You know, maybe I'm just not reading this fic correctly...

[effervescible]

...but is it just me, or should Vash be a little more pissed at Knives for all the shit he's pulled? Even granting the assessment that it's perfectly normal for the twins to be fucking each other (and for me, that's a biiiig stretch) you wouldn't think he'd just forgive him like that. I mean, if my lover killed a whole bunch of people to win my love, I wouldn't just reward them with sex. I'd at least knock them around a little bit.

Then again, maybe I am just not properly appreciative of the subtle mechanics of twincest yaoi.

Then again again, this is the fic that included the phrase "Knives, did you know your ass is bleeding?" so perhaps I'm giving it too much credit.

Hmm.

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[arafel.livejournal.com]

...why do you torture yourself in this way? Is it so that the good stuff will seem all the better by comparison?

"Knives, did you know your ass is bleeding?"

*throws up*

[greyvorfeed.livejournal.com]

Then again, maybe I am just not properly appreciative of the subtle mechanics of twincest yaoi.

Ah, how lucky you are.

Actually, what bugs me even more than the completely OOC sex, is the completely OOC character interaction. Vash: "Gee, looks like Meryl's really sad. She is my friend, has been kind and loyal to me for two years, and is currently working her ass off so that me and my brother can sit around the house and suck each other off all day. Hmm, perhaps I should be concerned for her? Nah, I'd rather have HOT!!1! Plant sex0r, *again*!"

The sad part is, given the rather ridiculous "magic healing Plant sex" premise, one could write a decent (and stupendously angsty) fic. One in which Vash can barely live with himself because of what he's done, yet can't stop doing it... until his friends find out, and are deeply hurt by his behavior, at which time he'd probably hit a low similar to Live Through. At that point (assuming you're pro-twincest), you could have Knives pull him out of it, paralleling the romantic implications of Live Through. Shit, he could even make soup. After a few chapters of screaming and crying and maybe some martyred forgiveness, it's time for the the touching, bittersweet goodbye scene. Vash nobly sacrifices contact with people, in order to keep Knives from killing, and the two of them go off into the desert, alone. There, in that quiet Eden, they screw like bunnies, forevermore. *lays back of hand atop forehead, swoons*

Voila, decent "magic healing Plant sex" melodramatic angstfic. You know, what this author was trying to write.

Instead, we've got Vash as OOC!Coquettish!Uke, complete with tissue-paper "resistance" and "remorse" to make it look like he's not entirely happy with Knives' advances. Of course, he's got equally weak emotional relationships with everyone else, and so he's more than happy to instantly accept Knives' "no more living with humans" proposal. Because Vash really has no affection for humans, right? Especially not particular humans, and especially not the two who seem to be set up to take the token role of "disapproving hets" in this fic.

I hate to play prognosticator with other people's fic, but dammit, if the author has Milly play the understanding "good cop" to Meryl's hurt-and-homophobic "bad cop" in the next chapter, I'm gonna hit something.

Because, of course, "I've liked you for a while, and you know it, and now I find out that not only are you fucking YOUR OWN BROTHER instead of me, you were hiding it from me" is always emotionally equivalent to "I hates dem dere faggots". >.<;;

Blargh, why do I keep reading this one? WHY?

[arafel.livejournal.com]

"Magic healing Plant sex?" What a silly ide...

wait a minute.

*re-reads Roots*

I'm in trouble.

^_^

[greyvorfeed.livejournal.com]

heh. IMHO, the value isn't in the idea, but the execution thereof. After all, before reading GWASTT, I'd have said a fic where Wolfwood and Vash were angels would suck like a Hoover... and that's one of the most interesting fics I've read in a while.

That said, the facet of Magic Healing Plant Sex that really annoys me is the overused and trite "soulbond" thing - and the twincest fic just wallows in that one. >.< Yours doesn't... and it also has Vash on his hands and knees, sorting through shed hair. There's a lot to be said for that ^____^

Anyway, I heart Roots. I hate the stupid twincest fic.

Write more ^__^

[fadingembers.livejournal.com]

Then again, maybe I am just not properly appreciative of the subtle mechanics of twincest yaoi.

See, Vash telling Knives that his ass is bleeding indicates that he cares deeply about his brother, even though magic healing plant sex should fix that right up. And blood is thicker than water, and Vash sure would like to get his winky wanked, but may not entirely be certain that Meryl has feelings for him. He know Knives will always accept his brother, even into his bed. Also, they've been separated for so long, that the best way to express their feelings about how much they have missed each other is to make like lustbunnies. Duh.

I have a new WolfwoodxMilly dj and just won another from eBay. I really wish the next one that arrives has Milly actually looking happy during sex.

>^..^