ficmix: dark red bloodstreams

[likecharity]

You know how when most people make ficmixes, the little drabbles they include are actually drabbles? Like, they're short? I CANNOT DO THAT. WHY AM I INCAPABLE OF WRITING THINGS THAT ARE SHORT. Case in point: this, and also the Skandar/Georgie/Will P. thing that I'm still working on, which has exploded into 20k+ and still isn't finished. D

Comments

[maldeluxx]

Oh this is beautiful, messy and beautiful ::) Really brilliant <3<3

[likecharity]

Thank you!! I'm glad you thought so. ♥

[tamaraface]

I don't even watch Criminal Minds and I loved this. The almost star-crossed nature of these two, plus the age difference, is such a clincher for me; I love that dynamic. That was the best part of this, is that you illustrated dynamics so well. Between Spencer and Nathan and the team, there were all these lines going every which way crossing and connecting everyone and everything together. Your music choice were stunning, I desperately love almost all of these artists and was super stoked to see that Pixies track being I've been listening to Emily Browning's cover from the Suckerpunch soundtrack on a loop for days.

All of it, everything, flawless.

[likecharity]

Oh, thank you thank you! Especially seeing as you don't watch the show, it means a lot that this worked for you. ♥ The age difference is kind of a thing for me too, even though I don't seem to mention it when I write about them.

GUH I'm pretty sure the Suckerpunch soundtrack is going to be the best soundtrack ever. I love what I've heard of it so far. I had the Pixies song on there mostly because it was used in Nathan's episode, but I legit had second thoughts and considered using Emily Browning's version instead because it's soooo good and like, haunting.

[pyrexic]

WHOA, that was intense! And really brilliant... I especially love how well you hit on how different their reasons are for being drawn to each other - Nathan is excited, furiously excited, thinking of Reid helpless and hurt, tied to a chair and whipped and beaten and drugged against his will, and Reid feels disgust roiling in the base of his belly but he can't stop talking, because the relief he feels from finally voicing his suffering just simply outweighs it. - but how strangely similar also, in them both being tortured outsiders.

Also loved the characterizations of all the other team members- their reactions to Spencer/Nathan all seemed spot-on.

All in all, deliciously twisted and sadly sweet :)

PS: I have actually started DREAMING about Spencer now, thanks to all this TV, and my new fave one-off unsub to pair with Reid is Adam/Amanda, although I'm not really sure how that would work...

[pyrexic]

OH YEAH. And I haven't listened to the whole mix yet, but I really love the album art, especially the back.

[likecharity]

Thank you! I'm glad. ♥ I hope you like the mix when you listen to it.

[likecharity]

Thank you!! Intense is good. And yes, it's weird because they do such different things for each other and they have different reasons for doing the things they do, but underneath it all, they just connect and understand each other, so it almost doesn't matter. I really love that, I'm glad it came across that way.

I didn't realise how fascinated I am by the idea of the team members finding out until I started writing it, and then I found it hard to stop!

I TOTALLY SHIP REID/ADAM/AMANDA TOO EVEN THOUGH I HAVE NO IDEA HOW IT WOULD WORK. I have such a bad habit of shipping Reid/unsubs, man. But the show practically encourages it, they're always the ones he ends up having chemistry with...

[lustmordred]

Seriously brilliant. I am loving how you write this pairing.

[likecharity]

♥ Thank you. I'm glad!

[lustmordred]

You're welcome. I've friended your journal to keep reading if you're inspired to keep writing. Hope you don't mind.

[likecharity]

Thank you!