Uhh hey y'all. I'm researching the rillrill drama but I can find very little information so if y'all have any hints or leads or info please feel free to message me.
Also if you have any Quid Pro Quo fanart >w<
But yeah I've read qpq a bajillion times but only discovered it a few years ago so I am unaware of all the drama and would love to learn more. <3
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Rating Explicit
Category M/M
Relationship Gavin Belson/Richard Hendricks
Summary The difference between "in a relationship" and not can be as little as one massive grudge against a gossip blog, one major industry news scandal, and being scared out of one's goddamn wits.
Or: how Richard Hendricks learned to stop worrying and accept the inevitable, with more than a little help from the billionaire genius asshole supervillain who loves him.
Dm7 recommends A frankly mind-blowing series that is hot, bothered and full of the most enviable kitchen surfaces. I have read this series more times than I can comfortably admit. You can read my entire long-winded review under this cut!
SO.
This is a jaw-dropping series. If you're looking for fluff then it will not be your bag. This body of work nails the complex emotional arc of two people's passion for each other transforming from abhorrence to adoration, and does not let slip the confusion, anxiety and outright shitty behaviour that comes with the process.
Characterisation is bang on. No one is flat or cartoonish. Everyone has tics and faults and is a fully rounded human, and we learn so much about the character's internal lives which contradict our assumptions about them. How the characters interact is not told but shown, and we pick up on such intense moments and feelings through the most subtle of queues. I found this especially poignant between Jared and Richard in ch. 4.
I am a fan of how the obvious power imbalances between Gavin and Richard are played with, mostly in their comparative maturity and life experience, but also in wealth, power and status. Features include Richard's youthful obliviousness to Gavin's motivations, Richard's lack of self-worth creates a feedback loop of destructive denial, and how Gavin is in many ways is just as internally chaotic as Richard but has the life experience to know how to handle his emotions. The parallels between how Gavin handled his past relationship and how Richard is handling this present relationship are also compelling to read.
The main plot is fantastically detailed and well researched. The corporate, journalistic and PR mechanisms described that would be used to control the narrative around public figures is realistic and makes the story compelling.
The LIFESTYLE PORN, ohmygod, I want to live in Gavin's many houses. So beautifully detailed, so believable, so damn enviable. And also hilarious in how much superfluous technology Gavin has in his houses (no one needs a fridge like that!), but that just makes it all the more believable.
And the sex is incredible. Some of the best written porn out there. Kinky and filthy and power-imbalanced, with a throwaway lines that just blow everything out the water. What makes it so hot is the focus on both the overall sensory experience Richard is having and his complex emotional responses of shame and guilt and anger and denial all thrown into the mix. There's nothing I find more erotic than seeing someone get utterly lost in catharsis, find freedom in letting go and handing themselves over to another person. It rides high on the intense passion, first hateful then eventually loving, that these two have, and the age/status imbalance only fuel the fire. I did not know I had an older man/younger man kink until I read this.
In short, if you like emotional rollercoasters, filthy sex and overly complicated kitchen surfaces, read this series. Hell, read it even if you don't. One of the best SV series out there.
Okay so I’m literally in love with Quid Pro Quo by rillrill. But I need MORE GeorgexAlexander. Like I need a sequel (not saying his/her sequel Red Poppy isn’t good-it’s great- I just need more George and Alexander again). I need like Alexander trying to help George so he goes to a resort to work (because George demanded him to and because he’s been working too hard). Here comes Maria who forcefully (but not like in a.....*trigger word* rape way....like Hamilton is totally for it). They have sex. He goes back to D.C. Washington is oblivious to what’s going on but TJeff, Burr (who has kept in contact with Alexander), and Madison notice something off. Southern Motherfuckin’ Democratic Republicans go and investigate and they find him and Maria in action. They threaten. He does the pamphlet and also quits his job (but still keeping George’s secret). But what does George do? HE TELLS THE WORLD THAT ALEXANDER AND HIM ARE TOGETHER AND HAVE BEEN FOR “2″ YEARS!!!
Okay I’m done. If anyone knows lizdexia / rillrill please send this to them. Thanks.
