If you're desperate for betas and don't mind a random near-stranger picking at your work, I'm happy to volunteer. *g*
Dude, I will totally take you up on that. *beams* I can't see the problem in a random near-stranger picking it apart. After all, I need a bit of a strong, bitchy beta, and sometimes friends can get a little... diplomatic. (Heavens' above knows I can get that way. Not that you mean to, just that you don't really want to hurt a friends' feelings, and it's not good for either of you.)
Loved it, and good use of second person -- it often makes me want to grind my teeth, but it works here.
Thanks for the compliments. The first section just worked better in second person, so the rest of the fic was tried in it. Personally, I was a bit concerned about the end. I can't remember how I originally planned it, but it wasn't like that. (Trust me. Most of my ends are variations on the "happily ever after" theme. I'm a big believer in happy endings. *g*)
Ooh, nice. As much fun as Dan/Casey fluff can be, I've always been a sucker for dark fic. Not that this was particularly "dark" -- no graphic torture or anything *g* -- but I'm always glad when ficwriters are willing to accept that their favourite characters are far from perfect. I mean, hell, that's what makes characters interesting in the first place, right?
*nods* It actually came about from watching a hoard of eps with a friend. We got to talking about whether or not Casey would cheat on Lisa (with Dan). My friend argued that he's a good guy, he's highly conservative and tends to *believe* in social institutions (to a far greater extent than Dan). She thought that he might be tempted, but he wouldn't actually do it.
I argued that he'd do it, but he'd lie to himself about it. He'd just say that there was an excuse, that there was a reason why it didn't really count.
As much as I love Casey, he does have an air of moral superiority about him, even when he's not actually being a nice guy. He's always the Good Guy, Camp Counsellor Casey. Sometimes, it's just nice to pick at the hypocrisy.
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Dude, I will totally take you up on that. *beams* I can't see the problem in a random near-stranger picking it apart. After all, I need a bit of a strong, bitchy beta, and sometimes friends can get a little... diplomatic. (Heavens' above knows I can get that way. Not that you mean to, just that you don't really want to hurt a friends' feelings, and it's not good for either of you.)
Loved it, and good use of second person -- it often makes me want to grind my teeth, but it works here.
Thanks for the compliments. The first section just worked better in second person, so the rest of the fic was tried in it. Personally, I was a bit concerned about the end. I can't remember how I originally planned it, but it wasn't like that. (Trust me. Most of my ends are variations on the "happily ever after" theme. I'm a big believer in happy endings. *g*)
Ooh, nice. As much fun as Dan/Casey fluff can be, I've always been a sucker for dark fic. Not that this was particularly "dark" -- no graphic torture or anything *g* -- but I'm always glad when ficwriters are willing to accept that their favourite characters are far from perfect. I mean, hell, that's what makes characters interesting in the first place, right?
*nods* It actually came about from watching a hoard of eps with a friend. We got to talking about whether or not Casey would cheat on Lisa (with Dan). My friend argued that he's a good guy, he's highly conservative and tends to *believe* in social institutions (to a far greater extent than Dan). She thought that he might be tempted, but he wouldn't actually do it.
I argued that he'd do it, but he'd lie to himself about it. He'd just say that there was an excuse, that there was a reason why it didn't really count.
As much as I love Casey, he does have an air of moral superiority about him, even when he's not actually being a nice guy. He's always the Good Guy, Camp Counsellor Casey. Sometimes, it's just nice to pick at the hypocrisy.