Comments | wisdomeagle: further reflections/ on my reflection [commentary track, IBARW]

wisdomeagle

further reflections/ on my reflection [commentary track, IBARW]

Aug 24, 2006 13:07

I will comment on the drabbleset next; first I wanted to reexamine this, since I've been meaning to do since I wrote it. The pieces work in a weird kind of tandem for me. This piece is very internal, because Ducky is very internal, because even in the Diaries-series, Ducky is the most self-reflective character and so much of his arc happens inside ( Read more... )

ibarw, fic commentary, ducky is so gay

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sweetcommunist August 24 2006, 18:26:01 UTC

Oh this is wonderful. I love Ducky, and I love this Ducky, and you've made me wish I still had my California Diaries books. (I got rid of them, and my Babysitter's Club too, in that brief period before I realized that, nope, I'm just never going to be "cool," so why not indulge my geekiness? I still regret that phase.)

wisdomeagle August 24 2006, 19:19:21 UTC

Thank you so much! (Oh, CA Diaries, oh, BSC. *so much love*)

kaizoku August 24 2006, 19:15:37 UTC

This is brilliant. I don't know the source, but I felt like I got a sense of both what the original character is like as well as who he is in this story. (Wondering... are the Cro-mags the high school bullies?)

...that you won't -- you can't even write it, can't even think it, you would never. You're safe.

I'm curious about this part, because is it true? It's obvious I think that he wouldn't rape her, but maybe he is attracted to her? It seems like if there was no attraction, this would be more of an angry, defiant thing, but I get the sense from this that maybe he is attracted to her, a little, which makes the whole thing more complex. Like he can't even let himself think it because he fears that would make him what he is seen as.

The "nondescript" thing is also very interesting, and it makes me think about how I tend (we all tend, I think) to think of textual characters as white unless proven otherwise. White is default...

wisdomeagle August 24 2006, 19:31:48 UTC

I'm so glad you read and commented even though you're not familiar with the source.

are the Cro-mags the high school bullies?

Yes. This is what Ducky calls them in canon. They are high school boys Ducky's age (15-16), who are... sort of jocks, hypermasculine, and pick on Ducky a lot.

I'm curious about this part, because is it true? It's obvious I think that he wouldn't rape her, but maybe he is attracted to her? It seems like if there was no attraction, this would be more of an angry, defiant thing, but I get the sense from this that maybe he is attracted to her, a little, which makes the whole thing more complex. Like he can't even let himself think it because he fears that would make him what he is seen as.That's such an interesting point! And I never would have thought of it on my own, because my Ducky is very gay. But you're right; I think Ducky in this 'verse is sort of hyperaware of his own sexuality as dangerous, and if he did have feelings -- or even just attraction! -- for one of the (younger, white, vulnerable) girls, it ( ... )