Title: Hidden in Darkness
URL: Furinkan.net VFFA
Author: Space Pirate Hamster
Source: Sailor Moon
Rating: 5.5/6
Type: Continuation with a possible hint of AU
Length: 6 Chapters + Omake (Complete)
After doing the bit of reading that resulted in the previous post, I was left with the annoying fact that this was probably the only fic on the Sailor Moon page at Furinkan.net that I had not read. The tab remained open in my browser for weeks as an annoying reminder that I refused to remove, but never had the time to make use of until now.
Hidden in Darkness is one of those fics that turns things on it’s head by doing nothing more than revealing (creating) some hidden fact about the canonical story. (One of my favorite kinds) Essentially, it raises the question, “What if the destruction of Metallia left a race of half-youma refugees who desired only to survive?”.
As with Space Pirate Hamster’s big-name works like newRanma and The Virus, I consider this fanfic to be very well written. The setting and plot are believable, and it’s a true mark of a good author when you can get your audience to enjoy new characters in a fanfic, as opposed to disliking them or not caring. In fact, the combination of skill and subject matter reminds me of Stefan Gagne’s original work, Sailor Nothing. (which really deserves it’s own review)
Anyway, if/when you do read this, I highly recommend reading the “Author’s Notes and Omake” file. It’s rather reminiscent of Arthur C. Clarke’s “Lost Worlds of 2001” in that you might have difficulty telling whether you enjoy the main feature or the discards more.
What really surprises me is that the only other decent fic I can think of which tries the “non-evil youma” idea is a Ranma 1/2 – Sailor Moon crossover which I have yet to review. (Youma 1/2)
My apologies for the fragmentary nature of this review and it’s tendency to go off on tangents, but I’d rather post an over-concentrated review while half-asleep, than risk getting bogged down with work and forgetting about it entirely. Of course, I could say the same thing about the disorganized nature of this blog too.
Fanfiction – “Hidden in Darkness” by Stephan Sokolow is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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