1931 -- Baccano! Fic and Media

People have probably got it from 24890 different sources by now, but just in case:

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Claire is so adorable in this one ajfjsfl;

Woo! Fic to post!

This is part of an ongoing series; I think it probably stands alone okay, but the previous parts are:
Away for So Long (Dallas+Eve, worksafe)
Deep Breaths (Luck/Dallas, not worksafe)
Queer (Luck/Dallas, not worksafe)

Anime-verse, post-series. Not (yet!) contradicted by the new episodes. ^^;

~5000 words, not worksafe for m/m sex.
Dallas Genoard isn't into this, and if you believe that I've got

( A Bridge to Sell You )

I'm not quite brave enough to offer full-blown fic, but events at work have inspired me to drabble a bit. (And oh my, it's tough keeping to 100 words when you're still trying to get a handle on characters. My apologies if any of these folks feel off.)

There's nothing explicit (beyond a kiss), but overly-cautious me wouldn't read this at work for little girls perving over older men (and older men letting them), hints of m/f and m/m, and Tick promising to get creative with his scissors.

5 x 100 words. Also, someday, Carol and Eve need to meet.

( Carol and Gustav St. Germain )

( Firo and Ennis )

( Luck and Claire )

( Eve and Keith )

( Tick and Berga )

A present for karanguni, who has done so much hard work putting this community together and doing translation work for us. I am so, so very grateful. ♥

"Thy Distant Fire"
Luck/Claire
invented backstory, set ~1924
Not worksafe for m/m touching and Luck's taste in poetry
~2000 words.
Luck doesn't see what the big deal is, doesn't think he'd care even if he could get his hand up some girl's blouse.

He can think of something he probably would care about, but he tries not to.


( Thy Distant Fire )

Just a quick note to let you guys know that the translations for the prologue of the 1933 novel are done!

*does a happy dance and collapses*

karanguni: you sucked me into Baccano! bigtime. I’m so glad you made this site. Everything so far's been so cool!

This is my second fandom, and is wanting to hit it hardcore. First thoughts were on a happy love story tailored to suit our charming canon couple. Anime-based, completely made-up backstory, and probably completely wrong. Couldn’t find much info on these two online. (Maybe looking in the wrong places?)

Fandom: Baccano!
Title: Happily Ever After.
Characters/Pairings: Lua/Ladd
Rating: NC-17
Other: Violent consensual sexual activity, eyeball assault, fisting, blood, mind-f*ckery, arrogance, bad monologues, alliteration. No real spoilers, I think?


( Read more... )

Translation spam! Tell me to stop and I will. *g*

Usual disclaimers apply! Will be posting follow-ups for the rest of the prologue in the comments; track the post to get updates!

Story so far: Luck is a Young Child, but a Capable Young Child. We meet Tic for the first time.



Update log:

23/4 (10pm) First post
24/4 (8pm) Followed up.
28/4 (5pm) After 28409284 years, another follow up.
1/5 (7pm) Small follow up. (Maria!)
1/5 (830pm) Finished!

( Prologue )

And we're done! Usual disclaimers, etc. \o/

( 1932: Drugs and the Dominos, Epilogue Part 2/2 )

Asylum news: Because I am a dork, I only recently realised that I could niggle the asylum into letting people tag their entries with whatever they want. 8D Now that that's done, everyone can tag their stuff as they like it - sorry for the inconvenience up till now. *sheepish*

To make it up to everyone, here - have the first part of the epilogue to 1932: Drugs and the Dominos.

( 1932: Drugs and the Dominos; Epilogue Part 1/2 )

Small question: once this one is done, would anyone be interested in a translation of the sixth novel? It's set in 1933 and follows up on this novel; also contains flashbacks to 1925 (young Luck!). :D I can get on it if you guys want~

I don't know what's wrong with me. Perfectly nice villains all over this fandom, but no. ^^;

Pairing: Ladd/Dune
Rating: NC-17
Word count: ~2900
Warnings: ...uh. the pairing? violence. lots of it.
Summary: Some people would say this is a bad part of town, but really, as far as Dune can tell, all of Chicago is a bad part of town if you know how to provoke it.

( Hyenas and Hand Grenades )

To celebrate my finally watching Episode 13, despite having my backup drive deleted and having to re-download, I give you Luck fanart!
Totally worksafe, although minor spoilers in the A/N.

( Tic likes making lj-cuts.... )
~Kat

I need to stop spamming like this. *___*

Title: Growing Up Is Still The Most Fun That You Will Ever Have
Rating: G
Characters: Claire, Luck, Keith, Berga
Summary: Because Claire had to have grown up into the balanced individual he later became somehow. Everything he learnt, he learnt from his brothers.
Warnings: Mmm, invented backstory, ho.

