Because of the terrorist threat, the US starts stationing more and more troops in the UK, as a security measure. He also starts trying to isolate him from the rest of the EU...the UK starts to suspect that he's being secretly annexed, but the US seems so innocent. Also, the US starts beating the UK up 'accidentally' and rapes him, afterwards convincing him it was his fault for sending 'mixed signals'. How it ends, up to you.
monsters [15/?]
anonymous
May 1 2010, 18:37:11 UTC
11.
“Arthur!”
He woke up from his dream slowly, looking down at the small face in front of him. Alfred smiled at him innocent, dressed in his nightgown, sitting upon his lap. Slowly, Arthur sat up, stretching his arms and wiggling his fingers, as if anxious to get away from his dreams. His leaned over to secure Alfred better into his lap underneath the tree, staring into the fields of gold.
“What is it?” he asked kindly.
“I have a secret,” Alfred said. “I want to tell you.”
“All right.”
“But you have to wean down and wisten.” And Alfred’s face was serious. Despite himself, Arthur laughed, and leaned down. Small hands gripped at his coat as light, feathery breath fluttered on his ears. He kept his arms firmly fixed around the small of the boy’s back.
“I love you,” Alfred whispered.
Arthur laughed, wrapping his arms around the small body until he could whisper into Alfred’s ear, “I love you, too.”
monsters [16/?]
anonymous
May 1 2010, 18:37:43 UTC
12.Francis had been the one to pull Alfred away on that day, and a few months had ebbed away, the turning and tossing of seasons. Alfred was kept in a separate location, and the world watched as he slowly grew better as the threats became less predominant. At first, he was angry, and he could and would knock down the walls only to escape
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monsters [17/17]
anonymous
May 1 2010, 18:38:10 UTC
13.“Sit down, you prat.” Arthur scowled at him, his entire countenance natural. Alfred lingered at the doorway for a while longer before he sat down across the table, where the guards stood around the room
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anonymous
May 20 2010, 19:46:32 UTC
It...it is so, I don't know I don't even know whether Alfred loves Arthur But...god, I cannot even write coherent comment here.... Just great...so great
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anonymous
May 20 2010, 22:10:25 UTC
This...this made me feel sad, scared, tired, everything Arthur felt up to the point he passed out. It's so well written every emotion comes across
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anonymous
June 1 2010, 18:11:53 UTC
I just discovered this jem somewhat belatedly and I must say I'm fascinated.
First off I have to annoy you with some fangirling: Your fic is AWESOME!! Do you know me? Can you read my mind? You wrote everything what I love and how I love it. I love angst, I love superstrength!possessive!America and I've never found a fic which could combine my other two secret kinks: victim!England and insane!England and you just DID it I'll love you forever [insert "never ending string of fangirl squealing" here]
I fell in love with your writing. Every sentence and every word seemed to have meaning and had a heavy impact on me. I love your use of repetition. I cannot even say what exactly about your writing style made the atmosphere of your fic perfect but it did and that means you are an awesome writer! Reading your fic chilled me to the bone. (and I love it~) Thanks for writing this! Keep it up!
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anonymous
June 10 2010, 18:49:05 UTC
I am speechless. i seriously do not know what to say. This fic is amazing. It's everything that I wanted and more. Just... goddamn. Thank you for this, author!anon.
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anonymous
April 30 2011, 20:36:03 UTC
Wow, what a wonderful piece of writing. I loved it so much, I almost wrote an essay about it -- but to save you the bombastic nature of my writing, I think I'll simply address what especially touched me in a more casual manner.
I am a personal victim of not physical, but emotional abuse from two relationships and I can vouch that this story expresses a victim's psychological state entirely. I urge those who see Arthur as the "twisted" one to reconsider --
A story of individual defeat and unintentional manipulation, Monsters is a study of the psychological condition of a victim. It not only describes a victim of emotional and physical abuse from a loved one but a victim in all relationships; the haunting psychosomatic devolution of the protagonist mirrors the spiralling relationship between himself and his lover. Monsters explores the tragedy of interpersonal decay and the utter destruction of human capability and trust. There is no victim in the story; there are two men, prey to the mental instability that makes them mortal.
