ficpost: "Defy the Linear" Kennedy/River

[wisdomeagle]

Title: "Defy the Linear"
Fandoms: Firefly/Serenity and Buffy: the Vampire Slayer
Pairing: River/Kennedy
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Graphic and disturbing content, much like the source texts contain. Gender-screwiness. Non-prose. Overuse of scriptural allusion and Christian metaphor.
Spoilers: For "Get It Done" and Serenity.
Notes: For alixtii in the Kennedy

Comments

[debxena]

*ambling past on friendsfriends* That ... that's incredible. Very powerful, evocative, strong and twisted.

the hunt
it is cunt-passion,
lovingkindness,
the blood-scent
of the Slayer

You've just completely blown me away.

[wisdomeagle]

Thank you so very much.

[celievamp]

that was absolutely extraordinary. I loved it! [Goes to read it through again]

[wisdomeagle]

Thank you so much!

[alixtii]

Oh, Ari. You never go the safe route, do you? You always push yourself, challenge yourselve, go wherever the story demands. And fandom is so enriched because you do so.

Thank you.

[I'm having difficulty responding to the poem itself, not because I don't like it but because poetry isn't something I understand very easily. Luckily, as Eliot pointed out, one doesn't have to understood poetry to be moved by it, and I find I prefer poetry I don't understand completely. I will say the obvious, however: River's character really lends itself to a poetic treatment, especially with the emphasis on the nonlinearity we see here, and the way that the images of River and Kennedy are juxtaposed is effective. I particularly like the way that when the focus shifts from River to Kennedy the language becomes more linear, more proseliked, capturing the difference between them well.]

[wisdomeagle]

Oops. I kept meaning to go back and respond to the feedback for this and then entirely forgetting.

Anyhow, thanks so much, dear. I'm really glad that you enjoyed this and I was glad I was writing for you, because I felt free to take all the risks I needed to to write the piece that spoke to me.

And this was the piece I wanted to write. Hopefully at some point soon I'll post about the writing of this (not commentary-style, probably), but... this image was the first thing that came to mind, and this style the only way I could express it.

[lillianmorgan]

Wow, that's really mesmerising. I'm going to have to come back to this many times over. I love how you gave such movement to the poem too, both in the language and in the form. That seems very appropriate to both of the girls.

[wisdomeagle]

Thank you so much.

[cadence_k]

I'm with Alix on this one. You never go the safe route and WOW are we so incredibly lucky to be able to see the results!

I'm blown away by this. This is so complex and abstract at parts and yet, for Kennedy and River, it makes perfect sense. How the heck did you do that? Again, I'm blown away.

Also, I want your brain. You bring out the zombie in me? :)

[wisdomeagle]

Thank you so, SO much. Mmm, brainnnnnnsssssssses. :p