No Reward is Worth This
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| Title: | No Reward is Worth This |
| Author(s): | Todd Nichols & Ljmn Wyatt |
| Date(s): | January 1980 |
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| Genre(s): | though suggestively, pseudo-slashy, it is gen |
| Fandom(s): | Star Wars |
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No Reward is Worth This is a 1980 Star Wars story by Todd Nichols & Lynn Wyatt.
It was printed in Phoenix #1.
Two Illos from the Story
by Neal Andrews
by Neal Andrews
Story Summary
In the story, Luke Skywalker is captured, drugged, and sold to "Baaxtor's House of Pleasure," specifically the "fay boys" section. Han Solo rescues him, and expresses his disgust and exasperation at both Luke's predicament, as well as the general idea of homosexuality. In the course of the fic, Han mentions that in the past, he has bought and had sex with drugged women.
Summary from the zine: "When Han Solo and Luke Skywalker finish their rather simple mission Han decides they should stop in a cantina for ONE drink. Simple enough... Until Luke is shanghied and sold to a pleasure palace. How can Han Solo rescue him without having to make himself available for Luke's 'services'? Body paints anyone?"
Excerpts
Han Solo decides:
- "...what he had to do what he had to do, even if he threw up in the attempt. He just had to get Luke out, and there was only one way. "I hope he appreciates what I'm about to do for him," Han said under his breath. 'Shit.'"
Han goes to the brothel and meets the brothel owner.
- "The Showroom was a large chamber with pillows piled around. There were a few boys reclining throughout the room, but Han noticed a particularly disgusting fay who seemed to draw most of the room's attention. He assumed that this was Corwaard. Han never felt more foolish. Here he was in a Pleasure Palace, in a room full of almost naked boys in body paints! And the biggest fay of them all was coming towards him, smiling."
- "'Well, hello there cutey,' Corwaard said sweetly."
- "'Yeah,' Han replied."
- Corwaard was as feminine as they got. He swaggered over to Han, eyeing him up and down. Han liked to think Corwaard was intrigued by his gunbelt, but he knew different."
Han has to inspect the merchandise:
- "Some boys began to parade across the stage. They were in different states of nudity with elaborate body paints. One by one they swished across to the stairs at the end of the stage. From there they proceeded across the room, displaying their attributes. Han did his best to appear interested, asking one to stop occasionally or to turn around. Each time, the words almost caught in his throat. 'For Luke,' he kept thinking, 'For Luke!'"
- Then it happened. Han almost leaped to his feet. There on the stage was Luke. He was in body paints and not much more. What Han noticed, though, was that Luke had a faraway, dreamy look on his face. Han had seen it before, on some of the women he'd bought in these places. Aysheysa. A powerful drug. For those that don't wish to cooperate."
When Han and Luke are alone, Luke approaches Han:
- "'I'm here for your pleasure, sir. Instruct me.' Luke spoke softly."
- "'Well, yeah, I've got a great idea, kid. First, you get off the bed...' Luke complied."
- "'...Then we'll see about getting outta here.' Han's mind was quickly planning an escape. In fact he was so enwrapped in thought, he didn't notice Luke approach. He came up to Han and put his arms around his neck. His intent was obvious. Han reacted quickly. He pulled Luke's arms down, abruptly. 'Luke! NO!!' Han was a bit taken aback. 'Now Luke, listen. You've been drugged. I'm not here to...well, we're not going to do...Shit!' Han was exasperated."
- "Luke just stood there, this faraway look on his face. The drug that was in him was designed to make him actually want what the appliers had intended him for. Consequently, Luke's sole purpose was to please Han sexually. Nothing else mattered or even made sense to him. Fortunately, Han realized all this, or else he would have killed him already, friend or no friend."
Editor Comments
The editors of Phoenix noted in the following issue: "We, at the California Science/Fantasy Organization, feel that we should put out what you want to read. Consequently, we based a lot of what's in the following pages on comments that we received from you. I tell you, what we received was not quite what we expected. There were a couple of letters stating that we went a bit overboard, some not too happy with parts, and one that said we were obscene and they returned the issue!"