By Kati D'Esprit and Laura Gilkey

All right, this is actually about original Fushigi Yuugi, not the FY Mirror series, but where else was I supposed to put it? And speaking of the original series, this contains ***MAJOR SPOILERS*** all the way through to the end of it.

The Gamer Jargon Website (now apparently defunct) asserted that filk---that is, fan-songwriting---is the geekiest thing that anyone could possibly do. The moment I read that, I knew I had to try it. Now, not being very musical myself, I went the alternate lyrics route and produced this bit of Fushigi Yuugi filk. Fans be warned, it does express the enmity that I feel toward the original, but I hope that it can also speak to some universal truth about the relationship of creators and their fans.

So, here we go!

I can remember a time
When Seishi were needed.
Each had a purpose in the grand design.
Then somehow, a piece of jewelry
Took that away and they began to die.

I know that
Seven is a lot to write and
Far to spread a thin spotlight,
But I love them all even if you don't, so
I tell you that no Shinzahou can
Take the place of friends I know,
But now they're gone and here I pray to you like you were a god.
(And now aren't you?)

I'm sayin':
When I cry for Nuriko
Do you hear?
Do you understand me?
I don't expect you to make every wish come true.
Can't you at least just hear me cry?

Hotohori died fighting Nakago.
Sometimes I think that it was suicide.
Mitsukake, we barely knew him.
Can someone tell me why he had to die?

I'm thinkin'
Chiriko was just a kid, and
We admire what he did, but
Tell me, didn't he deserve a chance at life?
But the one that breaks my mind and
Keeps me awake at night
Is the moment when I realized that Seishi could die.
(You know the one I mean.)

So tell me---
When I cry for Nuriko
Do you hear?
Do you understand me?
I don't expect you to make every wish come true.
Can't you at least just hear me cry?

(Spoken, analogous to the "countdown" in "To The Moon And Back")
Tamahome died, too, but he came back.
I don't know why no one else was that special.

I know that
Seven is a lot to write and
Far to spread a thin spotlight,
But I love them all even if you don't, so
I tell you that no Shinzahou can
Take the place of friends I know,
But now they're gone and here I pray to you like you were a god.
(And now aren't you?)

I'm prayin':
When I cry for Nuriko
Do you hear?
Do you understand me?
I don't expect you to make every wish come true.
Can't you at least just hear me cry?

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