Bête Noire - Chapter Four

[three_penny]

Title: Bête Noire (4/?)
Summary: The lives of two geniuses, overlapping and falling apart.
Rating/Warnings: There's no Billy in this one, it's all just Topher.
Fandom: Dollhouse/Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog
Characters: Topher Brink and Billy
Spoilers: The concept of Dollhouse? No specific episodes, just the concept.
Author's Note: This chapter, as

Comments

[three_penny]

Thanks! I'm glad you like it. I figure Topher wouldn't want to pick sides because he's always portrayed as amoral. He doesn't care about morality or sides or labels, he just wants in on the experiment, like at the beginning.

And seriously, this icon is EPIC. Like, it's absolutely perfect for the story, and absolutely perfect, really just in general. You're a seriously skilled icon maker, thank you so much for making it!

[idioticonion]

I really like this part. I think that you've captured some interesting nuances, especially that the ELE have dubious designs towards Topher! I also love that Topher's actually pleased to be working somewhere so amoral!

Nice characterisation of DeWitt and Whiskey too!

[three_penny]

Thank you so much!

I'm glad I got Whiskey and DeWitt down, especially DeWitt. She's really hard to write, because without Olivia William's delivery, it's hard to give her speech patterns much life. She speaks very formally, which when spoken aloud works, but when written comes off as a bit flat. I'm glad it worked!

Also, I'm glad you picked up on the ELE having dubious designs towards Topher, the fact that he's being monitored becomes significant later...

[gibbous]

I blame you and sazz_k for my sudden Dollhouse freakout. This is totally and completely a good thing. I love the way this is progressing.

[three_penny]

Dollhouse is an extremely good thing to freak out about. Seriously. Glad I could help =D

I'm glad you like the way this is progressing, I was worried I was going a bit too slow...

Also, sazz_k owns. Seriously. Did you see the icon she made me?

[gibbous]

But if you draw it out, see, then there's more for me to read ... ;)

re: icon - I DID I DID. It's fantastic. Their expressions are so ... what's the word? "Them"?

Woo. Descriptive win!

Seriously, though, it's awesome. You guys have kept my flist so happy these past few days.

[safenthecity]

Oh, I love this! I truly do. And let me just tell you how much I LOL'ed at Adelle calling the Evil League of Evil redundant. Or, you know, the very words "Evil League of Evil" coming out of Adelle's mouth in the first place. This crossover is made of so much win. And now I fear for what looks like may become a Billy vs Topher showdown. But I want to see it! What mad science wins the day? Does morally ambiguous frienship conquer all?? I need to know!

[three_penny]

Thank you so much!

The redundant line was put in purely because I just couldn't picture Adelle saying "Evil League of Evil" without cracking up.

"Does morally ambiguous friendship conquer all?" LOL, oh my God, that's so epic! I'm so glad you like it, I'm having a ridiculous amount of fun writing it, I'm glad it's staying engaging. I always worry when I write long pieces that they're just going to get boring after a while. Their friendship is complicated, in ways they don't even know about yet, and I'm having so much fun messing with them, I'm so glad you liked it =D