These Boots Are Made For Walking

[indyhat]

Title: These Boots Are Made For Walking
Fandom: Generation Kill
Rating: PG-13, for language
Word count: 1,480
Summary: "If we're gonna step off, I wanna do it dressed like a real man!" Some notes in the margins before Bravo Company leaves Camp Mathilda.
Disclaimer: All characters based solely on the HBO series Generation KillA/N: Just finished

Comments

[cleokoneko]

lol, :D :D :D <--- that's me right now. It is totally awesome :D

Also, did I hear a mention of a colossal Brad/Nate thing ...? *hopeful*

[indyhat]

Thank you!

And yes, I'm sitting on this ... potential minor Brad/Nate epic. It's 1,500 words so far, which is basically the sketch version, and it's kind of looking like one of those things that gets out of hand and ends up being 5-10K! *laughs* I'll try to nail it down in the next week or so.

Thanks for reading!

[amethyst_snape]

This? THIS IS AMAZING. Truly captures why I love GK so much :D And you managed to make water come out of my nose. Well done. I want to take this fic with me and draw sparkly hearts around it. :DDDD I'm gonna stand in a corner and be speechless now.

[indyhat]

Thank you very much! Bonus points for the water ;oD Bless you for your lovely comments, and thanks for reading and commenting!

[meeks00]

Well I am VERY glad you watched the show and decided to write fic! This was really great -- full of spot-on dialogue with believable voices and a nice, compelling pace.

Tombley catches it; whoops. "It's got an Ess-Pee-Eff!"
"Special Penetration Forces!"
Hilarious! The banter and humor was just awesome. You write with a very realistic, detailed style, and I love how you're able to mimic the dialogue from the show in your own original way. (I may be contradicting myself here, but that's the only way I can explain what it seems like to me!)

I thought your Brad was great and really came across well as an observer of sorts, just listening, watching, taking it in and thinking thoughts on his own outside of and in addition to what is being discussed around him. I also thought his analysis of Trombley was neat.

And I'm glad you picked a pre-departure scene to write about! This could very well have been how it went, and I love how you wove it in so seamlessly to the cannon. Nice!

[indyhat]

OMG, what lovely feedback! Thank you so much :D

One of the things I love best about GK is the fact that it's pretty much all just dialogue, so I just sat back and let the characters do their thing ... I'm so pleased if it worked. I'm especially pleased that you liked Brad, because he's hard to write for!

Thanks so much for reading and commenting :)

[c_quinn]

I'll admit it: I have never seen this mini-series and many of the subtleties were undoubtedly lost on me; however, I can certainly appreciate the vivid characterization and strong pacing. The story was immensely entertaining.

[indyhat]

Bless you! I wasn't sure you'd read :) Really pleased if you think it works despite not knowing the show. You'd love Ray; he's absolutely filthy and this weird, compelling mix of adult and adolescent; pussy-jokes and astute social commentary.

Mwah!

[c_quinn]

I'll read anything you write, darlin'. ;)

[indyhat]

Bless your boots for saying so, and you know it's the same with the shoe on the other foot.

(Hey, how's that for footwear metaphorage?)

[their_darkness]

lol, awesome, sounds so like them :DD

"Marines don't wear sunscreen, " Ray tells Rolling Stone, not unkindly. "You might figure that's because we're all too macho to care about getting sunburned, but mostly it's because if we started using product - you know, smelling nice instead of just like ass all the time - First Recon would collapse into the gayest motherfucking orgy," You have captured The Ray Voice perfectly XD

And YAY for another Brad/Nate fan! This means that you're Awesome, no questions asked.

[indyhat]

Thanks! I'm stoked if I managed to nail Ray's voice; he was a lot of fun to write.

And yeah, I'll take that Awesome badge! Brad/Nate FTW <3

Thanks for reading and commenting!