Prosfic - Stories where We Are Amused...

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

After our recent venture into poorly lads territory, which is a rather depressing thing to think about, in fulfillment of a promise to jaycat92, and following on from gideonbd77's amusement at the idea of the Pros were-budgie fic (which for the life of me I can't find again - I think I sporadically block that sort of thing from my mind... *g*) I thought it might be a good idea to follow up recent posts with a brand new storylist post - Prosfic that makes us laugh, or smile in gentle amusement, or even close our eyes and wrinkle our noses and wish we weren't amused by the thought of, for example, Bodie as a garden gnome...

I've a few of my favourites, just off the top of my head to start us off... do you have any to add? Which Pros stories most amuse you?

Babysitter Boogie by Fanny Adams
Babysitting Tommy by Rebelcat
Bear With Me and Grin and Bear It by Doylebaby
Beating Around the Bush by M.Fae Glasgow
Blood of the Lamb by Leslie Conch
Bodie's Christmas Dream by The Hag
A CI5 Christmas Carol by Rebelcat
Consultation in Calydon by Asymphototropic
A Day in the Country by Barbara Thomas
Discovered in a Barfight by Shay Sheridan
Discovered in a Furball and The Gift of the Moggy by The Hag
An Elf By Any Other Name and Lighter Footed than the Fox by Arduinna Finn
Enlargement by the Simhag
Eye of the Beholder by Barbara Thomas
Fighting Fit by Doylebaby
Fit to be Tied by Gwyneth Rhys
Fly on the Wall by Leslie Conch
Footbridge by Cally Donia (M.Fae Glasgow)
Ghostly Shadowy Ghost-Shadow
A Gnome from 'ome by Una N. Darcy (ProsLib CD)
Gruff 'n' Grim
The Haunted Computer by The Hag
A Herculean Task by Josey
Home Improvement by Brenda K
iLads by AngelCI5
Join the Queue by Lizzie
The Joy of Camping by Miriam Heddy
Loose Change by HG
Memoirs of a Merc by Alexandra
My Beautiful Laundrette by Cally Donia (M. Fae Glasgow)
The Natural Order of Things by Rebelcat
Off Day by O. Yardley
Permanently Attached at the Hip by M. Fae Glasgow
Plague House by Asymphototropic
Purgatory by PRZed
The Rules According to Doyle by Rimy
So Much for Wishes by Ellis Ward
Tape Delay by Rimy
Tick Tock by Josey
Tradition by Melanie Athene
Tricks and Treats by Callisto
The Valentine Situation by The Hag
X-Ray-Ted by HG

Comments

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

As much as some folks don't care for it, I think Fly on the Wall is hilarious.
http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/5/flyon.html

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh I like that one - even if it does sound like a gangster movie in places! *g*

[heliophile-oxon.livejournal.com]

The Gift of the Moggy by The Hag (to go with the Furball! *g*)
and
Home Improvement by Brenda K (not my usual flavour, but funny)
and there's one called
Purgatory by PRZed which is quite funny.

but my top two would definitely be Moggy and Furball, with Tape Delay to follow *g*

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Well that'll teach me to be lazy and not do both links when I'm there, won't it? You only ever have to go back... *g* I do love those fics though - just heee! *g* And yes! Home Improvement!

[nypagan.livejournal.com]

Sorry to depress everyone with the previous story search!
For humor, I'll start with So Much for Wishes http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/3/somuch.html
and Babysitter Boogie http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/3/babysitterboogie.html

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Hee - you didn't depress everyone, that's one of the longest storylists we've had for ages!

I love So Much for Wishes - I would never have thought I could, but I do... *g* And your babysitter one has reminded me of Babysitting Tommy by Rebelcat, and then another one of hers, and then... *g* Thank you!

You haven't joined the comm yet either, have you? (I can tell because we're screening non-members who post links, because of the rash of spambots doing that earlier this year, and you came up screened!)

[nypagan.livejournal.com]

Guess I better fix that. Still navigating the LJ.

[gideonbd77.livejournal.com]

I can only think of one at the moment, and it's Barbra Thomas' Eye of the Beholder (http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/9/eyeof.html).

Also, I am so tempted to Photoshop Bodie's head onto a garden gnome. And I can't wonder how a gnome-sized Bodie and a human-sized Doyle shag without laughing out loud! If anyone's read that story before, tell me gnome!Bodie lives in a tiny cottage in Doyle's garden and does sun-worshiping exercises every morning. Please?

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh, another one I don't know - I don't read Barbara Thomas very often, and I can't remember why not...

Oh, and heee - Bodie starts off gnome-sized, but he at least is returned to Bodie-size fairly quickly... sorry! Though Cowley does make him a seat out of two rubbers and a pencil sharpener at one point... *g* (The story's on the ProsLib CD, which is well worth getting hold of for the huge amount of fic that's on there... *g*)

[gideonbd77.livejournal.com]

A Day in the Country (http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/9/aday.html) by Barbara Thomas is another that makes me laugh. I love 'happy lads loving each other' stories!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I forgot she wrote that one - yes, that's fun! The goat! *g* And it starts off with one of my kinks too, exhausted, sleepy, sleepy lads... *g*

[starlite876.livejournal.com]

I also like Moggy and Furball. Most of my favourites have already been mentioned but I quite like these ones as well:

Bodie's Christmas Dream (http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/8/bodieschristmas.pdf) by The Hag / The Simhag

Enlargement by The Simhag (from Motet Opus 4 in B & D).

ilads (http://hatstandfic.net/viewstory.php?sid=578&chapter=1) by angelci5

I'm sure there was another story similar to ilads based on text messaging between the lads, but I can't found it. It doesn't help when I can't remember the title, author or where I have read it!

