An open letter

[effervescible]

Dear bad Knives x Meryl writers,

Knives being a psychotic killer and hating her species is not something that Meryl can overlook and love him in spite of it. It's just something that will make her not love him. No, not even if he thinks she's an okay human. I mean, really. "I think all black people are inferior and need to die. Oh, I didn't mean you." Substitute "black" with "human". Could you love someone like this? Also, come up with better reasons for Meryl to switch her affections from Vash to Knives. People aren't totally bound to "their type" of love interest, but you'd think being all in love with someone and then switching to someone who's everything the first one isn't would create a bigger stir. Think harder.

On the other hand, don't. Just write about them having loveless yet really hot sex. That's about the closest you're going to get to in-character.

Plzdiekthx,

Me.

Comments

[scathachdhu.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I never thought that living in a constant state of fear for one's life would be all that sexy.

[laihiriel.livejournal.com]

Find some bad fanfic, then?

Actually, loveless sex as a tool for domination, physical intimidation, and/or mental power is more IC, in my humble opinion. *shrugs*

[jaina.livejournal.com]

And yet people never DO it. Sigh.

[laihiriel.livejournal.com]

If I wrote something like that, would you sing my praises?

[jaina.livejournal.com]

If it was good, I'd sing to the fuckin' mountains.

[laihiriel.livejournal.com]

Ehxcellent. *Evil grin*

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Just write about them having loveless yet really hot sex.

Because that's never, ever been done. *snicker*

[jaina.livejournal.com]

At least if it was hot sex, I could enjoy that much, IC or not. A girl can dream.

[labtech.livejournal.com]

It's not an exact parallel, but your description sorta reminds me of "The Black White Supremacist" from Chappelle's Show (http://www.comedycentral.com/tv_shows/chappellesshow/)

[buttercup0222.livejournal.com]

Preach on sistah!

(I wandered over from your site, btw. Hope you don't mind.)

[jaina.livejournal.com]

Carry on. ^_^

[buttercup0222.livejournal.com]

Seriously, I'm disturbed by any fic that has Meryl thinking "I know Knives has returned to his genocidal self, but he wouldn't hurt ME." And there's a LOT of those; one I saw on ff.net recently is still fresh in my mind.

Besides the idea of Knives sparing only Meryl (because she is the only one who dare not quake in fear in his presence, doncha know!) being complete bullshit, I doubt Meryl would overlook aspirations of mass murder, not to mention extreme suffering to the person she HAD been in love with.

But I do so love your icon for this entry. In fact, you have many kickass icons!

[jaina.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I feel the same way. There's no way Meryl would be totally okay with him still wanting to kill everyone else, and no, a promise not to commit genocide even though he wants to does NOT make it better! This is assuming she could even get past all the murders he's already committed, as well as trying to drive Vash nucking futs. So many people don't understand this, just because Knives is hot, too. Jesus, I'd do him, but I wouldn't fall in LOVE with him!

And thanks for the compliment! I love making icons (and stealing a few). It's an addiction.

[buttercup0222.livejournal.com]

I already stole one from your site. mwuhahahaha!

And I'd do Knives too, as long as he wasn't wearing that totally 80's spacesuit. It's SUCH a turnoff! lol.

[jaina.livejournal.com]

Well, getting him out of it would be half the fun. I think the space suit is okay from the waist up, but those leggings, and those shoes...he totally needs to go on Queer Eye for the Plant Guy.

[buttercup0222.livejournal.com]

Don't forget the butt-piping!

Carson would totally own his ass.

[cadesama.livejournal.com]

It's not my fault!

[jaina.livejournal.com]

Of course not. You set a good example because you DID write hawt loveless sex. You should write MORE hawt loveless sex.