Muses from Hell, by Suze (R for language)

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Fandom: HIGHLANDER
Pairing: Duncan Muse/Methos Muse/Amanda Muse
Author on LJ: suzecarol
Author Website: http://slum.slashcity.com/suze/
Why this must be read: When I say "metafiction," I mean that in a good way.

" I don't try to explain the voices in my head, I just let them talk -- and bitch, and moan, and whine." -- Suze

"Muses From Hell" is the first in a series of twenty-six -- what are these, anyway?

They're stories in which Our Heroes -- chiefly a very snarky Methos -- come out of Suze's Muse Closet to look over her shoulder and carp about the story she's writing about them. They're thinly disguised recs of other stories. They're a funnier way for the writer to let off steam when the writing just isn't coming than throwing things at the walls. They're commentary about her own stories, other people's stories, and HL slash in general. And they're funny as hell.


Oh no. You're stuck, aren't you?

"Just a little bit. It's no big deal, Methos."

No big deal? You left me unconscious on the bed with blood running down my thighs! That's no big deal?

"You're an Immortal. You'll heal."

That's beside the point. You left me unconscious, unable to defend myself. With a horny Amanda and an obviously demented MacLeod. There's no telling what they'll do to me.

"Calm down. They won't hurt you, Methos."

Excuse me? Was it my imagination, or weren't they responsible for the state I'm in. No, sorry, I forgot. *You're* responsible.

"Me? I wasn't even there!"

But you're the writer. Ultimately it's all your fault.

"*My* fault? Oh, that's a good one. None of you will do what you're told, you keep adding your own lines, you won't even wear the wardrobe I picked out for you, but it's all my fault?"

Hey. It's not my fault you can't control your characters. I'm not even really here, you know.




Muses From Hell