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心也許很小很小世界卻很大很大 (The Heart May be Tiny but the World's Enormous) is a story written by [[shukyou]]. It ran in [[Issue 17]] and can be found at [http://s2b2.livejournal.com/98514.html s2b2.livejournal.com/98514.html] and [http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-heart-may-be-tiny-but-the-worlds-enormous/ shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-heart-may-be-tiny-but-the-worlds-enormous/].


== Summary ==

A widower blacksmith and a would-be goat thief bond over the blacksmith's infant son.

<BLOCKQUOTE>Really, if it hadn't been for the damn baby, Gong Ji would've gotten away with it.</BLOCKQUOTE>

From [http://reviews.logophilos.net/index.php/2010/03/the-heart-may-be-tiny-but-the-world%e2%80%99s-enormous-by-shukyou/ Outlaw Reviews]: "A goat thief encounters a widowed master swordmaker and the man’s infant. Somehow, he never manages to leave."

From [http://the-slash-pile.livejournal.com/54880.html the Slash Pile]: "(Somewhat) historical fiction, in an (ancient) Eastern setting. A widowed father of an infant does not know how to connect with his child, but a homeless ex-con who he invites inside on a whim does. It's a short story, but covers quite a bit of time very well."


== Connections ==
This story is ''technically'' unconnected to any other universe. However, [http://archiveofourown.org/works/788068 on AO3], the author has it tagged as 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' -- so the story, while still completely original, has some very fannish roots.

There are some super-short stories that take place after the story proper, and they [http://w2.moonpants.org/original/heartbits.html can be found here].


== Related Links ==
This story has been [http://the-slash-pile.livejournal.com/54880.html featured on the Slash Pile] and [http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18188343-the-heart-may-be-tiny-but-the-world-s-enormous on GoodReads].


== Author's Notes ==
<BLOCKQUOTE>First and foremost: [http://peripheralsight.livejournal.com/ peripheralsight] is quite nearly entirely responsible for Din, and was instrumental to creating this story and this pairing. If Din said it, chances are she said it first.<br><br>The beautiful title of the story comes from the poem [http://community.livejournal.com/breathe_poetry/302480.html "Fairy Tales" by Shu Ting], and does, in fact, mean 'The Heart May Be Tiny But the World's Enormous'. [http://coloredink.livejournal.com coloredink] -- serving now as my Chinese language advisor (in lieu of her traditional position as my Asian racism coordinator) -- pointed me toward it, and helped me figure out other things, like all the characters for things like Gong Ji's penal tattoos and Din's northern accent.<br><br>I refuse to confirm this piece's fanon -- or, really, absurdly <i>tri-</i>fanon -- origin. However, if you like, you may picture a character who, though not in a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinichiro_Watanabe Watanabe] series, is very obviously a Watanabe character both physically and in temperment; you may also imagine my making a joke about how this character is obviously the son of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Samurai_Champloo_characters#Mugen Mugen] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Spiegel Spike Spiegel]. Then, as that character talks dramatically about how the Evil Empire destroyed his village and killed his family, you can imagine my saying aloud, 'Oh, no, {character}'s two gay dads!' <br><br>If you like.<br><br>...Yeah, Din took a pretty lengthy turn away from being Spike in nearly everything save badassness, but Gong Ji and Mugen still have a whole lot in common.<br><br>Because it's funny with his name (which actually means 'rooster'), Gong Ji wields [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_sickles chicken sickles]. They look remarkably like the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hook_Swords shang gou], really.<br><br>There will one day be a longer version of this story, as I was down to cutting <i>single words</i> to make the second half fit into a single lj entry. 
</BLOCKQUOTE>

(from [http://ladysisyphus.livejournal.com/594118.html?#cutid2 ladysisyphus.livejournal.com/594118.html])


== External Reviews ==
*http://the-slash-pile.livejournal.com/54880.html:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Let me put this out there for the record: I <i>hate</i> kids in stories. In general, even. Hate. <i>Hate</i>. I think I got tricked into reading this the first time, actually, cause I probably would have avoided it had I known there was a baby in it. MAN, SO GLAD I READ IT... And if you're actually into family and 'sense of home' and other domestic-y themes, I guarantee you'll love this!</BLOCKQUOTE>

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