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anteros_lmc

Justinian

Jun 16, 2013 00:22

Title: Justinian (1/2)
Author: Anteros
Characters: Clayton, Kennedy, Simpson
Rating: NC-17, for suggested non-con
Notes: Clayton POV. This had been hanging around in my drafts folder for almost two years now (!), time for it to go. Part one of two, second part to follow shortly

( He had come aboard early in the spring with a dozen other young gentlemen and volunteers. )

hornblower, character: henry clayton, character: archie kennedy, character: jack simpson, age of sail, fanworks: fanfiction, rating: slash

Comments 13

esmerelda_t June 16 2013, 10:40:36 UTC

I'm torn between feeling sorry for Clayton here and wanting to shout at him yes you bloody are a coward.

anteros_lmc June 19 2013, 08:48:47 UTC

Good. Because that's exactly the way I feel about Clayton. He is fundamentally a good man, and he clearly cares about Archie but he seems powerless to do anything to help him. It's hardly surprising that Archie barely mourned his passing.

mylodon June 16 2013, 11:34:20 UTC

*shivers*. Grand writing, as always, my lovely.

anteros_lmc June 19 2013, 08:50:44 UTC

Thank you. I really hope it didn't seem gratuitous.

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anteros_lmc June 19 2013, 08:53:21 UTC

Thank you for reading and commenting my dear. I'm glad you thought this seemed realistic. I feel very sorry for Clayton in a way, but I can't help feeling angry that he seems to have made no attempt to stop Simpson's abuse.

Hopefully I'll have a chance to post part two before the end of the week.

donnaimmaculata June 17 2013, 08:42:58 UTC

Oh, Clayton...

You did such a great job capturing the claustrophobic, paralysing atmosphere. Simpson's lurking, menacing presence is almost palpable.

anteros_lmc June 19 2013, 08:55:42 UTC

Oh, Clayton...
I know :/

Thank you, I'm glad you thought this captured the atmosphere of Justinian. I think this is probably as close as I could come to actually writing Simpson himself.

eglantine_br June 19 2013, 22:51:09 UTC

Have been come a few hours. Feel like my brains are still asleep. But I read this with my heart in my mouth, with my fists clenched ( ... )

anteros_lmc June 20 2013, 23:04:47 UTC

Have been come a few hours. Feel like my brains are still asleep.
I'm just glad you're back here to read it :) I had hoped to post part two tonight but my brains are asleep too!

That moment-- the moment when he went from Archie-before to Archie-after.
Yes, that's the point where everything changes. In some ways it's the end.

Simpson does not think of himself as a rapist, and he does not think of himself as 'liking guys.' In fact he would almost certainly rape women too, given a chance.
Definitely. Which just goes to prove yet again that rape is a crime of power and violence.

Clayton is a frustrating and slippery fellow. Eccleston makes more sense to me.
Yes, I agree. Eccleston is a much less ambiguous character that Clayton. Despite everything though, my overwhelming feeling about Clayton is pity.

I hope reading this wasn't too much like jumping into a freezing cold pool and bashing your head on a rock! Sorry I didn't have something a bit more cheerful to welcome you back.