fic: The Weakness In Me (?/Yoann Gourcuff, PG)

[txorakeriak]

Title: The Weakness In Me
Author: txorakeriak
Fandom: Football RPS, French National Team
Pairing: ?/Yoann Gourcuff
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: I'm a lying bastard and made this up. I don't claim to know any of the players I write about, they're most definitely not mine, and this very probably didn't happen the way I wrote it. No payment involved, no offence

Comments

[katiebooth1983]

I've been reading about all the bullying tactics in the FNT and it all seems so juvinile, jealousy, i believe is a huge factor in all of this. I really would love for one of the 'neutral' players to speak up and get their point across. I think that Henry being involved shocked me the most as ive always viewed him as someone who nurtures and protects young players such as Fabregas and more recently Bojan. It disgusts me that this has been allowed to happen and nothing seems to have been done about it. I respect Yoann's silence on the matter, i understand he is trying to be dignified and hes quite shy by nature, however i feel if he speaks out then maybe it might just work out even worse for him, he seems to be stuck between a rock and a hard place.

Anyway rant over...I loved this, it was thought provoking and superbly written. Brilliant.

[txorakeriak]

I really don't understand how something like this could have happened in a national team. Of course footballers are living in their own world, but they're still grown-ups, and one expects them to have a certain level of maturity. That they resort to ridiculous, pathetic things like bullying and mutiny is a shame, especially players like Henry who young players used to look up to. He had an even bigger responsibility than the others and he blew it. Lilian Thuram was right to demand serious consequences for everyone involved, but of course it's going to be difficult to find out who was involved and to what extent. I don't think it would be wise for Yoann to say anything, so I'm hoping there'll be another way.

Glad you liked the story, and thanks for the great comment! :)

[_runningmascara]

i personally don't like first person pov because it usually feels disjointed and awkward. this however is written beautifully especially with the hidden identity of the narrator. i love how you described the situation and most of all yoann and his reaction to all this.

it's a touchy subject but thank you for writing it.

[txorakeriak]

I agree, I don't usually like first-person fic either because the danger of putting too much of yourself into the characters is too great, but in this case it wouldn't have worked because I needed to keep the identity of the narrator a secret for lack of information. I didn't want to point fingers at anyone when I didn't know for sure that they were involved.

The subject is not one of my favourites and I prefer writing happier fic, but I just couldn't get Yoann out of my head. Glad you liked the story, and thanks for commenting!

[_runningmascara]

i like that you wrote about the subject and that you didn't sugarcoat it (though of course we don't know the full details). and yes yoann he's to be written a lot more. i am trying to myself :)

[txorakeriak]

To be honest I don't think there was anything to sugarcoat - mobbing is a serious business, I've experienced my fair share of it, and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. The least I could do was to give Yoann a friend.

I agree, he needs more fic! Good luck! Can't wait to read it! :)

[txorakeriak]

I was actually surprised that no-one else did! It's not a happy subject for sure, but it has a lot of possibilities.

Glad you enjoyed the story! I love reading fics that concern real life events because it makes me think they could actually have happened, and that makes it even more interesting. :D

And I'm glad you liked the ending. I couldn't write this any other way, I just had to give Yoann a friend, even if it's just in a story.

[dekadai]

This is the first fic I've read by you and I have to say, I love your writing style. Your take on events seem very plausible to me. And since I haven't really kept up with this whole mess with the France NT (I really hope that Blanc can really turn this team around), I'm surprised to hear that Zidane was somehow involved.

[txorakeriak]

Oh, the first fic? Then I'm glad you gave this one a chance, and glad you enjoyed the story despite the sad subject.

maia1504 remarked below that Zidane wasn't involved, and if there's a source that confirms this, I'm going to be very relieved because I appreciate and admire Zidane and everything he's done for football and it would hurt me if he had actually taken part in planning a mutiny in the French squad. The information I based the story on comes from articles from the German press and I realise there's always room for misinformation or things that get lost in translation. That's why I don't want to point any fingers with this fic, and mention as few characters as possible by name. I might edit the story at some point if I find more reliable sources.

I hope that Blanc needs to turn this team around, too, and I think he's made an important step by leaving many of the World Cup players out of the squad for the upcoming friendly.

[greenpixiehair]

This is heartbreaking! And truly lovely to read. And may or may not have made my try to read through your entire fic back-catalogue. I'm such a newbie I hesitate to voice an opinion on all the France NT ~drama but I think the pov and mystery in this was the perfect way to write about it.

During an interview, he cringed when Anelka and Ribéry walked past behind him, "like the best pupil in the class shies away from the bully of the school to escape a blow to the back of his head".

Is this interview on the internet, just out of morbid curiosity?

[greenpixiehair]

*"me", not "my"... *headdesk*

[txorakeriak]

Thank you! I'm so glad you liked the story, and especially happy that it made you wade back through my old fics! Hope they didn't disappoint. :)

I'm not entirely sure, the article from which I got the information didn't state a source or link to a video.