Comments | inlovewithnight: Fic: "Sometimes You Look The Other Way" (Brothers & Sisters)

inlovewithnight

Fic: "Sometimes You Look The Other Way" (Brothers & Sisters)

Jul 17, 2008 12:13

This is the fic that I really wasn't supposed to be writing; I wanted to write the follow-up to "Strings and Wires" where Jason and Robert reconciled, and instead this happened. This is NOT a follow-up to that fic. This is its own weird little thing ( Read more... )

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romanticalgirl July 17 2008, 17:32:03 UTC

Okay. See? I told you if anyone could make this work, it'd be you.

So sick and wrong. I love it. Lee and Zak are in awe. I award you the D!B!W! crown!

inlovewithnight July 17 2008, 17:49:00 UTC

They're so codependent. Gah. I can make the McCallisters be wrong so much more easily than the Walkers.

(And of course I've got the thing in my head with when Kevin finds out. Hee. He's going to call EVERYONE HE KNOWS.)

romanticalgirl July 17 2008, 22:04:24 UTC

The Walkers are too honest and open about everything to have deep dark secrets. The only reason their dad gets away with it is because you know he didn't talk to them, whereas they ALL talk to each other incessantly. Probably because of their dad.

Also, would Kevin tell everyone? He does still love Jason, I think, so maybe he'd be a little more discreet. Of course, he's *Kevin*, so maybe not.

inlovewithnight July 17 2008, 22:06:38 UTC

As it's developing in my head it's moving away from telling everyone, because he's more...*troubled* by it, because as you said, his family doesn't have things like this, not between the siblings. They can't. It's not how they work. So he doesn't...understand. He's both an older brother *and* a younger brother, and both perspectives are equally troubled by the situation. So he has to fumble along trying to find the right, and have I mentioned I have a thing for that? Sigh.

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mardia July 17 2008, 19:19:21 UTC

....holy CRAP. Like, incest is one of my few remaining bulletproof squicks, but here it's SUPPOSED to be creepy and wrong, which thereby allows me to enjoy it, in a freaked-out way. OMG.

inlovewithnight July 17 2008, 19:27:57 UTC

My canonical basis for their power dynamic is...nonexistant! \o/ I don't know, Robert's arrogant/controlling side fascinates me, even though the show tends to try to gloss it, and Jason's enough of a blank slate that I can move him around a bit. And of course there's their intense loyalty to each other. Always interesting stuff there.

Of course, as I mentioned to romanticalgirl above, I have this scene in my head where Kevin finds out, which amuses me to no end. Because I'm mean.

Anyway! I'm rambling. Thanks for giving it a try despite the squick. :)

mardia July 17 2008, 23:05:16 UTC

Oh, Kevin could NOT deal. I mean, I actually think he'd eventually be fine with the kink, it's where the kink originated that would have him be all 0_0.

inlovewithnight July 17 2008, 23:10:52 UTC

God, that icon just is DISTRACTING. ::stares::

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merle_p July 17 2008, 20:23:14 UTC

O god, I think I forgot to breathe. No pun intended. This is so intense, it frightens me.

Damn, I always knew that the McCallisters aren't as balanced and stable as they want us to believe.

And there's a reason why Kevin/Jason never really would have worked ... I just can't see Kevin doing what Robert did, can you? I mean, not that Kevin wouldn't be kinky, but not that kind of kink. Or at least not in the dominant role.

(And of course I've got the thing in my head with when Kevin finds out. Hee. He's going to call EVERYONE HE KNOWS.)
Hee. I actually think he'll probably try to keep quiet and then tell everyone accidentally. At the dinner table :-)

inlovewithnight July 17 2008, 20:57:55 UTC

The idea of cracks under the façade always gets me going, in fiction. I can't stand that glossy shiny surface, there MUST be something underneath!

Yeah, in this situation I can see Kevin getting very disturbed if their relationship went on and Jason started asking for things. All of that's trying to work its way into a follow-up to this one with Kevin finding out, which I SHOULD NOT WRITE as I have OTHER THINGS, but...it's tugging at me, yes. So we'll see. :)

Thanks for the feedback! :)

poisontaster July 17 2008, 20:50:45 UTC

I think I have some dim inkling of the conversation this came from. *laughs* But it doesn't matter. This is still profoundly, deeply, BEAUTIFULLY fucked up. You do such wonderful things with dramatic and character tension and you always do it without being obvious and overstating it, which is a GIFT, I tell you, a GIFT.

inlovewithnight July 17 2008, 20:59:13 UTC

One throwaway e-mail exchange six months ago and I decide to blame you anyway. Hee.

Why is it so fun to take the shiny pretty ones and make them twisted inside? SUCH FUN! And now I have this follow-up clamoring in my head. Fine, Puck, be that way if you must. ::feeds him tequila::

And, also, thank you. :)

poisontaster July 17 2008, 21:01:06 UTC

*laughs* Because they look shinier with a little darkness on the inside?

WRITE IT. You know better than to spurn Puck's favors.

inlovewithnight July 17 2008, 21:04:54 UTC

Unfortunately I think I'm expected to, I don't know, do work for the rest of the afternoon. Ugh. But this evening, maybe I'll poke boys with sticks. Good times.