Fic: Praying Mantis (Zombie Female Insects)

[soupypictures]

Title: Praying Mantis (Zombie Female Insects)
Author: soupypictures
Pairing: Barry Zito/Tim Lincecum
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: The names of real people, institutions and organizations are meant to give the fiction a sense of reality and is in no way indicative of anything even resembling real life.
Summary: Zito has bad taste in television. Tim loves him anyway

Comments

[guitargirl39]

I have been waiting my whole life to say this phrase: you had me at "gay praying mantis." XDDD so awesome.

Most of them include wandering hands.

Okay, the fact that that's only MOST of the reasons made me try to envision what the REST would be, and I got this image of like, Zito stealing the rest of his clothes and making him go out on the street like that. Or something. Which is probably not what you intended but it's pretty entertaining.

Also:

“Hah! You did not deny that you harbor a crush!” Zito giggles and this is how Tim knows he intended the pun.

LAME PUNS FOR THE ETERNAL WIN :D I love it so much. I love that they're all experts on reality TV, I love it all.

[soupypictures]

Does it say something about me that while I was watching that episode the FIRST thing that came into my mind was, "What would the conversation be like between Zito and Tim if they were watching this together?" Hahaha.

Psyched that you enjoyed this. Despite how long it took me to get my shit together with it, I enjoyed writing it.

[unreckless]

Yeah, so I kind of laughed until I cried reading this. Loudly. Probably disturbing my roommates. Oh, well.

It doesn't feel that uneven, to be honest. It's fun, and there is certainly a flow. I really loved it a lot, but then again, the way to my heart is almost always a really lame pun.

[soupypictures]

Yeah, so I kind of laughed until I cried reading this.

Excellent! This is a welcome reaction.

I got pretty lost a couple times, once changing the venue to a hotel room in order to induce shenanigans, and ended up going back to the insects. The last few sentences I was writing were really killing me, SO I KILLED THEM. I think that helped the flow.

Thanks for reading!

[horizon_greene]

I was a little paranoid when you kept talking about how you were reworking this, because I thought it was pretty awesome just the way it was. But now I see what you did there, and I love it.

“Hah! You did not deny that you harbor a crush!”

Thank god you left this in - it's my favorite part of the entire fic. Second only to the Jake Harris shout-out, because you know how I feel about that :)

This was adorable and amazing <3

[soupypictures]

Yayyyyy!

I am glad to have this one off my back. I excised a portion of the reworked thing; it might turn into something else, I dunno.

I think this weekend calls for an epic marathon of Deadliest Catch. Yessss.

<3

[owllover711]

This is hilarious. Awesome bantering dialogue. And you have me sold on Zito/Lincecum. And as a Discovery Channel enthusiast, the references to all those shows are also awesome. (Nothing about Mythbusters, though?) And I love how Tim mocks Barry's inexplicable love for all that ridiculous stuff on TLC. (I used to love that channel. *sigh*)

[soupypictures]

And you have me sold on Zito/Lincecum.

YES! I live for this.

(I don't watch Mythbusters? *winces*)

I will catch myself in the middle of a ridiculous marathon on TLC and ask myself, "How the hell did this happen?"

Glad you enjoyed. :)

[owllover711]

ALL THE DISCOVERY YOU WATCH AND YOU CAN'T MAKE THE TIME FOR MYTHBUSTERS??!?!? I REPUDIATE YOU, MADAM. *makes warding-off gestures*

Seriously though, give it a shot. It is an awesome show. ;-)

I eagerly await your next Zito/Lincecum fic!

[soupypictures]

I have watched it before, I just don't watch it obsessively like I do other shows. Namely, Deadliest Catch. Also, it makes me nervous when things blow up.

:)

[cutfastball]

this was so hysterical and awesome. i love zito & tim.

[soupypictures]

ahaha, glad you liked it! thanks for reading. we need more zito/tim in this world ....