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rena_librarianSo I'm reading this Rurouni Kenshin fanfic in which Kenshin is immortal. (It's a Highlander crossover; but that's almost a pointless detail, you don't have to be at ALL familiar with that 'verse for it to make sense. When the author discusses that which comes from Highlander-world, she explains.) It's spawned a few sequels; I started out reading the one that she was/is currently updating, and am working my way back in between new chapters.
Here's her FFN profile, if you're curious. The first fic is Swordsmen, then the one I'm reading now, Walk Not Alone, and the latest one is A Rurouni Goes to College (the one she's currently still working on). There's also A Life Lived, which covers Kenshin's life from birth, but I haven't started reading that simply due to its sheer length. It's a bit daunting.
ANYWAY. There was actually a point to this.
In the chapter of Walk Not Alone I was just reading, chapter 18, the following conversation takes place:
"Do you miss the past?" Richie asked, curiously.
Kenshin shrugged. "I miss the people. I miss my friends and family. But I don't miss the time. The past isn't so romantic when you've lived it. I happen to like electric lights, running hot water, and flush toilets." There was another one of those curious pauses before he added, in a quieter tone of voice, as if remembering old personal tragedies, "... and modern medicine."
"I guess."
"My parents died for want of a few drops of bleach in their drinking water, or failing that, a few pennies worth of oral electrolytes and a simple antibiotic," Kenshin said, bluntly. "Gatorade could have saved their lives."
My GOD. Have you ever been more grateful to live in modern times?
(If I was writing this fic, I would tend to romanticize the past. I wouldn't go to the lengths of research required to make it that good... *coughD2Dcough* So props to her.)
Here's her FFN profile, if you're curious. The first fic is Swordsmen, then the one I'm reading now, Walk Not Alone, and the latest one is A Rurouni Goes to College (the one she's currently still working on). There's also A Life Lived, which covers Kenshin's life from birth, but I haven't started reading that simply due to its sheer length. It's a bit daunting.
ANYWAY. There was actually a point to this.
In the chapter of Walk Not Alone I was just reading, chapter 18, the following conversation takes place:
"Do you miss the past?" Richie asked, curiously.
Kenshin shrugged. "I miss the people. I miss my friends and family. But I don't miss the time. The past isn't so romantic when you've lived it. I happen to like electric lights, running hot water, and flush toilets." There was another one of those curious pauses before he added, in a quieter tone of voice, as if remembering old personal tragedies, "... and modern medicine."
"I guess."
"My parents died for want of a few drops of bleach in their drinking water, or failing that, a few pennies worth of oral electrolytes and a simple antibiotic," Kenshin said, bluntly. "Gatorade could have saved their lives."
My GOD. Have you ever been more grateful to live in modern times?
(If I was writing this fic, I would tend to romanticize the past. I wouldn't go to the lengths of research required to make it that good... *coughD2Dcough* So props to her.)
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Date: 2010-12-01 06:06 am (UTC)Well-written AU long/series fics are an all too rare, wonderful breed ♥ Thanks for the recc!
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Date: 2010-12-01 06:46 am (UTC)I am hardcore failing at updating my LJ regularly, though, and I don't often mention random fandoms, lol. But I'm glad you found this!
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Date: 2010-12-04 04:56 am (UTC)And Richie! With the dying! Arrrrrrrrgh!
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Date: 2010-12-05 10:45 pm (UTC)