It’s not gay if it’s on the Mississippi (10/12)

[rinkafushi]

Last time on ~It’s not gay if it’s on the Mississipppi~: Silver reaches the circus, only to be instantly abducted again by Nicky. They bang in the coach rather than finally answer some pressing questions, and then Nicky is suddenly knocked out by Bassinger. Thrilling things, all of them.

If you want to read the whole debacle from the get-go, start

Comments

[alenky_cveto4ek]

same sorts of vicious little tricks made notorious by our good tsar Ivan - so what year is this, again? We haven't had any Ivans that were of age and lasted more than a year since Ivan the Terrible, and that was very much 16th century :') :') :')

The derogatory language is really getting tiresome /sigh I mean, I assume it's deliberate, so we can see how godawful the villains are, but so far this sort of language is basically the only distinctive quality every villain in this book possesses, which doesn't contribute to variety and general entertainment >: Also the whole "not uttering a sound while being whipped" thing is so unrealistic and overrated I'm struggling to come up with a simile scalding enough to highlight its stupidity.

[rinkafushi]

They are very much talking about Ivan the Terrible as theeeeee evu cruell Russian. A hot new reference in 1874 /airhorn sounds
(Look, just be glad they're not referencing Vlad Tepes instead bc honestly isn't that all the same sauce anyway /vague handmotion)

I agree completely. I'm kind of numb to the whole evul-rapey-misogynistic/homophobic-villain cliche after having encountered it in way too many works at this point, but honestly, the only differences between Monteith, Bassinger and Nicky is their accent :')

[ikel89]

I do support your sides-of-the-same coin theory! They can purr silkily and slink oilily at each other (and heterosexually too) and exchange pleasantries and rape threats to illustrate that they are not that different after all (hashtag kindred spirits!) Valya suddenly being CIRCUS! :D at some torture and arson was a burst of excitement from him I hadn't expected XD

[rinkafushi]

They'd deserve each other for sure.

In the end, Valentin is only here for Valentin. And the occasional excitement of burning down cults and stabbing people. And the alcohol. Aaaaaall the alcohol.