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anonymous
April 30 2011, 20:36:51 UTC
Alfred F. Jones is the composite of overwhelming responsibility and a technological reinvention of war. As the anthropomorphic representation of the United States of America, Jones’ experience through the 20th and 21st Centuries can be defined through one word: paranoia. No better place can the reader examine American paranoia and conformism developing than through the early years of the Cold War. With post-war peace-seeking on the rise, a second Red Scare, and McCarthy interrogating questionably innocent dissenters, America developed a culture of the Salem Witch Trials towards communism. The ideological struggle took a dark turn quickly; what started as a protection for democracy festered into the direct promotion of dictatorships in the Middle East and Caribbean. One example is the dictator of the Dominican Republic, Trujillo, who massacred 300,000 dissenters during his rule. Anticommunist regimes in America prosecuted homosexuals, feminists, and other nonconformists of the 1950s. The Rosenburgs, a wealthy Jewish couple, were
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Re: monsters [17/17]
anonymous
April 30 2011, 20:37:19 UTC
Conversely, Arthur Kirkland is as much historical fact as his companion is, and equally as human. He has lived to see himself grow from a semi-insignificant damp island off the coast of Continental Europe, to a glorified Empire, vast and sprawling, to fall again, nearly pointless in modern life. He has seen war and war and war again; it is not surprising that the author of Monsters decides to make his secret so potent to his character. From inter-kingdom battles of Anglo-Saxon England to the Hundred Years’ War to the Crimean War and the Great War, even to the War in Afghanistan, Kirkland is a warrior. The definition of the term transforms over time, but it is still the same; there is an essence to Kirkland’s being that is ultimately chivalrous and violent, like the knights of his legends. It is understandable then, that Kirkland is so guarded. Jones betrayed him in the past, fought him afterwards, and has never been particularly keen on helping him. British propaganda roped the American population into sympathy during both World Wars
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anonymous
April 30 2011, 20:38:05 UTC
Ultimately, Kirkland and Jones are both victims and both antagonists. They contribute equally to their own destruction and the destruction of their partner. Jones’ recovery displays the world’s attitude toward the abusive relationship; while he is labelled ‘disturbed,’ Kirkland is left unattended to further develop his Stockholm Syndrome and love into a subtle hysteria. Neither approach is sound. The traditional role of victim and oppressor is not applicable to modern psychiatric patients, and it is especially invalid in the case of these unique individuals. They are human in soul and heart yet experience something so different from our lives, it is impossible for us to truly comprehend it. We can only take pieces of their tragic suffering and wonder what it is to understand the ultimate failure of humanity and its eternal suffering. I leave you with the final section of T. S. Eliot’s The Hollow Men, a metaphysical poem that’s nature is to be misunderstood
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anonymous
September 6 2011, 19:56:34 UTC
The anon who wrote about Arthur being 'twisted' above, dropping by after months.
You expressed it a lot better than I did. I don't believe Arthur is fundamentally 'twisted'. Like you've written, he's old, seen too much, made too many enemies, tired...all you've written.
I've enjoyed reading your essay :)
Wishing we can read more gems like this in the fandom!
Because of the terrorist threat, the US starts stationing more and more troops in the UK, as a security measure. He also starts trying to isolate him from the rest of the EU...the UK starts to suspect that he's being secretly annexed, but the US seems so innocent. Also, the US starts beating the UK up 'accidentally' and rapes him, afterwards convincing him it was his fault for sending 'mixed signals'. How it ends, up to you.
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“Arthur!”
He woke up from his dream slowly, looking down at the small face in front of him. Alfred smiled at him innocent, dressed in his nightgown, sitting upon his lap. Slowly, Arthur sat up, stretching his arms and wiggling his fingers, as if anxious to get away from his dreams. His leaned over to secure Alfred better into his lap underneath the tree, staring into the fields of gold.
“What is it?” he asked kindly.
“I have a secret,” Alfred said. “I want to tell you.”
“All right.”
“But you have to wean down and wisten.” And Alfred’s face was serious. Despite himself, Arthur laughed, and leaned down. Small hands gripped at his coat as light, feathery breath fluttered on his ears. He kept his arms firmly fixed around the small of the boy’s back.
“I love you,” Alfred whispered.
Arthur laughed, wrapping his arms around the small body until he could whisper into Alfred’s ear, “I love you, too.”
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I don't even know whether Alfred loves Arthur
But...god, I cannot even write coherent comment here....
Just great...so great
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I also had tears in my eyes, of how love can be such a boundless and 'careless' thing.
Wonderful fill anon. ; u ; <3
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recaptcha: layovers leader
Errr I dun think that was what Alfred is aiming for. Or not.
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First off I have to annoy you with some fangirling: Your fic is AWESOME!! Do you know me? Can you read my mind? You wrote everything what I love and how I love it. I love angst, I love superstrength!possessive!America and I've never found a fic which could combine my other two secret kinks: victim!England and insane!England and you just DID it
I'll love you forever [insert "never ending string of fangirl squealing" here]
I fell in love with your writing. Every sentence and every word seemed to have meaning and had a heavy impact on me. I love your use of repetition. I cannot even say what exactly about your writing style made the atmosphere of your fic perfect but it did and that means you are an awesome writer!
Reading your fic chilled me to the bone. (and I love it~)
Thanks for writing this! Keep it up!
I demand a sequel
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i seriously do not know what to say. This fic is amazing. It's everything that I wanted and more. Just... goddamn.
Thank you for this, author!anon.
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I am a personal victim of not physical, but emotional abuse from two relationships and I can vouch that this story expresses a victim's psychological state entirely. I urge those who see Arthur as the "twisted" one to reconsider --
A story of individual defeat and unintentional manipulation, Monsters is a study of the psychological condition of a victim. It not only describes a victim of emotional and physical abuse from a loved one but a victim in all relationships; the haunting psychosomatic devolution of the protagonist mirrors the spiralling relationship between himself and his lover. Monsters explores the tragedy of interpersonal decay and the utter destruction of human capability and trust. There is no victim in the story; there are two men, prey to the mental instability that makes them mortal.
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You expressed it a lot better than I did. I don't believe Arthur is fundamentally 'twisted'. Like you've written, he's old, seen too much, made too many enemies, tired...all you've written.
I've enjoyed reading your essay :)
Wishing we can read more gems like this in the fandom!
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