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crack_van2008-09-08 02:35 pm
ethrosdemon.livejournal.com) wrote in crack_van2008-09-08 02:35 pm
Secret Cave by sinsense (NC-17)
Fandom: Bandom
Pairing: Bert/Gerard (The Used/MCR)
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sinsense
Author Website: she does not appear to have one
Why this must be read: When I first started reading MCR fic one of the many things I discovered very rapidly is that the traditional villain in that world is Bert McCracken from the band The Used. Since I've been in fandoms before, I didn't really care whether or not Bert deserved that treatment since narrative often has very little intersection with truth. As time progressed, I decided I completely rejected the Bert as the bad guy trope—mostly because I find him vastly amusing and also pretty awesome.
(The reason Bert is characterized like Opposite Day has a lot to do with the Myth of Gerard's sobriety. Bert gets cast as The Dude Who Drug Gerard Down/enabler/crazy drunk idiot/so on.)
THIS STORY subverts the traditional Bert characterization in every possible way. Starting with: he's a she. It's not genderswap—Bert was born a girl in this story. There's a lot of gender-play in MCR stories because the band themselves makes grandiose statements about gender and social norms. Here the author shows Gerard's gender issues through interacting with a girl (of all things!). Mostly it's a portrait of some screwed up people. The intra-band MCR dynamics are also glorious.
This Bert broke my heart over and over again. What's it like to fall in love with the most clueless creature on the planet (especially when you have a self-defeating attitude and do way too many drugs)?
Secret Cave
Pairing: Bert/Gerard (The Used/MCR)
Author on LJ:
sinsenseAuthor Website: she does not appear to have one
Why this must be read: When I first started reading MCR fic one of the many things I discovered very rapidly is that the traditional villain in that world is Bert McCracken from the band The Used. Since I've been in fandoms before, I didn't really care whether or not Bert deserved that treatment since narrative often has very little intersection with truth. As time progressed, I decided I completely rejected the Bert as the bad guy trope—mostly because I find him vastly amusing and also pretty awesome.
(The reason Bert is characterized like Opposite Day has a lot to do with the Myth of Gerard's sobriety. Bert gets cast as The Dude Who Drug Gerard Down/enabler/crazy drunk idiot/so on.)
THIS STORY subverts the traditional Bert characterization in every possible way. Starting with: he's a she. It's not genderswap—Bert was born a girl in this story. There's a lot of gender-play in MCR stories because the band themselves makes grandiose statements about gender and social norms. Here the author shows Gerard's gender issues through interacting with a girl (of all things!). Mostly it's a portrait of some screwed up people. The intra-band MCR dynamics are also glorious.
This Bert broke my heart over and over again. What's it like to fall in love with the most clueless creature on the planet (especially when you have a self-defeating attitude and do way too many drugs)?
Secret Cave