Lex Talionis

Lex Talionis is a dark slash fanfiction written by Foodstamp, set Twenty Minutes Into the Future for the characters of Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s long-running animated show, South Park. Story can be found here.

Years after losing contact with their childhood friends, Detectives Stanley Marsh and Kenny McCormick pick up a domestic abuse case that exposes their own dark history. And Foodstamp takes you into four chapters of Mind Screw, where the villains are sympathetic and the victims aren't innocent. Add in a gruesome murder, long-lost lovers and a mystery that surpasses even the law and you’ve got the perfect revenge story of love and loss.

It's very seldom that fanfiction can be as eloquent, brilliantly written and smart as Foodstamp's works, and Lex Talionis is by far one of her best. Check out Foodstamp’s main page on Fanfiction.net for more stories written by her.

Note that this fanfiction is not yet completed, and still has an epilogue to go. As of December 2009, Foodstamp has left the fandom. It will probably never be finished.

This fanfiction provides examples of:

"Kenny: “ was facing death row with the same wounds he'd had on the floor of, wounds that weren't going to heal.”"
 * Abduction Is Love: At least, as far as is concerned. A lot less consensual than other examples, though.
 * Accidental Murder:  Later subverted since   was intentional.
 * Asshole Victim: deserved to die.
 * Be as Unhelpful as Possible: ’s interrogation; he refuses to admit that he isn’t the murderer, even when his lawyer says otherwise.
 * Beta Couple:, despite the other characters not being aware of it.
 * Big Bad: Similar to his role in the series, Cartman,.
 * Bittersweet Ending:
 * Boys Love: Pairings being Stan/Kyle,.
 * Break the Cutie:  (although   is definitely the most severe case).
 * Broken Bird: Dear God,.
 * Cold-Blooded Torture: While  mostly received the worst of Eric’s abuse over the years, others apply, too.
 * Corrupt Corporate Executive: Montgomery
 * Cycle of Revenge
 * Dark Fic
 * Dead Fic
 * Detective Mole: Kenny thinks is one of these.
 * Domestic Abuse: Reported by Christophe, the only way was saved.
 * Domestic Abuser:, at least as far as their fake “fiancé” personas go.
 * Drama Bomb:
 * Drama Bomb Finale:
 * False Confession:
 * Felony Murder: ’s murder. Since he was an undercover cop, the punishment is even fiercer.
 * The Golden Rule: A main idea of the story: Lex Talionis, the law of Retaliation.
 * Heroic BSOD:, upon realizing what Cartman had been doing to for the past decade, snaps.
 * Actually, it's seeing a knife on the bed they’ve shared for that amount of time is what really got to him.
 * Kenny has one too, after Harris tells him his theory of.
 * High School Sweethearts: Stan and Kyle, the “Soul mates” variety.
 * Huge Guy, Tiny Other Guy: Although never seen together directly through the story’s duration, Cartman is described as towering over all the other characters while Kyle is shorter than average height.
 * I Have You Now, My Pretty:
 * I Love You Because I Can't Control You
 * I Will Wait for You:, although the latter gave up hope after a few years.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Gregory.
 * Justice by Other Legal Means
 * Justified Criminal
 * Love Makes You Crazy: To be frank, Cartman was already crazy; even as a kid he had terrible mental health. But is probably what got him over the edge.
 * Love Makes You Evil: While this can be argued, Cartman does do some awful things to  over the course of ten years.
 * Love Triangle: Well, it’s an odd variation. (A↔B← C)
 * Miscarriage of Justice: Another theme explored in the story.
 * Mistaken for Murderer:
 * Private Detective
 * Psychological Horror
 * Rape as Drama:
 * Rape Is Love: Well…
 * Scars Are Forever:
 * Scars Are Forever:


 * Though mind that those are psychological scars.
 * Screw the Rules, I Have Connections: Cartman gets away with terrible, terrible things because.
 * Slash Fic
 * Sleep Cute: Kyle while Kenny’s checking on him while asleep.
 * Sliding Scale of Law Enforcement
 * Stalker with a Crush:
 * When Craig and Tweek are reporting.
 * Suspiciously Idle Officers
 * Sympathetic Murderer:
 * The Bad Guy Wins: Even after his death, Eric has still kept his hold over his victims.
 * Turn in Your Badge: Although not outright told to do so, Kenny does this to himself after he realizes that he can’t take ’s case anymore and he tries to run away.
 * Unwanted Rescue: Subverted; does want to be rescued, but he has just given up hope.
 * Victorious Childhood Friend: Stan won Kyle’s affection.
 * Unlucky Childhood Friend: Cartman, no matter what he did/does, loses Kyle to Stan.
 * Villainous Crush: Although it’s to be seen whether Cartman was actually in love with or not.
 * We Used to Be Friends: Kenny laments over his previous vows of friendship with Cartman.
 * Yandere: Cartman will do anything to keep with him . All for, of course.