Jobs for the Boys

[angel-ci5.livejournal.com]

Since I first found Pros fic, I've loved AUs. I know they're not everyone's cup of tea, but for me, Bodie and Doyle (and often Cowley) seem to fit beautifully into any universe a good writer cares to place them. And I'm always fascinated by the different jobs they're given within various universes and eras, so I was thinking... it might be interesting to have a list of all the different jobs our boys have had in AU fics. *g*


Bodie

Country Gentleman & Ornithologist A Birdwatcher's Guide to Cornish Ghosts
Egyptian prince & Bull dancer Wine Dark Nexus
King The Captive Heart
King The King's Birthday Gift
Aristocrat & Psychiatrist Murder on the Moor
Gentleman Peerless Pair
Duke / Knight Sunshine and Roses
Noble / Rebel Rediscovered in a Graveyard
A Lord Pleasure Proven
Russian Aristocrat & Cavalry Officer A Chance of Fate
Sailor Keeper
Sailor The True Confessions of Raymond Doyle
Naval Officer Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash
Captain Whispers in the Wind
Army Officer / Hunt Master / Chef D'Equipe The Larton Chronicles
Retired Army Officer Hazardous Fortune
WW1 Soldier The Light
SAS Sergeant The Sting
Army Officer Prelude... and Answer
Soldier Fraternité
Soldier The Alchemist's Measure & The Devil's Apprentice
Soldier To Walk In Owl-Light
Roman Soldier Miles Scortillusque
Space Merc Echo & Broadcast Difficulties
Merc Out of the Jungle
Merc Whisper of a Kill
Merc On Guard
Merc Somewhere There's Heaven
Bodyguard Rainbow Chasers
Bodyguard Bodie's Letter
Prostitute Partners
Prostitute Rent Boy
High-class Prostitute Night Moves
Computer Expert Legacy of Temptation
Writer Professional Dreamer
Writer The Ghosts That Haunt Me
University Professor An Encounter In Cascade & An Encounter in Eastland
Owner of Art Galleries Highland Comfort
Famous Painter Ship of Fools
Theatre Producer Sing My Heart
Partner in a Security Firm Cards Series
Estate Owner The Temple of Venus
Estate Manager The Secrets Beneath
Accountant in the Civil Service More Than Just a Holiday Romance
Plane designer/engineer Wings of Morning
Sheik Arabian Nights
Trapeze Artist Harlequin Airs
Valet Bird in a Gilded Cage
Gardener The Victorian Kitchen Gardener
Artist's Model Lifelike
Canal Lengthsman & Marina Manager Two Lovers
Autarch Baron Rule Britannia
Tarzan The Jungle Book
Watchman Beau and the Beast
Exploring Space Pilot Bodie's Luck
Bounty Hunter Of Angels and Angles
Spy Suitable Gravity
Assassin The Chameleon's Dish
Assassin / Sorceror The Sorcerer's Web
Smuggler Free Trader
Pirate Black Bodie's Bargain
Highway Man The Highwayman
Seer Breakheart
Knights Templar Monk Non Nobis, Domine
Stablemaster Danger by Moonlight
Farm guest Vale-View
Unicorn Abode of Delight
Wolf Blacksilver and Copper: A Love Story
Ghost The Ghost and Raymond Doyle
Cafe proprietor Music in the Dark
Barman Cocktale
Antiques 'spotter' Devil's Walk


