 parachute 2008-12-14 . chapter 2Uncannily, I was just saying to myself this afternoon, "Louis, you know what would be goddamn awesome? A queer-ass zombie fic, that's what!" I recently put myself on a mad quest for stories and films of the queer horror inclination, with depressingly minimal finds. Most of what I did find...well, it turned out to be porn. But one such cheapo movie-- Otto; or, Raise the Dead-- got me thinking about gay zombies, and that's all it took, really.
I'm already a tremendously devout (though somewhat closeted by laziness) fanboy of Dial Tone, so when I saw your poll about which story you should be working on more, I naturally checked that off. After some bemused scrolling, though, I noticed "SLASH!" and "ZOMBIES!" together in one of your story descriptions, and though I'd seen it countless times before, I didn't actually think of reading it until today. (I'll admit, part of the reason I'd been deterred was due to the random "3" in the title. Once more, I am slapped in the face by "Don't judge a book by its cover." FictionPress fic. Title. ...Whatever.)
The point is, I'm glad I finally got around to giving this story a chance, because I'm really interested in finding out what happens! It currently seems a bit more plot-driven than character-driven, if that makes much sense, since the story has mostly consisted of dialogue thus far. (The description of the "awakening" in the first chapter was seamless, though! If I hadn't known from the summary that it was actually about zombies, I'd have been blinking confusedly right along with Will.) What I'm trying to say, I guess, is that I don't feel that connected with the characters right now. Granted, it's only been two chapters. Also, I'm not really feeling Will's distaste for Alec. Even if I can't totally relate to either of them right now, though, they're still satisfyingly realistic, average guys. ...Maybe except for the zombie thing, but hey. That's where the plot comes in. I love the idea of this random guy being plopped into such an unexpected situation, then having to go to his lifelong teasee (?!) for guidance.
Long story short? I'm seriously lovin' on this story, and secretly pining for an update (particularly after the surprisingly sexy "oh please check my pulse, confoundedly hot gay man!" scene). Like, really pining. Stories like this are the reason I try to restrict myself to fics that have already been completed, because I get overexcited about following the mounting plot and my interest is piqued by the characters and then bam: discontinued! By all means, carry on with life and life and Dial Tone-- but the actual point of this blabbering ramble of indiscernable nonsense is, I'll be stoked for the update whether it takes another five months to chew out or a goddamn year. As in, I will most assuredly be coming back to read more. I already know you to be an immensely talented writer, and probably the only one I would trust to write a consistently entertaining piece of queer zombie fiction! So, uh, keep up the phenomenal work. Consider me subscribed to the progress of this fic, regardless of the speed at which you pursue its completion. :]
- LOUIS. |
 jujubees 2008-07-30 . chapter 2 I flailed, cried, pranced, danced, wiggled and all that fun stuff when I finally saw that you updated! It was an quite an emotional moment for me. D:
But anyways, this plot is refreshingly new to me. And it's most certainly welcome into my book! I'm surprised that Alec had stayed mostly calm throughout the chapter while I would already be screaming mercy if I noticed he wasn't breathing.
Hope to read more soon! Good luck with the next chapter! :D |