If You'd Kill For Them, They're Family [2]

[pyrrhiccomedy]

Title: If You'd Kill For Them, They're Family - Part 2
Originally posted: 2/9/2009, on the kink meme. Link
Length: 2000 words.
Characters/Pairings: N.Italy, France. Implied Germany/Italy.
Premise: With Russia down, Mafiatalia goes for the next name on his list.
Time period: 1953
Smuttiness: 0/10
Funnyness: 2/10
Wrist slashiness: 0/10, unless you

Comments

:Stalkity-stalk-stalkity-stalk:

[lynn_stardragon]

I'll agree with that comment, and add some of my own.

I like how you characterized France here--that he lived for as long as he did by being smart. I like how he tries to piece together what's wrong, and that it's still too late.

But again, I love Italy. I love how he's talking like (Feliciano)Italy, but he's also talking like (Mafia)Italy. It's really a head-trip for me each time. And gods, when he pulled out the switchblade, you had all of my attention right then too. (The sound effects, the sound effects . . I could see how Italy was moving because I could -hear- the knife opening and closing! And it made happy squiggles in my tummy. . . . sorta my precursor to Squeeing.) And then the intensity just kept getting ratcheted up higher and higher. . .

And the little details, the little things--the happy smile that never goes away; the swearing that should be out of place in Italy's mouth, but it -isn't-; the physical damage done to France with Ivan's pipe (nope, not Russia's pipe, -Ivan's- pipe); Italy's whole mini-rant on family (then on loyalty), and how Germany is the one 'he likes best' = <3

Ah, it was pretty delicious to read really. . . . and Italy taking off the coat to help hide the evidence. . . . gods just . . . . so much love for this series.

:Drabble-kitteh in the background evolves into plot-bunny . . . and purrs:

But still, that last exchange . . . with France trying to goad Italy . . . and Italy just doesn't care. . . . so chilling and so appropriate . . .

Oh well, onto part 3. ^_^

Re: :Stalkity-stalk-stalkity-stalk:

[pyrrhiccomedy]

Definitely the most important thing for me in this part was to differentiate it from the last part--mostly by showing that France is not Russia and while he's every bit as amazed to be getting a beat-down from Italy, of all people, he's experiencing the whole thing in a different way. He's a smart, savvy guy, and he's been around this particular block a few times (hard to think of some of what happened during the Hundred Years War as anything but England gratuitously working him over). Where Russia never stopped trying to fight back because strength is what he's always relied on, France understands that the best thing to do is to keep his mouth shut and take it, and plot his revenge for later.

I'm as ready as the next person to portray France as a goofy, bitchy pervert, but it was fun to have an excuse to show another side of him.

Thank you so much for your thoughts!