Doyle

Writer The Larton Chronicles
Writer Legacy of Temptation
Ghost hunter/Researcher/Writer A Birdwatcher's Guide to Cornish Ghosts
Political Dissident Artist A Chance of Fate
Artist & Prison Warder Fraternité
Artist & Engineer The Ghosts That Haunt Me
Artist An Affair to Remember
Artist The Art of Love
Gentleman & Sailor The True Confessions of Raymond Doyle
Press ganged sailor Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash
Ranger The Sorcerer's Web
Galactic army Free Trader
WW1 Soldier The Light
Ex-soldier / Technical artist Wings of Morning
Commander, Scotland Yard Cards Series
Detective Inspector (Met) Forever True
Chief Constable An Encounter in Cascade & An Encounter in Eastland
Chief Constable The Tangled Web
Policeman Heat-Trace
Police Suitable Gravity
Security Consultant Sunshine After Rain
Spy Rediscovered in a Graveyard
Diplomatic Attaché Arabian Nights
Librarian Professional Dreamer
Archaeologist The Secrets Beneath
Lawyer's Clerk The Highwayman
Doctor Murder on the Moor
Explorer The Jungle Book
Human rights worker/Hostage negotiator The Chameleon's Dish
Singer Torch Song
Singer & Accountant Sing My Heart
Singer Cocktale
Hotel Owner More Than Just a Holiday Romance
Concert Pianist Prelude... and Answer
Schoolmaster The Schoolmaster
Commercial photographer Gravity's Angel
Massage Therapist Transients
Mechanic Of Angels and Angles
Trapeze Artist Harlequin Airs
Lighthouse Keeper Keeper
Farmer Vale-View
Canal Boatman & Artist Two Lovers
Actor / CI5 Rule Britannia
Ghost Highland Comfort
The Beast Beau and the Beast
Low Spaceworker Bodie's Luck
Bondsman Breakheart
Missionary Volunteer On Guard
Servant / Monk / Tutor Sunshine and Roses
Knights Templar Monk Non Nobis, Domine
Atlantis citizen & Bull dancer Wine Dark Nexus
Groom & Gentleman Peerless Pair
Servant & King The Captive Heart
Lord Ship of Fools
Lord The Alchemist's Measure & The Devil's Apprentice
Lord's son Danger by Moonlight
Lord's son Whispers in the Wind
Alien Prince The Cook and the Warehouseman
Vauxan (non-human) Echo & Broadcast Difficulties
Unicorn's companion The King's Birthday Gift
Prisoner Black Bodie's Bargain
Prisoner Abode of Delight
Prostitute Partners
Prostitute Miles Scortillusque
Prostitute Paper Flowers
Prostitute Rainbow Chasers
Prostitute Paper Flowers
Burglar Knaves, Thieves, and Teachers
Terrorist Lost Memories
Pickpocket To Walk In Owl-Light
Gypsy Pleasure Proven
Orphan Hazardous Fortune
Auror Special Men
Dog Blacksilver and Copper: A Love Story



Anyone got anymore I can add? :-D

Comments

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow, this project would take years! LOL! Are you considering fusion stories?

[angel-ci5.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid I don't know what fusion stories are, but I was just thinking any stories where one or both of them aren't CI5 agents. :-)

[constant-muse.livejournal.com]

What a lovely idea! Others will know lots more than me, but these are some more of my favourites:

Sarah K 'Of Angels and Angles' http://archiveofourown.org/works/113554
Bodie: bounty hunter, Doyle: mechanic

Claire Dobbin 'A Chance of Fate' http://hatstand.slashcity.net/claire/chance1.html
Bodie: Russian aristocrat, cavalry officer Doyle: political dissident artist

Sally Fell 'Hazardous Fortune' http://hatstand.slashcity.net/sally/hazardous1.html
Bodie: retired Army officer, Doyle: An Orphan

Mine are historical or scifi, though - did you mean to limit it to contemporary era stories?

[angel-ci5.livejournal.com]

Oh, a good selection there, thanks! (They are versatile boys, aren't they!)

did you mean to limit it to contemporary era stories?

No, not at all, any era! :-D

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

What a cool idea! And interesting... so far, with some notable exceptions, it seems that Doyle's often the artistic, cerebral one and Bodie is either action or aristocracy *g* ... stand by for examples of where the opposite is true :D

[angel-ci5.livejournal.com]

Heh, yes, it'll be interesting to see if patterns emerge as to who does what!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

What a great story list idea! Let's see... *g*

- Doyle's also a trapeze artist in Harlequin Airs

- Doyle's a ghost hunter/researcher/writer in Birdwatcher's Guide to Cornish Ghosts, and
- Bodie's a country gentleman and ornithologist

- Doyle's a lighthouse keeper in Keeper (http://www.palelyloitering.com/Fic/keeper.html) and
- Bodie's a sailor

I'm rushing to get lunch, but I suspect I'll be back soon... *g*

[angel-ci5.livejournal.com]

Excellent, thank you... such diversity right there!

