so, this happened...

[luninosity]

OH GOD WHAT HAVE I WRITTEN WHY IS THIS HELLBOY FIC WHO AM I WHAT'S GOING ON. *hides*

ETA: Hey, also, tomorrow is my one-year fandom anniversary! I shall try to have this month's holiday fic up for you all then as a present. Except, y'know, I'd try to have it posted then for you anyway, so it's not really a present, or it is, but one you'd be getting

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[telperion_15]

Ah ha, so the anniversay is today! (Tomorrow now being today...). Couldn't remember if it was the 24th or 25th :) Therefore, I'd better get my act together and do some posting of my own later... ;)

And while I have seen Hellboy, it was some years ago, and I remember nothing except that Hellboy is big and red (and one of the characters was voiced by Niles Crane from Frasier!). Having said that, the fic is very sweet - I like it! :)

[luninosity]

Am commenting now--having read and then re-read! *all the happy*

I did put up the Erik/Charles, too. Ah, hurt/comfort. And s'mores.

The first film is a lot of fun (and I've read a few of the comics, though not consistently), and though I wasn't actively into fandom at the time, I remember thinking--then--that one of the reasons that film worked so well was the banter and back-and-forth between Hellboy and Agent Myers; they certainly had more chemistry than HB ever did with his actual love interest. And then for whatever reason (possibly that reason, in fact) they wrote him out of the sequel with the single line about being transferred to Antarctica! And so when I saw that prompt, the dialogue just sort of wrote itself...

There's probably not enough actual porn, considering it was a Porn Battle prompt, but I just can't get my head around Hellboy and sex scenes. *shrug*

[telperion_15]

Yes, I'm having trouble picturing that too... ;)

And it is annoying when characters are treated that way, just written out with a throwaway (and not always terribly plausible) line. I'm sure there's very good real life reasons (actors not wanting to do sequels etc.), but it always feels like a disservice to the fans...

[luninosity]

Yeah, about the fans...and that was such a large part of why the first movie worked, with the two of them trading comments...they were clearly having fun! And so that dismissal felt like cheating. Like they meant it to be a funny line...but instead it just reminded us all that there *wasn't* a good explanation! I suppose at least the acknowledgement of the character is a good thing, though...not being completely forgotten? :-/