Rec in Ten

[paris7am.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this isn't easy, but it's fun!
Unforgettable phrase, "the odd purity of his violence".

Title: Watching His Mouth
Author: Georgina Kirrin
Link to story: http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/9/watchinghis.html
Permission to archive the rec/review at Palely Loitering: Yes
Pairing: B/D
Short review: 10 words or less.

Self-possessed observer blind-sided. Impossible fantasy? Vivid viewpoint. Intimate. Humorous. Poignant.

Rec in ten words

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Okay, I shall give this a go :-)

Title: In Hot Water; An Idyll
Author: JM
Link to story: On the Proslib CD
Pairing: B/D
Short review

America. Christmas. Hot tub. Animals. Firsttime. Butterflies. Friendship. Sexy. Gorgeous. GOREADNOW.


Okay, so I cheated a teeny wee bit :-)

Great idea, btw.

Rec in Ten

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It's a holiday (Happy Labor Day to all Yanks!). I'll play!

Title: Harlequin Airs
Author: Ellis Ward
Link to story: http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/3/harlequinairs.html
Permission to archive the rec/review at Palely Loitering: Yes
Pairing: B/D
Short review: 10 words or less.

Get past premise. Enjoy angst, romance, Basil & Sanjay. Illustrations!

Oi, but there's so much more to say. :-)

Rec in Ten

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Fab idea, empty_mirrors. Here's my shot.

Title: The Chameleon's Dish
Author: Kitty Fisher
Link to story: http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/5/thechameleons.html
Permission to archive the rec/review at Palely Loitering: Yes
Pairing: B/D
Short review:

Estrangement. Betrayal. Redemption. Gut wrenching in the best possible way.

Rec but not in ten: Masterplan by Laura (Proslib CD)

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I'm going to be wordier than ten words here, because I've been meaning to rec this one for a while and totally failed to get round to it.

Title: Masterplan
Author: Laura
Story location: Proslib CD-ROM
Permission to archive the rec/review at Palely Loitering: Yes

Short(ish) review:
This story, for me, was one of the most original and most believable on the entire proslib CD, and yet I've never heard anyone else even mention it, which in my book makes it a definite case for reccing.

It's a fairly simply premise: Bodie's illegitimate son, Matt, a rather directionless wannabe musician, discovers who his father is just in time to attend Bodie's funeral. The fic basically follows him learning who and what his father was, and what that means to him--getting to know Doyle in the process.

There are a number of things that the fic does supremely right. The most remarkable for me was the fact that it doesn't feel like a fic--it feels like the autobiographical ramblings of a young man during a period of immense personal change. It has a flawless sense of time and place--London in 1995, the height of the Britpop era. Matt's characterisation is believable and Doyle's reactions to him are at times incredibly poignant.

This is a gen fic in what I consider the true sense of the word--you don't know if Bodie and Doyle were together and it doesn't matter, because the love was there and the rest is immaterial. And even though it's a Bodie-less fic you never feel his absence from the narrative, which is probably the highest praise I can give as a confirmed Bodie fangirl.