1984 era Hatstand fic: Routine Surveillance

[inamac.livejournal.com]

Thanks to byslantedlight for pointing me at this comm. I've been testing out my newly resurrected OCR reader on some old hatstands, and they may as well be re-exposed to public gaze - for those with historic bents (and haven't we all?)

Title Routine Surveillance
Author Oriole AT (Ina MacAllan)
Link to storyRoutine Surveillance
Rating Adult (vanilla slash, no kinks)
Author Note Originally written and circulated in 1984 via Green Dragon Press (oh the smell of duplicator correction fluid in the morning...) Further notes under the link.

Comments

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

What a nice surprise for a rainy morning. I know the temptation you must have felt to make the story reflect more of your current skills and tastes, but I do love the sense of capturing a moment in time--both for B&D and in your writing. 25 years. Man, and B&D are still as compelling as ever. *g* Thank you! I enjoyed this very much.

[constant-muse.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much. I'm really interested to read fic written almost contemporaneously with Pros.

I too admire your strength of mind in not changing anything in the interests of 'historical accuracy'. *g* I would rewrite anything I wrote last week.

[mistry89.livejournal.com]

Thank you for this - There is something about the fact that this was written "then" that means it does indeed capture a moment.
Cheers :)

[sunray45.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed that, just can't believe this has been going on for 25 years and I only caught up with B/D about five or so years ago. It is great to read something written about the time the Pros was first aired.

Thank you so much for posting. :)

[constant-muse.livejournal.com]

Have just found the time to actually read this, and it's great. I love a surveillance scene, and this one has a suitably claustrophobic feel. Interesting too that this surveillance is so completely one-way - CI5 can hear breathing in the house under surveillance, but they themselves have total privacy.

If your porn-writing skills have improved, I can only say "Point me at your more recent fic". This was hot as anything, I especially like Doyle's helpless sensuality. And the attention to the differences between them, what turns them on - something often overlooked, like condoms.

[inamac.livejournal.com]

Thank you. If there had been more plot I might have done some revision, but porn is timeless...

[inamac.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. The real difficulty is writing fic now set in the 70s (I've just been doing a Harry Potter thing in that era) and respecting modern sensitivities with period language. I'm glad I'm not writing Life on Mars,and I'd be wary today of doing anything set around Klansmen.

[inamac.livejournal.com]

And thank you for reading.;)

[inamac.livejournal.com]

I can't believe I've been writing this for over 25 years! Welcome to the madhouse!

[inamac.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid that I wrote myself out with B&D twenty years ago, but if the muse strikes I may consider something on 'life on mars' lines.

Just as soon as the Potter obsession relaxes its hold. (My recent Potterfic (and a few other contemporary series) are linked in from my IJ).