isn't there an acronym for this?
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inmyriadbits*sigh* Don't you hate when your suitemates, with the best of intentions, move your large pot of slow-cooking beans to a smaller burner without telling you, thus totally throwing off the cooking process? Yeah, me too.
For some reason, I'm really in the mood for "Oh No, My Loved One Is Dead! But Wait, Not Really!" cliche fic. You know, with the grief and the angst, and the tragic separation, and the realizations of how much X meant to Y now that X is gone -- and then the realizations that Loved One is not dead! And Y can save them! And have a dramatic reunion! etc. You know what I mean. It's subtly different but close cousin to the rescuing-the-Loved-One-from-mortal-peril trope (see Bones' Gravedigger episodes, for example), but with added angst before the determination kicks in. Good times.
Suffice it to say, I've been reading a good deal of Man From UNCLE fic. :D
Unfortunately, it's mostly re-reading, because I've made my way rather thoroughly through the recs in that fandom. More's the pity. But I'm easy! Rec me your favorites of this cliche, please? Any fandom works, pretty much. Even if you think I don't know it, I actually probably do. I'm just that good. :)
I feel like there is untapped potential for this cliche. It obviously has great amounts of play with close partnerships, as well as in, say, spy genre fandoms, or where someone might have an enemy holding a violent grudge and the capacity for kidnapping, or whatever. But imagine it bent a little for less obvious fandoms: Criminal Minds (team rather than partners, but still emotionally affecting), or Sports Night (they don't really live lives of danger, so death is more unexpected), or Merlin (if everyone thinks Arthur has died, that's a whole 'nother kettle of fish on top of the personal issues). Tell me your ideas! :)
For some reason, I'm really in the mood for "Oh No, My Loved One Is Dead! But Wait, Not Really!" cliche fic. You know, with the grief and the angst, and the tragic separation, and the realizations of how much X meant to Y now that X is gone -- and then the realizations that Loved One is not dead! And Y can save them! And have a dramatic reunion! etc. You know what I mean. It's subtly different but close cousin to the rescuing-the-Loved-One-from-mortal-peril trope (see Bones' Gravedigger episodes, for example), but with added angst before the determination kicks in. Good times.
Suffice it to say, I've been reading a good deal of Man From UNCLE fic. :D
Unfortunately, it's mostly re-reading, because I've made my way rather thoroughly through the recs in that fandom. More's the pity. But I'm easy! Rec me your favorites of this cliche, please? Any fandom works, pretty much. Even if you think I don't know it, I actually probably do. I'm just that good. :)
I feel like there is untapped potential for this cliche. It obviously has great amounts of play with close partnerships, as well as in, say, spy genre fandoms, or where someone might have an enemy holding a violent grudge and the capacity for kidnapping, or whatever. But imagine it bent a little for less obvious fandoms: Criminal Minds (team rather than partners, but still emotionally affecting), or Sports Night (they don't really live lives of danger, so death is more unexpected), or Merlin (if everyone thinks Arthur has died, that's a whole 'nother kettle of fish on top of the personal issues). Tell me your ideas! :)
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Date: 2009-10-17 05:19 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2009-10-17 08:32 am (UTC)Hey, also, found this Starsky & Hutch link list in my bookmarks: Mistaken Death fics (http://ckua-pepper.livejournal.com/49849.html)
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Date: 2009-10-17 08:51 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-17 08:19 am (UTC)They're kinda cheesy, but also awesome. In fact, were I not doomed to study for ever, I would reread them right now. :D
Also, I've got to call/text you soon. I'm making (very) tentative plans to visit Austin on my winter break (sometime between Dec. 12 and Jan. 5) for at least a few days, and I was hoping I could hang out with you! I might even bring my boyfriend, and I would like for you to meet him! :DDDD
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Date: 2009-10-17 08:20 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-17 08:55 am (UTC)I would love to see you if I happen to be in town at the same time! I haven't yet nailed down my plans for winter break (I may stay here and work for Xmas/New Year's for spring travel money, but idk yet), but I will let you know when I do. <3