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

I love lists and I think this is a brilliant idea, especially if we can join in and contribute. Talking of lists, you could almost form a separate list for Bodie as 'merc' starting with:

Meg Lewtan's Out of the Jungle on the CD

Not online:
Meg Lewtan's Bird in a Gilded Cage - Bodie as valet (I think)
Meg Lewtan's Murder on the Moor - Bodie as GP (I think)
O Yardley's The Highwayman - Bodie as (yes, you guessed it) the highwayman and Doyle as lawyer's clerk. (I wonder why it's never the other way round?)

Lizzie's The Victorian Kitchen Gardener - Bodie as gardener
http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/6/thevictorian.html

JoJo's Lifelike - Bodie as artist's model
http://hatstandfic.net/viewstory.php?sid=876&chapter=1

Courtney Grey's Night Moves - Bodie as high class male prostitute
Haven't got the link but I'm sure I'll be back...

Doyle as prostitute in the lovely Roman soldier story....Miles something unpronouncable..

Doyle as artist in Alexandra's The Art of Love
http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/0/theart.html

Bodie as mutinous sailor in The True Confessions of Raymond Doyle by tears_of_nienna http://tears-of-nienna.livejournal.com/381641.html?format=light

I'm baaaack:
Miles Scortillusque by Sineala Bodie as Roman soldier and Doyle as prostitute http://hatstandfic.net/viewstory.php?sid=407&chapter=1

Night Moves - Courtney Gray - Bodie as high class escort/prostitute
http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/1/nightmoves.html

(Are you beginning to wish you'd never start this?!)

[angel-ci5.livejournal.com]

Oh brilliant, what a lovely eclectic selection, thank you! And I haven't read "Murder on the Moor" (I always neglect the CD, which is stupid as it has so many gems on it), and I'm intrigued by Bodie as a GP, so an extra thanks for that!

[heliophile-oxon.livejournal.com]

Hope this list will get archived - it's the kind of thing that should be preserved!

If you're counting crack, there's always Bodie as Tarzan and Doyle as Lost Explorer ... but damn, I can't remember the title at the moment.

[angel-ci5.livejournal.com]

Oh do let me know if you remember the title, a Tarzan and an explorer would be good for the list! :-D

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

What a great list! I love AUs. And while I've read a lot of the ones mentioned, there are several I haven't, so thanks!

[angel-ci5.livejournal.com]

You're most welcome! :-D There's some here I haven't read too, which I'm looking forward to. Thanks!

[siskiou.livejournal.com]

Excellent list!
I always love these as inspiration for what to read next!

In this year's Big Bang, Judes wrote an AU with Doyle as an aspiring singer, and Bodie as a theatre producer:
http://archiveofourown.org/works/270274?view_adult=true

[angel-ci5.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love the sound of that and look forward to reading it when I catch up with the BB! And what excellent jobs for the list, thank you! :-D

[milomaus.livejournal.com]

This is soooo funtatstic!!
Thanks for taking the time and doing the work!!

Bodie as Watchman and Doyle as the Beast in Beau and the Beast by Jane Mailander (http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/4/beauand.html)

Bodie as Exploring Space Pilot and Doyle as Low Spaceworker Bodie´s luck by Stew (http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/10/bodiesluck.html)

Doyle as a Bondsman and Bodie as a Seer in Breakheart by Jane (http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/4/breakheart.html)

[angel-ci5.livejournal.com]

My pleasure, I'm very glad you like the list! And what a brilliant selection of jobs there, thank *you* very much!

[constant-muse.livejournal.com]

I just came back to add "Two Lovers' by O. Yardley, and I see you've already got it, but their historical selves are different too:

Bodie: canal lengthsman*
Doyle: canal boatman

(*googling "canal length man" to get this right proved educational!)

oh, and another fave: "Non Nobis, Domine" by Cassie Ingaben
http://hatstand.slashcity.net/cassie/nobis.pdf

both are Knights Templar monks

[angel-ci5.livejournal.com]

Oh fabulous, and such diversity too, thank you!

