fic: chuck vs. the 'f' word {ensemble}

[slybrunette]

Title: Chuck Vs. The 'F' Word
Fandom: Chuck
Characters/Pairings: Ensemble. Eventually Bryce/Chuck(/Carina) and Casey/Sarah.
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 10,014
Author's Note: Part two of my AU Series, beginning with Chuck vs. Uncle Sam. If you haven't read that, this probably won't make a whole lot of sense. I owe everything to my wonderful followers

Comments

[gigglemonster]

OH. OH. OH MY GOD.
HOW CAN 10K FEEL LIKE IT WAS OVER IN A SECOND? THAT IS HOW GOOD YOU ARE. MY MOUSE JUST KEPT SCROLLING AND MY BRAIN JUST KEPT GOBBLING UP THIS AWESOMENESS AND THE AMAING CLIFFHANGER ENDING. GURRRRRRL, DAMN.
Okay, I know I told you this before but a;sldkfj I LOVE THIS PLOTTY STUFF. It is truly delicious. I am just..my mind boggles at your ability to weave all these little details and subplots and action and intrigue. It just all reads so seamlessly! You are a master.
I LOVE all the gorgeously angsty bits in this. And I love that you manage to make those moments hurt like a punch in the gut without being over the top about it. You slip in lines about Morgan and Ellie and Chuck's regret and reluctance and it's all so nuanced and perfect.
ALSO.
Can I just talk about how amazing your handling of these ships is? (Not that it isn't always) Especially sections like this

“Right because the best way to hurt someone is kill the people close to them.” The idea makes his skin crawl, makes him glad for his sister’s absence in his life, glad that he’s cut ties with everyone in this world but Bryce. They’re each other’s liability, their weak spot, but at least it keeps the word singular.

Or this

Bryce doesn’t say anything, just lets his hand slip from the gearshift to cover Chuck’s own, thumb against wristbone, just like the airport, just like every time because this is how their hands fit.

This is how they fit.

MY HEART!
Not to mention the way that easy banter will worlds of subtext between Casey/Sarah popped up in that last part. You always write them in the most believable way. I just read it and cannot for the life of me figure out why they are not cannon because it just makes so much freaking SENSE.
BASICALLY YOU AND THIS FIC CONTINUE TO BE PERFECTION.
AND IF I CONTINUED TO RAMBLE ABOUT MY LOVE FOR IT, THIS COMMENT WOULD WIND UP BEING AS LONG AS THE FIC ITSELF.

[slybrunette]

*lets out audible sigh of relief*

I did the last three scenes of this last night and by about 3am or whenever I sent you that message I was legitimately convinced that it was a clunky, repetitive mess. You know when you've thought about something for so long you can't tell if you're actually repeating yourself or if you just know the material so well it only feels like it? That might not make any sense but, basically, I've had four pages of notes with that exact plot, down to the names, sitting there since January. This comment, however, has me semi-convinced that I managed to please the person I set out to please so I'm okay. Panic averted.

Girl, I'm glad you like plotty because this is gonna be thirteen parts when it's all said and done probably (I know, the horror) and you can't do shit like this without some sort of plot. Unless you want Chuck S4: Schmoop City (I had to, I always have to make these digs).

So. Bryce/Chuck. I've always had the hardest time writing them. When I did part one I just could NOT get into the groove until the end and then when I went to do it here I couldn't touch it. I see it on the show and I enjoy the hell out of it but I just couldn't get a hold on it. Call it the consequence of mostly writing het stuff in my fandom experience, and all the slash I've ever written has been based more on sex than emotion. And I didn't want this to be about sex. It's not about sex. It's a very different dynamic than I'm used to writing and I did a lot of television watching of my various slash OTPs just to get a feel for how I wanted to do this (yes, sometimes when I'm stuck I watch completely different shows and that helps, I have no fucking clue why, lol) and it must've worked because it was significantly more fun to write these two than it was during part one.

Anyways, I just rambled a lot but I'm sure you're used to it so I'll forgo the apologies and just say THANK YOU FOR LIKING THIS AND BEING ENCOURAGING AND SHIT.

Seriously, you are a saint and I love you dearly.

[gigglemonster]

Lol dude! Possibly thirteen parts? a;sldkfj Be lucky you were not able to witness the noise I just made. Good golly miss molly that is the best freaking news I've heard in a while. And whaddya know! It is possible to legitimately come up with that much wonderful plot without having to resort letting the show devolve into Schmoop City. TAKE NOTE CHUCK WRITERS.

I'm really glad you had more fun writing them this time around! I'm sorry they were giving you such a hard time in the first part. (Not that it came across in the story whatsoever). And I love your dedication to them being something more important than just sex. Again with something this long, you really kind of have to have that lol but still! It makes me happy!

Yay! ♥!