-Usa and she had no posts, so I remembered this community. The post I'm linking has minidefenses of all of the above characters, and more.

For Kino:

Fuck, how can you hate practically the only main and recurring character besides Hermes.

Kino no Owari by Caide Sin http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3665449/1/kino_no_owari A gorgeous crossover with Kingdom Hearts, as Kino travels through the World That Never Was. Never played Kingdom Hearts and know little about it, but you don't need to. This is a beautiful and strange and sad fic.

http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1795582/The_Blue_Footed_Booby This author wrote the Deadman's Curve series as well as a sequel not centered on Kino. I was reluctant to recommend it because I've barely started it, but there haven't been any problems yet.

For Mai:

Your Hair Was Long
http://aliwildgoose.deviantart.com/art/Your-Hair-Was-Long-Page-1-58491699?q=favby%3Agaliene%2F6515091&qo=7
This is a short webcomic from Mai's point of view, set in Ba Sing Se between seasons. Mai/Zuko. Very moving.

Two Zukos and a Mai
http://aliwildgoose.deviantart.com/art/Two-Zukos-and-a-Mai-59177684?q=favby%3Agaliene%2F6515091&qo=6 What it says on the title. Fanart.