Fic: Scratch (2/12)

[antelope_writes]

Title: Scratch (2/12)
Characters: John Hart, Blowfish, Woman from KKBB, many OCs
Rating: Hard NC-17 for murder, rape, edgeplay, drug trafficking, and mentions of kink.
Summary:  John Hart recruits the Blowfish to act as his bodyguard as he travels about time and space. 
Disclaimer: John Hart, the Blowfish, and all other canon characters are property

Comments

[fmanalyst]

So that's why John likes poodles! Laaessy! Ha!

I wasn't looking for the song. I'll look on the next read.

[antelope_writes]

It seemed so obvious. I'm surprised nobody else thought of that before.

[xheartrockx]

Oh I love this, in it's dark twisted way.

I'm horribly bad with references unless I've written them myself but I'll be sure to pay more attention.

Also... you've kicked my mind into interpretation overdrive on the whole Faust analogy....

[antelope_writes]

In this chapter, there are references to the Goethe and Marlowe Faust, the Divine Comedy, the Scarlet Letter, the American Faust legend The Devil and Tom Walker, Paradise Lost, and, of course, to Lassie.

Guns and poodles, indeed.

[used_songs]

avocado! Ha!

This is wonderful! I love the touches from the very beginning - the little signals - that show that this is a very bad idea for poor Fjoaan. And I really love the voluptuous and lavish description of Hart's ship.

[antelope_writes]

Years ago, I had a friend who was part of a play group, and their standard safe word was "avocado." They were based in Houston, so I always kind of wondered at the back of my head if they ever served guacamole in the munchies room.

Really high-class yachts are furnished like the Light-bearer. Things are smaller and every inch of free space is used for storage or similar, but they are very, very opulent indeed.

[used_songs]

I was in a relationship with someone in college and we had a safe word: rutabaga.

[antelope_writes]

LOL!

I've been living with these kiwis too long. I know there's an uh-beg-a at the end, but all I heard was "root." Which around here means "fuck."

Yeah, it's a Beavis and Butthead kind of day down here.

[kenazfiction]

again, it's the details that just kill me: Naming John's ship the "Light-Bearer"...The traditional "alchemy" of Dr. Faustus showing up as Fjoaan Tsuhn's mixing up drug concoctions with his spine poison...the legion of demons you've already named who are in John's employ...

...and a space poodle named Laaessy?!?!? Are you trying to kill me!?

Oh, poor, poor Fjoaan Tsuhn... he is in so far over his head.

AS for the song, the only thing that I can think of is that the opening line, along with the opulent description of the ship makes me think of "Sympathy for the Devil."

[antelope_writes]

The devil is always in the details. (ba-dump ching)

I thought a space poodle named Lassie was too good to resist. That said, she's a bad, bad doggie indeed, which we'll find out later.

And nope, nothing by the rolling stones. The second word from the title of the song in the fic itself, and like I said, if you know what you're looking for, it's blindingly obvious.

[fmanalyst]

I thought it was "Sympathy for the Devil" too. I'm also being reminded of "The Farmer's Cursed Wife", though that storyline isn't here.

[fmanalyst]

Actually, now that I've started thinking about it, I'm thinking of a lot of songs that could work but don't fit the hint you gave.

[sanginmychains]

Wow, interspecies s&m, I'm very impressed. This is dark and delicious. I, uh, well *is ashamed* haven't read Faust but I'm enjoying this anyway.

[antelope_writes]

Thanks. I had fun writing Laaessy, although she turns out to be a bad bad doggie.

I think all you need to know of the Faust myth can be summarized as fool makes deal with the devil to get money/sex/forbidden knowledge/power/whatever, deal goes bad, fool tries to get away, devil gets him.

[sanginmychains]

I knew that bit already -- okay good then. No need to see if I still have that copy of Faust upstairs.

[antelope_writes]

Wikipedia has a nice long thing on Faust. I've read the Marlowe version, The Devil and Tom Walker, and The Devil and Daniel Webster (thank you Gutenberg project!). If you want to read the Marlowe Faust, it won't take very long and it's available online for free download.