Author's Intro
Welcome to my third Tenchi fic, my first being "Tenchi in Autumn (redux)". Don't bother looking for number two: I haven't finished it.
This story started with the germ of an idea - the idea that eventually became the crux around which the entire story turns - and the goal of writing a lemon. I was inspired to try to write a lemon mainly by Diane Long's excellent works and Laurell Hamilton's 'Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter' novels. I figured if they could write a good story with some good sex, then I might be able to do the same. Then, when I got about three- fourths done I decided that I found it distracting and yanked the lemony stuff.
Some of the characters might, at first blush, seem to be out of character. Please be patient when it happens, as I've tried to project character development and personalities based on the OAV and within the needs of my story. In other words: there's a good reason for the character to act that way and it will (hopefully) become clear.
While I'm on the subject of characters: there are a couple character names borrowed from non-Tenchi sources. This is merely for convenience sake and as an homage, not because these characters are crossed over.
All the ideas, plots, subplots and story lines in this are mine. Any relation to any other story is purely accidental. I did borrow a spoken phrase or two here and there from other fan fics or from the OAV, but please consider those to be an homage and a mark of respect.
A note on the continuity: this is straight OAV 1 & 2 (Ep. 1-13b) with a few concepts borrowed from Hitoshi Okuda's "No Need for Tenchi" manga and the Shin Tenchi novels. It doesn't take GXP into account (although I don't think it clashes too badly) and as of this writing, OAV 3 is still months away. If I did commit any continuity sins, I ask that you please try to ignore them and enjoy the story.
And a note on punctuation: there is some mental dialogue in this; 'mind-speak' I guess you could call it. I chose to designate it with single tics ('). I was also undecided on how to represent who was doing the communicating. "'Wowee!' So-and-so thought" seemed pretty lame and 'said' just didn't capture what was happening. So, I worked around it in a non- determinant way. I hope it isn't too jarring or disjointed.
Cultural references are generally Western, as this was written by a Western writer for a Western audience. They are, therefore, more likely to be understood.
I hope you enjoy reading it.
Shawn
Welcome to my third Tenchi fic, my first being "Tenchi in Autumn (redux)". Don't bother looking for number two: I haven't finished it.
This story started with the germ of an idea - the idea that eventually became the crux around which the entire story turns - and the goal of writing a lemon. I was inspired to try to write a lemon mainly by Diane Long's excellent works and Laurell Hamilton's 'Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter' novels. I figured if they could write a good story with some good sex, then I might be able to do the same. Then, when I got about three- fourths done I decided that I found it distracting and yanked the lemony stuff.
Some of the characters might, at first blush, seem to be out of character. Please be patient when it happens, as I've tried to project character development and personalities based on the OAV and within the needs of my story. In other words: there's a good reason for the character to act that way and it will (hopefully) become clear.
While I'm on the subject of characters: there are a couple character names borrowed from non-Tenchi sources. This is merely for convenience sake and as an homage, not because these characters are crossed over.
All the ideas, plots, subplots and story lines in this are mine. Any relation to any other story is purely accidental. I did borrow a spoken phrase or two here and there from other fan fics or from the OAV, but please consider those to be an homage and a mark of respect.
A note on the continuity: this is straight OAV 1 & 2 (Ep. 1-13b) with a few concepts borrowed from Hitoshi Okuda's "No Need for Tenchi" manga and the Shin Tenchi novels. It doesn't take GXP into account (although I don't think it clashes too badly) and as of this writing, OAV 3 is still months away. If I did commit any continuity sins, I ask that you please try to ignore them and enjoy the story.
And a note on punctuation: there is some mental dialogue in this; 'mind-speak' I guess you could call it. I chose to designate it with single tics ('). I was also undecided on how to represent who was doing the communicating. "'Wowee!' So-and-so thought" seemed pretty lame and 'said' just didn't capture what was happening. So, I worked around it in a non- determinant way. I hope it isn't too jarring or disjointed.
Cultural references are generally Western, as this was written by a Western writer for a Western audience. They are, therefore, more likely to be understood.
I hope you enjoy reading it.
Shawn