Comments | flighty_dreams: Spliced: Part 4

flighty_dreams

Spliced: Part 4 - Chapter 12

Sep 24, 2009 12:31

As soon as Alex said the words he regretted them, but he couldn’t snatch them back from the air. First the collar and now this, what the hell was he thinking?

But it was as he’d discussed with Hollis-if Matt didn’t get over the past, how could they have any future together? And if punishing him would alleviate the man’s resentment in one fell ( Read more... )

slavefic, spliced, original fic, scifi

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chaoskir September 24 2009, 17:06:09 UTC

Yeah it's shorter than your other chapters but it's also great and very touching and exciting written. Thanks a lot for sharing. I really enjoy reading your fic.

flighty_dreams September 24 2009, 18:16:55 UTC

Thanks for reading and for commenting. Glad you enjoyed it!

fran_fic September 24 2009, 17:19:04 UTC

Gah... you're gonna kill me one of these days... :-( :-))

flighty_dreams September 24 2009, 18:16:12 UTC

Lol, I'll consider that your initial "dammit I want more kinks!!!" comment. ;-)

fran_fic September 24 2009, 18:19:09 UTC

*LOL* And then I'll feel bad, and come back with a more "normal" comment, and...

OK, I'm predictable -.- :-))

flighty_dreams September 24 2009, 18:32:33 UTC

Lol, no problem. :D

But but, there were restraints, and a bed, and convenient tools, and *tension*...

Okay, I can see how your kinky side *might* be a little frustrated, after that set up... >:D

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spiceblueeyes September 24 2009, 17:29:28 UTC

Really good chapter! Will Matt get the answers he wants?

flighty_dreams September 24 2009, 18:20:16 UTC

Thanks! Hmm, good question!

alina_kotik September 24 2009, 19:22:21 UTC

They have both moved forward so much, despite the pain and distrust! Thank you for an exciting chapter.

flighty_dreams September 25 2009, 16:12:51 UTC

Thanks, that's nice to hear. I hope so!

lee_777 September 24 2009, 20:31:58 UTC

Fantastic!!!!

It's me giving up my control, not you taking it... What I give up freely I can regain at any time... he understood now: that give and take was what he’d been looking for. He could feed these darker urges and still be himself.Alex works it all out: puts into words what he wants, and immediately starts thinking of making a functional synthesis between the two conflicting sides of himself. He has also realised what he might not have appreciated before now: how much courage there is in his submission, and thus, how much strength. He could be charging ahead into a fantastic future life right now, were he not tied down (ha ha) by an unreformed Matt ( ... )

juniper617 September 25 2009, 00:14:05 UTC

He also seems to think he can swap out the visceral gratification of taking revenge on the slave that has defied him, in favour of gaining control over the part of Alex that he feels he does not yet possess. As though he gets to change the punishment that Alex has offered him; as though his obsession with control should somehow trump Alex's desperate need to protect his family.This. Exactly this. 'OK, you've so far refused to give me this information; I'm no longer asking but demanding that you tell me. It's your punishment, nyeh nyeh now you have to.' ?? And then again, perhaps those are not the answers that Matt is looking for here at all ( ... )

flighty_dreams September 28 2009, 18:46:23 UTC

That's certainly one way to read this situation. What Matt means or is looking for can't be discerned easily from this chapter.

Lol. I'll say it's still early days yet for them, but I do think that Matt is learning (unhappily, reluctantly) that Alex can't be controlled to that degree. Blows to the head though, not a bad idea.... ;-)

Time will tell how I do in regards to your literary challenge. Thanks for commenting.

flighty_dreams September 25 2009, 19:14:14 UTC

Yeah, this was definitely a big realization for Alex. I think you're right that he didn't appreciate before the courage and strength in submission, and doing so gives him a whole new perspective on the situation. Lol @ at the being literally tied down by Matt line.

I can always trust you to hold nothing back in reviewing Matt's actions. *grin* Obviously everyone is free to interpret the characters' behavior in their own way, but I thought I'd bring up the argument that Matt acknowledging that their society's normal methods for dealing with slaves are ineffective (at the very least in Alex's case, if not in general) is a step forward at least. As is him not physically punishing Alex.

He also seems to think he can swap out the visceral gratification of taking revenge on the slave that has defied him, in favour of gaining control over the part of Alex that he feels he does not yet possess. As though he gets to change the punishment that Alex has offered him; as though his obsession with control should somehow trump Alex's desperate ( ... )

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