fic post (repost) The Dog

[roxy]

cover by betrue
Written for the Smallville Big Bang Challenge

Title:The Dog
Fandom: SV
Pairing:Clark/Lex
Rating:nc-17
Warning: bdsm, rape, incest, non-con, underage--you know, Roxyland

Comments

[redteekal.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure what to say about this story. I never saw Jet Li's Unleashed because animal abuse is one thing that reduces me to tears rapidly. I think I kept reading this because I needed to know that it didn't end with Clark staying like that, living his life as Lionel's dog. It did feel like trying to swallow bitter medicine at times. The scene when Lionel comes back from Japan was the most disturbing/abhorrent for me in terms of my reaction. I have an enduring admiration for people who can write in such prose that it stirs up such heavy emotional responses. Even if I hate the feeling the writing generates I always appreciate the ability to write for it. I think I better go and read something light and fluffy now to wash off the lingering sense of dirt. But thanks for writing this...I bet it wasn't easy at times.

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

A lot of people had the same reaction to the story that you did. I've been told once you start reading it, it's hard to stop, and it's not a lot of fun. Unleashed was that way for me, a difficult movie to watch in the beginning, if you really thought about what it was that was happening to Jet Li's character. It was pretty hideous.

Writing this story *was* awful at times, very very emotionally draining. I remember very well what it was like.

Fortunately I have light and fluffy here too! Lots of it!
Just out of curiosity, if you'd read The Dog first, would you have wanted to friend me? :)

[redteekal.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm...interesting question. I think so because of the standard of writing, although I think I would have checked first to see if you had any non-angsty stories....you know just so I could get a little respite from the 'hurt'. If all you wrote was on 'The Dog' level in terms of angst I'm not so sure. I remember as I was reading the more horrific scenes thinking to myself (especially given all the character build up you wrote from when Clark/Lex was growing up) surely Roxy's building up to some truly massive revenge scene here. I started to think about all the things Clark would do in the scene where he finally turns on Lionel and that he'd be helped by Lex and that it would be incredibly sadistic and no doubt highly abusive in some sexual way at the same time. Then I imagined the long process of Clark getting back to that happy place before Lionel took him. But ultimately I think that was just me projecting :-) Clark, being the kickedpuppy!Clark that he is, would never go to the lengths I had imagined bringing down on Lionel. But perhaps Lex would because Lex has a side of his father. You'd probably just have to show him in video footage of what Lionel did to Clark when he got back from Japan. Which by the way I'm glad you didn't give us the details of...I could barely swallow Lex's follow up behaviour that was horrific enough. But that would have been all the extra motivation Lex needed. Anyway....my mind is rambling again. Good story but thank goodness for The Young Kryptonian!