I want to introduce and direct you to the two most amazing, insightful, skillfully-written gundam wing fanfiction I have ever had the pleasure to read.

The first, Sainan no Kekka, is an intricate work on a truly grand scale that explores the fledgeling peace formed at the conclusion of the anime and the lives of the gundam pilots as they try to live in it. There are adult themes such as drug abuse and sexual situations, but everything evolves the characters and builds the story up and nothing is gratuitous. It is not written as a romance, but the inter-character relationships are deep, meaningful, and fulfilling. It is not action, but violence and the fighting that hopes to prevent it, as in all warring and post-war worlds, permeate throughout. In short, it is nothing but a work of art that leaves the heart acheing with its sincerity, poignancy, and gravity when every detail in the epic story come crashing together at its conclusion.

Sainan no Kekka, by Gerald Tarrant and Quicksilver, can be found here: http:///snk/index2.html

The second, Broken Warriors, is an involved work that must bear a stronger warning about its contents. It is also a post-anime fanfic and follows the personal lives of the pilots, but it is a strictly and blatantly yaoi work with inter-pilot pairings and many scenes of explicit and graphic sex. Still, the scenes are all carefully and lovingly written, and serve only the purpose of drawing the reader into a deeper understanding of the minds and hearts of the PTSD-suffering pilots. In addition, the work also addresses drug abuse, rape, and violence. But despite incorporating such upsetting unpleasantness, there is absolutely no doubt that the work is a celebration of beauty in a turbulent world, wonder at the process of self-discovery, and love that can make broken people whole.

Broken Warriors, by Pryzm, can be found here: http:///fanfic/view_st.php/58133

Happy reading.

Amaya

6.30.09