Comments | arsenicjade: <strong class="lj-user"><a href="/read/user/14valentines">14valentines</a></strong>, Day 5

arsenicjade

14valentines, Day 5

Feb 05, 2011 12:09

Title: Commercial Value
Author: arsenicjade
Theme: Sexuality
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: BN

( For all his practicality, his cleverness in getting them in and out of situations, Fiona wonders if Michael ever thinks about the fact that he’s never had his body put on display for the sake of culling information, thumbing ID, whatever. )

fic, fic: burn notice

Comments 20

elucreh February 5 2011, 19:10:23 UTC

Aw, Fi. *torn between cuddling her and just gazing in awe from a distance*

arsenicjade February 7 2011, 04:58:19 UTC

It's a hard choice, right? You're not really sure how she'd take it.

grey_bard February 5 2011, 19:39:19 UTC

I would have a lot more respect for Michael's dealings with Fiona if he were the kind of spy who thought to use his own body as bait sometimes (Sam almost CERTAINLY does this), but no, no he's not. It isn't just a matter of "Do whatever we have to". It never occurs to him that it's something he might have to.

arsenicjade February 7 2011, 04:59:41 UTC

Yeah, I think I don't get MAD at Michael about that because I think it's more a writing failure than a character failure, which I realize is an odd distinction, but the way Michael reads to me, if he weren't being written as the hero (antihero) of a mainstream tv show, I think he probably would, you know?

tassosss February 5 2011, 20:54:58 UTC

Love this!

arsenicjade February 7 2011, 05:00:03 UTC

Thank you! (Seriously, thanks for how supportive you've been through this challenge.)

theletterelle February 8 2011, 14:55:42 UTC

I don't know the fandom at all, but I don't have to to get this, because it's such a basic assumption in media. Heck, in life. Beauty is a commodity, beauty in females even more so. A woman who is beautiful and a team player puts her body out there for the team to use as it sees fit. (a woman who isn't a team player, otoh, isn't a loner or an iconoclast, but a dangerous bitch.)

All that is to say that I liked this and it made me think. Also that I've friended you. :)

arsenicjade February 9 2011, 04:54:06 UTC

Hi! Welcome! Thanks for checking this out despite lack of fandom knowledge--I agree, this is a much larger issue than just the way it works out in the show.

theletterelle February 10 2011, 06:07:37 UTC

*coughs* Um, I may have been stalking you because I love your fic, also. :) The Discipline and Punish stories are just guh. (This probably isn't the place for gushing about those, but if you show me to a place, I will promptly begin gushing.)

arsenicjade February 10 2011, 06:11:54 UTC

Aw, sweets, you can gush anywhere you want. I'm very unstructured in my love of gushiness. *hugs you* Thanks, dear.

Thread 10

silver_cyanne February 10 2011, 04:06:49 UTC

Oh very nice! I love how kick ass Fi is and how complicated their relationship is and you've captured both those things perfectly.

arsenicjade February 10 2011, 05:55:34 UTC

This is the greatest compliment ever regarding writing this fandom. Thanks!