Fic: Burns Night (drabble) - (bb-vm, PG)
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Sep. 13th, 2003 | 12:19 pm
mood: relaxed
Title: Burns Night
Fandom: LOTR RPS
Pairing: Billy Boyd / Viggo Mortensen
Rating: PG
Feedback: yes please! also constructive criticism of any kind
Disclaimer: not true, I made it up
Archive: yes, go ahead, please let me know
Notes: Seems to be in the same Billy-Viggoverse as Jalapeño, written for the
contrelamontre food challenge. Triggered by 
airgiodslv, thank you darling!
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You always get swamped by the wave you don't see coming.
In the beautiful New Zealand summer, it's bampot to long for the rain on stone streets, the pub, the warm fug of sweat and beer, the mates, the music.
So it's a shock when an arm wraps around your chest, and a throaty voice whispers, "Happy Burns Night," in an accent that's just wrong.
And then you can't stop laughing at the package with the stupid tartan bow. You feel beloved, but it's fucking funny.
It finally comes out in a wheeze that hurts your chest, "I hate haggis."
Fandom: LOTR RPS
Pairing: Billy Boyd / Viggo Mortensen
Rating: PG
Feedback: yes please! also constructive criticism of any kind
Disclaimer: not true, I made it up
Archive: yes, go ahead, please let me know
Notes: Seems to be in the same Billy-Viggoverse as Jalapeño, written for the
contrelamontre food challenge. Triggered by airgiodslv, thank you darling!~~
You always get swamped by the wave you don't see coming.
In the beautiful New Zealand summer, it's bampot to long for the rain on stone streets, the pub, the warm fug of sweat and beer, the mates, the music.
So it's a shock when an arm wraps around your chest, and a throaty voice whispers, "Happy Burns Night," in an accent that's just wrong.
And then you can't stop laughing at the package with the stupid tartan bow. You feel beloved, but it's fucking funny.
It finally comes out in a wheeze that hurts your chest, "I hate haggis."
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andrealyn
date: Sep. 13th, 2003 12:26 pm (UTC)
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msilverstar
date: Sep. 13th, 2003 12:32 pm (UTC)
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It's nice to just finish something for a change. I'm so deep in so many stories, but I'm terrible at endings. So I keep fiddling, but it takes a long time.
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andrealyn
date: Sep. 13th, 2003 12:33 pm (UTC)
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Thank you for writing it!
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ex_grievous_115
date: Sep. 13th, 2003 12:30 pm (UTC)
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And ain't that what love should be all about!
This was gorgeous.
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msilverstar
date: Sep. 13th, 2003 12:34 pm (UTC)
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airgiodslv
date: Sep. 13th, 2003 05:19 pm (UTC)
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Look, I'm actually reading something! This was marvelous...so simple, and so saturated with culture. The opening line was brilliant, and it didn't jar at all to jump from the metaphor into the story, even considering the drabble-format length. All of the words - bampot, fug, Burns Night, tartan, haggis - are atmospheric and establish the culture so subtly, because we are after all thinking the world through Billy's POV. I love the "accent that's just wrong," because it's such a great and complete thought to have. Sweet and funny and adorable. I'm thrilled to have 'triggered' it, although I honestly can't claim that honor. 'Twas all you, sugar.
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msilverstar
date: Sep. 13th, 2003 05:52 pm (UTC)
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The culture thing was mostly from experience. I did do a little research to back up my assumptions and find bampot. But ya'know, it's nice that at least some of the trivia I've accumulated over all this time has come in handy.
You did too trigger it. That conversation in comments around Caliente. Reminded me of Jalapeño and then I made an offhand mention of haggis and you wrote:
So I did.
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airgiodslv
date: Sep. 13th, 2003 06:01 pm (UTC)
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...so what does bampot mean, anyway?
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msilverstar
date: Sep. 13th, 2003 06:11 pm (UTC)
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hanarobi
date: Sep. 13th, 2003 10:24 pm (UTC)
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msilverstar
date: Sep. 14th, 2003 07:16 am (UTC)
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fajrdrako
date: Sep. 14th, 2003 06:59 am (UTC)
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Really, you packed a lot of nuance into a short piece: it's what drabbles ought to be, but often aren't.
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msilverstar
date: Sep. 14th, 2003 07:20 am (UTC)
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(The last time I had haggis was in 1999 in the restaurant in Edinburgh Castle, with t'husband and t'son, waiting for the one-o'clock gun. I don't think it was a trad recipe, it was nicely peppery and quite tasty.)
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