Choosing Unwisely

[sylph_fics]

This takes off immediately after the last scene with Deathstroke in Inheritance by Devin Greyson. Yes, that does mean it's going to diverge from the final few pages of the book. Don't ask me where my bunnies hop out of, it's probably a circle of hell.

Title: Choosing Unwisely (finally Titled!)
Pairing: Green Arrow/Nightwing
Rating: NC-17, or thereabouts.

Please visit the following URL for the fic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/82426

Comments

[coldfiredragon.livejournal.com]

Loved the intimacy throughout this. My strength is not in writing sex. I can do it but I don't have the practice to write it as well as this.

I liked how Dick kept flashing back to Roy while he and Ollie were getting into it. Their body build would be very similar because they are both archers. Loved it.

Loved how you wrote Roy more though. The surprise, the hurt, the anger. The idea of loosing himself in his former drug habit and then having the will to force the urge away.

I also liked how he could't truly be mad at Dick and how he felt guilty about causing Dick to slip into a state of shock.

I really liked being inside Dick's head for that brief period of time and the way Ollie snapped him out of it was truly Ollie.

Great job.

[ilyena_sylph]

Thank you so much!

*nods* Yeah. Though, Roy wasn't the only person Dick was thinking about... Roy's not that controlling... *smiles slightly*

*beams* From you, who nails Roy every time she writes him, that means a very great deal. Thank you... That went from emotion to fingers without stopping to let my brain think about it. It was probably the fastest segment I wrote in the entire thing. Which is a little odd.

Mm. *nods* Yeah. he loves him too damned much.

*grins* Yeah... that was the fastest/best way i could think of to portray what happened to them... and Ollie was doing what he does best, going with his gut.

Thank you, again!

[senmut]

Oh my freaking saints and sinners. That has got to be the smuttiest angst ever. So worth the wait. Between desire and anger...oh, I was on a roller coaster. Thank you so much. And...I am not worthy of trying to do a sequel.

[oakianus.livejournal.com]

It was such a stunner to go from the middle of such a fascinatingly intense sex scene into that moment of shock and betrayal and angst. The sex was written fantastically well and had me squirming in my seat, and even without a deep knowledge of the characters I could still feel the betrayal like a sting through the heart and a bucket of cold water across my front in roughly equal measure.

The other thing that really struck me was your amazingly good detail of the costumes. You manage to make them come to life in a way that seems realistic and yet stays true to the actual design in the comics, which is intensely difficult to pull off. I felt like I was there for the undoing of every strap and buckle in the complex outfits the heroes were in, though. It was simply stunning from start to finish.

[petronelle.livejournal.com]

lcsbanana tossed me this link while we were talking about Devin's book.

*blinks dazedly*

Dick's issues should not be *that* hot. Boy, is that wrong. Nicely done.

[ilyena_sylph]

Thank you! *delighted grinning*

You're right. They shouldn't be. But they are. Sometimes.

Thank you again!

[pervyficgirl.livejournal.com]

Oh. . .this was deliriously hot and wrong and fucked up and hot .

Poor Roy. I really liked the voice you gave him though.

Poor Dick, even though he needed beaten. He . . . oh, he's just messed up- with the Roy AND Batman issues that kept repeating themselves over and over in the poor little boy's head. *hugs him tightly before slapping him.*

[ilyena_sylph]

*humms cheerfully* Yes. Fucked up and wrong the way to put the description for this fic.

*nods* Roy really needs a hug.

Yeah... he needs smacked, but... he's just so fucked up, you really don't want to smack him, you just wanna cuddle him. The Roy issues and Batman issues and just issues issues on infinite repeat, yeah. He didn't know which way was up there for a while.

This was probably the second-most insistent plot-bunny I've ever had. First most was One of Those Nights.

[violet-doll.livejournal.com]

Aww, It made me giggle, was totally hot and so sad for roy!
Wonderful job!

[ilyena_sylph]

*g* Why thank you!

[jij.livejournal.com]

Ohhhhh. OK, I can cut Ollie a little bit of slack now. I mean, who could resist that adorable black and blue vortex of need that is Dick Greyson?

Unfortunately, he should probably have tried harder and now he's in trouble. But now I feel kinda bad for him. :)]

The dynamic between the two was really fascinating...it feels so wrong at first but the older/younger vibe works really well here.

I agree with the comment above about the costumes! Your love for them really comes through in all the loving details.

[ilyena_sylph]

If you think I wrote him as 'black and blue vortex of need', you've got to read the novel! My Nightwing doesn't have crap on the utter wooobieness of Devin Grayson's boy.

He probably should have, and yeah, he sure as heck is in trouble.... eh. Don't bother.

Somewhere in a notebook I have Batman/Robin I porn that is not this wrong... but it was supposed to be fucked up. Dick has issues when Devin's writing him. This was about working those issues.

I just about wore out my mental thesaurus working for the right tone and pace and vibe for the two of them, and it makes me insanely glad that you caught it. *beams*

*happy, happy grinning* Yay! I hunted scans_daily for more time than I want to admit for scans of Ollie's costume to figure out how the hell to get inside it. *snort* What, me, obsessive? Naw, I don't have OCD.... Dick's suit, on the other hand, is described as one piece, so there has to be a zipper in there somewhere that he can reach on his own.

[indigoskies1.livejournal.com]

Oh..so hot and I feel bad for feeling its so hot..when there so much pain..Ollie..you IDIOT!

And Dick..poor messed up Dick..GODS DICK! I Hurt for him.

And Roy..as if Ollie hasn't screwed him over enough in his life and..I'm hateing stupid irresponsible Ollie that needs a smack upside the head.

WOW!!!

[ilyena_sylph]

I wrote it just as hot as I could while trying to stick with the fact that the boy is fucked up.

And yes, Ollie, you IDIOT covers it nicely.

*cuddles Dick* Yes. Messed up covers it nicely.

*nodnod* Inheritance-Ollie is easy-easy-easy to hate for being a stupid irresponsible idiot.

Thanks!!

[goober787.livejournal.com]

Hey Girl!

Such Angst. Such Passion. Great Job!!

Christine

[ilyena_sylph]

*Grins* Thanks!

Angst is easy when working with Devin Grayson's canon.

This damn bunny spawned a series, if you're interested.

[stalinglim.livejournal.com]

(sobs into her hands)

Shiiit, Yena. This is PERFECT. I liked the other one, but this? This? Oh my.

(scurries for more)

[ilyena_sylph]

*hands tissues* Didn't mean to make you cry! *pets*

Thank you. So much. I... it kind of ate my brain for a couple of days. But damn, it turned out well, if I do say so myself.