Safe - Chapter 18

[indyhat]

Characters: Peter/Claude-centric ensemble
Rating/Warnings: PG-13 (some strong language)
Word count: 1,850ish.
Spoilers: AU; nothing here. 1.19 ("The Hard Part) at most.
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine but the words.
Summary: Holocaust-era Heroes
A/N: Today's chapter is for people who like Bennet and Matt in a room together. ( Previous chapters)

The dim yellow

Comments

[visiblemarket]

So, are you in anyway familiar with Stephen Colbert, formerly of The Daily Show, currently of the Colbert Report? Because when I saw this was up, I did his patented "The King of Glory" dance...in my head, because I'm currently in the libary and that would be disrupted, but the emotion was nonetheless there

[indyhat]

I only really know Stephen Colbert from his infamous speech at the White House Correspondents' dinner (at which point I was prepared to swear my undying love/devotion forever). And maybe a couple of appearances on the Daily Show. But I'll go have a look on YouTube for his King of Glory dance, 'cause that, I gotta see ... ;)

I'm really pleased you liked this and think it's in character (it was hard to write!)

Also pleased if this offers some character consistency from the series. Yay!

Thanks for reading and commenting!

[visiblemarket]

Totally not appropriate given how somber this chapter was, but...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz2aE6DvHDc&mode=related&search=

And to get the full impression of me doing it, remove any traces of rhythm and/or coordination.

[indyhat]

LOL! Thank you so much!

I love the dance. I love the idea of you doing that in the library even more! :-D Coordination schmoordination ;)

[c_quinn]

Just sits there, infuriatingly calm and thinking about the bricks in the damn wall. The son of a bitch isn't even afraid, and Matthias isn't sure whether to be impressed or just irritated.

I started laughing here simply because it is completely Bennet. Loved it.

Nice interaction between him and Matt, very in-keeping with the show. Forgetful me couldn't remember who Hansen was and had to look her up (I'll blame that on the lack of sleep) but I'm glad you've brought her in. Great work here.

[indyhat]

*g* Glad it was funny enough to laugh at, and I'm really pleased you think their interaction was consistent with the show. I found it really hard to write!

Thank you! :D

(also: I'm not obsessive or anything [uh huh] ... did you catch the previous chapter?)

[c_quinn]

did you catch the previous chapter?

I thought I did.... Did I miss one?

[indyhat]

Not sure! Is here.

[gladdecease]

Ha, it feels like the situations are all twisted around--Matt's the one interrogating and incarcerating Bennet, instead of the other way around.

I don't understand the German, but I think I grasp most of the ideas. One of the great things about German--you don't have to know anything about the language, and you can still guess what words mean. The beauty of English being a Germanic language.

I love the twisted names. More Biblical, certainly--and they show of the ridiculous details of German. The extra "n" at the end of Parkman, for instance. Or Walker becoming Walken.

Even though Matt's the one interrogating Bennet, I think it's Bennet who really learned anything from their conversation.

Oh Molly~

So Sylar didn't get whatever powers he took from Molly's father in canon? Because her parents were killed by the police instead? And Matt isn't her hero anymore? Aw...

Ah, well! I hope to see more of these characters (which you do a wonderful job characterizing) soon!

[gladdecease]

Or Dutch, rather.

...but it comes about as the same thing, doesn't it?

[indyhat]

I love the twisted names.

Thank you! I'm having fun with those.

Even though Matt's the one interrogating Bennet, I think it's Bennet who really learned anything from their conversation.

That's a much more coherent assessment of the situation than I'd made in my head ... but yes!

So Sylar didn't get whatever powers he took from Molly's father in canon? Because her parents were killed by the police instead? And Matt isn't her hero anymore? Aw...

Well, that's certainly one interpretation of what's here ... ;) (seriously, I haven't committed either way, and may never)

... and yeah, it was Dutch ;) But I know what you mean. Same family, an' all.

Thank you so much for lovely comments! I'm really pleased the characterisation is going down well - I found this quite hard, so I'm glad if it plays well.

[betterthanlegos]

Nice. You write excellent Matt and Bennet interaction. I could hear the whole thing in my head. Awesome.

Fantastic. Can't wait for the next chapter ;D

[indyhat]

Thank you! If you can hear it in your head, I'm a happy bunny =:x

[futuresoon]

I love Matt and Bennet together--not necessarily in the way that we would all automatically assume, although I'd certainly read that if it was good--even with regular interactions, they're just good. Granted, this is dramatic-good as opposed to funny-good, but I am not opposed to that.

I too very much like the Dutch curses--yay, details! Details are always good.

(On a related note--reading this made me remember the whole Claude-Rains-is-an-actor thing, and then I thought "oh, hey, when was Claude Rains actually popular? because if he wouldn't have been especially well-known during the thirties and forties then my theoretical WWII AU would have to give him a different name--ooooh, what about Hawley Griffin, the name of the guy from the original story! He could totally go by Griffin! I like that!" except then I realized that you were using the name Claude Rains so probably the actor really was popular and I looked it up and, yup, The Invisible Man was made in 1933. Ah well. So it goes

[indyhat]

I love Matt and Bennet together--not necessarily in the way that we would all automatically assume, although I'd certainly read that if it was good--even with regular interactions, they're just good.

I know. I love 'em together - in that way, though I've read reasonable slash interpretations too. Watching Bennet run rings around Matt is great - maybe that's why Matt's moment, when it came ("You're middle management!") was so funny.

I too very much like the Dutch curses--yay, details! Details are always good.

Thank you! I thought so :)

(On a related note--reading this made me remember the whole Claude-Rains-is-an-actor thing, and then I thought "oh, hey, when was Claude Rains actually popular? because if he wouldn't have been especially well-known during the thirties and forties then my theoretical WWII AU would have to give him a different name--ooooh, what about Hawley Griffin, the name of the guy from the original story! He could totally go by Griffin! I like that!" except then I realized that you were using the name Claude

[futuresoon]

Also I'd feel a bit weird writing stuff about Peter and Hawley.

Me too, but Peter and Griffin doesn't sound so bad. Guys who are referred to by their last names are cool. (Unless they're Thompson.)

Again, Cassandra, you barely even need me here ;)

Psssh, I wouldn't have anything to predict if you weren't writing! And that wasn't a prediction so much as a "huh, wonder what happened to that guy. Maybe he got shivved in the gulag".

It's not a race! ;P How's your story going?

About 38,000 words counting about 4000 of two "companion chapters". Keep in mind that this is where it has been since Sunday. I've been...busy. (The kind of busy that means whenever I have an hour or two to spare, I have to work on something else.) But I will stop being busy on Monday! And then I can get back to work on forcing Peter to turn nineteen.

[indyhat]

Griffin would be an acceptable name! But alas, too late now. And I still like writing about Claude as Claude ;)

And that wasn't a prediction so much as a "huh, wonder what happened to that guy. Maybe he got shivved in the gulag".

Well, so far you're doing pretty well. But no, Mohinder hasn't been shivved, if my googling of the word has found the right definition.

About 38,000 words counting about 4000 of two "companion chapters". Keep in mind that this is where it has been since Sunday. I've been...busy. (The kind of busy that means whenever I have an hour or two to spare, I have to work on something else.) But I will stop being busy on Monday! And then I can get back to work on forcing Peter to turn nineteen.

Dude, nearly 40K! *is in awe*

I hate not having time to write. It's happening a lot right now and I resent the hell out of it. Glad you'll be able to get back to yours!