Fic: Polar Bear Plunge

[gixxer_pilot]

Title: Polar Bear Plunge

Author: Gixxer Pilot

Summary: When McCoy agreed to go with Jim back to Iowa during Christmas break, Jim conveniently left out one little tradition in which participation was more of a requirement than a request. And they call Southerners crazy.

Author’s Notes: This is totally a three-way gift fic (yes, I have a very

Comments

[wicked_jade]

I'm with Bones on this one, northerners are nuts. :D Also suicidal, apparently. It's one thing to dive into icy water, but threatening to withhold pecan pie from a cranky southerner? CRAZY.

*hugs* Seriously, there aren't words for how much I loved this. Poor Bones, chivalry coming back to bite him on his frozen little ass like that. Bless his cookie dough stealing, Hawaiian print board short wearing heart.

Incidently, I can think of a few ways Kirk could warm him back up...;)

[gixxer_pilot]

Hee! We're gloriously nutty, and quite proud of it to boot. And what is it with you southerners and your pecan pie? I don't get it! I told my southern friend that it was, "Just pie," and I thought she was going to kill me. Like, her face got red, she started shaking and breathing really hard when I told her I tossed the pie because it was old. I'll never do that again, that's for sure.

*hugs back* I'm totally glad you liked it so much. The mental image I had from this fic was McCoy sitting in about six layers, blankets wrapped around his legs, torso, and cocooning his head, all while doing nothing but glaring daggers at Jim because he's too cold to talk. And Winona...Ha. She's just as sneaky as her son!

Oh, I can think of plenty of ways for Kirk to warm Bones back up. The problem is I can't write those ways out to save my life. I did try, and it was failfailfailfailFAILFAILFAILFAIL *forcible headdesking* FAIL. It was awful. So, I'll leave that to writers who don't suck, and I'll stick to my cracky little world.

[ebilchickens]

Yep another southerner here going O___O;; Having said that a little bit of crazy keeps things interesting and I certainly can't judge. Awesome fic. McCoy was perfect as was Jim, who really can get his Bones to do anything. Fun read. Thanks for sharing.

[gixxer_pilot]

I think I've probably caused some southerners to cross Minnesota off their places to visit lists. But, the crazy is what makes life awesome, and I figured even someone as straight laced as McCoy wouldn't be totally immune.

Thank you for the lovely comments on characterization. I struggle with that part, and it's the only part on which I habitually second guess myself. The voices come easy enough to me, but I sometimes have to think about how far I can take things before they become too cracky and too parody inducing. I don't want it suck, yanno?

Kirk is such a sneaky bastard, and poor Bones, at least in this fic's timeline, hasn't quite mastered the skills of Jim Deflection. He'll learn. Anyway, thanks for commenting! And your icon is total win!

[secretsolitaire]

LOL, Bones is a better person than I for attempting that! Cute fic. :-)

[gixxer_pilot]

Kirk is a master manipulator, and the prospect of Winona colluding along with her son to make Bones jump in to freezing cold water was too priceless for me to pass up. Thanks for the comments!

[phantompoptart]

Ahh! The Polar Bear Plunge. I've never been brave enough to do it, but it's a huge thing in my (small) town. I live in Missouri.

I loved this! Poor Bones, though. Haha. The characters were spot on, and it was just...I loved it. :)

[gixxer_pilot]

Lol! The Plunge is the most amusing thing I've ever done, and I've done a lot of crazy and funny shit in my life. I must say that I think the awesome scale tics up for every bit colder it is outside when you do it.

I'm glad you thought the characterizations were on. That's my biggest worry with writing crack - I know I'm walking a fine line between the characters being awesome and funny, or slipping into that dreaded parody I so hate. Anyway, I'm glad you dig it. Thanks for commenting!

[adafrog]

That was awesome! Thanks.

[gixxer_pilot]

You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed.