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Red Fire, by cmar, Wes/Eric

May 17, 2006 13:26

Title: Red Fire
Author: cmar
Relationship: Wes/Eric
Rating: R
Warning: Long and multichaptered. Rating is for language, some violence, and brief sexual content ( Read more... )

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Red Fire... angel_negra May 25 2006, 23:10:43 UTC

I don't think 'Red Fire' will ever stop being one of my favorite fics. Because you went at that idea while you were still in a het writer mentality, you had to make it believable. And it works so much better because of that. And I've always loved that you don't ignore canon to force the pairing to work.

Being that I live the reality of 'straight' pressures and bigotry, I'm not a big fan of reading them in fics - I like escaping reality too. But you handle it so beautifully, making it real without resorting to character-bashing or OOC or surreal drama. I could really buy your Wes as a closet-case with issues, even though I've always seen him as bi in my mind.

Great job as always.

Re: Red Fire... cmar_wingnut May 26 2006, 02:33:10 UTC

Oh, thanks so much...

At the time I wrote this, I was under the rather high-handed impression that I could demonstrate the vast superiority of realistic slash. Since then, after seeing and doing much discussion of slash and why various people like it, I realize why so much of it is not realistic - not that writers are unable to do realism, just that they want to have a good time with it, and I realize that's just as valid as realism (which I still prefer, but that's just me).

I have no patience with character bashing and OOCness, though, so I'm very glad you say I avoided them!

Re: Red Fire... angel_negra May 27 2006, 00:47:26 UTC

not that writers are unable to do realism, just that they want to have a good time with it, and I realize that's just as valid as realism (which I still prefer, but that's just me).

There's a fine line though. There's wanting a little less realism in the world your favorite characters live in, and there's mangling the characters to fit a not-the-real-world story. And realism does have great advantages, especially when handled well, though I rather like being able to make things a bit easier for them than I'm ever going to have it. Plus, really? Any world where five 'teenagers with attitude' can morph in an Angel Grove park amongst fleeing civillians and still have secret identities? I think we should be allowed to play a bit looser with the realisitc worries. :)

Re: Red Fire... cmar_wingnut May 27 2006, 10:21:47 UTC

Heh, yes. There's a fine line between softening reality and bashing it over the head, handcuffing it, and dumping its corpse in the river.

Re: Red Fire... angel_negra May 27 2006, 11:42:35 UTC

*snort* Love your example.

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