Fic: Force Of Habit 2/3

[kiev4am]

The mayhem continues.

Comments

[mojoturtle]

I LOVE it! Your descriptions of their fighting styles was so brilliant!

I really can't wait to read more, especially with that cliff-hanger!

[kiev4am]

Thank you! It took me a while to get the fighting bit exactly how I wanted it, so I'm very happy you liked it. I started with this very clear image in my head of 'Star fighting with all his gladiator finesse and Ric just whaling on people Die Hard-style XD

Part 3 really just needs tweaking, so ought to be up sooner than later. Glad you're enjoying it!

[mojoturtle]

it's my pleasure to read it :)

oh dear lord cliffhanger

[gambitgirl1974]

you're a great writer and you use of imagery and metaphor for STar and Ric's actions was fantastic. elegant severity, so love that. and Jamie's thoughts on how he held back Rictor when he was depowered were thoughtful and made perfect sense in his canonical relationship with Rictor and Ric's own past behaviors in X-factor.

i am REALLY looking forward to the next chapter!

Re: oh dear lord cliffhanger

[kiev4am]

Aw, thank you so much! I'm really happy their fighting stuff worked for you, it's really the image I started out with for the whole fic. I've been waiting in vain for Ric and 'Star to get a badass couple moment in the comic, or some callback to the fact that their shared formative years were spent learning to kick the crap out of bad guys together. And yeah, I guess the Jamie bit came from my slight regret that Rictor's badassery got rather sidelined in canon. I loved angsty depowered Ric, but it seemed like his getting into fistfights and stuff was gradually phased out of the book in favour of the emotional storylines - which of course I've been loving too but still, I missed scrappy Ric.

/ ramble ;)

[morganlight]

Excellent writing. Wow.

[kiev4am]

Thank you! I'm really glad you liked it. This is only my 2nd RicStar fic so the positive feedback is really awesome and encouraging. Part 3 ought to be up soonish.

[michiru42]

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifty. Love Ric beating the crap out of people instead of just superpowering them into oblivion. :D

[kiev4am]

Thank you! :D

The action-hero stuff seemed in character somehow, especially if he was fighting alongside 'Star. In my head a big part of the X-Force training was good old-fashioned ass-kicking and not just powers. If I had to think, I'd say that in this story he's had his powers back long enough that he's *just* stopped using them every chance he gets ;)

[animegoil]

Wow, this was gorgeous to read. I loved how you described Rictor and Shatterstar fighting, and their intimacy. And Jamie's realization that maybe Rictor would have been better off on the frontlines. Nice plot and dialogue too, enjoyable :)

[kiev4am]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the fighty stuff - as you can probably tell, I've been wishing for something like this in the comic for a long time :)