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31_days2006-01-09 04:11 pm
incandescens) wrote in 31_days2006-01-09 04:11 pm
[January 9th] [Saiyuki] what shall we do
Title: what shall we do
Date/Theme: January 9th / All this useless beauty
Series: Saiyuki
Character/Pairing: Gyokumen
Rating: G
Gyokumen Koushi knows that beauty is as much a tool as any other form of power, and doesn't fool herself that she's the only one with plans. It's better to be the manipulator of the powerful than to be powerful; it's better to be the one who controls the beautiful than to be beautiful.
Nii Jieni thinks he's so clever.
Even if she hadn't been beautiful, even if she'd been a scarred hag skulking in some cave, she'd have found a way to rise, to get her hooks into those above her.
It would just have taken a little longer.
Date/Theme: January 9th / All this useless beauty
Series: Saiyuki
Character/Pairing: Gyokumen
Rating: G
Gyokumen Koushi knows that beauty is as much a tool as any other form of power, and doesn't fool herself that she's the only one with plans. It's better to be the manipulator of the powerful than to be powerful; it's better to be the one who controls the beautiful than to be beautiful.
Nii Jieni thinks he's so clever.
Even if she hadn't been beautiful, even if she'd been a scarred hag skulking in some cave, she'd have found a way to rise, to get her hooks into those above her.
It would just have taken a little longer.