Horrors!

[jain]

I'm reading het! Well, technically it's one of those threesome dealies, so there's a smidgeon of Brian/Nick, in addition to a whole heck of a lot of heterosexual lovin' with Stacy, Nick's beautiful, blonde, perfect girlfriend/soulmate. And it will not end! Their first night together lasted ten chapters!

The thing is, it's not badly written--AJ, Brian, and Kevin in particular are all well done. And the sequel to the series (or is that the sequel to the sequel to the series?) promises to be some interesting Brian/AJ. Now if I can only make it that far...

Comments

[littlestarr.livejournal.com]

I don't think I went as far as you did, gave up on it a long time ago.

If you notice, Stacy is also the name of the girl who writes it, so not only are you reading het, you're also reading Marry Sue (well, sort of) LOL

[jain]

That's not at all surprising, though I hadn't noticed about the author's name until you mentioned it; nobody's that perfect but Mary. I can understand why you gave up on the series, but if you ever have a lot of time on your hands you might want to give it another shot. I've gotten to a point where Brian's character is really starting to develop, and as long as I concentrate on the scenes with him and AJ and skim the Nick/Stacy chapters, I find myself really enjoying the story.

[eponymous.livejournal.com]

I've read that. :)

I quite liked Brian's characterisation and the evolution of the threesome, though the immaturity of Nick and Stacy got on my nerves after a while. I wish writers would understand you can have drama without drama queens. Still, the series is not, as you say, badly written, and once the author stops describing Stacy in Mary Sue detail (height, bust size, every stitch she's wearing) there are some good scenes. I haven't read many m/m/f threesomes in this fandom.

[jain]

When I first started reading boyband slash it seemed that m/m/f threesomes were everywhere, but now that I think of it I don't remember coming across one in a long time. This might be because they tended to be written by BSB het writers who wanted to spice up their stories, and now that more 'N Sync slashers are writing the occasional BSB or crossover story, I don't feel the need to go as far afield in searching out Backstreet slash.

I just finished the third part of "Lucidity" and see exactly what you mean about the drama queens. Brian, however, continues to delight. As does AJ, so long as he's not mooning over Nick.