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the cure to growing older
Panic! At The Disco (Brendon/Spencer)
687 words, third person, pg-13. written mostly to distract myself from the ginormous wip that's sitting on my taskbar, staring at me. and because I needed to actually finish something. also because, apparently, this is what happens when I idly think about zombies.

Comments

[sweetrecovery]

Oh, wow, this was really gorgeous and heartbreaking. You wrote this in a really effective way, having the reader fill in the blank spaces.

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Thank you very much! I'm glad that the blank spaces didn't end up being confusing.

[ipetpigs]

Oh my god, this is somewhat funny, if you think about it.
Having sex with something dead, but still can call you, "Big Daddy," is every Necro's dream.
Am I rite or am I rite?

Apart from that, if I wrote half as good as you, I'd publish myself. Why don't you?
Just like writing fanfiction?

and there’s dirt smudged on the carpet, ground into the fabric.

drying curved over the arch of his nose.
LOVEEEE those lines, omg.

[addandsubtract]

Ahahahaha! I definitely know what you mean!

I'm glad that you like it, anyway! I think getting published usually involves writing something with plot, which isn't exactly my forte. (And I definitely do like writing fanfiction.)

[ipetpigs]

Ja, my friends are always like, "Where's the plot?"
Me, "I wasn't informed I was supposed to have one."
Soooo. I know where you're coming from. Besides, making a plot for me is just stupid. It's unnecessary.

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Sometimes it's fun, depending on what is needed for the story, but for the most part, yeah, I'm much more interested in character development than plot.

[denialgreen]

I actually didn't make the dead person connection till 10 minutes after I emailed you back and was like "smooth and soft and a little cold to the touch... sounds dead to me" and then I was like duh! dead spencer.

but it's a subtle touch- if I feel brendon needs a break I can pretend the baseball bat is for his stalker fans instead of an undead epidemic. but it's interesting to see how much of spencer is left, and how being around brendon makes him more himself. but the bite at the end- I'm a little worried about what happens after(the obvious answer is of course the Sixteen Candles video)

and the title worked before I made the zombie connection, but after that? awesomeness. I mean, I still say Brendon's cure to growing older is to live in the past, but that spencer's is to become some undead creature? omg WHAT?! YES. just yes.

[addandsubtract]

Oh, I'm glad that you got it! I didn't want to beat the reader over the head with it, like a giant sign saying "Look! Spencer is the shambling undead!" with arrows pointed at his head. I just wanted to imply it, and if people got it, then awesome! And if they didn't, that's cool too.

This is kind of mean to Brendon, huh? I haven't been really mean to anyone in awhile. Well, not since shining!fic anyway. (Wow, this the second undead/supernatural Spencer!being I've written. I'd totally forgotten that they were in shining!fic.) And as for what happens after the bite at the end, um. I'll leave it to your imagination?

Yay! I am super happy that you like the title, because, zombies, Molly, zombies are the cure to growing older.

[denialgreen]

well, I didn't have the benefit of you telling me you were thinking about zombies when you wrote it, but I could still connect the dots. I was like- pale cool skin... clammy... NO FINGERNAILS! that are NOT BLEEDING! FUNERAL CLOTHES! = AHA! DEAD PERSON.

Brendon is easy to be mean to. I mean, a lot of people in bandom come across as fucked up, but for Brendon it's not like he wants to be hurt, it's just that he opens himself up to people in a way that makes him getting hurt inevitable.

I wouldn't call zombies a cure for everything, but they are a solution to most things. because they are the mindless walking dead.

mmmmmm, brains. gallbladder.

[addandsubtract]

Yes, exactly! But I wasn't like, "look! Spencer is rotting! And also braindead. And kind of undead, as well?" The funeral clothes thing I wasn't sure anyone would get. BUT IT IS THERE, SO HA!

He kind of is. I agree with your assessment. I do think he seems like he's probably more fucked up than most people in bandom. It's just like, the Ways, and Pete who are more fucked up, I think. And they're pretty damn fucked up, so it takes focus away.

I love zombies. Seriously, so frightening and awesome.

YES. Also, spleen.

[yuna_chan10]

Wow, this was very well written and a plotline I'd never seen before. Umm, when did Spence die? XDD So sad and sweet.

[addandsubtract]

Thank you! I'm glad you like it. And, er. Spencer died sometime before this started? Less than a week, but the funeral had already happened, so. :D

[yuna_chan10]

Ah, I see. Well thought out. *nids approvingly*

[littlerhymes]

Oh, this is nicely done. You explain *just* enough, and the writing style suits that, really minimalist and tactile.

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Thank you so much! I'm glad that the minimalistic style works, as opposed to just being confusing.