Fic - "Masquerade"

[colonel_bastard]

Title: Masquerade
Author: colonel_bastard
Characters/Fandom: Basil, Ratigan. The Great Mouse Detective.
Word Count: 3,964
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Basil and Ratigan attend a masquerade ball, and Basil gets a little carried away.
Warnings: Cross-dressing, sexual tension, general desecration of beloved Disney characters.
Notes: Sixth in the Basil/Ratigan

Comments

[krissielee]

OH LOOK I AM FINALLY REVIEWING THIS AWESOME FIC. God, I fail. ^^;;

Anyway.

OMG this is pretty much the most awesome thing ever. So you know. Which you did already.

That end was ... gah. I love the end. How Basil played the role perfectly to the unsuspecting ballgoers, but Ratigan totally sees through the disguise. And did it on purpose OMFGWIN. And how he toyed with Basil just long enough to get what he wanted before letting it slip that he knew the whole damn time!

As an aside, Basil's goddamn brilliant, and he's right; he's got the best disguise for wandering the floor and seeing what's going on.

But the dance was lovely! And I love your Ratigan like crazy. But I know you knew that. :) Including his little dingly bell of death. And how he obviously loves playing with his nemesis/romantic interest, though Basil can't stand him. I wonder if that's half the appeal to the rat: it's more the chase than the quarry, and if he were to have Basil willingly, would he give up? Hmm.

Also, I see a lot of similarity in Basil's mind to my own, and that's rather unnerving, but I'll never stop reading these beautiful stories.

[colonel_bastard]

O HAI THAR. XDDD

I wonder how many more times I can pull the "he did it on purpose!" trick before you guys get sick of it, lol. It's a trick that suits them both to a T, so they're just going to keep pulling it on each other, I guess. ^_^

I love that you love my Ratigan!! <333 And that's quite an interesting point, about him enjoying the chase itself more than any kind of capture. Something for us to explore in further installments...

In regards to Basil's disguise, when the prompt called for him to be in drag, I was determined to justify it logically and keep it in-character. That is the best part about building this series from the kink meme--- it's a challenge for me to fill the prompts to their utmost while simultaneously crafting a coherent narrative! It's so exciting. Best writing challenge I've had in a while. :)

I think we can all see a bit of ourselves in Basil--- I know I certainly can, or I don't think I could write him so well.

Thanks so much for commenting! I knew you'd get to it eventually. XD

[krissielee]

LONG TIME NO SEE, Y/Y? ;)

Haha, I doubt we'd ever get sick of it. You keep it novel enough that I don't hardly realise it's happening until it's done.

You're brilliant at your world-building. That's where I have trouble when I write--I can usually come up with one part, maybe two, but after that, I just can't get my world to grow cohesively. So you're brilliant for doing it, and doing it so well, too. <3

This is true. It's kind of scary, but then, I've always known I'm thisclose to a mental breakdown, so I guess it's kind of a given, heh. ^^;;;

I'm halfway through reading the next one. I will comment the second I finish, honest. Because I have nothing else to do for the next few weeks. :D Yay, no school!

[colonel_bastard]

Aww, thanks! <3 I get super carried away when it comes to world-building, which is why I realized I had to make this a series--- I just had too much to say, haha.

Hey, if you're a writer, being borderline bonkers 24/7 is part of the package. That means you're doing it right! XD

YAY NO SCHOOL. Congratulations on completion, and welcome back! <333