(*googling "canal length man" to get this right proved educational!)

LOL! Could come in handy for fic writing!

[ariss-tenoh.livejournal.com]

Isn't there any fic where one of the boys is in a profession that could be considered villainous? Like a mercenary or assassin?

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

Ohh, yes. Whisper of a Kill by Lois Welling on The Circuit. Love that story, and I'm not a big reader of "early lads". :) What a beautiful zine. The art is posted also.

[nypagan.livejournal.com]

The Captive Heart by Elessar. Bodie is a king, Doyle a servant, but really a king as well.

There is another in a futuristic setting. Bodie is a smuggler, Doyle works for the galactic army? Can't think of the name right now.

[angel-ci5.livejournal.com]

Great, I've added The Captive Heart, thank you!

Bodie is a smuggler, Doyle works for the galactic army?

This sounds really familiar to me, but I can't think... do please let me know if you think of the name! (Or any more!)

[moonlightmead.livejournal.com]

I have one, I have one!

In Gravity's Angel - by Anonymous on the CD - Doyle is a "successful commercial photographer" who takes photos of bands and models in the early 80s. *Not* the one where he is on a year-long undercover op as a photographer who ends up photographing Bodie's SAS troop. In this one, Bodie is CI5 (not that Doyle knows that) and Doyle is not, and Doyle is targetted by bad guys as a result.

Bit late, so I hope you see this :)

[angel-ci5.livejournal.com]

Oh you're not late at all (there's no time limit here! *g*), so this is brilliant, thank you!

Added! :-D

Oh, and you've reminded me of the The Sting, so I should add that one too for Bodie, though not Doyle, as he's still CI5. So thanks for that one too! :-D

[nypagan.livejournal.com]

The Schoolmaster by Maddalia at Archive of Our Own. "ENGLAND, 1829. Raymond Doyle, a young schoolmaster, accepts a post as tutor to a rich man's ward. When he meets that rich man, whose name is Bodie, it turns his life upside down."

Cook and Warehouseman by Helen Raven? Futuristic Bodie in CI5, Doyle the prince from and alien race.

[angel-ci5.livejournal.com]

Brilliant, thank you!

I haven't had a chance to read the The Schoolmaster yet, but I'm really looking forward to it!

[moonlightmead.livejournal.com]

Hey, where's Heat-Trace (http://www.kelper.co.uk/helenraven/trace.html)? Bodie's CI5, but Doyle: policeman (not in the Drugs Squad)

[angel-ci5.livejournal.com]

Added, thank you! :-D

[moonlightmead.livejournal.com]

On a roll today! The Sorceror's Web (Liz Bradford, from Gryphon): Doyle is a Tendra scout (aka ranger) and Bodie is... well, what? An assassin, definitely. And a magician, only he doesn't know that.

And in Rhiannon's Music in the Dark (Unprofessional Conduct 1), Doyle is in CI5, but Bodie is the proprietor of The Moorland Café in Derbyshire (and reluctant provider of succour to travellers, but whether the café is actually a hotel, I am not sure...)

[angel-ci5.livejournal.com]

Fabulous, I'm glad you're on a roll!
I love The Sorcerer's Web, but haven't read it for ages, isn't Bodie an actual sorcerer, or am I mis-remembering (which is very possible)...?

Oh, and love Rhiannon! Thanks for these! :-D

[nypagan.livejournal.com]

Temple of Venus by Lizzie. Doyle is in CI5, Bodie owns an estate that he rents out for conferences.

[angel-ci5.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry! For some reason, I didn't receive notification of your comment, and have only just seen it now! *stoopid LJ*

Thank you very much for this one, duly added! :-D

[moonlightmead.livejournal.com]

More Than Just A Holiday Romance, Darby Brennan: Bodie is a civil servant (a real one! - accountant working in the FO) and Doyle is a hotel owner.

[angel-ci5.livejournal.com]

Wheeeee! More for the list! Fabulous, thank you! :-D

[moonlightmead.livejournal.com]

And more!

Fraternité, by Jasper (in Continental B&D): French Revolution AU. Beaudie is a soldier. Raymond Davanne (why Davanne?) is an artist now working as a prison warder.

