drabble: death is their gift. riddle/ripley. hp/talented mr ripley crossover. yeah.

[marginalia]

[death is their gift] - tom ripley/tom riddle.
i . .have no idea. but, dorrie6, this has got to be better than house elves/voldemort. though it doesn't fit either canon even remotely. oops.

They meet at the opera, naturally. They have much in common. They are both orphans. They appreciate the finer things. They are attempting to rise above their stations.

They have both killed, and yet, this is where they come apart.

Ripley reeks of regret, of humanity, of passion scarred over. These are the things that Riddle has no time for. Riddle speaks in hisses around Ripley's body. Ripley whispersings dreams and nightmares in his sleep, and Riddle's eyes are shuttered slits. A quick flash of light and Ripley is still.

Riddle's tongue curls around absurd language, blood purified in death.

Comments

[offscreen.livejournal.com]

Dear lord. O.O

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

sorry :)

[offscreen.livejournal.com]

No, that's a good "Dear lord. O.O" :)

[offscreen.livejournal.com]

Also, Matt Damon and Christian Coulson are teh sex, so...

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

well, thank you :) and they are definitely teh sex. this actually comes partially from starting to watch the bourne identity last night.

[laurac0re.livejournal.com]

this is brilliant!

<333

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

thank you!

[shalna.livejournal.com]

Oh, the pairing makes perfect sense. And it sure is a hot mental image. Christian Coulson and Matt Damon - just guh. Thank you.

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

thanks! i'm just delighted that it made sense to people other than me ;)

[dorrie6.livejournal.com]

Dude. Way better than house elves/Voldemort.

I love this. i have this idea now of Tom Riddle as a serial killer of a sort... looking for men like him to remove, as if to absorb them and take their strength... as if he can still win something.

I'm taking this way too far, aren't I?

But. Dude.

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

well, see, that's where i started. i had this whole train of thought about him destroying people who were like him, and since i was still thinking about the house elves i thought about their servitude and his childhood in the orphanage.

and then i got distracted by matt damon. it happens.

[pinkfinity.livejournal.com]

Amazing ficlet - but I don't advise reading it while Daredevil is on, as the meta will overwhelm.

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

ahahaha! i was just thinking the logical next step would be dogma.

[starfishchick]

Of *course* they meet at the opera.

Sheer genius, babe.

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

well, you know, where else -would- they meet?

but then i get distracted with my whole question about arts in the wizarding world. though that's better than the amount of time i spent last week thinking about midwifery in wizarding.

[starfishchick]

Both of which I think are fascinating topics.

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

me too, but then, i'm really odd.

childbirth especially fascinated me. i'd like to know more about the whole healer thing.

[starfishchick]

I'd like to know more about the whole world in general. I think we all would.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_peapod/]

oh. wow. that's fantastic.

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

thank you!

[berriest-eri.livejournal.com]

*blink* *blink blink blink* *clings*

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

dude, it scared -me- :)

[berriest-eri.livejournal.com]

It's scary, but its... right. Really.


It also appeals to my Ripley fetish, I'm in love with that movie.

[thejennabides.livejournal.com]

Somehow stripped down and lyrical at the same time, and utterly brilliant. *shiver*

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

eee! thank you :) *pleased*

[dacro.livejournal.com]

last line! GAH!
wow. Can you write the evil, or what?
pimped.

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

*preen* damn slytherins ;)

[dacro.livejournal.com]

heh.
Good thing I love you! ;)
*smooch*

[tahira-saki.livejournal.com]

Bloody hell...

You are brilliant...scary, but brilliant. I salute you.

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

thank you!