[nypagan.livejournal.com]

There is another texting/voicemail story with the lads, but I don't remember the title. I remember Bodie whining through most of it. Was it set around Christmas time? There was snow and a traffic jam...?

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Maybe PFL's take on our iLads? Snow Day (http://community.livejournal.com/discoveredinalj/176326.html), for the Discovered in the Snow challenge last year?

[gideonbd77.livejournal.com]

If you want the 'old school' alternative, give M Fae Glasgow's My Beautiful Launderette (http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/10/mybeautiful.pdf) (PDF) a try. I thought it was quite funny and very much the lads!

(Actually, I'd recommend most of her work, although some people might find her stories too dark or angsty.)

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I agree - I love M.Fae Glasgow's stories! *g*

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I adore iLads - Angel's brilliant for bringing our lads right up to date like that! *g* I don't remember the Simhag stories actually - clearly time for a re-read!

[milomaus.livejournal.com]

Heee, I could name twenty...
Do I have to link them?

Let´s start with five:

Tricks and treats by Callisto "Christ, was the carrier bag moving?"
Tradition by Melanie Athene
iLads by angelCI5 "Sent from my iPhone"
In the pink by Grits in misery “Already got the attention I wanted, didn’t I?”
The haunted computer by The Hag "Me want cookie!"


Boy, I love this!!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Erm... links would be helpful, cos otherwise I have to go and find them myself, but if you really can't then I can do it, no worries. (Though if they're just on lj I'll struggle more than if they're in the archives, so I might have to get back to you!)

And yeay - another fan of iLads, AngelCI5 is brill! *g* And yeay too, managed to find links for the others! Cheers!

[milomaus.livejournal.com]

Sorry it took so long...

here are the links (for everybody else):

Tricks and treats by Callisto (http://hatstandfic.net/viewstory.php?sid=112&chapter=1)

Tradition by Melanie Athen (http://hatstandfic.net/viewstory.php?sid=472&chapter=1)

The iLads link is in the comment by starlite876 (Double Yay! for iLads!!!)

In the pink by Grits in misery (http://hatstandfic.net/viewstory.php?sid=452&chapter=1)

The haunted computer by The Hag (http://hatstandfic.net/viewstory.php?sid=794&chapter=1)

[hagsrus.livejournal.com]

Two of my favourites by O Yardley:

Off Day
http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/6/offday.html

and Ghostly Shadowy Ghost-Shadow
http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/0/ghostlyshadowy.html

Most of her stories are fun to read - she comes up with some great bits of banter.

[nypagan.livejournal.com]

Her Party Spirit series is amusing.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

She does have some fab stories - one of my favourite Pros writers!

[roven75.livejournal.com]

Fighting Fit (http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/14/fightingfit.html) by Doylebaby
I've read this again recently and just love it, makes me laugh every time *g*

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Ha - I've not read that before, very cute! *g*

[potztausend.livejournal.com]

Arghh - oh yes, it's great. Such a wonderful idea.

[potztausend.livejournal.com]

"Bear with me" by doylebaby. It's short, sweet and funny (for everyone in CI5 but Doyle).
http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/13/bearwith.html
The sequel is "Grin and Bear it" by doylebaby
http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/13/grinand.html

"Fit to be Tied" by Gwyneth Rhys. Funny, with much love and arguments.
http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/4/fitto.html

"Join the Queue" by Lizzie. A very soft and sweet way of humour.
http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/13/jointhe.html

"The Natural Order of Things" by rebelcat. Arguments about the famous sentence "I'm not gay"...
http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/16/thenatural.html

"The Rules According to Doyle" by Rimy. A mercyless Doyle *gg*
http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/7/therules.html

"The Valentine Situation" by The Hag. Flapping all the way, dear...
http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/8/thevalentine.html

"Beating around the Bush" by M.Fae.Glasgow. Love at the top of a ladder.
http://www.oblique-publications.net/archives/3note/beating.pdf

"Footbridge" by M.Fae Glasgow/Cally Donia. Hot and funny and serious.
http://www.oblique-publications.net/archives/1note/9_1Qfootbridge.pdf

"My beautiful launderette" by M.Fae Glasgow/Cally Donia. A letter story with green knickers.
http://www.oblique-publications.net/archives/2note/8_2QBeautiful.pdf

"Permanently attached at the hip" by M.Fae Glasgow. A secret is revealed and it smells putrefied.
http://www.oblique-publications.net/archives/3note/hip.pdf

"Memoirs of a Merc" by Alexandra. Bodie's book and his alarming eyelashes.
http://hatstand.slashcity.net/alexandra/memoirs.html

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh excellent - I was trying to think which M.Fae Glasgow ones to include! And yeay all those links too - thank you! *g* Also, you reminded me of at least three others to add... *vbg*

[potztausend.livejournal.com]

Ah - "A Slow Swedish Screw" by M.Fae Glasgow.

[metabolick.livejournal.com]

Consultation In Calydon (http://thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/18/consultationin.html) and Plague House (http://thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/16/plaguehouse.html) by Asymphototropic. I love her quirky sense of humor.

Blood Of The Lamb (http://thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/5/bloodof.html) by Lezlie Conch. Funny sequel to Consequences.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Asym's a bit too quirky for me - I think she loses the lads along the way, sadly, cos she's a good writer. I remember Blood of the Lamb, too! *g*

[potztausend.livejournal.com]

"You don't know how ugly bingo can get in the jungle" *gg*

[milomaus.livejournal.com]

This has to be added, too:

It is no more by Callisto (http://hatstandfic.net/viewstory.php?sid=751&chapter=1)


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