Watchmen fic: Last Days of an Unreal City, chapter 10 - Jus in Bello

[scarlet_carsons]

Title: Last Days of an Unreal City - Chapter 10 - Jus in Bello
Characters: Rorschach/Nite Owl II
Rating: PG-13
Word count (this section): 5406
Disclaimer: Characters belong to Alan Moore.
Summary: AU. The Cold War reaches its ultimate conclusion, and Rorschach and Daniel are among the survivors when the East Coast is attacked.

Many thanks to runriggers for

Comments

[findmyantidrug]

Aw man, I'm sure you can see this coming from a mile away but I loved this chapter. Finally! Adrian! And interrogations! And Dan trying to start a conversation with the one person in the world who is the least likely to want to talk about menial shit for the sake of talking!

I really liked the conversation with Adrian, in part because you showed their relationship really well - polite and friendly but not really close - and in part because Adrian makes a statement just by his appearance, and especially with the news he brings. My jaw actually dropped when he told Dan about the Secretary of Commerce acting as President, 'cause...damn. Also! Love love love this line: He thought of Laurie, alone and without nicotine, and he felt a quiet need to protect her, whether she needed it or not. because yay! Dan hasn't completely forgotten about Laurie! I think that's really great, because so often in slash fics that break up canon pairings the woman ends up bashed/completely forgotten, which is definitely not Dan's style.

Line that I feel the most guilty about laughing at (and laughing at hard, too): Oh, I walked into a door. Pffft Dan. Also, I find it incredibly endearing that Dan tries to get them to go to Rorschach's apartment, because in my head that's at least in part because he can't quite shake a 20-year-long curiosity. I also really liked how Rorschach and Dan casually stepped back into Intimidation/Investigation Mode with Roth. Fun stuff.

[findmyantidrug]

Aw geez what I also wanted to add: I'm crossing my fingers in the hopes that Rorschach and Adrian are going to bump into each other. That can only be hilarious (or, y'know, tense and antagonistic).

[scarlet_carsons]

Thank you. I enjoy writing Adrian far too much. He is the HBIC.

'Dan hasn't completely forgotten about Laurie! I think that's really great, because so often in slash fics that break up canon pairings the woman ends up bashed/completely forgotten, which is definitely not Dan's style.'

I'd feel like an ass if I ignored Laurie, and I'd feel like Dan was an ass if he forgot her. If I had unlimited writing energy reserves, I'd write a companion fic about what she and Jon are doing while Dan and Rorschach screw around in NY.

'Line that I feel the most guilty about laughing at (and laughing at hard, too): Oh, I walked into a door.'

When I first wrote about Rorschach punching Daniel, I was like, 'WAIT NO HITTING YOUR PARTNER IS A TERRIBLE THING'... Then I remembered that they both seem to be pretty blase about violence (HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS? NOT IN MY FIC), and figured that Dan would be more, 'oh well, he hit me, I'm going to be self-deprecating about it' more than anything. Hrm.

Speaking of being blase about violence...

'I also really liked how Rorschach and Dan casually stepped back into Intimidation/Investigation Mode with Roth.'

Hee, thanks - Dan's a relatively nice guy, but it always struck me how, er, Gestapo-like he and Rorschach seem when they're scaring the customers at Happy Harry's.

'I'm crossing my fingers in the hopes that Rorschach and Adrian are going to bump into each other.'

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