Songfic: The Most Radical Thing To Do

[suicidal-sleep.livejournal.com]

Title: The Most Radical Thing To Do
Pairing: Howince
Summary: Vince reflects on the things he’s done.
Word Count: 547
Rating: PG for the song content.
Genre: Fluff
Disclaimer: The Mighty Boosh isn’t mine. And neither is the song. It’s a lovely song by The Ark.



I could punch your face
When you say I’m good
I could dress in lace and paint my face
And go out on a cruise
In the neighbourhood

I used to try to find any excuse to pick a fight with you, and then when it got to a point where I got fed up with both you and myself, I’d hit the streets, all dressed up, just cruising for some fun.

Become a prostitute
Or become a priest
I could fuck anyone
Every girl, every boy
At least one in every town
That’s to say the least
Wouldn’t that be radical?
Wouldn’t that be radical?

For some reason I believed that going out and sleeping with anyone I could, regardless of gender, would make me feel better. I pretended that it did, but deep down, I just felt like a whore.

But
The most radical thing to do
Is to love someone who loves you
Even when the world is seemingly
Telling you not to
I don’t know what’s wrong or right
But I know what’s worth a fight
The most radical thing is to do what
Your heart tells you to
’Cause I do assure
You that I do adore you

I did all that because I couldn’t face up to the fact that I was in love with you. I was still that stupid, shallow bitch who cared more about what other people thought of me than what was really important. I know different, now, luckily.

I could cut myself
And take it to the streets
I could dress like a freak
Leave my blankets in a heap.
Stop brushing my teeth for ninety weeks
Throw down the government
Become the president
I could try every drug
Or give everyone a hug
Set every prisoner free
And claim I’m Jesus’ son

I’d had a bit of a breakdown after a while. I don’t remember what triggered it, exactly, but I realised that they didn’t really care about me, not like how I wanted them to. I was upset about that, and I had stayed in my room for the whole day in a funk.

Wouldn’t that be radical?
Yes all of that would be radical all right

Eventually I managed to stop being the person I’d come to hate. The first time you saw me without a ridiculous outfit and copious amounts of makeup on in public, you’d keeled over in shock. So did everyone else, come to think of it.

But the most radical thing to do
Is to love someone who loves you
Even when the world is seemingly
Telling you not to
I don’t know what’s wrong or right
But I know what’s worth a fight
The most radical thing is to do what
Your heart tells you to
’Cause I do assure
You that I do adore you

People still comment when we walk out in public, holding hands. They wonder what I’m doing with someone like you, and when I tell them that I love you, they scoff and stop talking to me. But I don’t care about that anymore.

I wish that I could be that radical
That radical
I wish that I could be that radical
That radical

We love each other, and that’s enough for me.

Comments

[extrafancyganza.livejournal.com]

Aaaw! *pets*
My heart made a little flip when I saw the title! It's so good seeing somebody else than me writing Boosh songfic based on Ark songs, haha ^-^

[themogwai.livejournal.com]

You've started a beast in motion... during the recent snows here I had an Ark soundtrack going throuhg my head!!

[extrafancyganza.livejournal.com]

I sure hope I have :3
As I've said before, there are so many elements in Ark that Boosh fans could like, on so many levels.

As you might've understood from my recent entries, I'm writing fic kinda based on Any Operator Will Do right now... but somehow it's all getting very angsty. Not my intention, really. Seems like I'm only capable of writing angst or fluff. No in-betweens.

[themogwai.livejournal.com]

I can't write anything shorter than bloody epic- my Underworld fic is the same. No discipline.

Yes, I saw your enries... but don't make it too angsty; that would be too obvious!
Wouldn't it be better to make a mature resolution for an otherwise very sad, bittersweet, self-hating style of song? Yes, self-hating; the 'voice' in 'Operater' really doesn't like theselves much; debasing their intergrity... ( rechecks Lust Manifesto).. nope s'ok, they are taking the piss again...

[extrafancyganza.livejournal.com]

we'll have to see how it all works out. I'm kind of two thirds through it right now. It might take weird turns, but I've got quite firm plans so...
then in the middle of it all I found a fic I started about a month or more back but never finished. Once again angst deluxe :P I wonder what this says about me.

[themogwai.livejournal.com]

... that you are an angry, angry woman!

...Or that you have UST of your own from somewhen you're working out hard through the medium of words...

*snicker*

[extrafancyganza.livejournal.com]

neither seem very accurate...
I think I might be a generally quite lonely person, both by own choice and not. That I see Noel and Julian and I'm jealous. That Angst fic is my way of telling myself it's not that perfect. But I still try to patch it up in the end, because I need the hope?

I don't know. Just trying to analyse myself here, not sure if it's right at all.

[themogwai.livejournal.com]

I think you've hit a nail, there; fanfic is a certain amount of jealousy over characters. They inhabit worlds we want to be; do things we want to do: we can punish or protect those things as we see fit.
And there is conflict resolution for the writer, too, combined with the omniscience of 'I can control them and make them do my will!'

I get the lonely aspect. My mother said "you have the Shewell quietness"- her family has a strong line of personality trait where we prefer our own company. But sometimes you do want company: it takes a lot to trust that if you put yourself out there, wou will find it; an evening's comradeship talking / boogying at a bar with someone you meet and might never see again. It's small steps; but it helps, and it is possible.

Never mind, I'll come visit and we'll go nuts for a week! :-D

XX

[navulen.livejournal.com]

Oh deary me!
Adorable.

I've loved Ark since I was fourteen. For many years it was the only thing I could listen to.
I've actually been planning on making something boosh-slashy TMRTTD, but I abandoned that idea some time ago cuz I couldn't make up my mind what to write.

Thanks for doing it and doing it so wonderfully.

<3