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Oh man. I did it again.

September 7th, 2007 (09:50 pm)

Title: Proper Use of a Kitchen Table
Fandom: Hairspray
Pairing: Velma Von Tussle/Edna Turnblad
Prompt: o2. Frozen Sparks
Word Count: 305
Genre: Ship!fic again (because 'romance' is just no)
Rating: PG
Summary: Velma doesn't think that Edna should mind about the scuff marks as long as there's something hot and heavy covering them.
Warnings: Femmeslash with a violence, possible squick in this and later fics.
Author's Notes: N/A

Edna is always the submissive, uneasy one in this relation-thingy, because it's not a relationship, oh no. After that first time, Velma has never let Edna take off her clothes, unless it's underwear, and never kisses her directly on the mouth. She realizes, after a while, that Velma is disgusted by her, which hurts like a jab to the ribs.

Today, Velma is wearing this amazing blue skirt that hugs her hips beautifully, falling softly in a rustle against her shapely legs. Her hair is very curly today, and she has a mild fascination with Edna's necklace, which she twirls around her fingers over and over again. Having Velma's freezing hands so close to her neck- Edna still doesn't put 'accidental strangulation' past her- is very uncomfortable. Instead of making her heart pound, it seems to slow down, as though the chill of the other woman's smooth skin makes one's blood sluggish and idle.

“Get your feet off my table, Velma,” says Edna finally, annoyed, and she pushes Velma's feet off of the kitchen table, nearly shoving her off her chair in the process. “God! This ain't your fancy mansion. I don't have time to clean your scuff marks off before Wilbur gets home.”

Velma exaggerates her lower-class way of speaking by drawling in a slow, cruel voice, “Why, this ain't my fancy mansion? I reckon I didn't notice before now.” Edna turns a vivid shade of red beneath Velma's frigid yet fiery eyes, suddenly aware of the thin fingers rolling down her stockings. “Well,” Edna says-

“Get on the table. On your back,” Velma says coldly. “That is, if the table can hold you.” She pinches the inside of Edna's thigh, as if to say, get moving, and Edna knows that no matter how angry she gets, Velma will always demand more.

Comments

Posted by: KOS-MOS ([info]kosmos8)
Posted at: November 20th, 2007 11:48 pm (UTC)

So. Another really late comment. Because I only just got around to watching the Hairspray movie, and I thought I was nuts because I totally thought there was something between John Travolta in a fatsuit as Velma and Michelle Pfeiffer as Velma -- and now I feel vindicated that someone else thinks this makes sense! *crows*

Unless, of course, this is Velma and Edna from the musical, who have a slightly different dynamic, and then, hm. Not sure what to say about that.

Posted by: Kierah ([info]lupinotuum)
Posted at: November 20th, 2007 11:51 pm (UTC)
hairspray

I think you mean 'John Travolta in a fatsuit as Edna', but don't let me stop you from that train of thought. ;)

No, it's not from the musical, which I detested when I saw it. It's ALL MOVIE, and of course it makes sense. Michelle Pfeiffer is like *sexy* and John Travolta is like *fat* so IT'S ONLY LOGICAL. :P

Posted by: KOS-MOS ([info]kosmos8)
Posted at: November 21st, 2007 12:13 am (UTC)

Um, precisely. I had a feeling I didn't type Edna enough times.

Okay so I have to ask: did you write Edna as a woman (like a woman with real woman parts and not just woman-gendered) or as a man with the heart of a woman?

Posted by: Kierah ([info]lupinotuum)
Posted at: November 21st, 2007 12:16 am (UTC)
hairspray

Well, as Tracy is Edna's daughter, I write her as a woman with woman parts. :P I've never considered Edna to be anything but, despite the fact that only guys take on the role. And it wouldn't be technically femslash if she wasn't a woman with woman parts, would it? She can have the most feminine heart in the world, it would technically be het if Edna was a man w/ a female heart. And het = blah UNINTERESTING.

Posted by: KOS-MOS ([info]kosmos8)
Posted at: November 21st, 2007 12:51 am (UTC)

Huh, interesting. For some reason I just assumed Edna was Tracy's birth father and met Wilbur after Tracy's birth mother died and discovered his/her true self, or something. I also missed the first half of the musical when I saw it on tour, because I stupidly got the start time wrong, so that may be why I am so confused.

But, indeed: het == blah, and Edna-as-a-man would just mean Velma's royally fucked up. :P

Posted by: Kierah ([info]lupinotuum)
Posted at: November 21st, 2007 12:53 am (UTC)
hairspray

Lulz. Well, as far as I can tell, Edna is entirely female in musical/movie, but that's a matter of perspective. And Velma's already royally fucked up, at least my characterization of her is. I don't think she'd be deterred if Edna was actually a man. She'd just be like, "Well, that explains quite a bit."

Posted by: KOS-MOS ([info]kosmos8)
Posted at: November 21st, 2007 01:45 pm (UTC)

Velma does have issues, so I'll amend my statement to "even more royally fucked up than she is right now." And quite honestly, not much can stop Velma when she puts her mind to it (unless the entire movie conspires against her, which it did.)

Posted by: Kierah ([info]lupinotuum)
Posted at: November 21st, 2007 08:56 pm (UTC)

The movie SHOULDN'T HAVE CONSPIRED AGAINST HER. I think she should have won, because really, the forces of good usually never triumph over the forces of evil in real life. The entire show would have asploded without her, anyway. Integration wasn't accepted enough for parents to let their kids watch an integrated show. I mean, it's a cute message, and I'm not racist or anything, but it just wouldn't have worked in RL, and no one took that into consideration.

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