Menagerie -- Part 2

[angiepen]

Title: Menagerie -- Part 2
Author: AngiePen
Fandom: LOTRiPS
Pairing: Umm.... :/ Not really applicable? See the request below. Most of the male Ringers are at least mentioned, though, and Craig, Viggo, Orlando, Bean, Harry and Karl have major parts. And some of them even have sex with each other, but I don't consider having forced sex under

Comments

[punk_pony]

Holy Cripes...

Wow, hun, what a decidedly different and intense story. It took balls ot write that, and I'm very impressed. There was this dawning moment of jsut.. horror.. when I realized Massing was doing it because his wife was a slashfan. Terrible, and amazing. And very well written in both plot aspect and tonal quality.

It was great moving back and forth between the Harry/Karl 'Chase' and the victim's imprisonment. There's a certain irony in the fact that the only two who were actually together where the ones not caught. Of course, they're a pairing not often written about, so I suppose that makes sense.

Still, vivid imagery. I jsut wanted ot cry for Orlando and Craig. My poor lovelies. I feel some things are unresolved. I'm jonesing for a sequel/epilogue something or other. Again, handled with dignity, and you managed ot bypass a squick factor and still wring the reader out with an emotional landslide. Bravo!

[angiepen]

Thanks -- what a great comment. [beam]

There was this dawning moment of jsut.. horror.. when I realized Massing was doing it because his wife was a slashfan. Terrible, and amazing.

I'm glad you liked that part. I'd been working on this for a while and I was pretty much, well, there when suddenly Massing's voice in my head started cussing his wife out and Ping! I knew why he'd done it. Of course, it wasn't just her being a slashfan -- a normal guy would've just dealt with it, argued with her about it, even divorced her over it if it bothered her that much; in order to do what he did he had to have been a whack job long before the Rings movies were made, you know? But it made a good trigger. It hit me pretty strongly and I was hoping it'd hit the readers as well.

There's a certain irony in the fact that the only two who were actually together where the ones not caught.

He didn't take Harry and Karl because there were two of them. He hadn't gotten quite that cocky yet, although if things had been drawn out a bit more I think he

[therosewilde]

Bloody brilliant.

I really don't know what to say beyond that. But it was really well handled, even though it could have just been iffy, and...yeah, wow.

It would be interesting to have a sequal focusing on Craig's recovery, because he would be the most affected - could be interesting to see how someone thinks when they know that the reason they weren't rescued is because no-one realised they were gone. But of course, i'm just greedy.

[angiepen]

Thanks, hon! [hugz]

could be interesting to see how someone thinks when they know that the reason they weren't rescued is because no-one realised they were gone

Humm, I hadn't thought of that. [ponder] That's a very good point, though. I'll tuck it into the back of my mind and see if anything bubbles up. Thank you. :)

Angie

[rae_isha]

Found this through your rec at lotrips_finders, thanks for mentioning your own story.

It was not easy to read, powerful imagery and disturbingly real details but so well written that I couldn't stop, even when it hurt.

I'll leave you more coherent feedback but I really need to let your words sink in. This was one of the better dark tails I've ever written and I love that the end is happy but not perfect, I love that you leave your characters with hope and love and friendship but not magically whole. Hope I'm making sense :)

[angiepen]

I love that the end is happy but not perfect, I love that you leave your characters with hope and love and friendship but not magically whole. Hope I'm making sense :)

Yes, that makes perfect sense and I'm glad you liked that. It's going to take a very long time for the boys to get "all better" and having them bounce right back as soon as they were rescued just wouldn't have worked, I agree.

Definitely looking forward to your thoughts once you've processed this a bit more; thanks for reading and commenting. :)

Angie

[january_snow]

That was a hard story, I almost stopped reading at various points but I kept reminding myself that it was fiction. Very scary and depressing, tho', to think that things like this do happen in this world.

Not sure what to say, as 'I enjoyed it' doesn't really describe it correctly.
Compellingly written? Sounds horrible and patronising. It really moved me, in a disturbing kind of way.

May not sound like it, but it's meant as positive feedback.

[angiepen]

Actually, I'll take "compellingly written" as a pretty darned good compliment. I don't interpret that as either horrible or patronising (unless you want to say you meant it that way ;) ) and it describes pretty well what I was after when I wrote this. You're right that it's not the sort of story one "enjoys" in the same way one might enjoy a light humor piece or a dramatic romance.

Thank you -- that was a good comment and I do appreciate it. :)

Angie

[mre_quecky]

wow, that was quite something. Loved it^^

when you described Doreen the first time by what people said about her, I thought, hm, yeah, reading through midnight? could be yourself.
but I guess it just is bad if you do it 24 / 7 ;P

hm, well, my first LoftR fic indeed and I do not really know all of the actors mentioned, but still awesome fic even without knowing.

[angiepen]

Thanks so much! I love getting comments on older stories, so this is really great. :D Especially if you're not familiar with the fandom, that's a great compliment. [beam]

Angie