Thanatophobia

[kovacsisdead]

Fandom: Watchmen
Title: Thanatophobia
Characters/Pairings: Dan/Rorschach
Summary: Rorschach’s not afraid of dying.
Ratings/Warnings: Hurn… PG 13, I guess.
Notes: Filler for Etherati’s Zombie!verse. Last stanza is directly from Now, as Before. Can’t seem to stop playing in that sandbox… ‘Thanatophobia’ means the fear of dying, for those wondering. It

Comments

[etherati]

Oh man, this is so good. This is pretty much exactly how I pictured that scene going down(there was a 2x4 involved in my head but close enough haha) and the subsequent fallout from Rorschach's POV instead of Dan's is really brilliantly explored.

Rorschach won’t die fever-struck and bed-ridden, so he’ll be Walter now

and

Daniel is leaning on him, hand pressed to his chest, forehead on his hand, and Daniel is shaking. He wonders if he’s dead and doesn’t know it.

and the wondering if Dan's sick too, and the nuance of what scares him and what doesn't, it's all so brilliant.

<3 Thanks for letting me know about this! Do you mind if I link to it from my continuity post?

[kovacsisdead]

Hurr. Oddly enough, I was tempted by 2x4s for that scene as well. Just couldn't think of where he would have gotten one from.

Daniel's point of view during Rorschach's fever-black out is explored more in the drabbles I'll be posting tommorow or the next day.

.///. rrrrl, I'm so flattered you like this so much. You can link it, if you want.

[etherati]

Eh, scrapwood in or next to a dumpster, not uncommon. I figure he'd have needed a moment of having cleared a lot of them away all at once to have an opening to get away, but this is Rorschach; he could probably have managed that with or without improvised weaponry.

Drabbles hooray!

(edited for typo)

[kovacsisdead]

Mmgh, I was thinking about that though- in this case, wouldn't it be better to, as they say, travel lightly? Better to kick ass with what you have than work toward a weapon? I don't know, thinking about it more, I more like the idea of him fighting a way out-- trying to get away.

[kovacsisdead]

Hrrr, I can't seem to stay away from them.

Glad you like it so well... that anxiety was exactly what I was aiming for. Even though most people reading this should already be familiar with the source material, should know that Rorschach ends up... surviving... I wanted to put the same kind of urgency in this as you might feel if you didn't know.

The idea of Rorschach becoming afraid of death, of dying, was so fantastic to me for some reason. The idea of him finding a place in life where something matters to him enough to be afraid was... bizarrely sweet in my mind.

Very soon, there will be more drabbles.

[daylilymoon]

Nature doesn’t make horror shows like that, people do.

This is such a great line, and exactly how I would think he... thinks. Also, I liked how you picked out one of the tensest threads in the Zombieverse--the fact that Rorschach could seriously be a mortal threat to Dan now.

[kovacsisdead]

Hrrn, thank you.

*Thanatophobia

[hohaiyee]

He’s afraid because Daniel needs him, and he can’t hurt him.

Perfect last line.