"Life of the Flesh", Todd/Kyle, ADULT, 1951 words

[isilfic]

Fandom DC Comics (Green Lantern v3/Justice League America v1)
Title Life of the Flesh
Rating/Warning Adult/Explicit Sex, Internalized Homophobia and Untreated Schizophrenia.
Pairings/Characters Todd Rice (Obsidian)/Kyle Rayner (Green Lantern IV)
Spoilers/Summary Set just after "Emerald Dawn" before Kyle moves to New York and during Obsidian's

Comments

[isilfic]

*blushes* Todd's schisms were the hardest to delineate. Yay! I'm so glad Kyle's voice didn't get lost in this.

loose-around-the-edges thing that is Todd and Jenny...
lol - you know, I get that from Todd's PoV, but Jennie's baffles me.

Thank you!

[isilfic]

*nods* Yes, totally. One of the reasons I've not really written her yet - just mentioned. I've liked her in everything I've read her in - she seems so balanced between compassion and interest in others and focusing on her own goals. Also, she's got a great sense of fun and Alan's will (which can definitely be a flaw - stubborn, stubborn). Sometimes, her interest in acting was written as though she was just seeking attention rather than a genuine interest in dramatic form, but even then it doesn't really cross over into how she treats others. *scratches head*

[unlovablehands]

Well, she was kind of an attention whore when she was in Infinity Inc, but you know, she was also eighteen at the time. She definitely matured a lot from II to her later appearances, which I like a lot.

[isilweth]

I also like that she was allowed to grow (unlike Lyta, for instance, whose growth was only shown in retrospect).

Also, perhaps I tend to discount the attention seeking in II because to it seems that attention and recognition (either having it or the lack of it) was one of the principal themes of the series. Compared to somebody like Hector, she wasn't an attention whore at all.

I admit she certainly received a lot of attention during the series, but she also handled it more graciously than a lot of people would. She came across to me as more naturally charismatic and enjoying the attention that brought her, rather than an attention hound. Although, I'd also agree that "privileged only child" was evident in her personality, too.

[unlovablehands]

Oh yeah, I mean, the whole set-up of II was that, excepting, like, um... Beth, the whole team was made up of attention whores and people who go to LA seeking fortune/fame. Or locals, but Yolanda was sort of hilariously over-the-top herself. I mean, what, we had a guy who owned a movie studio, an actress, a former college basketball star, a pop music magazine writer, whatever the hell Todd was, I believe Hank was a writer, Rick was an artist, etc. But yeah, it was very haves (Hec, Jen, Syl) and have-nots (Todd, Hank) as far as attention went.

And Jen was definitely sort of silly sometimes, but she was definitely more mature about, like, emotions than most of the rest of the team. Not hard when Al and Yolanda are pining and Todd, Hec, Hank, and Lyta are all about one step away from a rage blackout at any given moment.

[isilfic]

Forgot to say, yet from time to time, I've seen fandom write her (or about her) as a directionless, spiteful person. I don't know where it comes from!

[isilfic]

I love her in GL too - the scene where she tells Kyle she loves him, but she can't live in space with him is a personal favorite. I thought it was a really courageous decision on her part.