Gosh, what do I look for, that must be there, for an AU-version of B&D to succeed? I'm not sure I can even articulate it. (And you'll note that I'm skivving on preparing for a class because, you know, I gave up and have to get back to talking about Pros!)
I'm a lot more tolerant of characterizations in AUs than in CI5-based stories. For the latter, well, it needs to adhere to canon for me. For the most part. But with an AU, I would expect the lads to be somewhat different, given a different background/world/life experience. But, yes, there needs to be an essence there that speaks of Bodie and Doyle for me. It can't be just the names or the implication. But what that essence is...I don't know. I see it in "Larton", where a lot of people don't. In Ellis Ward's various AUs. In "Suitable Gravity". And yet the characterizations in all of those are very different. I suppose it's just some core aspects of the characters...Bodie's loyalty and self-sufficiency, living by his own code. Doyle's integrity. Their toughness (I rather like seeing how that plays out when they haven't been tested before). And, especially, how they relate to each other. I need their relationship, above all. The banter and the sarkiness; the trust; the inevitable attraction while, at the same time, they resist it. I need Bodie/Doyle.
Give me at least some of all that, and I'll go anywhere with you. *g*
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Date: 2007-09-07 12:28 pm (UTC)I'm a lot more tolerant of characterizations in AUs than in CI5-based stories. For the latter, well, it needs to adhere to canon for me. For the most part. But with an AU, I would expect the lads to be somewhat different, given a different background/world/life experience. But, yes, there needs to be an essence there that speaks of Bodie and Doyle for me. It can't be just the names or the implication. But what that essence is...I don't know. I see it in "Larton", where a lot of people don't. In Ellis Ward's various AUs. In "Suitable Gravity". And yet the characterizations in all of those are very different. I suppose it's just some core aspects of the characters...Bodie's loyalty and self-sufficiency, living by his own code. Doyle's integrity. Their toughness (I rather like seeing how that plays out when they haven't been tested before). And, especially, how they relate to each other. I need their relationship, above all. The banter and the sarkiness; the trust; the inevitable attraction while, at the same time, they resist it. I need Bodie/Doyle.
Give me at least some of all that, and I'll go anywhere with you. *g*