Sulphur 2: Damsels

[bookblather]

Author: Kat
Title: Damsels
Story: In the Heart
Colors: Sulphur 2 (Temptation)
Supplies and Materials: Tapestry, charcoal (Yvonne), miniature, acrylic (cage), glitter (Describe your cooking skills.), glue (someone's expectations might not be reasonable now), pastels (flirting), novelty beads (hunter), canvas.
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG.
Summary: Yvonne triumphs.
Warnings: Yvonne.
Notes: Seven villains left!


She cooked for him, charmingly inept, and told him with lowered eyelashes that her mother had thrown her out because of their love. That wasn't true, but he didn't need to know the truth; only what she wanted him to know.

Wasn't that always the way with men? A sweet smile, a flirted smile, a subtle twist of hips and they were putty in her hands. And Hugh was easier than most, so determined to be someone's shining knight.

He took her in, of course, and she rewarded him with a kiss, as distressed damsels did.

She had him now.

Comments

[finch]

Warnings: Yvonne.

That sums up so much. She's really good at what she does, though, I have to give her that.

[bookblather]

She is that. If only what she does wasn't so wrong in so many ways.

Thank you!

[isana]

Ugh, yes, Yvonne as a warning is enough. Her remorseless glee makes my skin crawl. Poor Hugh, completely beguiled by her charm.

[bookblather]

I know. He's not gonna like figuring out what she really is, either.

Thank you.

[malapropism]

It is legitimately chilling how blase Yvonne is about winning Hugh. It ends with "she had him now," but it's written like she presumed that to be the natural and rightful outcome. Yvonne is heartless and manipulative and awful, and I am both repulsed and fond of her for it.

[bookblather]

Me too! Wow, I'm so glad I'm not the only one bizarrely fond of her. She's just so... herself. Unapologetically. Anyway. Thank you!

[sarcasticsra]

I am with malapropism. Yvonne is evil, but in such a fascinating, unrepentant, and competent way that makes you love reading about her. This is a really great showcase of that.

Good job!

[bookblather]

Yes, exactly! It's just... she's so unapologetic about who and what she is, and she genuinely believes she's in the right. Fascinating and competent and scary. Thank you!

[settecorvi]

She is a shark in human skin, isn't she. There is something fascinating about watching someone so manipulate the world and its inhabitants to her liking with such calculated competence.

[bookblather]

Very much so. She honestly believes she's doing the right thing, too. I just can't with her sometimes. Thank you!

[shipwreck_light]

...

Well-played, Yvonne. Well-played.

[bookblather]

I know, right?

Thanks.