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etherati

FIC: Captcha X

May 16, 2010 17:54

Fandom: Watchmen
Characters: Dan, Rorschach, Laurie in #1.
Date Written: 2010
Summary: 3 Captcha fics, a little whiplashy here; 1 and 3 are miserysad, 2 is light and adventurey.
Rating/Warnings: PG except for language in #2.

#1
Title: Among Ruins
Prompt: 'seen gentlest'
( He can't get close enough to see anything but the shape, black-on-black and insubstantial. )

fanfic, watchmen, #captcha, slash

Comments 8

jack_infinitude May 17 2010, 01:10:11 UTC

I can't pick a favorite. They're all beautiful.

etherati June 27 2010, 16:30:00 UTC

Thank you! :D

mad_bertha May 17 2010, 02:30:26 UTC

Loved them all in the km, eth, and there is simply far too much good writing to pick my favourite lines. I have a weakness for casefic, though, so you can guess which is my fave of the bunch!

etherati June 27 2010, 16:29:51 UTC

Man, 60s casefic always makes me so happy, I don't know why I don't write more of it. Thanks!

jackiemei May 17 2010, 03:51:34 UTC

Oh I loved the first one so much, I loved the other two as well but the first one was my fav.

Even in his life, especially towards the end of it when he was essentially fading into his madness, Rorschach reminded me of something of a 'street spirit' (and yes, Radiohead's song by that name is one of my favorite 'Rorschach songs').

He was in a way becoming a part of the city, melting into its fabric, so if there where such things as ghosts in the WM world, I would not be surprised to see him as a lingering shadow in New York. Although that too is a very sad thought as Dan addresses in this story, its nice to think that he was at peace in his death, but maybe being being a quiet eternal sentinel would be peace for him. bah! rambling, Anyhow! I loved it! <3

etherati June 27 2010, 16:29:06 UTC

Yeah, I definitely agree. It was already the direction he was headed in, so it feels completely natural for him to take up that kind of role later. And I do actually think it'd put him more at peace to be able to keep watch and know the important things are okay than to just fade into nothing.

Thank you!

cousinmary May 17 2010, 05:12:35 UTC

Wow. Loved the first one, it's just plain beautiful. The second one made me smile through the whole thing and the third, well, that was depressing as hell and why I don't read to the end of the GN ;-) Great work though.

etherati June 27 2010, 16:27:40 UTC

Yeah, there was a lot of sad going on at that point, which is why I had to mitigate it with fun Panamanian adventure tiems. It's like a fun sandwich made with angst bread. XD

Thanks!