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Putting the B Back in Subtle, by Secrethappiness and Algernon_Mouse (NC-17)
Fandom: BANDOM
Pairing: Bob Bryar/Jepha Howard, Bob Bryar/Brian Schechter
Length: ~29k
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secrethappiness and algernon_mouse
Author Website: None that I know of for Mouse, Pinn's Fic Index
Why this must be read: As far as I'm concerned this is pretty much THE Bob Bryar character study fic. It starts just after he's finished his program in sound-teching, and goes up through to the present of when Pinn and Mouse were writing this, about a year ago. It's one of those stories that takes canon and really works with it to try and explore the things we probably aren't told in interviews, the people that these guys might be behind the "characters" represented in their videos, their twitters, their self-representations to an identified audience. This story is perfectly paced, makes everyone in it so, so human--particularly The Used, who are often villainized--and works the details of a guy getting from one day to the next into a really fascinating narrative. It's also a really, really interesting take on early MCR and how easily everything could have come to naught, from what is essentially an outsider's view. I'm just so continuously impressed by this fic.
The guys are on that night, really fucking on, and Frank and Gerard whip the crowd into a frenzy. As they head offstage, Brian looks over at Bob and says, "They're only getting better."
"Yeah. Makes me miss drumming," Bob replies as he starts checking the levels for The Used. "If I could drum for a band like that, I would."
There's no response from Brian and Bob looks up to see Brian staring at him. "What?"
"I don't think I've ever heard you talk about actually missing the drums," Brian answers. "I forget that you know how to play."
"Yeah, well, so do I sometimes."
Later that night, after the show but before the buses pull out, Brian walks on to The Used's bus and raises his arms triumphantly. Bob and Jepha are in the middle of a wicked game of Spit and Bob doesn't acknowledge Brian until the game's over. When Bob looks at him, Brian says, "They hired me."
"Nice," Jepha says. "Congrats, man."
Bob smiles. "See, Princess, aren't you glad you held out so you could pop their manager cherry?"
Putting the B Back in Sublte
Pairing: Bob Bryar/Jepha Howard, Bob Bryar/Brian Schechter
Length: ~29k
Author on LJ:
secrethappiness and algernon_mouseAuthor Website: None that I know of for Mouse, Pinn's Fic Index
Why this must be read: As far as I'm concerned this is pretty much THE Bob Bryar character study fic. It starts just after he's finished his program in sound-teching, and goes up through to the present of when Pinn and Mouse were writing this, about a year ago. It's one of those stories that takes canon and really works with it to try and explore the things we probably aren't told in interviews, the people that these guys might be behind the "characters" represented in their videos, their twitters, their self-representations to an identified audience. This story is perfectly paced, makes everyone in it so, so human--particularly The Used, who are often villainized--and works the details of a guy getting from one day to the next into a really fascinating narrative. It's also a really, really interesting take on early MCR and how easily everything could have come to naught, from what is essentially an outsider's view. I'm just so continuously impressed by this fic.
The guys are on that night, really fucking on, and Frank and Gerard whip the crowd into a frenzy. As they head offstage, Brian looks over at Bob and says, "They're only getting better."
"Yeah. Makes me miss drumming," Bob replies as he starts checking the levels for The Used. "If I could drum for a band like that, I would."
There's no response from Brian and Bob looks up to see Brian staring at him. "What?"
"I don't think I've ever heard you talk about actually missing the drums," Brian answers. "I forget that you know how to play."
"Yeah, well, so do I sometimes."
Later that night, after the show but before the buses pull out, Brian walks on to The Used's bus and raises his arms triumphantly. Bob and Jepha are in the middle of a wicked game of Spit and Bob doesn't acknowledge Brian until the game's over. When Bob looks at him, Brian says, "They hired me."
"Nice," Jepha says. "Congrats, man."
Bob smiles. "See, Princess, aren't you glad you held out so you could pop their manager cherry?"
Putting the B Back in Sublte