Fanfiction Addiction – Mr. Horrible

I am totes in love with the fuckawesomeness that is Mr. Horrible. Like, seriously.

First, let’s talk humor. Mr. Horrible is one of the few humor fics where, when I type that I am LOLing and ROTFLing, I’m not exaggerating.  I have learned the hard way not to drink anything while reading this fic – it was a bitch to clean all that tea out of my keyboard.

Humorfic that is not crackfic (crackfic being fic that is on crack – you know, the stuff you and your friends come up with after giggling over Twilight and drinking one too many tequila shots), is a rarity in the fanfic world. Mr. Horrible picks you up from minute one and never lets up. It’s like a fricken tickle attack, I swear.

Let me introduce you to Baby Swan and Rich Kid. The Edward and Bella Algonquinrt has created are completely, wonderfully quirky. I fell in love with her Bella about a quarter of the way through the first chapter and completely head over heels for her Edward by the second chapter. They’re both extraordinarily sweet, clever kids, each with their own special brand of fuck-upedness.

While the humor is amazing, the actual storyline – Bella and Edward’s meeting to the happily ever after (omg, we better be getting a HEA!) – is beyond sweet. Put it to you this way. Eclipse was my favorite in the Twilight series for many reasons but one of them being that Edward and Bella were finally figuring out how to be a couple. I mean, Twilight was all about the discovery – the honeymoon period if you will. New Moon some fucknugget decided to up and leave and shatter the crap out of both of them, but in Eclipse they finally got their act together.

Just like Stephenie’s Edward and Bella, Baby Swan and Rich Kid are complete strangers to relationships. Watching them learn and grow together is beautiful- and hysterical, but mostly beautiful. They make mistakes, just like Edward and Bella did, but they always end up on the same page.

Plus, Mr. Horrible contains a description of Edward that is so fucking spot on, regardless of whether we’re talking about Twilight’s Edward or Rich Kid:

Edward looks up at me, his eyes beseeching. They tell me that he’s sorry. That he knew better. That he won’t do it again. I know he’s full of shit, because he’s absolutely going to do it again. He has the right motivation for his actions, but his implementation is eight shades of asstard.

Now let’s talk about the supporting characters. Algonquinrt has managed to mix in most of the usual suspects – but how! ::whistles::

Abandoned by her own parents, Bella spent a number of her teenage years living with the McCarty family. This includes Emmett, a conspiracy theorist, and James, a drag queen whose drag name is Victoria Secretion. Yep. James is both James AND Victoria for the purposes of this fic and it’s amazing. As brother figures, Emmett and James are the perfect mixture of comfort an acceptance (Emmett) and total fuckwit assholeishness (James). I have to say, I adore big brother Emmett. Especially this one who interrupts the regularly scheduled Bella/Edward soap opera to tell us about how the government is tracking us through our fish.  Then, of course, is James in drag – which, besides leading to some of the drama in the story (naturally) – also lends towards a few spectacular fic situations. For instance, without this little plot gem, we would not get to see Emmett introduce himself to Rosalie (Edward’s sister for the purposes of this fic), by thinking she’s one of the drag queens.

Then there’s Jasper Whitlock, Edward’s best friend and CFO of the profitable internet company Edward is CEO of. I do love me some best friend Jasper. He always has a way of summing up the situation and giving one or both of our main characters the swift, but loving, kick in the ass they often need with a light sprinkling of that lovely southern drawl.

Rounding out the character list is a dash of Alice, the situational wise-cracking butler Laurent, society marm Esme, “Fuckhot Geezer” Carlisle, bitch sis Rosalie and, hands down, the best original character – Granny Platt, Esme’s consistently drunk, mean and yet amazing mother.

You have the hilarity, both verbal and situational, in every chapter. You have the sweetness of Edward and Bella’s relationship. You have a few fuckhot sex scenes. You have heartfail for you angst lovers that gets resolved fairly quickly. You have characters who you will fall in love with and wish you could have in your contact list so you could talk to them whenever you want. What’s not to love?

Oh, fair warning though. After reading this fic you WILL find yourself with a new vocabulary. For me it’s “totes”. I only warn you because it seems to drive my friends and family up the wall. Observe fellow webmaster Mikey’s irritation -

Mikey: Oh my god, if you don’t stop saying totes….

Me: What are you gonna do about it?

Mikey: I’m implementing a swear jar, except it’ll be a totes jar. Every time you say that annoying word it’ll cost you a dollar.

Me: You know that only works if someone agrees to it and I’m totes addicted.

Mikey: AGHHHH.

Me: See?

Don’t say I didn’t warn you. It’s well worth the price of your friend’s sanity though.

Helpful Mr. Horrible links

Mr. Horrible Quotes – My favorite quotes from Mr. Horrible, updated as it updates.

Mr. Horrible on Fanfiction.net

Mr. Horrible FAQ

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