fic: "Solo Ascent" (Tintin)

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Title: Solo Ascent
Fandom: Tintin
Characters or Pairing: Tintin; Tintin/Haddock implied
Rating: All ages
Warnings: None
Word count: 200
Summary: Tintin goes on alone.
Notes: This isn't the "real" Tintin fic I'm working on at several folks' request, just a little drabble inspired by re-reading Tintin in Tibet. Angsty as an angsty thing, but we know

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still rambling on - I really have that much to say on this topic! don't mind me! *g*

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ETA: hit 'post new comment' instead of 'reply' - d'oh! *g*

Chang is one of the few characters that Tintin encounters that he respects and can have some kind of equal relationship/proper conversation with - I'd also put in this category Zorrino, Mr Baxter from the Moon books, the King of Syldavia (from King Ottokar's Sceptre) and Skut the Estonian pilot. And maybe Alcazar, although I think that ship kind of sailed for Tintin. Notably, in 'The Broken Ear', Alcazar gets Tintin drunk, which is the only time he's ever properly wasted drunk in the books apart from the fumes inhalation in 'Crab with the Golden Claws'. Now, the Captain, for all his problems *never* forces alcohol on Tintin. I think when Tintin meets Alcazar again in 'Seven Crystal Balls' and again in 'Red Sea Sharks', he realises that he's only a pale imitation of what he wants (although I think Tintin likes bigger, older, men, and probably on a subconscious level was attracted to Alcazar for this)

I think there's an element of chaste preadolescent crush on both sides
Oh absolutely, I agree. I think Chang is that person for Tintin that awakens some emotions in him, but isn't what he needs - being worshipped is not what's going to help him.

LOVE THIS:
Gah, he carefully picked out a lightweight thread because Tintin's a skinny little thing who'd be lost in a bulky sweater like Haddock's, and a paler shade of blue because Tintin's so blond and because Haddock didn't want it to be too obvious that Tintin's sweater was meant as a match for his own. And he knitted away of an evening, listening to the radio and thinking about how most people consider knitting a womanly thing, but he's always associated it with sailors on long hauls.
THIS! And whilst he was doing it, he didn't let himself smoke his pipe because he worried Tintin wouldn't like the smell, but all the same since it's in his apartment, it does smell of smoke and whisky fumes and *Haddock* and the first time Tintin wears it, a kind of thrill runs through him from having that scent next to his skin, which he doesn't understand at all, and he's sad when he washes it the first time, and catches himself burying his nose in the sleeve, trying to catch the remaining hint of it and get that feeling again. It takes a while for him to think how good it might be to press into the captain's own sweater, but then all too quickly he's picturing resting his cheek on the captain's chest and just... breathing, and it's frightening and intoxicating together...

Re: still rambling on - I really have that much to say on this topic! don't mind me! *g*

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It's interesting that even though almost everyone who isn't a baddie likes Tintin, he hardly has any friends. I suppose a lot of the people he meets are either baddies or victims who need rescuing, and as you say, being worshipped is not what Tintin needs. Even though Haddock's a huge mess when they meet, almost from the beginning he's able to help Tintin as well as be helped by him. And in a crisis he can be extremely competent.

Tintin having a thing for older men makes a lot of sense--he's so precociously independent, he's done so much so young, that he can't have much in common with most people his own age. Also, I think he does like the feeling that in a pinch, this is someone who could/would protect him (even though when actual protection is actually offered, Tintin tends to reject it). Tintin almost has to be an orphan, so I think there may be a bit of a daddy-issues thing and a need for the possibility of safety and refuge and being taken care of, even though in practice he seldom wants that.

in 'The Broken Ear', Alcazar gets Tintin drunk

Wow, that's creepy. I don't know the context, but there's a kind of rapey undertone to it. And the contrast with Haddock, who tries to give up drinking for Tintin's sake (even though he fails) is quite stark.

whilst he was doing it, he didn't let himself smoke his pipe because he worried Tintin wouldn't like the smell, but all the same since it's in his apartment, it does smell of smoke and whisky fumes and *Haddock* and the first time Tintin wears it, a kind of thrill runs through him from having that scent next to his skin, which he doesn't understand at all, and he's sad when he washes it the first time, and catches himself burying his nose in the sleeve, trying to catch the remaining hint of it and get that feeling again. It takes a while for him to think how good it might be to press into the captain's own sweater, but then all too quickly he's picturing resting his cheek on the captain's chest and just... breathing, and it's frightening and intoxicating together...

*happysigh* If you ever wanted to turn that into a story, I would *happysigh* even more.

Re: still rambling on - I really have that much to say on this topic! don't mind me! *g*

[nekosamuraiyaoi]

Sorry, I just want to point out that Alcazar didn't get Tintin drunk (they hadn't met yet).

One of the men who was going to kill Tintin for being a "terrorist," had a few drinks with him while they were waiting for the guns to be fixed.

But still, general Alcazar did take a fancy to Tintin. And your analysis with Haddock trying to give up alcohol for Tintin's sake is so accurate!