N is for Nuits Blanches

[thehappyreturn]

Finally after weeks of angst and clear writerly evenings spent producing nothing, I finally shed my fic block and scrawled this all at once, stuck in a Cairo traffic jam in a slum at dusk, breathing in pollution, writing in a notebook lit by my mobile phone in the back of a taxi. I love my city.

I've also forbidden myself from reading fic until this

Comments

[_likimeya]

I love this! It shows so well Hornblower’s selfmade isolation and how he’s continually hurting himself with it. And although it is such a short and meditative piece, it has great atmospheric writing; I love the descriptions of the light. Hornblower walking around with the lantern and lighting Bush’s face made me hold my breath. It’s such a private moment that must not be disturbed…

And much as I love Hornblower, it’s good to see him experience a little guilt over how he treats his friend. If only guilt and self-reproach didn’t make it all worse with Hornblower…! ;)

[thehappyreturn]

Well, this is a really nice comment, honestly, it makes me feel happy about what I was trying to do. Thanks for stopping by, I haven't seen you around before much?

And the guilt issue is a risky one - he does stop now and then to feel bad about what a bitch he is to Bush, but it tends to be part of the great epic!Hornblower!selfanalysis! rather than really thinking about Bush. So this was a risk, but I'm glad it made some sense. :)

[_likimeya]

but it tends to be part of the great epic!Hornblower!selfanalysis! rather than really thinking about Bush
Yes, it’s rather self-serving… in an unhealthy, twisted way.
Damn, Hornblower really makes me want to wring his neck sometimes, or to shake him until he sees reason!

Thanks for stopping by, I haven't seen you around before much?
No, I’m pretty new to the fandom. I’ve been lurking around for some time and only recently came out of the shadows when I saw that there was going to be a crack/kink meme at following_sea. Although that particular meme actually doesn’t work that well as an introduction, for obvious reasons… ;)

[thehappyreturn]

Haha, no it doesn't! As black_hound's been saying elsewhere, by contrast, we're all a little tame really.

Well, I hope you'll stick around. This is a lovely moment for this fandom. Do you write?

[_likimeya]

Haha, no it doesn't! As black_hound's been saying elsewhere, by contrast, we're all a little tame really.
And that’s not so bad! Imagine we were all exclusively writing crack. That would be just a little bit annoying after some time! But I actually meant that the anonymity makes it somewhat unsuitable for an introduction...

Do you write?
I try. Really. And I have written before (nothing Hornblower, though). But I tend to get things done only when there is a challenge or some kind of a deadline. It’s always been like that - hence the crack fic meme, to get at least started. :)

[thehappyreturn]

But I actually meant that the anonymity makes it somewhat unsuitable for an introduction...
Ah yeah, that too.

I'll have to set up some more challenges to get you writing more... :D

[black_hound]

Your icon? Pure love.

[_likimeya]

Fabulous, isn’t it? Unfortunately I don’t know to whom to give credit for it. I always seem to get the best icons from somebody who got them from somebody else who saw them at the journal of somebody who got them from - etc.