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May. 9th, 2005 12:57 am56 Days Later, K.A. Rose
28 Days Later | NC 17 | Drama | Jim/West
About a quarter of this entry is made up of author's notes detailing why the 28 Days Later fan is of a superior breed. 28 Days Later fandom is the province of zombie aficionados and true fannish intellectuals and certainly not populated by those porn-addicted, hardcore shippers that frequent bigger fandoms. No, the 28 Days Later is unfettered by such silly, artificial barriers like ships and fandom-specific slang. The 28 Days Later fan is above all of that.
She goes on to explain why intelligence is of supreme importance. You see, she's not interested in her vignette being wasted on idiots. She may have written it in one night and slapped it up the next day without even a spell check, but this is no ordinary self-indulgent fanfic. No, this fic is inspired. Justified. After all, the writers pointed to the homoerotic subtext on the DVD commentaries themselves. I can totally see her point though - it takes a keen mind to appreciate a m/m rapefic based on a zombie flick.
As for the fic, I've only a couple of things to say on that front. Just some minor quibbles. Nothing that detracts from the brilliance of the concept, characterization, style or form.
1. Jim is not weaker than the average woman. Sure he's weaker than Selena, but that lady was amazonian. Jim was a bicycle courier. He killed Infected. He killed soldiers. Jim? Not a wilting flower of pussydom.
2. Jim is not passive aggressive. He's an everyman who seems to have no trouble speaking his mind or standing up for himself. Jim may not be an alpha male but canonically? He's not about to lie down and take it.
3. Suspense? Hellooooo? Where are yooooooou? *crickets*
4. Jim does not have the emotional range of a wet rag.
5. Major West and the house do not share a special psychic connection literally, and the omgmetaphorical one-off to that effect is poorly supported by the rest of the fic. Left hanging in the wind of the author's laziness, what could have been useful insight into Jim's terrorized mind is nothing more than a shitty rip-off of every shitty haunted house/demon possession movie ever.
28 Days Later | NC 17 | Drama | Jim/West
About a quarter of this entry is made up of author's notes detailing why the 28 Days Later fan is of a superior breed. 28 Days Later fandom is the province of zombie aficionados and true fannish intellectuals and certainly not populated by those porn-addicted, hardcore shippers that frequent bigger fandoms. No, the 28 Days Later is unfettered by such silly, artificial barriers like ships and fandom-specific slang. The 28 Days Later fan is above all of that.
She goes on to explain why intelligence is of supreme importance. You see, she's not interested in her vignette being wasted on idiots. She may have written it in one night and slapped it up the next day without even a spell check, but this is no ordinary self-indulgent fanfic. No, this fic is inspired. Justified. After all, the writers pointed to the homoerotic subtext on the DVD commentaries themselves. I can totally see her point though - it takes a keen mind to appreciate a m/m rapefic based on a zombie flick.
As for the fic, I've only a couple of things to say on that front. Just some minor quibbles. Nothing that detracts from the brilliance of the concept, characterization, style or form.
1. Jim is not weaker than the average woman. Sure he's weaker than Selena, but that lady was amazonian. Jim was a bicycle courier. He killed Infected. He killed soldiers. Jim? Not a wilting flower of pussydom.
2. Jim is not passive aggressive. He's an everyman who seems to have no trouble speaking his mind or standing up for himself. Jim may not be an alpha male but canonically? He's not about to lie down and take it.
3. Suspense? Hellooooo? Where are yooooooou? *crickets*
4. Jim does not have the emotional range of a wet rag.
5. Major West and the house do not share a special psychic connection literally, and the omgmetaphorical one-off to that effect is poorly supported by the rest of the fic. Left hanging in the wind of the author's laziness, what could have been useful insight into Jim's terrorized mind is nothing more than a shitty rip-off of every shitty haunted house/demon possession movie ever.