Fic: Five Times Rahm Emanuel Didn't Resign (And One Time He Did)

[alicebluegown16]

Title: Five Times Rahm Emanuel Didn't Resign (And One Time He Did)
Author: alicebluegown16
Rating: PG-13
Character/Pairing: Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama, Rahm/Barack if you squint
Summary: The average tenure of the White House Chief of Staff is two years.
AN: Dear God, if you only knew how long I've been working on this fic. The boys just would not

Comments

[greencat3]

Everyone beat me to the praise I was going to add. So. Just...

YOU WIN.

*gives cupcaaaaakes*

[asimaiyat]

I know right... I wish "this is my new canon" applied to reality. I mean not with the death part because that would be terrible. But the Dean part, yes.

[mcollinknight]

AGH AGH AGH, THIS IS AMAZING. YOU = BRILLIANT. Honestly, I love the writing because you're hilarious (snack cake! singing!) but you can also deliver a hard right punch to the ventricle in a non-cheesy way, and THAT, my friend, is hard to accomplish.

I love this, because they're both so amazing, Barack with his hardass and of COURSE he can convince Rahm to do anything, and Rahm such a twerp and OF COURSE he would try to resign. I loved the little underlying thread of 'oh this is great BUT...' and 'I really wanna be speaker...' and 'I should probably get going...' and 'wow I'm still here.' (Only you, of course, have loads more eloquence than that.)

Lovely little turns of phrase, also, I love the way you use words (‘eventually’ is five eternities in the twenty-four hour news cycle et cetty rah). Really, just gorgeous writing and I LOVE THEM BOTH SO MUCH AND THE ENDING (THE *ENDING*!) AND YOU, MY FRIEND, ARE BRILLIANT. *SMACKS KISSES*

[nenya_kanadka]

I really, really love the Barack in this. It's so rare to read a Barack with just the right level of hardass-ness (not too much, not too little). ♥

[velvetcure]

i love this. the conflict, the banter, the spot on characterizations. everyone is so gushing over this that i feel like i haven't got anything else to add that hasn't been said. this is fantastic writing. i've always been fond of that spilt between sweet and sarcastic because it can be challenging but when it's done right, like you have, it's just really fucking great.

also: the ending killed me.
The average tenure of the White House Chief of Staff is two years.
He lasted three times that.
amazing!

[nenya_kanadka]

Oh, oh. Barack/Rahm if you squint? Baby, this is epic all the way.

So many good lines that made me literally laugh out loud, and I loved the way the conversation flips around between the various parts (the repetition, and how they use each other's words to hurt and heal each other), and especially how you have them both fighting each other and fighting the world for each other. It feels true.

“Mr. President, respectfully I have to tell you to go fuck yourself.”

“Respectfully?”

“With the utmost respect, sir.”

^^ My favourite line ^^ :D

[alicebluegown16]

Okay, yes. It’s probably more than just implied Obama/Emanuel.
But what is being implied I ask you?

I went better safe than sorry because I’m a wuss who can’t write RPS porn, hence the ambiguity-and I did such a good job at ambiguous that even I don’t know exactly how our boys feel about each other.
Established relationship? And if so, how long?
Unrequited love? Requited Love? And if so, romantic or platonic?

In short, epic bromance is epic.

Thrilled you enjoyed the use of repetition and quoting back of each other’s words. I thought it was really essential to show the (for better or worse) sometimes maddening symbiotic nature of their relationship, so I’m relieved it worked.

And the GFY exchange was one of my faves. Because I am twelve.

[axmxz]

I love epic bromances. And Rahm/Barack is pretty damn epic. :)