We Shall Not Flag Or Fail

[pyrrhiccomedy]

Title: We Shall Not Flag Or Fail
Originally posted: Here.
Length: 4,400 words.
Characters/Pairings: France/England; Germany at the end.
Premise: The German blitzkrieg has devastated France. Knowing that his surrender is, at best, only weeks away, France joins England on a harrowing nine day mission to evacuate the British Expeditionary Force from

Comments

[twistedsheets10]

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Man, I think I just had a FrUK overload. ♥♥♥

Dear God, for a while there I almost thought France would come with England, but then he stayed, and and and. FUCK.

Oh these two. All that bickering and fighting and how when push comes to shove, they stand together, no matter what. ♥

[pyrrhiccomedy]

Overload sounds bad! D=

I really love their WW2-era relayionship; I think they both had to learn to see each other in a different light. =D

[pyrrhiccomedy]

Thank you so much! I really enjoy getting into France's head; he's always got so much going on. =D

[gisho]

(note to self: we do not care about the weather in 1940)

I do~! And it's delightful when someone puts so much effort into the details. Details are important in a fic like this. <3 You did a splendid job here of evoking the period. All the history shines through very well. And there were loads of pitch-perfect lines - the bit abotu England not wanting peace, in general, and the whole conversation after France gets shot, stand out to me, but not for lack of competition. And in general, France being philosophical and using lots of long words.

Excellent story. Thank you for psoting it!

[pyrrhiccomedy]

Oh, I'm so glad! To be honest, I really enjoyed the research; just, it made it take so long! XD I think I've been kicking this fic around for about a month and a half, which, I mean, that's great and everything. Just. XDD

Writing France and England bitching at each other is probably one of the most fun things there is to do. Like. In life. ♥

[rizzleberry]

Oh, excellent! I think you've got their characterizations down perfectly here- their constant bickering and France's resignation and England's veiled concern and adsdfgdffgg everything?? And HISTORY, I am a huge sucker for the WWII France/England relationship. I think I'll be bookmarking this one!

[pyrrhiccomedy]

Thank you, I'm so happy you liked it! =D

[maikichelorrain]

Oh, this is just wonderful.
Tragic, because History is tragic, yet, you manage to make the interactions between Francis and Arthur funny! Great job.

Just a little thing to make it perfect : it's "mon cher", not cher.

[pyrrhiccomedy]

Thank you! And, thank you again for the correction. It's fixed now. =D