FIC: He Does

[jagnikjen.livejournal.com]

Title: He Does
Author: JAGNikJen
Word Count: 100
Rating: G
Characters/Pairings: Much, Robin
Genre: Friendship, Drabble
Spoilers: None
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: I do not own Robin Hood, Much, or Robin. I have earned nothing from this endeavor but the pleasure that comes from the writing and the possibility of a nice comment or two.
Summary:  Much reflects on his relationship with Robin.


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He Does


They don’t think he deserves my loyalty.

But he does.

They don’t think he deserves my friendship, either.

But he does.

They don’t understand my true complaint about being hungry or tired or hot.

But he does.

They don’t truly understand when I cry for seemingly no reason or startle awake, my heart pounding and body trembling, and unable to close my eyes again.

But he does.

They don’t understand the bond between master and servant, brothers in arms, friends, brothers.

They don’t know that I’ve done my share of lashing out and being hateful and hurtful.

But he does.

Comments

[wastingyourgum.livejournal.com]

Bearing in mind I'm far more of a Much fan than a Robin fan - though I do like Robin (and I read your earlier rant about non-constructive crit!) - I'm going to have to take issue with this one.

It's beautifully written, particularly the structure of it, but I just cannot grasp Much "lashing out and being hateful and hurtful" - not to Robin anyway. He has his arguments with Allan and John but not with Robin and the whole crux of his "Kalilah" is that Robin himself has forgotten the "bond between master and servant, brothers in arms, friends, brothers". The only times we see Much truly angry at Robin is because Robin has been worse to him.

So great fic from a writing point of view and if I thought it was true, that second last line would be excellent but (as a Much fan) I'm going to have to totally disagree with you on the content.

[jagnikjen.livejournal.com]

Fair enough! Thanks for reading. ;)

[robinfanatic.livejournal.com]

Very poignant, spot-on regarding Much's relationship with Robin until that 2nd to last line. Like WYG, I have a hard time picturing Much being hateful and hurtful.

[jagnikjen.livejournal.com]

Thanks for reading, though!

[dollysgirl04.livejournal.com]

Very nice XD I think the idea of Much already having lashed out at Robin is a very interesting one, well done XD

[jagnikjen.livejournal.com]

Many disagreed, but we'll never know.

[dollysgirl04.livejournal.com]

True, but we can speculate! And that's one of the best parts lol and now you've made me want to write a Dark!Much Holy Land fic… *slinks away to confer with devious plot bunnies*

[jagnikjen.livejournal.com]

If you need a beta, let me know...

[dollysgirl04.livejournal.com]

Will do XD