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Watchmen Kink Meme 2: Electric Boogaloo. Or not.

Jun 23, 2009 18:19

Alright, alright, I'm back now. Here ya go kids. (You're just lucky the other one didn't run out in the middle of my vacation grumble grumble)

Rules of the meme:

1. Anonymously post a pairing and prompt you would like to see written. Since this is a kink meme, there is supposted to be a kink involved, but normal well-written prompts should work ( Read more... )

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Kind of a standard fill. 1/? anonymous June 26 2009, 04:07:23 UTC

All right, I know there have been at least two fills for the original 'swords 'n' sorcery AU pls' prompt, but I have this idea, and it won't go away, and you are going to sit through it. No intention of stepping on DnD-anon's toes, but this is going to be completely different anyway, so don't worry.Daniel isn't really sure how long he's been riding, and he has never been more glad that he stuck to his 'devil-mount' against all opposition. Just because Archie is made of magic and metal instead of spirit and flesh doesn't mean he's not alive. His steel legs flash as he gallops up and down hills that would cripple a natural horse, his metal warmed like flesh by the effort, the green spellfire that animates him crackling in his eyes and in the clear panels along his sides. They're both obeying Hollis's last order, since Hollis is the one who taught him everything he knows about survival, whether in the wilds or at court ( ... )

Re: Kind of a standard fill. 1/? anonymous June 26 2009, 13:06:41 UTC

Fun! I always love how they meet in AUs, and the thought of horse!Archie is both adorable and intimidating.

Re: Kind of a standard fill. 1/? anonymous June 26 2009, 13:51:25 UTC

All of the sword'n'sorcery AUs have been great, but I'm really enthused about this one-- you've painted a compelling picture of an interesting setting, and I look forward to reading more!

Re: Kind of a standard fill. 1/? anonymous June 26 2009, 17:00:42 UTC

As the author of both the D'n'D fic and the Medieval Fantasy one (and they were seperate prompts) I have no objection at all to some one else writing one.

I's more a case of 'Yay, I get to read it', and this one is good and looks like it will only get better.

2/? anonymous June 27 2009, 10:26:49 UTC

Before he can call up to it (if that's even a good idea) it vanishes, leaving him stranded in what is, for all its rustic, handmade qualities, an oubliette. With spikes, no less. The creature returns before Daniel really has time to panic, and nearly concusses him with a heavy, rusted hook, attached to a kind of hammock of woven vines ( ... )

Re: 2/? anonymous June 27 2009, 10:48:57 UTC

Oh, this is just getting better and better. I love the world you're setting up here-- it feels so natural. (And I totally want to play a game set in this universe.)

(Capcha: "old planked")

Re: 2/? anonymous June 27 2009, 11:14:52 UTC

High praise indeed. I hate doing the generic thing, but I hate gibberish worse, so I hope the names are all right. Of things and places, I mean.

Re: 2/? anonymous June 27 2009, 11:31:48 UTC

Oh, it's great. I'm with you on the gibberish angle; there's no point in exoticism purely for exoticism's sake, since it screams "self-importance" if done badly (as it so often is in fantasy). The generic names get the idea across, and naturally ease the reader into a better understanding of the world.

Re: 2/? anonymous June 27 2009, 11:50:51 UTC

When I'm taking my time, I like to look up obscure mythological figures and symbolism from cultures no one has ever heard of, so the names wind up actually meaning something.

Re: 2/? anonymous June 27 2009, 12:12:02 UTC

That's really cool, and makes it a fun exercise for the reader!

Re: 2/? anonymous June 27 2009, 14:17:37 UTC

eee This is so cool!

3/? anonymous June 28 2009, 01:49:52 UTC

So Daniel stays. The routine followed in the little treehouse is a fairly pleasant one, and very simple: 1. wake up, bright-eyed and suspicious, 2. flip your mask down over your face like a door snapping shut, 3. start looking for something to eat, 4. go out and manage your patch of the Wood. With a lodger, step 3 tends to be more successful. Daniel usually wakes up to Ghost Rat digging through his bags, which would worry him if his enigmatic host ever took more than his ruthlessly fair share. Since it doesn't, he usually gets up and makes real food so that Ghost Rat won't just gnaw on whatever he can find, like a real rat ( ... )

Re: 3/? tuff_ghost June 28 2009, 02:17:28 UTC

I am really getting into this fic, and I was thinking that before Laurie even showed up. I am reading it over again and really getting all of the detail this time, and I love it. It's a lot of fun already, and it seems like there are even cooler things on the horizon, which is exactly the way a good fantasy story should begin.

I recently tried and failed to read a fantasy series that was too much like world-building for a game rather than a story in itself, and this doesn't feel that way at all.

Re: 3/? anonymous June 28 2009, 02:29:44 UTC

THERE IS SO MUCH BLAND FUCKING FANTASY IN THE WORLD JESUS WHY?!

Okay, I'm done. But seriously. No other genre produces so much fucking pablum slop that's not even memorably bad. The same four white guys and a white girl quest for the the same three shiny objects in the same bad England analogue over and over and over. It makes me throw up a little in my mouth.

4/? anonymous June 28 2009, 12:31:15 UTC

Ghost Rat just snorts. "Menstruating?" He growls ( ... )

Re: 4/? anonymous June 28 2009, 16:13:39 UTC

Dude, I did not think I'd be into this fic, but this last chapter has me hooked good! :DDDDDDDDDD

(AND I POSTED THIS COMMENT IN THE WRONG PLACE AND NOW EVERYONE CAN SEE MY SHAME)

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