Criminal USUK
anonymous
November 9 2010, 16:07:47 UTC
Alfred and Arthur were two notorious criminals. Whatever their business was, be it murder or paid-for assassinations or kidnapping by request or drug dealing or hired hitmen of CIA/Italian mafia or plain robbery (remember Bonnie and Clyde?), it's up to author!anon to decide. OP would simply like to see the two of them being good, exceptionally good, in what they did and they knew it. They knew that they were the best partnership the underground world had ever seen and would ever see.
Bonus 1: They were on the run, being chased by Detective!Ludwig and his partner, Feliciano.
Bonus 2: Tied to Bonus 1--Lovino was Alfred and Arthur's employer as an Italian mafia.
Bonus 3: To get away in sticky situations, Alfred had his brawn, good looks, and charms, but Arthur had his sexual expertise, which he often used as a form of very, very effective bribery. (OP gets shot.)
sallow skinned (starry eyed) [1/?]
anonymous
November 21 2010, 11:43:02 UTC
the title came from a beautiful song by the band elbow, called "powder blue". I strongly advise that you give it a listen here (along with their other stuff, all fantastic): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJgXcaU7aA0
sallow skinned (starry eyed)
Arthur is probably crazy. and. anal-retentive.
Everything is organised, set up in two sides: a. mind. b. body. and Arthur does a similar thing with-wherever they're living at the time, each side, one. clean. two. not clean.
For example. Side one is for people. The showcase. They have a love seat with coins between the cushions and a tv and a selection of Bond and Batman and a fridge-freezer with stupid Monday magnets and two beds and a set of kitchen knives.Side two. The kitchen knives switch. Case of ammunition under Alfred's bed, guns under the floorboard also under the bed. Arthur keeps the syringes in a locked medicine cabinet above the sink, where no one thinks to look
( ... )
sallow skinned (starry eyed) [2/?]
anonymous
November 21 2010, 11:44:34 UTC
(And with Alfred, too.)
As far as Alfred's concerned, it's a side-effect of being locked up in the same place with the same person who knows every secret. Arthur knows most of Alfred's-one brother, obsession with aliens, scared of dark corners-but Arthur keeps himself close. Alfred knows he is English-hard to miss-and angry, at the world. Lonely. He knows Arthur has brothers, too, and an affinity for children, and is possibly, possibly a pathological liar. Which could derail everything he knows about Arthur. Thinks he knows.
Alfred does know-for sure-that Arthur rarely kills without reason, but they get less reasonable depending on his mood. Not saying thank you when he holds the door open. Yelling at a kid. Most of the time, Arthur is picky: child molesters and animal killers and rapists. Arthur's dealing out justice, as far as he's concerned, whether it's for the better of humanity or reviving chivalry (or a fat wallet. Alfred can't complain).
Arthur calls that side the commissions, mainly because costly murder / assassination /
( ... )
Re: sallow skinned (starry eyed) [2/?]
anonymous
November 21 2010, 12:00:21 UTC
Oh damn, damn, damn but this is shockingly good! I clicked on this on a whim, but I didn't expect anything so promising; I can't believe you've created such believable and intriguing characters in what could have just been an unrealistic, stereotypical Hollywood-style story with cliched characters. It would have ended up that way in my hands, honestly! But you made it work beautifully, and in the space of two short comments, too. I'm impressed, author!anon. *_*
Re: sallow skinned (starry eyed) [2/?]
anonymous
November 21 2010, 16:59:37 UTC
God, I love stories like these that don't nessessarily focus on the romantics betwwen two characters but rather the mechanics on which they interact together on a daily basis.
Please oontinue anon! Although, I'm quite happy with what I've read till this point |D
Beautiful, anon! Your writing style is something that I have never encountered before. I love it to death. You have set a background that is poetical in its beauty. And don't get me started on the characterisations. I love how Arthur is a motley collection of contradictions, and Alfred, oh my. USUK with knives. I think I've found a new kink of mine.
I'll be waiting enthusiastically for the next installment! Thank you so much for filling this request ><
P.S. How do you know OP loves brackets? *drools at the brackets* Bracketing is one of OP's most favourite literary techniques. Ever.
Re: sallow skinned (starry eyed) [2/?]
anonymous
November 24 2010, 05:57:58 UTC
Bracket!Anon has made me deliriously happy. This is gorgeous. There's no other way to describe it. You managed to create realistic, interesting characters and which such a delightful style. I love stream-of-concious narrative.
This seems to be a fascinating story and I'll follow it faithfully.
On a side note, this anon loves it when a story has England being good with children, I think he has a thing for them (in a non-sexual way before anyone says it) because of his own crappy family history /headcanon
Bonus 1: They were on the run, being chased by Detective!Ludwig and his partner, Feliciano.
Bonus 2: Tied to Bonus 1--Lovino was Alfred and Arthur's employer as an Italian mafia.
Bonus 3: To get away in sticky situations, Alfred had his brawn, good looks, and charms, but Arthur had his sexual expertise, which he often used as a form of very, very effective bribery. (OP gets shot.)
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sallow skinned (starry eyed)
Arthur is probably crazy. and. anal-retentive.
Everything is organised, set up in two sides: a. mind. b. body. and Arthur does a similar thing with-wherever they're living at the time, each side, one. clean. two. not clean.
For example. Side one is for people. The showcase. They have a love seat with coins between the cushions and a tv and a selection of Bond and Batman and a fridge-freezer with stupid Monday magnets and two beds and a set of kitchen knives.Side two. The kitchen knives switch. Case of ammunition under Alfred's bed, guns under the floorboard also under the bed. Arthur keeps the syringes in a locked medicine cabinet above the sink, where no one thinks to look ( ... )
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As far as Alfred's concerned, it's a side-effect of being locked up in the same place with the same person who knows every secret. Arthur knows most of Alfred's-one brother, obsession with aliens, scared of dark corners-but Arthur keeps himself close. Alfred knows he is English-hard to miss-and angry, at the world. Lonely. He knows Arthur has brothers, too, and an affinity for children, and is possibly, possibly a pathological liar. Which could derail everything he knows about Arthur. Thinks he knows.
Alfred does know-for sure-that Arthur rarely kills without reason, but they get less reasonable depending on his mood. Not saying thank you when he holds the door open. Yelling at a kid. Most of the time, Arthur is picky: child molesters and animal killers and rapists. Arthur's dealing out justice, as far as he's concerned, whether it's for the better of humanity or reviving chivalry (or a fat wallet. Alfred can't complain).
Arthur calls that side the commissions, mainly because costly murder / assassination / ( ... )
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But you made it work beautifully, and in the space of two short comments, too. I'm impressed, author!anon. *_*
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I really love love love your writing style.
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Please oontinue anon! Although, I'm quite happy with what I've read till this point |D
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I'll be waiting enthusiastically for the next installment! Thank you so much for filling this request ><
P.S. How do you know OP loves brackets? *drools at the brackets* Bracketing is one of OP's most favourite literary techniques. Ever.
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This seems to be a fascinating story and I'll follow it faithfully.
On a side note, this anon loves it when a story has England being good with children, I think he has a thing for them (in a non-sexual way before anyone says it) because of his own crappy family history /headcanon
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This is really... too amazing ( ゜∀゜) /totally rendered speechless
This is completely beyond awesome anon 8D
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