Adult_Viggo Fall Drabble Challenge No 4 : "Unassuming"

[rifleman-s.livejournal.com]

Title: Unassuming
Author: rifleman_s
Characters: Viggo & Sean
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: I wonder if V&S do know what a Drabble is? No . .. probably not . . . so don’t take my word for it! Just a little make-believe and no offence meant towards anyone. .

Written for: adult_viggo Fall Drabble Challenge No 4

Based on this picture:




UNASSUMING

“How about this for a challenge, Viggo . . .”

“What? No! They’re supposed to be written challenges, Sean, we agreed . . .”

“No, not the photos. This is something different. Describe yourself in a hundred words”.

“Describe myself . . .”

“. . . in a hundred words. It’s called a Drabble – ingenious idea, don’t you think? And it should be easy for a wordsmith like you – you’re always, always scribbling away in your notebooks and even across your paintings, sometimes”.

“I do not scribble! Anyway, I’m not writing about myself. I’m working out my thoughts and my ideas and the themes for my poems and such”.

“So a hundred words should be easy then”.

“No, Sean, it’s really not that simple. My life is modest, but too eclectic to ever put down on paper”.

“Oh, I see. A hundred is too few words, then?”

“I was going to say too many”.

~End~

Comments

[lauralynn22.livejournal.com]

I love that the pairing is Sean and Viggo and I love the premise that they are talking about what a drabble is!

Very cool :)

[rifleman-s.livejournal.com]

Yes, it took me a while to find out about Drabbles, but they suit me just fine now, so I thought it'd be nice to include them in a story!!

Thanks for your lovely comment!

[brigantine.livejournal.com]

“I do not scribble!...

Love that indignant protest! ;D And that he thinks about himself so little that he can't even come up with a hundred words for himself.

[rifleman-s.livejournal.com]

Hee! Writers and artists are always soooo protective of their working styles!! (But rightly so!)

Yes, Viggo always seems to come across 'unassuming' in interviews, etc. Whenever he speaks, he's always very passionate about things and causes, but very private about himself. Nice to see you picked up on that!

[makamu]

This is an utterly compelling and lovely idea. My favourite bits were:

I do not scribble! to which I wanted to reply "Oh, are you sure?" and

“I was going to say too many”. because this describes my Viggo to a t. Usually he is too modest to talk about himself much :)

[rifleman-s.livejournal.com]

*blushes*

utterly compelling - such a wonderful compliment! *blinks*

Whenever you see Viggo in an interview, etc, he'a always passionate about things and causes, but very unassuming and private about himself - I'm really glad you picked up on that.

And yes, artists/writers are a little "defensive" about the way they work!! (Though justifiably!) I'm so glad we share a view on "Viggo" !!

[ranger-girl0301.livejournal.com]

Aww! Love it!

[rifleman-s.livejournal.com]

So glad!!

Thanks :)

[mooms.livejournal.com]

The lines I love best have been quoted already ! I think this is so sweet and I do like the idea of them discussing drabbles !!

[rifleman-s.livejournal.com]

"the lines I love best... It's so wonderful to receive commnents like that; I'm thrilled to find you had a "best" line!!

Since I've discovered I can actually write drabbles, I thought I'd pay homage!!! *grins*

[alex-quine.livejournal.com]

Very neatly done, form and content support eachother. Thanks for posting.

[rifleman-s.livejournal.com]

My ego is boosted tremendously by such a wonderful comment on my writing!

I appreciate your feedback very much - thank you.

[clocks.livejournal.com]

Hehe, I think it's really cute that Viggo is so modest about himself that he thinks a hundred words is too excessive to describe him. I love these sort of people, who are humble and modest but very salt-of-the-earth. In contrast, those who boast and brag about themselves are usually the most boring people in the world! An empty vessel makes the most noise, after all ;)

I love this little snippet of interaction from them, I can imagine Vig and Sean lounging in their living room, sharing a laptop and talking about challenges, hehe! Very well-written! Oh, and I just realised Viggo is wearing the Argentina away jersey in the picture! I have the very same football jersey, yay!

[rifleman-s.livejournal.com]

Well I've learned something today - it's the "away" strip he's wearing!! I always wondered about that because the usual strip is the magenta colour . . . thanks!!

Yes, Viggo always seems very reticent talking about himself. He'll speak for ages about causes and things he feels passionately about, but is very private about himself. (And actually Sean is too.)

Thanks so much for the lovely comment; it helps to know other people share imagining them in the same way.

[nanathecat.livejournal.com]

"I was going to say too many."/i> makes me smile. :) They can try to describe each other in a hundred words, but then a hundred is too much few, I suppose. ;)

[rifleman-s.livejournal.com]

Exactly! Drabbles are always a challenge, so I thought I'd turn it around and see what "the boys" made of it!!

Thanks for the comment! :)