2154 words of crazy almost-not-quite mafia-family fluff with a pretentious title to boot!

( 'You know, your dad is really weird,' Claire said; it was one of the first things that the angry-looking redhead kid said to Luck. )

Picking up on white_aster's prompt: Luck, masturbation, "fantasy or reality". Mm, it feels good to take a break and do something other than translate.

Red Red Red
Luck/(Claire), R.
If he closes his eyes he can cast his mind back to those summers that they spent out in Jersey country.

640 words

( Luck wonders whether he's real-- )

Just a quick little bit to respond to one of the prompts from earlier this week -- Claire/Chane - maritial bliss, or something like that. Owes quite a lot to the translations that karanguni has been posting, and the ways that Claire's identity is such a moving target.

Worksafe, ~600 words, warning for domesticity?

( News )

asfjlaksfj You guys are probably all sick of seeing these posts on your flists, but this will be the last entry for a while, promise! These are some translations from the 2nd chapter of the 4th volume. The full third chapter is here.

I translate backwards. Um. Yeah. 8D But, uh, at least there's context for the 3rd chapter to fall back on now?

My usual disclaimers apply; I'll post any updates in the comments of this entry and put a note above the cut when I do.

Once again, apologies for the spam! *___*

UPDATE LIST:

19/4: (930pm) Posted 10/30 pages.
(948pm) Made a timeline correction; thanks, laylah!
(1145pm) Posted 20/30 pages.

20/4: (1219pm) Posted 21/30 pages.
(1250pm) Posted 24/30 pages.
(130pm) Posted 26/30 pages.
(150pm) Posted 28/30 pages.
(230pm) Posted 28.5/30 pages. (KATIE OH GOD)
(3pm) Posted 29/30 pages.
(310pm) IT IS FINISHEDDDDDD

( 1932: Drugs and the Dominos, Chapter 2: Use )

After a few days of out of context translations, here comes the whole of volume 4, chapter 3!

I'm very, very afraid that the translations veer off/don't do justice to the original work -- since the far-more-real translators over at LJ will get this chapter done eventually, this post will only be up until the better translators over there get their version done.

Usual disclaimers apply*!

Thank you to everyone who's been following these translations - you guys are awesome like hot chocolate and tasty things. ♥ *collapses into a pile*

Warning: 15,000 words! BIG POST! The text didn't fit into the entry, and so there are follow-ups in the comments!

( 1932: Drugs and The Dominos, Chapter 3: Dissolution )

Sick of me yet? *g* 1932 again. This one's a pieced together scene of Luck's interaction with Eve Genoard. Usual disclaimers apply!

( Read on. )

More translations from the 1932 novel! Again, these are probably less reliable than they seem - I try to QC the English translation so that it sounds fluent, but I don't know how accurate my Chinese-to-English was to begin with. *scrapes* I apologise for any errors! You can consider these translations void once the good people at LJ get their much more accurate versions out. Nevertheless, onwards!

In this edition: more Gandors in general, and a few snippets about Katie and the origins of the Gandor inheritance.

( \o/ )

HI. I come with some (not very good) translations from the Chinese volumes of Baccano! -- all from the Gandor-centric fourth volume. It's mostly just snippets, but they're snippets of such sheer awesomeness that I thought I'd share with everyone.

DISCLAIMER: These are not meant to come over and on top of the amazing translation efforts going on at the Baccano! LJ community, and since it's coming in from a Chinese translation it's probably less than fully accurate. My own translation skills are shoddy at best, and I've taken some liberities in freeing up the prose. Some scenes were translated with aid from an excellent and noble RL friend of mine, who unfortunately does not float around much on the internet. If that's all right with you, read on! Also, can you say spoilers?

( A couple of snippets from the lives of the Gandors )




[[Uh, apologies if some of this makes no sense whatsoever; it's so late right now that I'm about to fall asleep at my keyboard. Cookies are appreciated - leave 'em in the form of prompts in the post below! I can try and get a few more scenes out if you guys want 'em. (Anyone want stuff on Keith's wife? Why the Gandors sometimes fail at being Mafia Men? Oh, and Firo being sort of confused. But in a cute way.) But probably after some rest. xD Enjoy!]]

With no_true_pair and Springkink coming right up around the June-shaped corner, thought I'd open up a post here for Baccano! fic requests/prompts.

For some no-stress, idea-filled practice, fun and profit and porn general entertainment for all -- leave a prompt or write a prompt in the comments, either way it's tasty.

Go! *flexes writing fingers*