>>Well, I'm a shounen-ai fan but only for shounen-ai series. I can't stand when fanfiction writers make characters OOC in order to do non-cannon shounen-ai stories. (Then again I generally dislike OOC-ness for any other reason as well.) It seems as though writers who only want to write shounen or shoujo ai stories should be able to stick with shows where those relationships are included or at least suggested in the original show.<<
Oh, I hear ya. It may not be the best of examples; but Utena is chock full of shounen/shoujo ai. And fanfiction about that with said subject matter doesn't bother me in the least, because considering the atmosphere of the show, it's not surprising. But if we gots a heavy shounen show like Dragon Ball... then we got a problem.
>>I do like stories about the relationship between Taiki and Gyousou, or between Rokuta and Syouryuu, as well as between Keiki and Youko, but that's because I think the bond formed between a kirin and their chosen ruler is one of the fascinating things in juuni kokki. But while that bond could certainly be considered a form of love, it isn't really a romantic sort of love. (At least not generally, although I would like to see a well written story about Keiki and his previous empress.)<<
Oh, yes. I don't doubt there is some sort of connection between a Ruler and his/her kirin. And they have to connect on some level or else there's gonna be problems. The King of Kou and Kourin as case in point. And I wish I knew more of the Queen of Kyou and Kyouki... she's got a snark armed and ready.
And there's a definate bond between Enki and Shouryu. Mutual slander. :p
>>Well, I'm starting to ramble, so maybe I should go back to Shilahr's question. I've tried writing fanfiction for a few other series I like, (I've currently got seven incomplete Rurouni Kenshin stories started, and one for Demon Diary), but so far I've never managed to finish anything so I could post it. I might try writing some Juuni Kokki fanfiction once the whole series is out on DVD, but probably not until then since I like to know as much of the cannon story as possible before adding fanfiction to it. Some other series I'm kind of toying with ideas for are Saiyuki, Mirage of Blaze, and (if I get ambitious enough to do the background historical research) Peace Maker Kurogane. It's still doubtful whether I'll ever finish any of them, though, since it seems like I'm a lot better at starting stories than completing them. <<
Join the club, my friend. Ideas are a dime a dozen, but completed stories from those ideas are once in a blue moon deals.
I've got ideas ranging from Soul Calibur, Zelda, Diablo, Warcraft, this, RK, to Tekkaman Blade. So many stories... so little time/motivation to get them done.