Fic: Laugh, And You Laugh Alone

Nov 13, 2011 11:57

Title: Laugh, And You Laugh Alone
Author: MustInvestigate
Disclaimer: I only own action figures
Rating: NC-17
Character(s)/Pairing: Laurie/Jon
Summary: No one will hire the Silk Spectre, not even the cops, not even a government happy to pay scum like the Comedian. Jon doesn’t need my company, not really. I’ve got more designer jeans than Brooke ( Read more... )

kinkmeme, comic!verse, laurie, rorschach, au, fic, doctor manhattan, nite owl ii, watchmen

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brancher November 13 2011, 16:55:39 UTC
Oh god, I loved every single fucking word of this.

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mustinvestigate November 14 2011, 21:13:02 UTC
Thanks! I was kinda worried about this one, glad it came out ok :)

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sandoz_iscariot November 13 2011, 18:23:13 UTC
Wow, this is the best Laurie fic I've read in a long, long time. I love the overall tone of this, Laurie's need to DO SOMETHING (how frustrating that the comic doesn't elaborate on what she did during her retirement) and the period details, like Germaine Greer writing about the Silk Spectres.

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mustinvestigate November 14 2011, 21:17:28 UTC
Thanks! Yeah, even the first time I read the comic and barely picked up on anything but the most obvious plot elements, I wondered what the hell she'd been doing for those years. Macrame? Kickboxing? Reading the entire Sweet Valley High series?

I'd originally had a rough idea for a scene where she actually reads the Greer book and subjects Rorschach to a rant on it while they're trapped together somehow. Maybe someday.

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etherati November 13 2011, 18:55:38 UTC
This is seriously the best, best thing I have read in a long time. I love the fact that they both see the logistic hurdles--the fighting style, smell issues, imitating his voice--but the fact that she's female doesn't come into the equation, and that is such a surprising turn especially from Rorschach. It ties in wonderfully with her conversation with Jon about the victims--as long as justice is being done, he doesn't much care about anything else.

Her interactions with the hooker and the guys in the bar was absolutely spot on for laurie-trying-to-be-rorschach, not 100% one or the other, and satisfying on a level I don't usually see (especially her closet-cases line, idk it's just awesome to imagine that coming from 'rorschach' haha) and basically everything she says and does in this fic, ever. All of it.

And all the identity/costume stuff is so hot, even before the actual porn. And then the ending, ahahaha OH LAURIE.

In short (which this has not been): Perfection.

(I don't know which crossdressing fic you specifically mean, but ( ... )

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mustinvestigate November 14 2011, 21:23:54 UTC
Aw man, did you originally post that story anon? I swear I remember commenting on it...I think it actually intimidated me into changing where this story ended up because it was just so awesome.

I'm so glad you liked this tho! Yeah, I think Rorschach has a pyramid of ethical needs, for all he's sure it's black-or-white, and the possibility of having any of the old gang back in action with him totally trumps the fact it's the former strumpet. And Laurie kinda needs to pretend to be someone else for a while if she's ever going to grow out of being the world's oldest teenager (besides Dick Clark).

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etherati November 18 2011, 19:38:24 UTC
Yeah, I posted it anon to KM around the same time I also posted it to KB. And wow, I gotta say, if writing that fic had anything at all to do with pushing this one in the direction it went, it was the best few days writing a fic I have ever, ever spent <3

I love that, the fact that for all his snarky resistance Ror is basically, under the surface, squeeing over AMG NOT ALONE ANYMORE, SOMEONE TO HELP ME CLEAN UP THE SCUM IT IS BASICALLY CHRISTMAS

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spiffystuff November 13 2011, 20:37:10 UTC
This was SO GOOD!

... XD I especially loved the part where Rorschach tells her to de-smell :B And Laurie's pseudo-Rorschach insults in the bar! Made me cringe on Rorschach's behalf even if they were pretty bad-ass.

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mustinvestigate November 14 2011, 21:25:28 UTC
I think I'm the only person to ever have written Rorschach looking down on others as stinky :D So glad you liked!

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theonlytwin November 14 2011, 01:31:58 UTC
This is fabulous. Laurie getting back in the game due to boredom, Laurie making an ally (sort of) of Rorschach and aahahahahahahaha RAWR!

I love it.

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mustinvestigate November 14 2011, 21:28:29 UTC
Thanks! I've always been annoyed that neither comic nor movie gave us much of Laurie's crimefighting adventures. She needs to kick some ass (and get some tail, it seems), dammit!

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