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

[lotus0kid]

Well! If nothing else, that was definitely a cool dialogue with some very amusing, obscene Marines (plus embarrassed reporter). Good choice with the vids- a nice, entertaining introduction to the characters and now I've finally seen a bit of the show. Comment voyeurism has made me quite curious about this Nate person Brad apparently has slashy chemistry with. Please continue!

[indyhat]

Amusing and obscene is a big draw, for sure ;) (There's also a lot of nasty; here I've focused on the funny, but it's a much broader show than that).

Click here for Nate. In the show I kept thinking he was a bit short, but Stark Sands is 6'2" - it's just that Stellan Skarsgård is 6'4" and built like the proverbial Norse god, so everyone else looks short and weedy by comparison ;) And yes, slashy chemistry, all very understated.

Thanks for reading! :D

[lotus0kid]

Heh, I appreciate you holding back. That kind of stuff's funny... until it's not.

"Ray, the batallion commander offered no sit rep as to J. Lo's status." LOL. You know, Nate pings my gay-dar just a little bit. Which can only help matters, I suppose. ;)

[indyhat]

Honey, Nate pings everybody's gaydar ;)

And yeah ... not looking forward to the bits I have to write that get nasty. Ack.

[jones6]

This is really cool - love Ray and the boots! Poor Reporter, though :P But he should know better than to let the Marines get their hands on anything even vaguely resembling lube :D

Can't wait to read this Brad/Nate epic I keep hearing about!

[indyhat]

Yeah, Rolling Stone gets given the runaround by these guys ... I wonder if he wises up by the end ;)

Well, I'll try to produce something suitably wait-worthy! Thanks for reading :D

[puckling]

"Did you notice how nice my crotch smells today? Kinda floral. Also, I now have the distinction of being the only Marine in Iraq whose equipment isn't gonna drop off from sunburn."

HAHAHAHHHAHHAH! WIN.

[indyhat]

*g* Thanks!

[alethialia]

::snickers madly:: Love this! A perfect little moment that slots right into canon. Ray gets himself some cowboy boots - HA!

Brad carries on cleaning the rifle. He won't say anything about the boots - there's nothing to say, anyway; Ray will be Ray. But also, Brad knows that his total failure to even acknowledge Ray and his damn boots will bug the living shit out of his RTO. Brad likes infuriating Ray; there's a kind of dicey predictability about it, like throwing firecrackers into a smouldering barbecue.

THIS! Yes, this is Brad. And Ray-Ray. SUCH a great description. Especially of Ray because, jeez, that's so him.

"Reporter, do you have a fucking skincare regime?"

AHAHAHA! Awesome. You really captured Brad throughout. Nice.

Did you notice how nice my crotch smells today? Kinda floral.

And the payoff, done in Ray's inimitable, hilarious style. I have much love.

This was great fun! Thanks so much for sharing with us!

[indyhat]

Thank you for lovely feedback and comments! Really pleased if I got their voices right; Ray in particular is just so much fun to write ... :D

Thanks!

[lunasky]

This was way too much fun! I have such a big smile on my face. Because of course real Marines wouldn't use sunscreen...well not for it's intended purpose. :D

And Ray with his cowboy boots? Priceless.

[indyhat]

Hee! Well, of course there's nothing in SOP for that, but ... ;)

Thanks so much for reading and commenting!