FIC: Frosty the Snowman (1/2) HIMYM / Warm Bodies

[idioticonion]

Title: Frosty the Snowman
Summary: Nothing says BrOTP at Christmas like zombies.
Rating/Warnings: X, Zombieism, death, blood, horror and angst.
Written for: da_phoenix13 , queen of the zombie fic.
Challenge: fanfic100 WC- "Zombie"
Word Count: 1,301
Fandom/Pairing: HIMYM, Barney/Robin mixed with a lot of Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion.
Spoilers: Set some amount

Comments

[ocelot_summer]

Oh my god. Zombie!Barney. And Christmas. This is a brilliant combination, and has quite possibly the best summary EVER.

I know I am gonna love this so hard. I love that Barney has all this in his head and can't express it, I love that Robin is badass even after the goddamn zombiepocalypse (because we know she would be), and I love that I now have to find a way to use the phrase "orgiastic torrent of blood" somewhere in my life because... yes.

This is awesome and I am excited!

[idioticonion]

Thank you! Thank you so much for being the first to comment, and being so lovely. It's really tricky to post a dark peice because I know a lot of people are put off by horror-story warnings. But this will probably be at least three parts long, possibly four if I stretch it into a New Year story too. It'll keep me going through the hiatus too.

And if you haven't read Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion yet, you should. Because it's the best god damn zombie book in the history of EVER.

[magpieinthesky]

Uh... WOAH. I don't know what exactly I was expecting but it wasn't this. I really like the way this was written. I have a feeling your style might have been a bit influenced by this book? But it's a good influence, I think. Looking forward to more of this!

[idioticonion]

Oh yes, I'm sure I'm very influenced by the book. It's hard to tell myself, because I haven't written anything at all for a while.

And thanks for commenting. I'm wondering if the warnings have put everyone off?

BTW - have you seen there's some Barney/Robin stories up for Yuletide this year? I wonder if we should rec them over at the barneyrobin comm?

[magpieinthesky]

Oh hey, Yuletide! I always forget that that happens. Yeah, we might as well, especially in case someone wants to nom any of them...

You know, it might be a combination of the warnings and the fact that it's the holidays and people aren't necessarily checking their flists a ton due to family and travel? Cause I'm usually pretty sensitive to gore and all that jazz, but this actually wasn't prohibitive for me. I don't know!

[idioticonion]

I never see anyone mention Yuletide when there's still time to sign up so I always miss it. I have no idea how you sign up for it!

But although it may be the warnings, I think it's just the lack of people commenting generally on HIMYM fics that I've noticed a lot. When I've seen some excellent fic posted on the comm, I'm always stunned that there aren't many comments when I read it. I don't know - it's just a shock compared to how it used to be you know?

[snogged]

This is incredible!
I'm eager to see what comes next!!

[idioticonion]

Thank you! I'm hoping I'll get back into writing it when I come back from my travels next week. I hope so anyway. I do want to make it at least two parts.

[otempora42]

This was really great! The style's different from what you usually see in fan fic (mostly the first person), but I think it works well. And Robin as a badass zombie hunter! Can't really go wrong.

[idioticonion]

I love your icon. And thanks, I don't normally write in the first person, not even in roleplay, so it's weird! But that was the style of Warm Bodies and I like how that played.