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do_come_in

His Badly Drawn Boy

Aug 01, 2009 02:51

Title: His Badly Drawn Boy
Pairing: Vaguely Ryan/Spencer
Summary: In the rada 'verse, you should write a snippet where it becomes clear what Spencer does for a living. It is killing me. Perhaps a scene from (I watch) the sky coming down to bury me, between when Ryan asks Spencer to go back to England with him and when they leave.

For redsnake05 because she ( Read more... )

fic, rada 'verse, ryan/spencer

Comments 4

redsnake05 August 1 2009, 02:10:44 UTC

OMG! Finally! Even though you made me wait until the very last line before telling me what, exactly, he did. I love Ashlee as his open-door boss, and I love the confirmation that Spencer has things to look forward to in England too. He's not just an adjunct to Ryan, just like Ryan needs to do things for himself sometimes too. Even though we don't see Ryan here, we do see something of their relationship. It made my heart ache when I read that Spencer didn't really, deep inside, know how Ryan felt about him until he saw the play. Even though, in the original, they've been together forever, there is still a strong sense that Ryan holds his cards close. I love that Spencer keeps a tangible reminder of that moment of certainty in Ryan's feelings. Thanks for writing this and finally setting my rampant curiousity to rest.

do_come_in August 1 2009, 02:14:51 UTC

You know I have to keep you waiting! I felt bad for Ashlee, because I make her evil in the Bronx/Bandit fic. So awesome boss!Ashlee appears.

I love that you like the play bit, because I kind of had to! Yeah, Spencer's his own dude, which we don't see so much in the original. It's nice to show it.

You are most welcome. I think it's important that I know all about this 'verse and you are only helping!

wishfulclicking August 1 2009, 14:22:15 UTC

I am going to imagine that Spencer is going to work for Neil Gaiman. There is nothing you can do to get rid of that fantasy for me :)

Oh and Spencer's job makes sense and it was a good thing to see he had his own things going on. I didn't see that so much with the original story but that makes sense because it is following Ryan around and his perspective only focuses on certain things.

do_come_in August 1 2009, 16:44:22 UTC

Haha. You can imagine that all you want. I'm sure he'll have met Neil Gaiman at some point in his career, so he's got a connection there.

Yeah, I'm thinking about doing soemthing with Spencer, maybe when they were living in New York together and give him a bit of his own life.