While I want to C+C some longer stuff (especially nugar's Black Lagoon
fic) I only have enough time for this.
Aishuu Shadowweaver wrote:
>Title: The Woes of a Whipping Boy
>Author: Aishuu
>Fandom: Howl's Moving Castle
>Wordcount: 1,300
>Note: More strongly based on the book, but I hope
>
>
>*
>
>Michael is never quite sure if gaining an
>apprenticeship with the Great Wizard Howl is a
>blessing or a curse. Sometimes he suspects it's both.
>
>
Present tense, how odd
>
>She's a tough old bat, ignoring the gunk that has
>accumulated in the main living area, her eyes fixed
>only on his face. If only he'd been faster slamming
>the door to Kingsbury shut,
>
% Then we would have no movie. While I don't regard it as a strong
Ghibli work, it was enjoyable.
>
>He studies his abused hand, which is riddled with
>pinholes, knowing he's going to need a bandage.
>Pushing aside a stack of pans, he bumbles around the
>place, trying to find something to use without much
>luck. His master could care less about housekeeping,
>and Michael only cleans something when he knows he's
>going to need it. There's no point in cleaning the
>place up if it's only going to get messy again.
>
>
% Sort of like dusting. It's at best a holding action, not a battle you
can win.
>
>"What ever
>
% Whatever, I believe
>Michael can't help but look resentfully at his
>bandaged hand. This really isn't fair.
>
>
% Howl is simply teaching him about life. Terribly unfair, it is.
>Howl digs around the place, looking for something. A
>minute later he settles on a handkerchief, which he
>fussily
>
% is 'fussily' really a word?
>The one thing that is a sure bet is that Michael is
>going to end up taking the brunt of whatever the
>fallout of Howl's latest romance is. Some days,
>Michael wishes that one of Howl's romances will stick.
>There's a never-ending stream of charming, beautiful
>girls who catch the wizard's eye, but none of them
>ever lasts.
>
>There is no woman in the world who deserves Howl; he's
>not sure if that's a compliment to his mentor or not.
>
>
% It isn't. :)
% Amusing short work.
DB Sommer
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