fic: The Plastic Boys

[griffin_black]

Title: The Plastic Boys
Rating: NC-17
Ship: Arthur/Merlin
Word count: 2,783
Warning/Spoilers: Some vague dub-con.

Summary: AU. Merlin and Arthur both struggle to reject stereotypes as they try to build a relationship. References to bands like Einsturzende Neubauten and excessive amounts of black clothes.

A/N: Dunno where this came from. I guess I've

Comments

[griffin_black]

Oh maaan, I can talk about Skinheads all day. Thank you so much for your interest!! Firstly it's important to realize that "traditional" skins (in England) were originally influenced by Jamaican Rude Boys, style, attitude, and music. Skinheads, even non racist ones, are definitely known for being tough and getting into fights but that has more to do with the fact that is was a youth subculture at first and they were working class kids (interpret that how you like). Hence the whole bovver boy aspect. Also and perhaps ironically, skins are very interested in looking sharp, wearing the right clothes to distinguish themselves in their surrounding relative poverty. In the past (and still today somewhat) this meant wearing very specific types of clothing and brands. Sometime in the 80's or w/e kids got "recruited" to the Evil of nazi-ness and crap. Unfortunately that is the stereotype that prevails, but all over the world there are plenty of people who still identify with the skinhead image and music and are Not nazis. Music is a big deal, such as ska/rocksteady and oi which is basically skinhead punk rock. Ok, imma stop now. Thank you soooo much, can you tell i love talking about this? Glad you liked my story too:) Here are some links:

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/Oi_The_Aria/a_history_of_oi__music_through_the_essentials/

(^Skrewdriver is definitely nazi, dunno why they're on that list.)

http://www.amazon.com/Skins-Gavin-Watson/dp/0955282292/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1285631031&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.com/Skins-Punks-Lost-Archives-1979-1985/dp/1576874737/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1285631031&sr=1-3

annnnd, below is a good resource if you're interested in post-punk and more about the music I mentioned in the fic:

http://fuckyeahgoths.tumblr.com/

Hope that wasn't overwhelming lol :)

[persephassax]

Quite the opposite, in fact! It's awesome! I'm a total culture geek. Music, clothing, attitude, if I haven't heard about it I want to know more. Especially the punks and the post-punks. They're my favorites. c:
Thank you so much! (I would love to hear more, I just don't know if this is the place for it. Haha.)

[griffin_black]

Happy to be of assistance. I guess one last thing I'll say is...I only briefly mentioned O.Children in the fic but I'm completely obsessed and any chance I get to encourage people to listen to them...If you felt like it, I think these two songs are the best (though it took me a few listens to really love the album):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh1o_03ilQY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riSstbGxzSM

[persephassax]

I listened to those songs, and clicked around a bit on YouTube... They're amazing! (I am seriously going to have to stick around a bit if I'm going to get more excellent music suggestions from this cultural corner.)
Thank you so much!

[griffin_black]

Haha. Yes! Converted...Have a look at the mixes on FuckYeahGoths too, found near top right :)

[persephassax]

Totally converted. (I want to give them my money, so I'll actually have to make the effort and buy their CD off Amazon. Haha.)

Thank you for the further music pointers. *bows* (read: *eternal gratitude*)

[griffin_black]

haha Cool. Yeah, that's what I said, they need my money. and I like your icon btw.