Comments | candle_beck: let's make the best of the situation

candle_beck

let's make the best of the situation

May 12, 2010 13:19

The Four Rooms Suite (unrelated stories written at the same time)

1. The Offensive of Charm and Fire, Holmes/Watson, PG-13, 4092 words
2. How You Were Diverted, John/Paul, PG-13, 5076 words
3. The Mother Road, Sam/Dean, R, 3608 words
4. The Comeback Kid, Zito/Lincecum, R, 7195 words

( an mlb story )

zito/lincecum, mlb fic

Comments 57

littlestclouds May 12 2010, 20:58:01 UTC

Shit, son. Zito/Lincecum?! BRB READING.

ETA with moar comment

Egads! Is this fluff? From you?! Does Zito actually get a happy (for now) ending from you?! Reading this made my heart feel ten times lighter! Zito and Lincecum are oddly sweet here (I say 'oddly' because I can't really picture Zito being sweet) and I like Chavez' and Harden's cameos. Also I snickered out loud at the line about Zito getting bitch slapped. I just love the idea of little Tim Hudson hauling off and slapping Zito across the face. I also love your Tim too.

But what I really, really love is what Zito's thing with Lincecum represents here. It's like he's finally gotten it right.

For being a bit rusty, as you say, you still seem to be at the top of your game. But you can easily get back into the swing of things by writing more and more and more. :B Holy abuse of baseball metaphors, Batman!

ETA the second

I just had to say I'm amused that I consider "angst-tinged stories with happy endings" as park_hye_in said fluffy if they're coming from you. Rather than ( ... )

candle_beck May 16 2010, 17:22:52 UTC

ha, 'angst-tinged' is as close as i can get to an actual happy ending--this is true. once in awhile, zito has gotta win a little bit just so the reversal of fortunes can be a little more depressing. hi, i just woke up. my brain is fuzzy and there is a mouse in my house. but yes, more mlb fic for the win. more hudson bitchslapping zito for the sweep. thanks for sticking with, kid!

rickenbacker May 12 2010, 21:27:57 UTC

Dood! You didn't tell me there was Harden in this, let alone Harden/Zito. And to think I almost set it aside for later. Because, you know, Lincecum was never an A. And Giant!Zito and I are complicated ( ... )

candle_beck May 16 2010, 17:27:48 UTC

heh, i also have a complicated relationship with giant!zito, but i sublimate by writing him banging his teammates. a winning strategy!

it wrote in about three days, and i did start it before richie's return to oakland (actually i was looking up chavvy's schedule to see where he'd be, and i was like, oh they're at home, oh they're playing the ranger, oh who's pitching--WAIT A MINUTE). up until then i don't think i intended to have harden in it at all. but he is a crafty boy who finds his way into all fic.

if lj is getting the dates right, i was actually at that game of which you speak (zito's last start with the total lack of any stuff whatsoever, and only three runs allowed on guts and guile), so i missed young tim being clinging in the dugout. i can picture it crystal clear, though. that kid, i swear.

anyway, you know i will wander and stray, but never very far, and never for too long, not so long as barry zito is still pitching and being cuter than hell. this i promise you.

rickenbacker May 16 2010, 22:08:59 UTC

I have been, lately, rooting for Zito to do well but yesterday it occurred to me I would be extremely fucking pissed if he ends up like 22-6 and wins the Cy again. (I am watching him pitch against the Astros as I type) Like, SO pissed. Mostly, I think, on account of Richie, and all the unfulfilled promise, his lack of hardware. (Trust me, it makes sense in my head)

Harden returning to Oakland made Myr say she wishes she hadn't punked out on moving out to the Bay area with me (instead of me moving out here with her). Part of me was like let's go then but, the truth is, I don't think even Oakland could be the Oakland I get homesick for.

up until then i don't think i intended to have harden in it at all. but he is a crafty boy who finds his way into all ficI think with your talent, you could work Rich Harden into a Holmes or Supernatural fic and it would be believable. You know I am totally pulling for this now ( ... )

littlestclouds May 19 2010, 20:41:32 UTC

I'm trying to write a story in which Harden happily takes his time befriending Street and meanwhile Zito swoops in all stranger-with-candy and fucks with Huston. And it's probably only because our Zitos are different than I am making any progress at all.

I WISH TO SUBSCRIBE TO YOUR NEWSLETTER.

park_hye_in May 12 2010, 22:00:06 UTC

ack, someone who's not on the primer! quick googling reveals that this lincecum character seems like he would be relevant to my interests. i'm reading this basically as original fic, and even without knowing the backstory this is fantastic.

Zito had gone half a decade pathetically grateful for every K he'd managed to bluff and feint and eke out of the ball, and he thought that Lincecum didn't really know what he was talking about.

and

"The curveball came back," Zito said, and then felt stupid, childish and superstitious.

MY HEART, ohmygod. i really have no words for how much i adore your portrayal of the struggling athlete, almost like a tragic hero. and the fact that this has a happy ending, <33333. i like angst, i like happiness, but i fucking love angst-tinged stories with happy endings. BEST OF BOTH WORLDS ( ... )

candle_beck May 16 2010, 17:35:44 UTC

PRIMER NOW UPDATED. thanks for reminding me about that, i hopped right on it ( ... )

unlovablehands May 12 2010, 23:21:34 UTC

I kept waiting for things to go horribly awry and then they didn't. CB, I don't know what's gotten into you, but I think I like it. :)

candle_beck May 16 2010, 17:36:30 UTC

i know, who saw that coming? i was about to have a plane crashed into the hotel just to shake things up a bit. excellent that you are down, though.

skye_terriers May 12 2010, 23:27:47 UTC

Oh man oh man oh man so I came here today with the intention of printing out Strays so I can reread it without having to stare at a computer screen for hours (not like I don't do that already...) which may or may not be a reasonable idea given the number of pages it will take up, only to find THIS.

THIS. Is unexpectedly awesome and I was already in a good mood so it only could make me smile more :D It's just so, I don't know, happy!

"Hi," Tim Lincecum whispered. "I stole your second key."
Okay, this whole exchange kinda made me fall in love a little bit. It's adorable and, what, innocent? (but not so much)

Lincecum gazed up at him with a mindless smile, that faint disbelief that even two years later still invaded his eyes every time Zito touched him.
This too :D

And some various things - No one smiling at Z anymore (aww)! Briefly considering the existence of UFOs! Timmy sleeping on the plane with an eye mask on and singing Lady Gaga in the shower! Richie and the strawberry milkshakes! Better than any strikeout ever!I love, I love ( ... )

candle_beck May 16 2010, 17:40:25 UTC

thanks man! excellent note, and it is much appreciated. that 'adorable yet not-so-innocent' thing is me trying to nail tim lincecum's characterization. he is optimistic and on the top of his game and that is very weird for me in terms of fic characters. also he keeps talking like an eighth grader, but that might just be the weed.

also, that bit about thinking about ufos while trying to get off is lifted from a crash test dummies song called 'swimming in your ocean.' timmy's eyemask and gaga singing i am convinced are canon.