Fic - "A Private Little War"

[colonel_bastard]

Title: A Private Little War
Author: colonel_bastard
Characters/Fandom: Basil, Ratigan, Dawson. The Great Mouse Detective.
Word Count: 4,000
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Between the capture and the kill, Ratigan savors the moment. Dawson observes and intervenes.
Warnings: Molestation, an F-bomb, general desecration of beloved Disney characters.
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Comments

[unsettledink]

...I can't even....

I promise I'll come back tomorrow and give you a proper comment. Right after I finish sobbing my heart out.

[colonel_bastard]

I'm so pleased! I mean, not specifically pleased that I made you cry (awwww!), but pleased that you were so moved. <3

Ok, back with excessivly long incoherent babbling. *facepalm*

[unsettledink]

I know I said I'd be back a couple days ago; in apology, have INSANLY long babbling.

Ok, so my very first reaction was YAY YAY YAY OMG MORE FIC YAY. I believe anneka can attest to that, since my next action was to im her the yay and link. And then I started reading, quite literally quivering in excitement. (I mean, I somehow managed to comment before the post timestamp. THAT'S HOW EXCITED I WAS.

Yay Dawson! Huh, yeah, at this stage they wouldn't have known each other long. Which only makes this more disturbing. And I love how you make him quietly badass. It's lovely - he's not the fumbler so often shown, but he's not as, er, excessive as law's

[colonel_bastard]

I have to say that I am so flattered and honored that you would leave such a long, thoughtful review of this piece. Really. I appreciate every last word of it, and the time that you must have put into writing it. I'm so lucky to have readers like you. <3

Dawson was the reason this fic took so long! I'd gotten so used to writing just Basil and Ratigan, I was really thrown for a loop when someone prompted a third party, and especially one of such significance. I really wanted to do his character justice (considering the importance he'll eventually have in Basil's life), and I'm just so pleased to hear that it worked.

FEEL FREE TO SEND PLOT BUNNIES. SERIOUSLY. This entire series has been built on prompts!! It's the plot bunnies from you guys that make it happen, and I would love to hear what you have to say. ^_

[unsettledink]

Ah, sigh. The REAL reason I leave these replies is because I can't shut up. But at least someone finds my babbling endearing!

He does deserve it, and you gave it to him. :)

Oh, I'll admit, I cry over fiction very easily. But it still takes something special to just continue breaking me down again and again.

It's funny, it's been so long since I saw the movie that it had slipped my mind how much he lost and gained in one night. And, oh dear, I can just see some of the unwilling mental comparison Basil is going to have running for a while.

Yay yay yay much more fic! I did kinda assume so, since there's years between there, and then there's backstory, but it's good to have it confirmed ;)

(and I'm remembering why I was so bad about leaving comments: I either say nothing more than "nice", or do this^)

Am totally sending that plot bunny. But by PM, because it's ridiculous and long and detailed.

[colonel_bastard]

I am a total babbler and a crybaby, lol, so I empathize. <3

Yeah, I watched the movie for the first time in a long time when I first saw anneka's original prompt (so long ago...!), and I was just struck by how intense and frantic this, like, twenty-four period is! A ton of shit goes down in basically one day! No wonder Basil has a mental breakdown! o_O

It's definitely confirmed. Just go over to the "unfilled prompts" section at the kink meme and see what I've got piling up on my plate. :D

Your babbling is totally endearing. Consider me endeared, my dear. :3