FIC: Identity (1/1) Dr Horrible

Feb 05, 2009 01:41



Her funeral…

There are a lot of people here. More people than he expected, and that makes him feel weirdly guilty. He's hemmed in, standing by her grave, dressed incognito. His secret identity: Billy…

Captain Tool hangs back. When the other mourners look at him (if they look at him) it's with sneers and recriminations. ( Read more... )

pairing: billy/captain hammer, dr horrible

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otempora42 February 5 2009, 07:41:42 UTC
Have I ever mentioned that you are steak sauce? Because you totally are!

I loved this. Seriously, I've read it like three times now and I keep finding new things about it. Like, the first time I read it, Captain Hammer going from punching to kissing seemed a little abrupt, but going over it again, it makes perfect sense. He's punishing Billy further -- teasing him, making him want it. It's quite brilliant.

I love how you deal with the Billy/Horrible divide, as well. There's points where he's definitely Billy, and where he's definitely Horrible, but also quite a lot of places where the line's more blurred. And I love how nihilistic and masochistic he is.

Loved loved loved it. Thank you so much. :D

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idioticonion February 5 2009, 07:50:37 UTC
>Have I ever mentioned that you are steak sauce? Because you totally are ( ... )

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otempora42 February 5 2009, 08:04:11 UTC
"Actually, it IS a little. Should I work on that a tiny bit?"

Maybe a little bit. Because it bugged me when I first read it, but the second time I was like "Oh..." But still.

"Did I mention I was drunk when I wrote this?"

I am way jealous of your drunk!writing skills. This was really good.

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idioticonion February 5 2009, 10:55:48 UTC
>Maybe a little bit. Because it bugged me when I first read it, but the second time I was like "Oh..." But still.

I've made some subtle changes which I think highlight the transition in Hammer more. What do you think?

>I am way jealous of your drunk!writing skills. This was really good.

Why, thank you! That's very kind.

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jerseystrife February 5 2009, 07:41:46 UTC
It's been a while since we've seen some Dr. Horrible from you. :D

I liked it, although I traditionally am not a huge fan of non-con unless the story is really gripping me with awesomeness. It was odd that you did the Billy/Dr. Horrible split because most of the time you don't get that obvious with it.

But I certainly enjoyed seeing some Dr. Horrible fanfic again from you. <3

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idioticonion February 5 2009, 07:54:26 UTC
>I liked it, although I traditionally am not a huge fan of non-con unless the story is really gripping me with awesomeness.

I don't write non-con very often - pretty much never in HIMYM fandom and not overtly in Horrible. But I used to write it ALL THE TIME! Weird, eh? And yeah, it can be *shivers*horrible.

You were very brave to dive into this!

>It was odd that you did the Billy/Dr. Horrible split because most of the time you don't get that obvious with it.

Yeah, I don't. Seriously, wine makes me like this. This fic is absolute 100% wine-nihilism induced. But sometimes you need something different to kick you in a darker direction. All my fic's been too sappy lately.

Still, we've got The Stinsons coming up. So I'm probably going to sulk for about three weeks and write all kinds of horror. ;-)

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snogged February 5 2009, 21:01:00 UTC
This was really intriguing and of course, wonderfully dark

And you write violence well :)

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idioticonion February 5 2009, 21:35:24 UTC
Woo, thank you! I'm glad you liked it.

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idioticonion February 6 2009, 01:09:52 UTC
Any quote out of Commentary! The Musical is funny in my eyes.

See <--

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idioticonion February 6 2009, 01:11:45 UTC
>" Billy closes his eyes.
It's Doctor Horrible that opens them again."

This is a direct quote from Watchmen, which was kind-of requested in the original prompt but I didn't copy the entire thing into the fic summary (it was too long)

>I love this. I think you could make it mean more than it did when you wrote it, but I apparently really enjoy your character's schizophrenic tendencies.

This comes from my drunken side. I've tried to channel it a little more soberly tonight with a Barney/Robin/Ted three way. Less dark, more angst, hopefully more considered!

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idioticonion February 6 2009, 01:30:01 UTC
>Oh god, my friend has been bothering me FOREVER to read that. Now I might have to.

Ach, you may as well wait for the film. Although the film may not have that quote in it!

>I'm sorey, less dark?

Yeah! Don't you think? This story is all horrid and non-con-ish. Desperation is just angsty-ish.

>I'm looking forward to where it goes from the part I'm at right now (the beginning).

Cool. :)

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tyloric February 8 2009, 19:57:57 UTC
This was a deliciously dark piece. The transition from Billy and Horrible and back again was smooth and creative.

Though I don't think Captain Hammer would ever actually rape someone, it works here so I'm gonna look past it.

Bravo :D

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idioticonion February 8 2009, 21:39:21 UTC
>Though I don't think Captain Hammer would ever actually rape someone, it works here so I'm gonna look past it.

Oh, I agree, in terms of how he's portrayed in the actual show, bless him.

But I'm glad you liked it! And thanks for the comments.

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