Slashy Nominations 65: Make Me Immortal with a Kiss

[thefourthvine]

(Note on the title: I flirted briefly with "kiss me and be quiet" as a title for this post, but it just seemed so right to use Marlowe. In fact, I may use Marlowe as often as possible in the near future; he's perfect for the Slashies, and he'll make such a lovely change from Shakespeare and The BibleToday, we'll look at kissing. And not just

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[flambeau]

Heero who just cries out to be put in uncomfortable, embarrassing, or unmanly situations

This sums up so perfectly why I like him so much. Heero and Klaus Heinz von dem Eberbach. I swear they have signs on their backs saying Tease me. Please.

[thefourthvine]

Heero and Klaus Heinz von dem Eberbach. I swear they have signs on their backs saying Tease me. Please.

Well, if Duo's been anywhere near Heero, that's about the best thing the sign could say.

(And, see, this whole tease-the-Heero thing stuns me, because normally I writhe in sympathy when embarrassing things happen to characters, even - and this is a good trick - when the characters themselves aren't embarrassed. It's my gift, and it sure makes reading in certain fandoms tough. But I never feel that way about Heero. Oh, I would if he was humiliated, but when it's just Duo attempting the impossible (i.e., to get Heero to lighten up a bit), I'm cheering instead of cringing. It's...odd. But refreshing!)

[flambeau]

Yeah, I know what you mean - I have a huge embarrassment squick, too. (It doesn't just make fandom difficult, it makes tv-watching difficult...) The teasing has to be done just right. :)

[thefourthvine]

Yop. That's actually one of the many reasons I don't do the TV thing (except, of course, on the orders of fanofall, who could persuade a stone to watch Sports Night); the people who write the shows clearly do not agree with me on the whole humor v. embarrassment thing. Fandom's actually an incredibly relief when compard to most mass-media entertainment offerings.

[flambeau]

Yes, except for the people who have a kink for embarrassment and write stories that make me want to hide under the desk... (Not a suggested theme for recs! very not. *g*)

But everyone should watch Sports Night! And Firefly was good that way, I don't remember cringing or hiding at all.

[thefourthvine]

Yes, except for the people who have a kink for embarrassment and write stories that make me want to hide under the desk... (Not a suggested theme for recs! very not. *g*)

Rest assured you'll never see that theme here; I'd die in the assembling of it.

And I'm with you on the horror of embarrassment fic; there's not as much of it as mass-media embarrassment humor, but what there is is excruciating. I mean, I don't exactly enjoy serious sexual humiliation fic, but non-sexual humiliation and embarrassment kill me. And it isn't something that gets warnings, so I'll be happily reading along and suddenly Harry will be - well, out of consideration for you, I won't say it. I'll just say it happens in front of his entire year. And then I swoon, and I have to go lie down with a cold cloth on my face

[flambeau]

Vapors fic and Spanish Convent fic: scourges of our time.

Ain't that the truth. There should be a support group. :)