Prompt #28: (Author's Choice) Bent
30 Days in Europe: Day 24
Prompt #28: (Author's Choice) Bent
F/K, silliness, mildly implied smut in places.
Day 24
"Holy crap! That is one impressive looking piece of ass."
"Aah..."
"What? What you laughing at there, Frase?"
"I'm sorry, Ray, that's just... that's just such an outstandingly erudite response to the work."
"Hey! What happened to art's in the eye of the beholder? I am beholding that right now and I'm telling you, I know a thing or two about fine-lookin' asses, and that, right there? That is one of the finest."
"Well, there are many reasons why the David is frequently cited as a portrait of male perfection."
"There you go."
"Of course, there are also some critics who complain that he is poorly proportioned."
"Not from where I'm standing. Bit lacking in the dick department, maybe, but from this angle -"
"Oh God, Ray. Your ability to cut to the heart of the matter never ceases to astonish me."
"Yeah, Frase, love you too."
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"Could you pass the olive oil, please, Ray?"
"Sure, buddy. Mmm, pasta's good. Yours?"
"Excellent. The salad dressing's particularly tasty."
"Greatness. So, that bordello place -"
"Bargello."
"Mmm. That place. Quite an eye-opener, huh?"
"Well, it does house Italy's largest collection of Renaissance sculpture."
"Yeah, and most of it statues of pretty boys with their clothes off."
"That's a bit of an exaggeration, Ray."
"Not so much. Don't think I've ever seen so many naked men in my life. Kind of educational, I guess."
"Well, you have to remember that in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the male nude was a far more acceptable subject than the female, and seen as being ideal and heroic, rather than sexual."
"Right."
"The artists would have had no difficulty in finding apprentices and the like to act as models, and the ability to portray the male body was considered to be a fundamental skill."
"Yeah, I bet."
"Really, Ray, it's all a matter of historical perspective. The standards and expectations of the time were very different from ours, that's all."
"Ain't that the truth? Get a guy turning out sculptures like that these days, and you'd be looking at putting him in jail, not in a museum."
"Another exaggeration, surely."
"Still, score one for the queer camp, huh? All those great artists that you learn about in school, they all turn out to be queer as a three dollar bill, bent as a nine bob note like Gerry says, not that they ever teach you about that part."
"Not all of them -"
"Michelangelo, for a start. You can't tell me he wasn't hot for a bit of heroic boy-butt."
"Ray!"
"Come on."
"Well, there is a certain amount of evidence to suggest that he was -"
"Bent. Right. And Leonardo? Don't think there's much argument there."
"Perhaps -"
"Bent. And Donatello, with his David in the cute little boots and hat. That Verruca guy? Who did the other David, the one in the skirt?"
"Verrocchio?"
"Yeah, that's him. Bent, both of them. I'd put money on it. What about the other turtle guy - whatsisname - Raphael?"
"Ah, now Raphael had a rather different reputation. He did die young, and reportedly of a surfeit of love, but love of the heterosexual persuasion so far as we know."
"That doesn't exactly even the score, though, does it?"
"I suppose not."
"Right. You want another glass of wine?"
"Just water for me, I think. My head's quite dizzy enough already, possibly as a result of all this fascinatingly intellectual conversation."
"Hardy hah hah. You're such a funny guy."
"If you say so, Ray."
**********
"Hey, Frase. Ben. Ben! You coming out of that bathroom any time soon, or am I gonna have to come in and find you?"
"Have some patience, Ray, I was only brushing my teeth."
"Yeah, well, get your ass over here, Bent-buddy, I'm dying of waiting."
"Really, I wish you wouldn't call me that."
"Hey. If the rubber fits. Here, catch."
"You seem to be in something of a hurry, Ray."
"Must be all that art we been looking at. Got me hot to trot."
"Well, it does seem to be having a most stimulating effect on -"
"Frase? Are you gonna do me any time tonight or are you gonna stand there talking about mmmph. Nngruh. Fuck, yeah..."
"Ray?"
"Oh, christ... yeah, like that... yeah?"
