Remember When I Wasn’t Sick & Twisted? Also, Valentine's Day

[redbrunja]

Do you know what not to read for ‘just for a few minutes’ before going  to bed, especially when you should be asleep already?

Godchild.

Man, Godchild is twisted. Talk about a wacked-out creepy manga. Drugging a father so he kills his daughter? He was already a psycho, but that’s pushing it. And Cain, were you really that annoyed that she was coming on to you?

Mainly I feel sorry for Mary- can you imagine going from living on the streets telling fortunes to being locked up in a mansion having deportment lessons? At least Leonie got to fence. Mary has a great name, though.

I feel dirty even saying this, but am I the only one picking up incesty vibes between her and Cain? His possessiveness, the fact that a lolita complex was mentioned in the third panel after we first met her, and the, frankly, really disturbing conversation that ended the chapter....

 “My feelings might something that could engulf you in flames” and “I don’t mind if I have to be a bird trapped in cage, I want to be trapped inside your love.”

 I'm like.... I haven’t seen a brother so attached to his sister since Hakkai and we all know how that turned out. Adding in that Cain is a child of incest himself, and I’m forcibly restraining myself from making a ‘keeping it in the family’ joke.

And now, in a complete change of tone,

Valentine’s Day Meme!

Pick a couple and a prompt from behind the cut, and I’ll write you a drabble.

(My fandoms are are Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Supernatural, Battlestar Galactica, Dark Angel, Gilmore Girls, Veronica Mars, Harry Potter, Global Frequency, The 10th Kingdom, Fullmetal Alchemist, Girl Genius, Ghost in the Shell and Saiyuki.)

1. Gift
2. Flowers/Roses (specify if you wish)
3. Ribbon
4. Heart
5. Candy/Chocolate (again, specify if you want)
6. First Kiss
7. Attraction
8. Shy
9. Passing notes in class (or equivalent)
10. First date
11. Jewelry
12. Dance
13. Secret
14. Arrow

Comments

Re: Oh, *Do* Tell

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I just finished... I think it's five? The one where Boy Blue goes back to the homelands, kicks ass, had a backup plans for everything, and was all around awesome. (But had NO Snow or Bigby whatsoever, which was sad.)

Re: Oh, *Do* Tell

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

That'd be 'Homelands', volume 6. Two more to go in the trades, and you'll be caught up! (and yes, the extreme gap with no Snow or Bigby was frustrating)

Well, this guy on the boards who worked out an AWESOME timeline noticed that Snow's pregnancy couldn't have taken more than four months. But averaging the time of gestation for extreme cases of multiple births and the gestation period of a wolf (since the kids are half wolf), this worked out perfectly.

But Bill Willingham mentioned the guy in an interview, saying, effectively, "Haha, this guy went to all that work, but it was really a full nine months and I suck at timelines."

Re: Oh, *Do* Tell

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's just bad. What you should do, imho, is say, 'I goofed, but luckily it worked out really well.'

*shakes head* Yeah, that was the wrong thing to say.

Re: Oh, *Do* Tell

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's -- some days, I feel like I enjoy Fables more in concept than reality. A nasty bit of reader torture here, a characterization twist that feels off there . . . *sigh* I need to write more fanfic. It's very thereputic.

Re: Oh, *Do* Tell

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Fanfic is very thereputic. I know I've written fic because some bit of characterization just needed a better explaination than the one we were given by the show. But what is the 'reader torture' and 'characterization' twists are you talking about? (I love rants, I really do.)

I know I've often wished that Fables was a little less bleak all the time, but I can't remember an instance where I felt truly tortured. (Oh god, they don't make Snow whimpy in the next book, do they? *shudders*)

Re: Oh, *Do* Tell

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

Reader torture -- well, it's not as bad for you since you're reading the trades, but I had to wait about two years between Snow and Bigby parting and their reunion. Pretty much the same wait until we finally learn the cubs' names. Not to mention the fake cover for #50.

And -- fuck, Bigby left because he couldn't see his kids and because he saw this as a smackdown from Snow, even though it was fairly rational. When Snow sent the seventh kid off to find his father, this was something of a peace offering -- Snow was reaching out to him and giving him a chance to be a father, raise at least one of his children, and one who would need more care than most.

There is no way in hell I can accept ANYTHING in the mundy world keeping Bigby from giving that kid 110% of his attention. Had it been something like him splitting his time with giving the smackdown to the Adversary's forces that were coming through a previously unknown portal or something to that effect, I'd accept it. But - gah.

I'm trying to hold back on the detail to avoid spoilering, but -- I'm just going to link the fic I wrote when I send you #49. Others have told me it let the issue make some friggin' sense for them.

Re: Oh, *Do* Tell

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Two years? *shudders*

You mean the author expects me to buy that Bigby wouldn't be an insanely involved father? *is already annoyed* Yeah, I can't wait until I'm all caught up and you don't have to watch your words. (Which I really appreciate, by the way.)

Re: Oh, *Do* Tell

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

Willingham tried to excuse it as Bigby needing a distraction to keep him from going to be with Snow and the kids (and the associated slaughter of anyone who tried to stand in his way), but being a father to one of them would do that.

*bites tongue* It got better after that.

Re: Oh, *Do* Tell

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

*bites tongue with you*

I have a feeling I'll be ranting about it when I read it. ^_^

Re: Oh, *Do* Tell

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

Which is why I'll also be linking with the fic that explains the issue in a somewhat insane way, thus leaving it making complete sense.

Re: Oh, *Do* Tell

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I have been in fandom too long, because that sentence makes total sense to me.

Re: Oh, *Do* Tell

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

It's like the old adage about the only sane response to an insane world being insanity. And I filled a wtf27 prompt, too!

Re: Oh, *Do* Tell

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

What a great com! Just reading the prompts made me giggle.

Re: Oh, *Do* Tell

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

It's absolutely wonderful. I've had a lot of fun there.

And I really should get to work on one of my plotbunnies for it . . .

Re: Oh, *Do* Tell

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I'll probably do that com sometime when I have a really good fandom for it. Actually, FMA or Supernatural would fit nicely....

Re: Oh, *Do* Tell

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

The very best part? You don't need to claim a fandom. You can do any fandom you want for each individual claim; I've been doing Fables for some, but also got in the PotC/Care Bears fic.

Re: Oh, *Do* Tell

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

You know, I just see the words 'PotC/Care Bears fic' and my brain implodes a little.

Re: Oh, *Do* Tell

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

Check it out (http://community.livejournal.com/mollyscribbles/5902.html). It's not as bad as it sounds, I promise. I think Jack's response to meeting a Care Bear is entirely realistic.