Comments | mhalachaiswords: FIC: Family Hour (AB)

mhalachaiswords

FIC: Family Hour (AB)

May 17, 2006 17:13

This is what happens when a plot bunny sinks its teeth into my brain and cannot be shaken loose. I wrote this today. It's Anita/Micah... let me know what you think; I'm curious if the intended reactions of Anita and Micah come across.

Family Hour
An Anita Blake fanfiction story by mhalachaiswords

Disclaimer: The Anita Blake universe belongs to Laurell K. ( Read more... )

fic: anita blake, type: standalones but not drabbles, type: fanfic 100

Comments 53

plsteward May 18 2006, 01:29:05 UTC

I think Micah might object if I start waving holy objects at his parents,

Why? I don't think I'd mind, hell, I'd help..

The housecleaning orgy thingy was funny, it's not the kind of orgy I'd like to see him engaged in.

Overall, great fic. If this wasn't on lj I'd be wondring if you weren't LKH herself, the Anita voice was perfect.

mhalachaiswords May 18 2006, 02:08:38 UTC

I think Micah might object if I start waving holy objects at his parents,
Why? I don't think I'd mind, hell, I'd help..
It's like that scene in Buffy, where Xander tries to ward off not!vamp!Willow and the cross doesn't work and he gives it a shake to try again. Hee hee.

This was a PG story, no orgy-orgies for Nathaniel today.

If this wasn't on lj I'd be wondring if you weren't LKH herself, the Anita voice was perfect.

I do so love to write Anita. She's just a great complicated layered cake character.

silver_venus42 May 18 2006, 01:30:37 UTC

That was SO good. Truthfully, if anything ever happened to LKH, I would want you to continue on the legacy. I love that we met his family. I'm always curious as to how the families would react to our characters. Like how would Anita's family react to meeting all her men (specifically Jean-Claude...) That would be awesome!

mhalachaiswords May 18 2006, 02:11:40 UTC

Thanks! I was gripped by the plot bunny and it wouldn't let me *not* write this today.

I've got a great idea for Anita's dad meeting Nathaniel. It's, as you no doubt can guess, angsty. Poor Anita. No breaks for her.

silver_venus42 May 20 2006, 00:40:43 UTC

That would be awesome. Like I said, I love when people meet the family and hijinks ensue.

anonymous May 18 2006, 01:30:47 UTC

You just made my day. Just so you know..

Gonna make it into one of your drabble series? ;)

morgie May 18 2006, 01:32:14 UTC

My account confuses me, but I'll still lay claim upon it.

mhalachaiswords May 18 2006, 02:16:44 UTC

Not sure about making this into a series.... I've done all I want with Micah's family for a little while :)

morgie May 18 2006, 02:24:06 UTC

Bah!

...

Well, I suppose that's okay. It's not like you are a slow writer or anything. ;) And in other news... *eyes those books* You are making me wanna start from the beginning again.

vivnow May 18 2006, 01:41:30 UTC

I really loved the interaction between Micah's dad and Micah. (His father reminds me of Dolph in a way.)

I really liked this part:
Micah recovered first. "I didn't know you felt that way about me being a wereleopard, Dad," he said in a voice so calm I wanted to cry. "But we never talked about it, did we?"

Micah's statement and Anita's reaction are perfect. And Franklin's response is very typical of what happens to the family of (for example) a rape victim. The blame is often shifted to the victim. It's not that Franklin doesn't love his son, it's more likely that he blames himslef for not being able to protect him. Besides that, the attack on Micah irrevocably changed the relationship between father and son. It seems (to me anyway) that Micah was once very close to his father, and his father I'm sure mourns that loss. His resentment towards Anita is wrong, but I can see where it's coming from. Anita is Micah's "home" now and his parents are still mourning the loss.

mhalachaiswords May 21 2006, 06:45:03 UTC

It's not that Franklin doesn't love his son, it's more likely that he blames himself for not being able to protect him

Doubly so because Micah's dad was supposed to be on that hunting trip. If they never talked about it after the fact, with all the emotional repercussions (Micah living and the uncle and cousin not; Micah becoming the monster that attacked him), then the problems could morph into other areas, like I wrote above about Franklin prickling that his son is basically living off some woman. It's *so* not what's happening, but Franklin jumped to conclusions (and probably had several ideas about Anita before he walked in to the house).

A whole huge mess.

iamabee_buzz May 18 2006, 02:27:21 UTC

Love ♥