"Shut up."
"Mmmm..."
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Prompt #28: (Author's Choice) Bent
F/K, silliness, mildly implied smut in places.
Day 24
"Holy crap! That is one impressive looking piece of ass."
"Aah..."
"What? What you laughing at there, Frase?"
"I'm sorry, Ray, that's just... that's just such an outstandingly erudite response to the work."
"Hey! What happened to art's in the eye of the beholder? I am beholding that right now and I'm telling you, I know a thing or two about fine-lookin' asses, and that, right there? That is one of the finest."
"Well, there are many reasons why the David is frequently cited as a portrait of male perfection."
"There you go."
"Of course, there are also some critics who complain that he is poorly proportioned."
"Not from where I'm standing. Bit lacking in the dick department, maybe, but from this angle -"
"Oh God, Ray. Your ability to cut to the heart of the matter never ceases to astonish me."
"Yeah, Frase, love you too."
**********
"Could you pass the olive oil, please, Ray?"
"Sure, buddy. Mmm, pasta's good. Yours?"
"Excellent. The salad dressing's particularly tasty."
"Greatness. So, that bordello place -"
"Bargello."
"Mmm. That place. Quite an eye-opener, huh?"
"Well, it does house Italy's largest collection of Renaissance sculpture."
"Yeah, and most of it statues of pretty boys with their clothes off."
"That's a bit of an exaggeration, Ray."
"Not so much. Don't think I've ever seen so many naked men in my life. Kind of educational, I guess."
"Well, you have to remember that in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the male nude was a far more acceptable subject than the female, and seen as being ideal and heroic, rather than sexual."
"Right."
"The artists would have had no difficulty in finding apprentices and the like to act as models, and the ability to portray the male body was considered to be a fundamental skill."
"Yeah, I bet."
"Really, Ray, it's all a matter of historical perspective. The standards and expectations of the time were very different from ours, that's all."
"Ain't that the truth? Get a guy turning out sculptures like that these days, and you'd be looking at putting him in jail, not in a museum."
"Another exaggeration, surely."
"Still, score one for the queer camp, huh? All those great artists that you learn about in school, they all turn out to be queer as a three dollar bill, bent as a nine bob note like Gerry says, not that they ever teach you about that part."
"Not all of them -"
"Michelangelo, for a start. You can't tell me he wasn't hot for a bit of heroic boy-butt."
"Ray!"
"Come on."
"Well, there is a certain amount of evidence to suggest that he was -"
"Bent. Right. And Leonardo? Don't think there's much argument there."
"Perhaps -"
"Bent. And Donatello, with his David in the cute little boots and hat. That Verruca guy? Who did the other David, the one in the skirt?"
"Verrocchio?"
"Yeah, that's him. Bent, both of them. I'd put money on it. What about the other turtle guy - whatsisname - Raphael?"
"Ah, now Raphael had a rather different reputation. He did die young, and reportedly of a surfeit of love, but love of the heterosexual persuasion so far as we know."
"That doesn't exactly even the score, though, does it?"
"I suppose not."
"Right. You want another glass of wine?"
"Just water for me, I think. My head's quite dizzy enough already, possibly as a result of all this fascinatingly intellectual conversation."
"Hardy hah hah. You're such a funny guy."
"If you say so, Ray."
**********
"Hey, Frase. Ben. Ben! You coming out of that bathroom any time soon, or am I gonna have to come in and find you?"
"Have some patience, Ray, I was only brushing my teeth."
"Yeah, well, get your ass over here, Bent-buddy, I'm dying of waiting."
"Really, I wish you wouldn't call me that."
"Hey. If the rubber fits. Here, catch."
"You seem to be in something of a hurry, Ray."
"Must be all that art we been looking at. Got me hot to trot."
"Well, it does seem to be having a most stimulating effect on -"
"Frase? Are you gonna do me any time tonight or are you gonna stand there talking about mmmph. Nngruh. Fuck, yeah..."
"Ray?"
"Oh, christ... yeah, like that... yeah?"
"Shut up."
"Mmmm..."
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