Langella Skeletor = win
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seiberwingTitle: Barbarian Blood
Fandom: Masters of the Universe (1987 film), around the last quarter of the movie.
Pairing: He-Man/Skeletor
Skeletor rested a hand on He-Man’s broad shoulder, feeling the hero’s muscles clench with restrained power. He would not lay a finger on Skeletor as long as his oath bound him, no matter what the lord of Snake Mountain did to him, no matter how easily he could break the shackles around his wrists.
There was much potential in that concept.
“You will bow to me,” Skeletor whispered harshly, having to raise up on his toes just to reach He-Man’s ear. “You will grovel before me and before all of Eternia and beg me for a swift death.”
The noble barbarian did not even deign to look at him. “I will never kneel to you.” Everything had to be dramatic with He-Man. He could be passed out drunk in a pigsty and still look noble and pure. It was just the way he was made, same as Skeletor had been made to be vile and wicked to any who looked upon him.
Skeletor’s other hand flicked under his dark cloak and caressed the hilt of his dagger. “You will scream, and then you will yield, or your death will be long and painful indeed.”
“Never.”
No, you won’t yield, will you? You’ll stand until I break your knees and even then you might defy the laws of the universe and keep on your feet. Because that’s who you are, He-Man. The paladin..
He-Man turned proudly away from Skeletor’s gloating face, his long blond hair flitting back over his shoulder. Skeletor considered having it woven into a tea-towel after his beheading, or something useful like that. Hair that heroic would make wine stains flee for their lives. Yes, and of course he’d have a goblet made from He-Man’s peeled and polished skull after the flesh rotted from his decapitated head.
He drew the dagger slowly from his sheath, holding it to He-Man’s face and letting the light dance over the blade and the ruby eyes of the serpents twining about the hilt. There would be plenty of time to decide what to do with his eviscerated body after he gained his ultimate power.
He drew the dagger tantalizingly slow down He-Man’s glistening chest, not cutting, not yet. He-Man didn’t flinch, not when Skeletor cut the leather binds from his chest and incinerated his scarlet cape in a burst of demonic fire. Skeletor cut deeper, carving a thin red line across his midsection. Not enough to stain the barbarian’s golden-tanned skin, just enough to show that he was mortal, that he could be injured by something as mundane as a knife. Just enough for him to see He-Man bleed for him. He jammed his thumb into the wound and was rewarded with the feeling of He-Man wincing under his hands.
You only surrender your body. But your body will be enough.
Fandom: Masters of the Universe (1987 film), around the last quarter of the movie.
Pairing: He-Man/Skeletor
Skeletor rested a hand on He-Man’s broad shoulder, feeling the hero’s muscles clench with restrained power. He would not lay a finger on Skeletor as long as his oath bound him, no matter what the lord of Snake Mountain did to him, no matter how easily he could break the shackles around his wrists.
There was much potential in that concept.
“You will bow to me,” Skeletor whispered harshly, having to raise up on his toes just to reach He-Man’s ear. “You will grovel before me and before all of Eternia and beg me for a swift death.”
The noble barbarian did not even deign to look at him. “I will never kneel to you.” Everything had to be dramatic with He-Man. He could be passed out drunk in a pigsty and still look noble and pure. It was just the way he was made, same as Skeletor had been made to be vile and wicked to any who looked upon him.
Skeletor’s other hand flicked under his dark cloak and caressed the hilt of his dagger. “You will scream, and then you will yield, or your death will be long and painful indeed.”
“Never.”
No, you won’t yield, will you? You’ll stand until I break your knees and even then you might defy the laws of the universe and keep on your feet. Because that’s who you are, He-Man. The paladin..
He-Man turned proudly away from Skeletor’s gloating face, his long blond hair flitting back over his shoulder. Skeletor considered having it woven into a tea-towel after his beheading, or something useful like that. Hair that heroic would make wine stains flee for their lives. Yes, and of course he’d have a goblet made from He-Man’s peeled and polished skull after the flesh rotted from his decapitated head.
He drew the dagger slowly from his sheath, holding it to He-Man’s face and letting the light dance over the blade and the ruby eyes of the serpents twining about the hilt. There would be plenty of time to decide what to do with his eviscerated body after he gained his ultimate power.
He drew the dagger tantalizingly slow down He-Man’s glistening chest, not cutting, not yet. He-Man didn’t flinch, not when Skeletor cut the leather binds from his chest and incinerated his scarlet cape in a burst of demonic fire. Skeletor cut deeper, carving a thin red line across his midsection. Not enough to stain the barbarian’s golden-tanned skin, just enough to show that he was mortal, that he could be injured by something as mundane as a knife. Just enough for him to see He-Man bleed for him. He jammed his thumb into the wound and was rewarded with the feeling of He-Man wincing under his hands.
You only surrender your body. But your body will be enough.
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Date: 2007-04-12 11:51 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-04-13 12:09 am (UTC)All of it was nummy, but that line made me splorfle. ^_^
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Date: 2008-08-03 02:25 pm (UTC)As much crack as that movie was, it has a lot of subtext.
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Date: 2009-05-20 10:15 am (UTC)I thought he was very badass in the movie ... until they made him all gold and sparkly :)
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Date: 2009-05-20 10:18 am (UTC)I thought he was very evil genius. But then again Frank Langella is always like that.
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Date: 2009-05-20 10:19 am (UTC)Cartoons have grown up since the 80s haven't they :)
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Date: 2009-05-20 10:22 am (UTC)