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My Body is a Cage by conceptofzero (PG-13)
Fandom: WATCHMEN
Pairing: None
Length: ~12k
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
conceptofzero
Author Website: Watchmen tag
Why this must be read: There's a ton of rule!63 in the Watchmen fandom, but it's rare to find one more thoroughly fleshed-out or true to canon characterization than this.conceptofzero walks us through Wanda Kovacs life, using snippets of Walter's life from canon to provide a guiding point while filling in gaps in Wanda's life that would ring true for Walter, too, in many cases. Wanda is just as complex and fascinating and horrible as canon!Rorschach, and among the many things that this fic does right is other people's reactions to her, both in and out of costume.
This also strikes a delicate balance with her identity - both gender- and costumed- - that is pitch-perfect. The writing is really stark, giving us plenty of wonderful details while letting us stare straight at Wanda without getting bogged down by thick prose. This fic has helped lay the groundwork for the majority of other fic about Wanda Kovacs, and justly; if you're going to read one rule!63 fic for Watchmen, make it this one.
Wanda Kovacs walks an ideological tightrope that slowly gets increasingly higher and higher with each step she takes.
Wanda believes women have a duty to be good mothers and good wives. Women should be thoughtful, intelligent, and their utmost loyalty should be to their families. What the world lacks are good woman, strong women, women who don't do drugs and women who don't sleep around and woman who believe in marriage.
Wanda never kisses a boy. She is an ugly girl, a blessing in disguise one of her teachers said. Wanda doesn't wear make-up and Wanda doesn't do more to her hair than wash it with a bar of soap. There are a few boys who approach her over the years, a few who do so out of some sort of pity and compassion, a few who do so because they believe she's an easy target. Both kind are just as likely to call her a dyke and a frigid bitch when she rejects them as bluntly as possible.
The New Frontiersman laments about the state of the world, printing blurry charts listing divorce statistics and letters to the editor calling for men to sew A's to their cheating wife's clothing. They talk about women entering the workforce, women demanding jobs that aren't theirs, women prying into men's business. Wanda reads these and agrees with them, and she does not see that they are talking about her.
My Body is a Cage
Pairing: None
Length: ~12k
Author on LJ:
conceptofzeroAuthor Website: Watchmen tag
Why this must be read: There's a ton of rule!63 in the Watchmen fandom, but it's rare to find one more thoroughly fleshed-out or true to canon characterization than this.
conceptofzero walks us through Wanda Kovacs life, using snippets of Walter's life from canon to provide a guiding point while filling in gaps in Wanda's life that would ring true for Walter, too, in many cases. Wanda is just as complex and fascinating and horrible as canon!Rorschach, and among the many things that this fic does right is other people's reactions to her, both in and out of costume. This also strikes a delicate balance with her identity - both gender- and costumed- - that is pitch-perfect. The writing is really stark, giving us plenty of wonderful details while letting us stare straight at Wanda without getting bogged down by thick prose. This fic has helped lay the groundwork for the majority of other fic about Wanda Kovacs, and justly; if you're going to read one rule!63 fic for Watchmen, make it this one.
Wanda Kovacs walks an ideological tightrope that slowly gets increasingly higher and higher with each step she takes.
Wanda believes women have a duty to be good mothers and good wives. Women should be thoughtful, intelligent, and their utmost loyalty should be to their families. What the world lacks are good woman, strong women, women who don't do drugs and women who don't sleep around and woman who believe in marriage.
Wanda never kisses a boy. She is an ugly girl, a blessing in disguise one of her teachers said. Wanda doesn't wear make-up and Wanda doesn't do more to her hair than wash it with a bar of soap. There are a few boys who approach her over the years, a few who do so out of some sort of pity and compassion, a few who do so because they believe she's an easy target. Both kind are just as likely to call her a dyke and a frigid bitch when she rejects them as bluntly as possible.
The New Frontiersman laments about the state of the world, printing blurry charts listing divorce statistics and letters to the editor calling for men to sew A's to their cheating wife's clothing. They talk about women entering the workforce, women demanding jobs that aren't theirs, women prying into men's business. Wanda reads these and agrees with them, and she does not see that they are talking about her.
My Body is a Cage