Spliced 4-14

[flighty_dreams]

TITLE: Spliced 4.14
AUTHOR: flighty_dreams
WARNINGS: NC-17. slavefic. scifi setting. M/m. some graphic violence.
WORD COUNT:  5,452
SUMMARY:  In a world where clones are made and sold as commodities, Matt Muldane can't resist purchasing an intriguing slave.
NOTES:  The index to this story available here. Thanks to aurila and tuawahine ! I'm sorry for the delay on this chapter.

Comments

[chaoskir]

Whoa!! Hell's Bells!!
This was intense and very, very emotionally and uuurrrgh *shiver* disturbing and very well written. You are an awesome writer. I imagined the scene and it was really bloody there. Urrgh! Thanks for this explanationally new chapter!

[flighty_dreams]

Yeah, I was worried what reaction this chapter might stir up, since it is disturbing. :S I hope it wasn't too much for you! Thank you for reading, and for commenting.

[amberwinters]

I am so happy you posted. I absolutely love this story and think you are an incredible writer. You create characters that stay in the readers mind because they are complex and believable. Love it and anxiously await more.

[flighty_dreams]

Thanks so much! What lovely things to hear. My characters leaving an impact on readers... what more can I ask for? :-)

Thanks for commenting.

[nola_nola]

Whoa. Not what I was expecting to read when I saw the update but I think it was very much needed, some insight into Min's past. Well done.

[flighty_dreams]

Yeah, I bet it was unexpected, but as you said, much needed as well. Thanks for commenting.

[fran_fic]

ARRGH. I saw this update much earlier, and then I was interrupted before I could read. I've nearly been going nuts here!! :-)

GREAT chapter!! I didn't expect a flashback of this kind, and it was intense enough. Poor Min, really, he shouldn't be so hard on himself. He's not evil, he's not a monster. He lost it with hate and feelings of revenge and grief for his near, and who wouldn't? He used what they had made of him against them - they SO had it coming! The feelings he had about it all afterwards, he seeing himself as evil and a monster, is itself good evidence that he is really not. A monster... true evil, would not have felt remorse, would not have been shocked over what he was capable of, would not have thought about it in that way at all.

Wonderful read, thanks!!

[flighty_dreams]

Lol, I hate when that happens. A fic you've been waiting for finally updates, but you can't read it til later!

I know, he is very hard on himself, poor boy. The man did have it coming to him. You're right that someone who is truly evil would not feel horror or regret over his actions. But sometimes it's hard for the sinner to see that, because they are so stuck on what they DID do.

Glad you enjoyed the flashback. I figured you, if anyone, would not be squicked out. Ahem. :P

[fran_fic]

Poor Min! Yes, we have all been bad at times (we all have the potential for evil) and you don't need to have tortured someone to death to feel really bad about some things for a long time, so it's not exactly strange that Min would be screwed up about this still, and suffer mentally from what he did. I hope that he some day can trust Matt enough to tell him, and that Matt can be mature enough about it (and understand the background enough) so that he can help Min understand that he is at least not a monster.

I wasn't squicked no... I was kinda cheering Min on there for a while *ashamed* ;-) It's always easier to take graphic violence anyway when it's directed to the bad guy. If the exact same violence had been inflicted on an innocent BY the bad guy - it would have been ten times as more disturbing. But the chapter as a whole was intense and you felt so bad for poor Min!

[flighty_dreams]

You're right, we all have things we feel guilty about. As far as how Matt would handle this information, I guess we'll have to wait and see.

Lol don't be ashamed. I cheered him on too. *grin* And I had a lot of fun writing some of the (very) evil lines in here. I got to show my own sadistic side lol. But yeah, it is easier to take violence when its done to the bad guy. >:D

I'm glad to hear the chapter was intense though. I hoped readers would find it so, and still feel sympathy for Min, despite the terrible things he was doing in this scene.

[methosdeb]

loved it ,they got what the deserved Min sould not feel bad about it .

[flighty_dreams]

They did. :-) But Min could use some comforting.

Thanks for commenting.