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59 - The Other Half

Jun 26, 2010 03:04

Title: "The Other Half"
Characters: France and England. FrUK, if you squint.
Rating: PG
Summary: 1966 - France withdraws from NATO; England is thrilled. He is decidedly less thrilled when France decides to pay him a visit before he goes, and the conversation turns to America.

TCE is co-written by wizzard890 and pyrrhiccomedy.

( The only forewarning England had was the rattle of the doorknob-- )

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hellzabeth June 26 2010, 10:43:21 UTC

Oh god, England. And the fact I can feel the political ramifications to this day of this alliance-pact-thing is... wow guys.

France, you are one cool big brother, but would it hurt to smack him out of this stupid decision? No, I suppose it's too late already....

Excellent job guys, I still love it.

pyrrhiccomedy June 26 2010, 10:46:39 UTC

France, you are one cool big brother, but would it hurt to smack him out of this stupid decision?

Well, this is probably about as close to an emotional punch in the gut as it gets. England's got some food for thought, at least.

Thank you so much for reading. =D

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pyrrhiccomedy June 26 2010, 10:54:00 UTC

Gosh, thank you so much! (And I love that icon of France! ♥) These are all some of our favorite pairings, and it's been a sheer delight to get to write them weaving in and out of each other like this. =D

hearthem June 26 2010, 11:41:37 UTC

Sorry about the lame comment last chapter...
Despite all the delicious tension, my favorite line was ' "Yes." It came out like dust. England's throat ached. "Yes. Exceedingly." '. Speech as dust is such a great image... it's abstract but also quite literal. Um... yeah, that's it... sorry about the lame comment again.

wizzard890 June 26 2010, 11:46:57 UTC

Dude, we don't give out grades on comments. We're just happy you enjoyed the chapter enough to want to say something about it! It's all good! We don't bite. =D

hearthem June 26 2010, 11:52:49 UTC

Waaah sorry! Then, I'll definitely always say something! And this is kinda random but I had to write an essay about the Cold War for one of my global tests and got an A.... like, entirely thanks to your work. Points off for rambling... I guess I had a lot to say! XD

wizzard890 June 26 2010, 12:02:07 UTC

It always cracks me up to hear that TCE has made it easier for people to recall random Cold War facts. XD Just like, "hey, we are Educational." God knows I've learned a lot working on it.

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alatherna June 26 2010, 12:13:14 UTC

Amazing chapter is amazing. I think you write one of the best France/England dynamics out there. They are so... proud, and stubborn and "oh we are so above some petty arguments, we are adults" and then they want to throw paperweights at each other and you can't decide if they're extremely mature or extremely childish. It's like they are a slightly better or completely worse case of Russia/America. Something like that :D

Either way, not coherent comment is not coherent, but just wanted to let you know that I love this chapter and that I hope your recent (is it recent? :D) fondness of FrUK will result in more gems like this one ♥

... I probably should squee more for R/A here, it's still R/A fanfiction and all but... FrUK ♥

pyrrhiccomedy June 26 2010, 12:35:33 UTC

France and England are pretty much made of petty arguments. Petty arguments and subtext. Petty arguments, subtext, and a strange kind of unshakable devotion to one another that melts me into my shoes. ♥

I hope your recent (is it recent? :D) fondness of FrUK will result in more gems like this one ♥

It's not recent for me, but I've only recently converted Emily. XD But we're TOTALLY BINGING ON IT NOW which is probably a positive sign for the future.

... I probably should squee more for R/A here, it's still R/A fanfiction and all but... FrUK ♥

Man whatever, it's an FrUK chapter IN an R/A fanfic. We mix it up sometimes. ♥

slash4femme June 26 2010, 13:13:26 UTC

I really liked this. I'm a huge FrUK fan and I was just thinking last chapter that a little FrUK could only make this story better. Besides all the England/American, France/Russia was smacking of more then one breakup to me.

I loved this. I love how you write France, both serious and teasing in the same breath and England lets himself be bothered but never really hurt.

Great work as always. I can't wait to read more.

pyrrhiccomedy June 26 2010, 13:25:35 UTC

I love how you write France, both serious and teasing in the same breath and England lets himself be bothered but never really hurt.

Gosh, thank you so much. We love playing with both of them, and we were so excited to get the chance to play with them in TCE. =D