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Fic - "Masquerade"

Jun 28, 2010 01:13

Title: Masquerade
Author: colonel_bastard
Characters/Fandom: Basil, Ratigan. The Great Mouse Detective.
Word Count: 3,964
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Basil and Ratigan attend a masquerade ball, and Basil gets a little carried away.
Warnings: Cross-dressing, sexual tension, general desecration of beloved Disney characters.
Notes: Sixth in the Basil/Ratigan ( Read more... )

fanfiction, disney_kink, character: ratigan, the great mouse detective, character: basil

Comments 29

chai_footsteps July 25 2010, 17:37:29 UTC

If you take a gentleman and have him dress in the Phantom's Masquerade outfit, he becomes exponentially more attractive. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a mathematical equation for it or something.

The Great Mouse Detective + Poe is just oh my, yes.

I love the shift in tone as the story closes, the way it goes from being lighter and more humorous, albeit with all their usual calculating and tension, to something maddening and troubled and painfully tragic. They're ingrained so deeply into one another it's almost hard to fathom, completely unhealthy, and hopelessly romantic.

colonel_bastard July 26 2010, 15:24:35 UTC

Oh, dear me, YES. When it came time to choose Ratigan's masquerade attire, nothing else would do. It had to be Red Death, for the exact reasons you have so eloquently cited. :D

The prompt had the potential to get a bit silly, so I wanted to be sure to keep this episode rooted in the overall darker tone of the series as a whole. "Completely unhealthy" and "hopelessly romantic" shouldn't go together, but for this pairing it's entirely accurate, and I'm so pleased to hear you think so.

And of course, thanks so much for reading and commenting!

dedlit January 4 2011, 08:53:50 UTC

Till now one of my favorite chapters :)

Yeah, I'm sometimes quite the romantic-person :D This was soooooo sweet and great and WOOOOOOOOOW I just loved every word of it!!!!!!

colonel_bastard January 4 2011, 22:54:29 UTC

Ohhhh, man, I'm a TOTAL romantic!! Which is a problem when I'm writing a pairing that's supposed to be so fraught with drama and angst. Sometimes I indulge myself with fics like this, with waltzes and masquerades and midnight kisses. I'm glad you enjoyed it, too. ^_^

"No one ever expects me!" chainey_clink January 14 2011, 07:02:07 UTC

“I believe,” the rat approaches, close enough to offer his hand. “That you are the Raven.”

Is that a deliberate callback to what he was going to engrave on the cigarette case? As well as Basil's line about having no shame where his work is concerned?

You made crossdressing entirely practical in this fic. I salute you, writer. And The Second Waltz is truly fitting for this piece! I could see it all so clearly with the music.

It’s Ratigan, bringing one hand swiftly to the nape of Basil’s neck and the other to the small of his back, and as cheers ring out around them, Ratigan dips him into a deep and passionate kiss.

I'm sorry Basil but oh my god I cheered so hard at that.

“My dear sir, you mustn’t impose yourself on a lady!” And he plays the part of an upperclass woman so well, too.

colonel_bastard January 17 2011, 00:02:47 UTC

Actually, since the fics were not written in chronological order, it can be a bit tricky--- the second half of Smoke and Mirrors takes place after this one, so really, I was calling back to this one when I wrote that one. ...I know, I'm crazy. XD

The great challenge and most fun I've had with this series is trying to make each prompt work organically and naturally for the characters. When I got the "crossdressing" prompt, I really wanted to make it work, rather than being an arbitrary device. I'm so glad to hear that I succeeded! And that you enjoyed the Second Waltz--- I would accept nothing else, it was too perfect for the scene. ^_^

YAY FOR CHEERING. :D As I've said to other commenters, I'm really a hopeless romantic at heart, and this fic was the first one in the series where I had the opportunity for a really romantic gesture. Naturally I wanted it to be a doozy.

Thanks so much for all the comments! Again, I'm just so glad you're enjoying the series. That's why I write them. ^_^

chainey_clink January 17 2011, 01:56:05 UTC

Your welcome about the comments! :D

(Psst. You have, like, all the best Basil icons ever)

colonel_bastard January 17 2011, 05:43:15 UTC

B'awww, I love my icons. <3 Some of them I collected from various places--- others, like this one, were custom-made for me. ^_^

If you're looking for awesome GMD icons, my dear friend eve_n_furter made a set of them right over here! Just be sure to credit her if you use any. :D

afterandalasia May 12 2011, 10:03:40 UTC

Dear lord, I know that I'm insanely late, but this piece just left me breathless. Honestly, I have no other way to properly describe it. This whole setting has left me shivering and caught completely off-guard.

Especially, and I totally feel like this deserves its own paragraph, the intelligence of your characters. More than the spot-on characterisation, the exquisite intelligence and referntial nature of the work is just beautiful.

I'm probably just babbling now, but there you go. Having discovered the chronological-order list, I think I can see where today is going.

Colonel, you are magnificent. That is all.

colonel_bastard May 17 2011, 16:47:30 UTC

I appreciate every single comment, no matter how early or late they arrive! In fact, the later comments are especially kind, since old stories sometimes fade and are forgotten. I was very happy when I saw a new comment on this fic! :D

And I'm so glad to hear that the piece had such an effect on you. There's something particularly breathtaking about a midnight masquerade! Up until this point the series had been rather grim, and I really enjoyed a chance to write something mysterious and romantic.

I really appreciate the comment about their intelligence--- it's my favorite aspect of the pairing, and I want to make sure that it shows through in every fic. Both of these characters are brilliant, and they bring out the best (and worst) in each other.

I hope the rest of the series lives up to your expectations! Thanks so much for reading and commenting.

My dear Basil.... (shakes my head in sympathy) ext_1486010 November 8 2012, 23:49:47 UTC

I think aside from the first chapter, this has been by far my favorite chapter.

The outfits, the dance, the music. It was all so lovely, I especially loved Basil's dress so gorgeous.

Now onto the story. Basil is just, he is so heartbreaking in this chapter. By the end of it I literally wanted to just give him a hug and stroke his hair and tell him its ok to feel what he does for Ratigan, its not in so many words logical, but its ok. God I hope our foolish little genius gets back some of his usual confidence soon. As for Ratigan (smirks) you sly dog, well done. And we all know that Ratigan would trick Basil into coming to a masquerade just so he could dance and persuade a few kisses from him. But overall, just in general see his Basil <3 the romantic side of him is enough to make me almost swoon ( ... )