That’s exactly how I felt with the Desideratum fic and the 1935 scene in Weather the Storm.)
(Also, “I have a limited amount of time to post this before it’s utterly annihilated by canon” is so relatable. It’s a masterful introspective character piece that gets Ennis and Firo on such a innate, fundamental level to the point where everyone should read it. Fair warning, the comment is rather long (with digressions on the inner workings Firo’s and Ennis’ characters, whoops), so TL:DR in advance: I loved this. Oh holy hell, As far as I know this isn’t on AO3 or FF.net, but I really wanted to leave a proper comment on this so I’ve written one up under the cut! What a great character piece. Thoughts about Firo/Ennis’s relationship.īe warned, there is a brief allusion to sexual assault. So this little one-shot calls itself a fic, but it’s basically more of my incredibly self-indulgent Roles (and role-reversal) in Firo and Ennis’s relationship, it opens up SO MUCH
This idea has been bouncing around my head for a while, and since DB has expressed interest in actually publishing the next volume of Baccano (once Narita recovers–and hopefully takes a bit of a break, too? Is that too much to hope?), I have a limited amount of time to post this before it’s utterly annihilated by canon.Įnnis to save herself in 1935-E, not just because Ennis deserves better than the damsel treatment, but because given the significance of gender After Ennis escapes from Melvi by herself and the chaos at Ra’s Lance is over, she and Firo discover a little more friction in their relationship than they had previously realized.