Fic: All Quiet on the Liminal Fringe (8/?)

[mustinvestigate]

Title: All Quiet on the Liminal Fringe (8/?)
Author: MustInvestigate
Disclaimer: I only own action figures
Rating: PG - eventual NC17
Character(s)/Pairing: OT3
Warning(s): Pretentiousness; abuse of noir tropes
Summary: Because tuff_ghost sez it can’t be done…an endless Watchmen / William Gibson-verse crossover, existing via the kink meme. Dreiberg, Kovacs

Comments

[tuff_ghost]

Where are your hordes of fans, this fic hasn't diminished in awesomeness at all, it gets more impressive with every chapter! You stunned me with the world-building, then the characterization, then the action scenes...and now you're doing this thing where you switch up communication mediums - Ror's journal and now their code while he's watching her through simstim or whatever it is. It is extremely pro, to alternately mask and emphasize different parts of the characters' perception like that. I kept pausing in my squirming glee while reading to go HOLY CRAP THIS IS SO PRO. This story is a joy to read in every respect <3

[mustinvestigate]

Didn't you know every comment left on the other stories was from one of my sockpuppet journals? Including you! :D Nah, I guess it doesn't push most people's kink buttons, which is alright. I'll keep writing it if one person's enjoying it :)

But really, thanks, this is hugely encouraging. I'm far from pro, aside from a little freelance proofreading, but do have a couple novels that were derailed by a long illness a few years ago. After the first several sections, I started dredging up my old work habits for this, since it was enjoyable enough to motivate me back into the groove...I'm glad it seems to be working to someone not me :)

[tuff_ghost]

I guess it doesn't push most people's kink buttons

That so cannot be true, I refuse to believe it. I adore this thing, and I think my tastes are pretty representative of the fandom's in general. I bet you're just not getting enough exposure, and also you lost some readers during kinkmeme migration. You should totally spam this all over watchdom and watchmenfic, and try rraaarrlship if you want to test their tolerance for OT3 :D I'm kind of curious to see if they'd actually chase anyone out for that...doubt it.

to change subject completely, IS Dan actually seriously obese here? I get confused between his own perception of himself, and his virtual construct (which I had read as kind of feature-blurred and half-complete, because he doesn't care for how he presents himself), and his physical self...which I kind of thought was your intention. Laurie and K don't seem to note his physical presence too much, whereas I have a pretty good picture of them both from each other's perspective.

[mustinvestigate]

Argh, my obscurity! :) I've put it up on watchmen_slash now, and will see how the sex works out next chapter to decide where best to spam it. Seriously, I've been promising bizarre cyborg sex since the first page and haven't come through...I owe it to readers :)

I'd say Dan's like Donal Logue in Tao of Steve, heavier than in the GN without the muscle tone, but not in need of an anti-gravity belt to get around. They'd both be fairly indifferent to their looks, and Dan's somewhat self-conscious about it, but his self-image is more centred in his real abilities. You're right about the other two being more defined, but I think that's because they're threatened/drawn to each other (and thus over-analysing their chaacteristics), while Dan's the solid rock they're fighting over, and thus not defined. I should have Adrian do a bit more Dan-mulling

anon!

[anonymous]

This is so good. Soooooo good. I can't believe how RIGHT your voice for Kovacs sounds, and Laurie and Dan. I am so excited to see where the plot is going, where the stuff with Laurie and her boys is going, it's just amazing and I think this may have made my day!

Re: anon!

[mustinvestigate]

Aw, thanks so much! I don't know why I enjoyed reducing Kovacs to one-digit replies so much, but I could have those two 'converse' like that forever :D

[anonymous]

This is so good. Soooooo good. I can't believe how RIGHT your voice for Kovacs sounds, and Laurie and Dan. I am so excited to see where the plot is going, where the stuff with Laurie and her boys is going, it's just amazing and I think this may have made my day!

[brancher]

yeah, I don't understand why there aren't a hundred comments on this. This is possibly my favorite currently updating saga and each chapter gets better and better. And yeah, what tuff said about the pro-ness. If you're not getting paid to write in some capacity, you should be.

[mustinvestigate]

Well, it is kinda specialised, and there's been no porn (next chapter, woo hoo), so it's not really surprising. I'm really glad you guys are enjoying it, tho!

And thanks for that! - although I suspect I'm way too slooooow to ever get paid for writing :)

[brancher]

well it depends on what kind of writing. But you seem to be going at a reasonable clip for fiction.

I was thinking today about how great it is that in this au, Dan is seriously obese, Walter is scrawny, and Laurie is still her gorgeous animal self. I cannot fucking wait for the porns of this.

[orockthro]

o_____o
I think I love you?
I just sat down and read through all eight parts twice, because, hot damn, it's just that good!
I tend not to really enjoy AUs too much, because I don't see the point. In this case, I willingly eat my words with a little bit of strawberry jam. ;) This fic... is amazing. You've placed such delicious tidbits of canon in places, 35 minutes ago, and have introduced an entirly different verse while keeping the characters astoundingly themselves.
Despite, you know, being half cyborg in Kovacs' case. Or maybe, because Kovacs is half cyborg.
And, and, and...
It's freakishly sexy.
I love Walter's vulnerability, Laurie's aggressive personality, and Dan's creeping jealousy.
Seriously - this whole fic is gold.
Thank you so much for writing it and posting it for the masses and lurkers (like me *cough*) to read. :D
You're fantastic.

P.S.
I'm totally looking forward to the next part.
<3

[mustinvestigate]

I have the same issue starting to read with AUs, funny enough, but usually get sucked in by the second paragraph. They're just so much fun :) I'm so glad you're enjoying this, tho - thank tuff_ghost, it was all her backwards-dare that got this madness started :D