Not Quite a Songfic

by Polka Dot

Heart and Soul by Joy Division

lyrics by Ian Curtis

YOU: “Oh No not another song fic!”

ME: “But it’s not just any songfic, it’s a Joy Division song. You don’t see one of those everyday.”

YOU:“True, but if it’s a Joy Division song, that it’s gonna be depressing. Major angst.”

ME: “True, true, but the nice thing about angst is it’s all fiction. It’s just a story. You can always write a happy ending.”

YOU: “You mean it has a happy ending?” (smile)

ME: “I didn’t say that.”

YOU: “Oh.” (frown)

Instincts and cats will betray us

YOU: “Hold on, is that really the first line, or did you just rewrite it because of that black cat that’s in every episode of Trigun?”

ME: “That’s it, I swear. I guess Ian was a dog man.”

a journey that leads to the sun

my soul is bent on destruction

struggle between right and wrong

YOU: “Wait a minute, I thought that this was about Vash. This sounds more like Knives.”

ME: “It’s not about Knives. Knives never struggled between right and wrong. He just killed people.”

YOU:”Exactly his soul was bent on destruction. Vash is the one who struggled.”

ME: “Okay so it’s about the brothers, Vash and Knives.”

YOU: “Oh that’s a major cop-out.”

ME: “Can I get on with my songfic?”

YOU: “Sure whatever.” (shrugs)

you take my place in the showdown

I observe with a critical eye

and humbly ask for forgiveness

a request beyond you and I

YOU: “Well I get the western theme, but what’s it mean?”

ME:”It’s fate.”

YOU: (sarcasm, not disguised.) “Thanks for clearing that up.”

heart and soul wandering over

ME: “Do you like the chorus?”

YOU: “No, not really.”

an abyss that laughs at creation

a circus complete with all fools

foundations that lasted the ages

a remnant to part of their roots

YOU: “This is a weird song. I suppose that last verse was some kind of reference to the Seeds ship?”

ME:”Exactly!”

YOU: “You’re really stretching it.”

beyond all that's good is the terror

the grip of a menancing hand

when a savage returns all good reason

there's no turning back from last stand

YOU: “I didn’t get that at all. You know it might help if you wrote a fic, to go along with this song. Hence the name songfic.”

ME:”What’s not to get? Humans are savages to Knives. He’s had enough of them and is killing them in droves, hence forcing Vash to confront him. Of course Vash doesn’t wish to confront his brother because he’s afraid he might have to kill him like he did Legato, but he can’t continue to sit idly by while people disappear into thin air.”

YOU:”You know I did see the series. That’s sort of why I am reading Trigun fanfiction, although how I got sucked into reading this…”(big exasperated sigh)

ME:”Well then if you’ve seen the series, you really don’t need to be asking questions. Let’s hear the chorus again.”

heart and soul wandering over

YOU:”Let me guess he’s wandering across the desert to take a Last Stand against his brother.”

ME: “Bingo! You’re really getting into this.”

Existence well what does it matter?

I exist on the best terms I can

The past is now part of my future

the present is well out of hand

ME: “Make sense?”

YOU: “Sure why not? Is it almost over?”

ME: “The song just needs to fade out.”

heart and soul wandering over

heart and soul wandering over wandering over wandering over

heart and soul wandering over

ME:”You want to know the best thing about writing this song fic?”

YOU:”The extreme lack of effort involved?”

ME:”Not quite, but close. No, it’s that I don’t have to write a disclaimer for this, because I didn’t actually use the characters from Trigun. I just referenced them briefly.”

YOU:”You mean that was intentional?”(blinking in disbelief)

ME:”Absolutely, I lent my DVD set out to a friend so don’t even know the production co. for this series. But admit it you were entertained.”(grins)

YOU: “Riiiiiiiiighttttttttt. I suppose you expect me to review this now?”

ME:”Oh yes but try to be original. You don’t want to start off with ‘What the hell was this?’”

YOU: (frowning)”But,…I want to know what the hell this wa

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