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FIC: Death Ray (1/1) Dr Horrible

Jun 28, 2009 03:56

Title: Death Ray
Rating: PG for dark themes
Summary: Billy is given some devastating news
Authors note: Has anyone ever noticed that during "So they say" Billy's back wall is literally covered with MRI Brain scans. Has anyone ever wondered WHY?
Fandom: Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Spoilers: Set prior Act I
Word Count: 3 x 100 (drabbles)

( He spent a lot of time on the internet... )

chara: moist, fiction: dr horrible, chara: billy

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pikka June 28 2009, 10:58:33 UTC

Strangely, I had the feeling that you were gonna write some DH fic these days.

And I really love your theories - you really gotta help me with the sequel trailer? <3

Oh, and *SQUEE*, of course. Love the structure of the Three Acts and the final two sentences. Especially because they leave a lot of room for speculations.

(eta) --and don't you see the scans when DH sings "There's no happy ending (...) not for me anyway"?! I have to check on that. How nicely would that fit.

idioticonion June 28 2009, 11:26:22 UTC

>Strangely, I had the feeling that you were gonna write some DH fic these days.

It was time. ;-)

>And I really love your theories - you really gotta help me with the sequel trailer? <3

God, I don't know! I still think Billy moves to Seattle.

>Oh, and *SQUEE*, of course. Love the structure of the Three Acts and the final two sentences. Especially because they leave a lot of room for speculations.

Thank you! It's just one of those things when the story falls nicely into place.

>(eta) --and don't you see the scans when DH sings "There's no happy ending (...) not for me anyway"?! I have to check on that. How nicely would that fit.

YES! YOU DO!!!! And that, my friend, is the point.

pikka June 28 2009, 11:49:23 UTC

Seattle? Isn't DH set in a fictional city/world? Like, Cumin City?

Nn, you know, I just want to show very short scenes/frames from a fictional sequel, so... ah, never mind. Don't want to bother you with that. X3;

OH MY NPH!! That's really awesome. I really hope that, if they make a sequel, it will be dark-themed... because seriously, how could it possibly be just funny?!

idioticonion June 28 2009, 12:22:07 UTC

>Seattle? Isn't DH set in a fictional city/world? Like, Cumin City?

Dr Horrible is set in LA - quite clearly that's Echo Park in On The Rise and the Laundromat's nearby.

I just thought he might move to Seattle becaue it's nicer. This is my own prejudice.

Plus your lovely raining illustration made me think it.

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roland44 June 28 2009, 14:16:29 UTC

Simply brilliant, my friend! This theory makes so much sense! Kudos on the awesome writing as per usz!

roland44 June 28 2009, 14:23:24 UTC

Oh and I totally forgot, but how very Barney is it for him to want to have his pornbrain professionally backlit? ;)

idioticonion June 28 2009, 14:55:41 UTC

THANK YOU! Someone gets it.

snogged June 28 2009, 19:31:54 UTC

Ooh!!

I totally dig your theory, hun.

Very clever :)

idioticonion June 28 2009, 20:01:30 UTC

I'm full of Theory today! :-)

dizilla June 30 2009, 05:25:45 UTC

Ooh, I love this take on it. Nicely done! ^_^

sydpenguinbunny October 29 2011, 23:33:40 UTC

I love this! I never really noticed the scans before; I definitely need to go rewatch (I've only seen it twice thus far). :D

idioticonion October 31 2011, 13:02:36 UTC

Thank you! Those scans always, always bugged me, but I'm sure there's another explanation for them! Perhaps it was just one of the times Hammer beat him unconscious. :-)

sydpenguinbunny November 1 2011, 04:05:28 UTC

I rewatched and I dunno how I didn't notice the scans before... I fail at observation :P

But I feel like your interpretation makes a *lot* of sense esp. considering Billy/Dr. H's character, he does really seem the kind of nice sweet guy driven into world domination by what? something... Maybe just too much short end of the stick or maybe a breaking point; maybe Billy has a Walter White deal going on (Breaking Bad <3 - I'm actually writing a BB/Dr. H crossover... whether it will ever see the light of day, we shall see :P) - might as well take over the world if you've only got X amount of time left...

[/half-asleep babbling] By the way, I'm Sara *waves hand* Nice to meet you :D

idioticonion November 1 2011, 12:39:03 UTC

I'm never really sure with Billy. I always gets the feeling that Billy is playing dress-up as Doctor Horrible until the point at the end of Act 1 where Penny goes off with Hammer. He's a nice guy till then - horrified at doing battle in the park, killing a kid, etc. But then he's "wronged" (in his own head, he's actually stalking Penny pretty creeplily!) and he's out for blood/vengence, and Doctor Horrible becomes much more of a character in his own right. At the end it almost seems like Billy has been left behind while Horrible rampages!

But yes, my favourite fic in the fandom is that which acknowledges the deep divisions in Billy at the end, and plays around with that. :-)

Sorry for the waffle!

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