Comments | elliptic_eye: Perinatal (Reid, Nathan Harris)

elliptic_eye

Perinatal (Reid, Nathan Harris) - PG-13

Oct 29, 2009 00:59

Title: Perinatal
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Characters: Reid, Nathan Harris
Rating: PG-13
Chronology/spoilers: Set during S4 and early S5. Spoilers for "Sex, Birth, Death," "The Big Game/Revelations," "Amplification," and "Nameless, Faceless" (S5 premiere)
Warnings: Non-explicit allusions to sadism and torture (in canon)
Length: 2,800

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lol angst, character: spencer reid, fic: criminal minds, fic: gen, fandom: criminal minds, fic, character: nathan harris, character: minor characters

Comments 36

lupinella October 29 2009, 05:46:00 UTC

Wow, Spencer's relationship with Nathan is so amazingly beautiful and complicate. Nicely done.

elliptic_eye October 29 2009, 13:05:56 UTC

Thank you!

grey_bard October 29 2009, 06:32:50 UTC

I. WAIT. Uh oh.

Does this mean he's going to kill himself? Does this mean he's going to follow his pathology? Or does this just mean that he's going to creepily stalk and/or off Reid...

Which is to say I love it, I don't know where it's going, but somehow I think it is not good.

elliptic_eye October 29 2009, 14:10:22 UTC

Oh, thank you, this is exactly the sort of feedback I needed, because I think my writing went past ambiguous and into muddiness. The intended implication is that Nathan has completed transformation into one of "the hollow men" and now meets Reid's criteria for psychopathy: "Psychopaths... take out anyone that threatens [them]." Basically, I think that if Nathan ever did want to act on his fantasies, he'd know he'd have to go through Reid first. I'll see if I can't find an edit that makes this less coy.

So, yeah, thanks for reading and thanks for the feedback!

hinatatsuki October 29 2009, 09:32:08 UTC

Interesting take, I might wanna try my hand and bringing Nathan back sometime! You have inspired me.

elliptic_eye October 29 2009, 14:11:18 UTC

Please do, I love this character! I know it's not likely now Anton Yelchin is Chekhov, but I really wish they'd bring him back on the show.

batcat72 October 29 2009, 10:28:53 UTC

Yikes, now I'm scared... Loved the relationship you've created between Reid and Nathan, and moments like Reid's reaction to the music.

elliptic_eye October 29 2009, 14:12:50 UTC

Thank you very much. :)

feanor369 October 29 2009, 11:51:30 UTC

Very interesting. I still hope the show would bring back Nathan, but until than fanfic like this makes me a very happy girl. Loved the ambiguous ending, maybe you'll take it up again one day :) nudge nudge

elliptic_eye October 29 2009, 14:14:42 UTC

I still hope the show would bring back Nathan

I'm so glad I'm not alone in that! He was so fabulously acted, and had such amazing chemistry with Gubler, and there are just so many questions screaming to be asked about him.

Probably complete as-is, but I'm glad you liked it. :)