follow me into the rain

Another very unpolished shortfic for Ginzura week. The prompts for this day were "jealousy/loneliness", but the end result was less directly tied to the theme words than a double character exploration inspired by the prompts.

Shorter than the last one, this one wasn't as exhausting to write.
Both POVs are used. Secret relationship.

Title, tentatively: Perform German Suplex On Your Own Stupid Self-Denial
Word count: around 900 I think?
Spoilers/setting: Vague on spoilers but it's set anytime after Benizakura arc and before the Shogun Assassination arc.
Characters/Pairing: Gintoki/Katsura

Disclaimer: the characters of Gintama are owned by Hideaki Sorachi and are used here without permission for entertainment purposes only.

( two sides of the same coin, but they're both dumb )

The second day of Ginzura Week featured the prompts "first date" and "embarrassment". I combined them both in three simple ink drawings.

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Here's a fic for the fifth day of Ginzura Week! The prompt is "Touch", but to be honest this is an idea I've had for a good while now.

Many thanks to tonko for kindly looking it over and suggesting how to improve it! Any remaining errors are my responsibility alone. Concrit and other feedback very welcome. You don't need to have a Dreamwidth account in order to comment.

This will be reposted to AO3 eventually, but probably as part of a collection with two or three other Gintama shortfics.

Title: Using Sloppy Knots Is Disrespectful To The One Tied Up
Word Count: Around 1175
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairing: Gintoki/Katsura
Spoilers/setting: no spoilers, generic status quo time
Summary: They try out bondage, but Gintoki feels that something isn't right.
Flavour: Silly

( The work title for this was 'ginzura bondage fail' )

This is for Ginzura Week, Day 3, prompt "Family". Unlike the fic posts this one will be uploaded to Tumblr and likely Twitter as well, so it's just here for the sake of completeness!

(Also because I haven't posted fanart anywhere in ages.)

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I actually wrote a filk for Gintoki/Katsura, set to the melody of "Shura" by Donten, the fifth Gintama ending theme. A filk is a song with new, fannish lyrics set to an already existing melody.

It doesn't really fit any of the prompts for Ginzura week. Since I already filled today's prompt, this should perhaps have waited for another day, but I decided to post it now anyway.

Note: Since Japanese song lyrics typically don't rhyme, I've permitted myself to be relatively cavalier with rhymes here as well - sometimes they're there, but not always.

Title: Back To Back We Still Can Fight Again
Mel. "Shura"
Spoilers: None

After all these years we meet again,
After all this time of wandering,
And the paths that brought us far apart,
Have now led us to where we can mend.

Is it useful to turn back our gaze,
To the greener times when we were small?
To the days of war and comradeship,
Or is all we need the present's call?

All the chaos, all the muddle,
Step away from purity,
Back to back we still can fight again,
And choose the path that won’t result in too much pain.

One – We were born to struggle
Two – But you’re just too dumb
Three – Always making trouble
Four – Yeah, yeah

In this broken world of compromises
Living day to day, I find it tough
G: I will still protect what I can carry
K: I will still fight on and plan enough

Through the chaos, through the muddle,
Through the gags and impurities,
There’s a shoulder I can lean on then
Whenever it gets dark enough I’ll need my friend

One – In the midst of trouble
Two – Guess we’re just too dumb
Three – Everlasting struggle
Four – Yeah, yeah

[Extra verse because I misremembered how long “Shura” is:]

We were marked by grief and shattered missions,
Still we managed to stand up, my friend,
Putting up with doubt and indecisions,
Till our silver souls can shine again

Past the terror, past the sorrow
We will both see a better dawn
I will stand with you tomorrow when
We will redeem our promises until the end