sing it for the n00bs by Jedusaur (Explicit)

[crazybutsound]

Fandom: BANDOM
Pairing: Frank Iero/Gerard Way
Length: 17048 words
Author on LJ: jedusaur (also on dreamwidth under the same name)
Author Website: Jedusaur's fics at AO3
Why this must be read:

It's no secret to those who know me that I think jedusaur's writing is some of the best in this fandom, so it seemed fitting to have my first rec for this month be one of her fics. I picked this one because it is not only fantastic, hilarious, and as always, wonderfully written, but because I laughed and grinned and literally clapped my hands throughout, and everybody needs this much fun in their life. This is a wonderfully meta Gamer AU, wherein the Danger Days universe is an MMORPG, and the band members (along with Grace Jeanette and a plethora of other characters from the band's friends and coworkers) are frequent players. I feel that elaborating on that more would be giving too much away, so I'll just add that the author's notes warn for "Epic nerdery, brief homophobic language, happy ending", you've been warned. :-)

When Gerard started playing Danger Days, Mikey had absolutely no interest in joining him. Gerard actually tried to talk him into giving it a shot several times, because his gang was in dire need of a sniper, but Mikey thought MMORPGs were pointless. No matter how many times Gerard explained that it wasn't a typical MMO, that it was more about survival and fringe society than about killing things, Mikey wouldn't try it.

Then the Killjoys found Grace, who could hit absolutely anything from between fifty and five hundred feet, so Gerard stopped asking. Then Mikey started dating a girl who played Danger Days religiously, and where brotherly pleas had failed, tits and true love prevailed. Mikey joined her gang and developed an addiction to the game almost as unhealthy as Gerard's.

Unfortunately, their love turned out not to be all that true after all. When they broke up, Mikey was the one who got kicked out of his gang, possibly because Alicia had been there first but probably because he was completely useless with a ray gun. His hand-to-hand stats were good, but that didn't mesh with their combat style. Mikey wandered around the desert solo for a while, but nobody was in the market for a martial arts specialist who couldn't shoot for shit, so after a while he mumbled to Gerard that he might possibly have changed his mind about joining the Killjoys. After the requisite laughter and shit-giving, Gerard agreed to let him in.

They've stuck together in the game ever since. When they get into a skirmish with the dracs, Grace hides out far enough away to catch them by surprise, Ray and Gerard handle most of the close-range shooting, and Mikey deals with the dracs that get too close. Mikey's also good at finding and hoarding supplies for them. Aside from that one incident with Grace and the friendly fire, which Mikey has never been able to live down, the group has worked together just fine.

sing it for the n00bs at AO3.

Comments

[anotherslashfan (from livejournal.com)]

Just finished reading this yesterday and loved it to tiny pieces.

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But really, I think the two of us could bond more over our fandom crush on jedusaur.

[crazybutsound]

My crush on her (fandom and otherwise) is probably visible from space. All the heart eyes for her! Which she knows. She's my ring-pull fiancée after all! (*points to icon* this is the icon I made specifically so I could comment to her with it, lol) We should definitely bond over that and maybe form a fanclub, lol.

[anotherslashfan (from livejournal.com)]

What I really love about her is that she pushes me out of my comfort zone with her writing, but does it in that amazing way where I still enjoy myself. I always study her warnings very carefully, though :)

[crazybutsound]

Exactly. Most of what she writes wouldn't normally be my cup of tea (too dark, too angsty, too kinky...) but she never does it gratuitously and I always find myself sucked in and fascinated and fucking seduced. Not that there aren't the occasional fics that I can't quite get into from time to time, but she does surprise me pretty darn often.