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Reading Room Theme IV - Older Lads Fic - Fire Held High and Away by Miriam Heddy
Title: Fire Held High and Away
Author: Miriam Heddy
Link to story or zine/ProsLib info: at the Circuit Archive or at the Hatstand Archive or on the ProsLib CD or in The Bisto Kids zine
Pairing: Bodie/Doyle
The title of the story is explained in the first couple of paragraphs which describes how the person who holds the Olympic Torch must to strike a balance when running and holding the Olympic Torch - that the torch must be held high and away or else the torch bearer would be burnt by the fire.
The story is written entirely from Bodie's POV and begins right after Involvement when Ann has left Doyle. The story then skips forward a couple of years and now the lads are no longer part of the 'A' squad but still with CI5. Doyle is being groomed to be Cowley's successor, while Bodie is working in the training centre, having taking over Macklin's job.
Although the lads are no longer partners on the streets, there are still best friends and rely on each other both at work and off work. When Doyle is stressed and frustrated with dealing with the bureaucracy it is Bodie who tries and cheers him up. Most of the time off work they spend together in each other's company. Although Bodie is bisexual in this story, they are not lovers (at least not at the start of the story).
We see the day-to-day lives of the lads both at work and off work, and the sneakiness of Doyle to orchestrate them into sharing a flat together. The move from friendship into something more is well written and I love the fact that Bodie had absolutely no idea of what Doyle was up to.
But what works for me best in this story is the banter between the lads - sharp and witty, and seem so true to what we see of the lads on screen.
Did this story work for you?
Do you think it is possible that either one or both of the lads would/could be groomed to takeover from Cowley? This seems to be a common premise in many Older Lads stories - for example, the story in last week's review had Doyle second-in-charge of CI5. In other Older Lads stories both Bodie and Doyle are "co-controllers" of CI5. Do you think it would take both lads to do Cowley's job? Or would one lad be more successful than the other, and if so who would be more successful as controller of CI5?
I will most likely not be able to access my computer for the next 24 hours due to the time zone differences and work commitments (I'm on a training course to learn about the thrilling subject of Project Management Life Cycle *snooze* ) so please discuss amongst yourselves and I hope to be able to come back to the LJ and read everyone's comments soon.
Author: Miriam Heddy
Link to story or zine/ProsLib info: at the Circuit Archive or at the Hatstand Archive or on the ProsLib CD or in The Bisto Kids zine
Pairing: Bodie/Doyle
The title of the story is explained in the first couple of paragraphs which describes how the person who holds the Olympic Torch must to strike a balance when running and holding the Olympic Torch - that the torch must be held high and away or else the torch bearer would be burnt by the fire.
The story is written entirely from Bodie's POV and begins right after Involvement when Ann has left Doyle. The story then skips forward a couple of years and now the lads are no longer part of the 'A' squad but still with CI5. Doyle is being groomed to be Cowley's successor, while Bodie is working in the training centre, having taking over Macklin's job.
Although the lads are no longer partners on the streets, there are still best friends and rely on each other both at work and off work. When Doyle is stressed and frustrated with dealing with the bureaucracy it is Bodie who tries and cheers him up. Most of the time off work they spend together in each other's company. Although Bodie is bisexual in this story, they are not lovers (at least not at the start of the story).
We see the day-to-day lives of the lads both at work and off work, and the sneakiness of Doyle to orchestrate them into sharing a flat together. The move from friendship into something more is well written and I love the fact that Bodie had absolutely no idea of what Doyle was up to.
But what works for me best in this story is the banter between the lads - sharp and witty, and seem so true to what we see of the lads on screen.
Did this story work for you?
Do you think it is possible that either one or both of the lads would/could be groomed to takeover from Cowley? This seems to be a common premise in many Older Lads stories - for example, the story in last week's review had Doyle second-in-charge of CI5. In other Older Lads stories both Bodie and Doyle are "co-controllers" of CI5. Do you think it would take both lads to do Cowley's job? Or would one lad be more successful than the other, and if so who would be more successful as controller of CI5?
I will most likely not be able to access my computer for the next 24 hours due to the time zone differences and work commitments (I'm on a training course to learn about the thrilling subject of Project Management Life Cycle *snooze* ) so please discuss amongst yourselves and I hope to be able to come back to the LJ and read everyone's comments soon.
Problem with comment being screened
I just dropped you a quick email but am trying LJ comments as well since I'm not sure which might reach you quicker.
I'm having a problem posting to this discussion - not sure if might be a CI5hq journal-wide issue or not. I tried to post a comment to the main post here and it came up as screened. I know of no reason why it would be screened. I'm a member of the community and have been since it was created. I've never had any communication with any mod at any time that there was a problem with my posting.
I am logged into LJ, posted under my LJ name, and the post itself is not locked, so nothing there should be a factor.
I also posted a reply to an individual comment (see below) and THAT post came through without screening! So I tried a second time to post my comment to the main post and again it was screened.
I'm absolutely perplexed! Can you tell me what is going on and how to fix it? I'd really appreciate that, especially as I've just gotten back online for a bit after quite some time offline due to personal issues. I'm hoping to be more active in discussion, so this is frustrating.
Thanks!
OH, and the email addy for Josey as mod on the CI5hq profile page came back as invalid.
Re: Problem with comment being screened
It appears that CI5hq has the outside, non-whiteboard link=spam=screen comment default still enabled.
Would it be possible for you to change the default to allow linking again without screening? I'd appreciate it, unless of course CI5hq is getting tons of real spam and that's a major problem for you all.
Here is Morgandawn's post with the info:
http://morgandawn.livejournal.com/1157830.html?style=mine
Here's the link to the LJ News post with info on how to change the setting:
http://news.livejournal.com/137436.html
Thanks!
Re: Problem with comment being screened
I was wondering why my last post to the