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crack_van2006-01-23 01:03 pm
laceymcbain.livejournal.com) wrote in crack_van2006-01-23 01:03 pm
No Good Deed by 'rith (PG)
Fandom: DC COMICS
Pairing: none
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kerithwyn
Author Website: Offpanel.net
Why this must be read: Arkham Asylum. Home to the worst of Gotham's criminally insane, and you're the newest security guard. The story's told from the second-person POV - hard to pull off, but it works here, and the repeated "you" seems to accentuate that growing feeling of "oh my God, this is going to end badly." You can feel the character's growing sympathy towards his charges--one in particular--and you know, you know better than to trust the prisoners (patients), but it all seems so reasonable. Beautifully done, disturbing, and absolutely believable.
You finally see him.
He looks so *small.*
You've lived in Gotham all your life, so you can't help knowing about the Joker's rampages and death tolls. But it's hard to reconcile those stories with the thin crumpled body, the unhealthy paper-white skin, and the ridiculous hair of the guy in the cell.
You've never understood people who say they don't like clowns. They're not scary, they're *funny.* And, well, there's nothing funny about what the Joker has done, but he's pretty much just a weird-looking guy in a ten-by-ten concrete room with no windows.
That's not so scary.
Read the story: No Good Deed, and let the author know you enjoyed it.
Pairing: none
Author on LJ:
kerithwynAuthor Website: Offpanel.net
Why this must be read: Arkham Asylum. Home to the worst of Gotham's criminally insane, and you're the newest security guard. The story's told from the second-person POV - hard to pull off, but it works here, and the repeated "you" seems to accentuate that growing feeling of "oh my God, this is going to end badly." You can feel the character's growing sympathy towards his charges--one in particular--and you know, you know better than to trust the prisoners (patients), but it all seems so reasonable. Beautifully done, disturbing, and absolutely believable.
You finally see him.
He looks so *small.*
You've lived in Gotham all your life, so you can't help knowing about the Joker's rampages and death tolls. But it's hard to reconcile those stories with the thin crumpled body, the unhealthy paper-white skin, and the ridiculous hair of the guy in the cell.
You've never understood people who say they don't like clowns. They're not scary, they're *funny.* And, well, there's nothing funny about what the Joker has done, but he's pretty much just a weird-looking guy in a ten-by-ten concrete room with no windows.
That's not so scary.
Read the story: No Good Deed, and let the author know you enjoyed it.