[angel-ci5.livejournal.com]

Fantastic, more for the list! Thank you very much! :D

[(Anonymous)]

Hi, I'm Airelle, and I'd like to participate in that discussion. I'll register as soon as I understand how to do it

Did you add all the new stories to the master list for the au "jobs for the boys"? I tried to look, but couldn't find it, so did someone mention AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER (I can provide the author's name if need be and if it hasn't already been provided) where Bodie is in CI5 and Doyle is an artist. It's based on the movie by the same name, and it's a really wonderful read.

Until later
Airelle

[angel-ci5.livejournal.com]

Hi there!

I've added all the stories I've received so far to the main list above. "An Affair to Remember" hadn't been mentioned, so I've just added it now, thank you! I haven't seen the film, but I do like the fic!

Thanks again, and I hope you get an account set up easily! (I think you just need to come up with a User Name and password, and then provide an email address... it should be fairly straightforwards, hopefully.)

[(Anonymous)]

Airelle again
Has someone answered about fusion stories? Those are stories where the characters from one series (say, The Professionals) are "imported" into another series' universe (say, Babylon 5), while retaining all the characteristics of their original universe, and sometimes even their names. For me it's a kind of AU, a sub-genre of AU if you will.

[angel-ci5.livejournal.com]

Thanks for that, I think fusion stories can definitely be included in this story list, just as long as Bodie and/or Doyle aren't in CI5. :-)

[(Anonymous)]

From Airelle
There's also SHIP OF FOOLS, where Bodie, strangely, is a famous painter (usually, that's more up to Doyle's alley) and Doyle is... I can't remember exactly, I think he's a lord or something and doesn't have a real occupation, besides travelling with his widowed aunt (whose spouse was a female - nice touch, I thought). And Cowley is a brain surgeon in this story. LOL, not so far from some of the things he does in the series, with his triple think !
Oh, and I guess I do have a lj account. Have to dig up the name and codes.

[angel-ci5.livejournal.com]

Brilliant, thank you! I've added that one to the list (including Doyle as a Lord... if you remember later that he was something else, let me know! :D).

And Cowley is a brain surgeon in this story. LOL, not so far from some of the things he does in the series, with his triple think !
Haha, yes, very true, a kind of cerebral connection!

[airelle1.livejournal.com]

airelle1
I did have a lj account, here I am. But it seems I still can't make my userpic appears on the page. Ah, I'll try later about this.

[airelle1.livejournal.com]

Hey, the pic appeared after all!

[airelle1.livejournal.com]

I love your list (well, I love lists, anyway...) Palely Loitering has a lot of lists on it, but I think not this one. Would you think about adding it here? And maybe grouping the occupation by stories (ie, if you want to know what both are in some stories, it would be easier to have both their occupations under the story name). Just a suggestion, of course, you're already doing a great job about it! I'll see if I can think of other stories not yet included in your list.

[angel-ci5.livejournal.com]

Palely Loitering is byslantedlight's website, so it would be up to her to add this list to the others there... I think she did mention that she intended to put it up there.

[airelle1.livejournal.com]

Just thought about another one
Encounter in Cascade and its sequel, Encounter in Eastland (both are on AO3)
It's a fusion story of sorts, and an AU of sorts. Both Doyle and Bodie assume new identities after Bodie is supposedly dead. In fact, having been wounded on the job and crippled, he emigrated to the US and became a teacher in Cascade (CX with the Sentinel, although we see very little of the characters of the Sentinel, except Simon). Doyle, believing Bodie dead, leaves CI5 and with Cowley's help, assumes a new identity. He becomes... Alan Cade, chief constable in Eastland (The Chief, starring MS). So, teacher and Chief Constable. And a happy ending, too!

[angel-ci5.livejournal.com]

Oh I do like "An Encounter in Cascade" and "An Encounter in Eastland"! The former is already on the list for Bodie (listed as a University Professor), but I'll add "An Encounter in Eastland" too.

I think they were omitted on Doyle's side before, because obviously it's canon for Alan Cade to be a chief constable, but as this is really Doyle, I guess it counts! In which case I should include Jack Reuben Darcy's "The Tangled Web" too!