Ramble!fic wherein Jim is a stalker and Pike is a stoner

[kayliemalinza]

This fic is shaping up to be a bloated mass of writerly self-indulgence, so I figured I'd go ahead and post the first half (third?) of it. This part is plenty long enough.

The One-Eyed Wonder Dog makes her first appearance. :)

(Should I do an informative picspam of German Shepherd? I'll get that up sometime tonight, maybe, if I get a few yea-

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[possibly_thrice]

BECAUSE FUCK IF I WILL LET YOUR FIC STAND THERE LOOKING DEJECTED AND LOST AND PROBABLY NAKED, EVEN IF I HAVE, YOU KNOW, THOROUGHLY COMFORTED IT IN PRIVATE

LET IT BE KNOWN THAT THIS IS SNEAKILY SWEET AND COOL AND SMELLS LIKE A CAMPING TRIP (though only because my main contact with Nature is through camping trips).

Yeah.

[kayliemalinza]

THANK YOU, BB. AS YET YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS COMFORTED IT IN PUBLIC OR PRIVATE, BECAUSE CLEARLY THE REST OF THE INTERNET DOESN'T LOVE ME.

I've been experimenting with e-smells, see. The fic sends a signal to your computer to expel a fine mist of carefully calibrated fragrance at intervals while you read. The results aren't back yet from full testing but it's probably only slightly carcinogenic. :)

[re_white]

So, okay. The first time I read this I was pretty much all squee and glitter-text in my heart because deep down, I am an absolute fool for Pike and Jim in any context and your context? Is fucking glorious and I kinda want to eat it with a spoon most days.

I think one of the things I love about Jim here -and in the ramble!verse in general - is that his damage is never as pronounced as when he's ruminating on Pike. I like that it's not overt (and now seems like a good time to acknowledge that maybe that's because you're not actually doing any of that and I'm just bringing my own fun to the text). I like that it's sort of vague and everywhere at once.

Also, Pike tickles me. Just, completely. And I love Elena.

[kayliemalinza]

[Jim's] damage is never as pronounced as when he's ruminating on Pike

What's really interesting here is that I also think the reverse is true? I haven't written much from Pike's POV, or even much of Pike when Jim isn't present, but I do know what he's like when Jim's not there and what he's thinking when Jim is there, and his issues come out in force, too. I think what it comes down to is that they're profoundly, diametrically opposed on many levels (and scarily similar on other levels) so the collision is usually intense but never pretty. :/

[syredronning]

Again, interesting and intense and also awesomely strange and stoned.

I like the comment about their issues coming out more strongly when they're together, very logical - they're drawn to each other and still can have pretty big disagreements. But they can both stomach those collisions, I think. They need them, because it allows them to grow.

[kayliemalinza]

These "collisions" have become the lynchpin of Ramble!verse, I think. I'm working on a fic right now where I think they do manage to iron a lot of these issues out--though not without nearly destroying each other first. I appreciate all the comments you been giving me over the past day; they help me formulate what to write next. ^_^