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Moonless Night by Daylilymoon (R)
Fandom: WATCHMEN
Pairing: Walter Kovacs/Daniel Dreiberg (Rorschach/Nite Owl II)
Length: 22k
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daylilymoon
Author Website: Daylilymoon's Fic Index
Why this must be read:
Daylilymoon's writing on the whole takes my breath away, she slides sublimely from pathos, horror, to hilarity with apparent effortlessness, and this story, while not her only masterpiece, is one of the finest examples of what this writer is capable of. I think this will be enjoyable even to someone with a passing knowledge of Walter Kovacs and his vigilante incarnation, Rorschach. In this story, Walter loses his sight, and what ensues is a hurt comfort fic where the hurt is complex, and the comfort is hard-won. It respectfully and loving paints, through his perspective, the inner workings of this man, a completely well-rounded characterization that digs below the cliches. Walter undergoes some immense and painful realizations while developing something more than a friendship with his ex-partner in crime-fighting, now retired ornitologist, Daniel Dreiberg.
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Moonless Night
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Pairing: Walter Kovacs/Daniel Dreiberg (Rorschach/Nite Owl II)
Length: 22k
Author on LJ:
daylilymoon Author Website: Daylilymoon's Fic Index
Why this must be read:
Daylilymoon's writing on the whole takes my breath away, she slides sublimely from pathos, horror, to hilarity with apparent effortlessness, and this story, while not her only masterpiece, is one of the finest examples of what this writer is capable of. I think this will be enjoyable even to someone with a passing knowledge of Walter Kovacs and his vigilante incarnation, Rorschach. In this story, Walter loses his sight, and what ensues is a hurt comfort fic where the hurt is complex, and the comfort is hard-won. It respectfully and loving paints, through his perspective, the inner workings of this man, a completely well-rounded characterization that digs below the cliches. Walter undergoes some immense and painful realizations while developing something more than a friendship with his ex-partner in crime-fighting, now retired ornitologist, Daniel Dreiberg.
It should be no different than any other night, any night without a moon and any night with black sliding symmetrically over his eyes, but it is. (The black is still sliding over his eyes, but now it is invisible to him.) The distances seem wrong, his judgment off. His sense of smell, hearing, touch are muted by his choice of costume, and the very strongest sensations to him are now the workings of his own body: inescapable. An ache in his hip, sore places he will ignore, needle-sharp throbbing in his head, his own circulatory and muscular and digestive systems. It is unpleasant.
When he hits a wall at full force, he is forced to conclude two things: that he cannot walk anymore with hands in pockets, and that he veers inexplicably to the right when deprived of any visual guideposts. Disturbing.
When he hits a wall at full force, he is forced to conclude two things: that he cannot walk anymore with hands in pockets, and that he veers inexplicably to the right when deprived of any visual guideposts. Disturbing.
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Moonless Night
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