For sageness

[mickeymvt]

For: sageness
Title: Motivations, plans and lies
Author: mickeymvt
Fandom: Hard Core Logo
Pairing: Joe/Billy; Joe/OFC
Rating: NC-17
Length: 3,900 words
Prompt: Joe/Billy, the early days
Optional Prompt Used: Photograph(y)
Summary: Behind the cool exterior, Joe thinks and plots a lot more than people give him credit for
Notes: Many thanks to ultra_chrome and visionshadows for

Comments

[sageness]

oh jeez, oh wow. This is great! I love how you show Joe manipulating *everyone* for his own purposes. And I love the idea of Billy as the indolent sexpot who won't get out of bed because he hasn't had to grow up and learn any responsibility yet.

And wow, I would love to see those photos. I would love to be a fly on the wall during that photo session and see how much of it was Janey daring them and how much was Joe. *happily imagines* :D

And god, what a twist at the end. Of course Joe would use their past against Billy to get what he wanted. Of course he would, the stupid bastard. *sigh*

I really love how this dovetails into the way Billy leaves (poof! totally without a trace) at the end of the film. His trust is just shattered...especially if it was blackmail that got him back to Canada in the first place. Just, wow. Poor guy.

Thank you so much for this! This was wonderful!!! ♥

[mickeymvt]

YAY! I'm absolutely thrilled that you liked this. So thoughtful fb, too. Double YAY!!

Those photos- yeah, the scene of them being taken was orignially going to be in here, but I had to cut it to due to time constraints. I had that one picture in mind the entire time, so it was easy to slip it in there once the blackmail angle popped up.

Oh and describing Billy as an 'indolent sexpot'- wow, that phrase is just perfect for him here.

Again, I'm so happy you liked this :)

[buzzylittleb]

A smart and interesting look into Joe and Billy's career with all the early signs of Joe's ruthless determination set against Joe blackmailing Billy into the filmic presence.

[mickeymvt]

Thanks!

Smart and interesting are words that I like hearing/seeing!

[green_grrl]

Wow. I was enjoying the look at backstory, and then bam -- blackmail! Brilliant!

[mickeymvt]

Ooo, I'm brilliant. *basks in the glow of high praise*

Thank you saying that, and for the fb. I'm glad you enjoyed this.

Your icon-Guh is the right word for that scene. Hummina-hummina.

[nos4a2no9]

Wow, what an interesting take on Joe's ability to manipulate. I really didn't expect the story to end the way it did. I mean, yes, I knew Joe Dick was an asshole. I just didn't consider the depths to which he would sink to keep Billy in his life, and the blackmail was a surprising but completely believeable choice.

This story was also really unique in the way you present and develop Joe's sense of maturity. I haven't read a lot of stories in which Joe is the one to hold down a steady job and keep things together. His betrayal of Billy at the end hurt like hell, but it was grounded in Joe's capacity to do whatever it takes (including wearing a dress shirt) to hold onto Billy. That was all very well done, and thanks for such a refreshing (if horrifying) take on Joe Dick.

[mickeymvt]

First off, you give the most wonderful fb- I love just reading your comments on other fics, because you always pick out things that are unique and very insightful and present them in such a clear way. I just love it. So thanks for your wonderful comments here, it's really nice to see such detail.

I really didn't expect the story to end the way it did The weird thing is that I didn't see this ending coming either. I was trying to find a way to end it and the idea of using the picture(whose image I had in my head from the get-go) popped into my brain and it flowed from there. And then when I re-read it before sending it to my betas, everything fell into place, this was the story that wanted to be told in the first place, even though it was never conceived as that.

Writing is strange sometimes, you know.

[nos4a2no9]

*blushes* That's very sweet of you to say. I'm getting more and more self-conscious about my feedback because I think I tend to repeat the same things over and over. And my abuse of superlatives is reaching critical mass. So thank you for the reassurance that the FB isn't quite as painful as I think it is.

And wow, it sounds like there was a really interesting process behind this story! I thought you'd planned out everything in advance because it reads as a very well-constructed story. I'm very impressed!

Writing is strange sometimes, you know.

*nods and nods* Sometimes I think we're all nuts for even attempting it. But it's a *fun* kind of insanity, y'know? ;-)

[mickeymvt]

Aaaand I can't code things properly, apparently. OPPS!

[omphale23]

I love seeing bits of their past, and this is such a great reversal of some of the stuff we see in the film. And the final image from the photograph is so very, very them.

Nice stuff, this.

[mickeymvt]

Thanks!!

It's kinda fun playing with their past, even though we know what happens in the film.