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[byslantedlight]

I am currently re-reading this...
...(This art by Minori, of course)...

... Master of the Revels by HG. I am lucky enough to have inherited an actual zine from a friend, but the writing is teeny teeny tiny... It does have some rather gorgeous artwork by Suzanne Lovett which is easier to look at - you can see some of it here.

Comments

[tinturtle]

This fic is really long, dude. It's almost twice as long as Fruit of the Spirit. You have lured me into starting it, though, and I think I'm going to have to finish it.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Lol - that's true, it is really long! *g* I have a feeling the zine version might be longer than the A03 version though, so think of me... *g*

Have you seen Facelift, which the story's based on? It's fairly bad, but interesting in that 1980s way... *g* I went to see if it was on YouTube or somewhere, and found a vid by Greenheart which gives you a bit of an idea if not...

[tinturtle]

I have not seen it. I managed to scare up a general summary posted as a comment on the IMDB page, so I haven't been totally disoriented. One of the things the commenter said is that, on balance, it is "a movie for only the most dedicated fans of the actors who star in it." That amused me.

Thank you for the vid. It does seem to convey some of the flavor of the movie.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

it is "a movie for only the most dedicated fans of the actors who star in it."
I'd go along with that! *vbg*

[tinturtle]

I think the AO3 version might be missing some material. The leap between chapters 24 and 25 is very abrupt and quite confusing.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I think you could be right - I've not read the A03 version, and I'm not up to that part in the zine yet, but a rough check against the zine between those chapters shows that the zine has an extra 20 columns of small print between what happens at the end of A03's Ch. 24 and 25...

[tinturtle]

That seems like a lot for HG to have decided to cut out. The more I look at it, the more sure I am that it was an error. AO3 chapter 25 refers to a lot of events that the readers didn't get to see as if they should already know about them, and that isn't the style of the rest of the fic (events from the movie excepted).

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'm sure it was a mistake since it was that much. It'd be worth commenting on the A03 story to ask, I expect. *g*

[siskiou.livejournal.com]

If it's at all possible to get the missing pages somehow...

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Try commenting to ask on the A03 fic!

If that really doesn't work I could try scanning from the zine, but it wouldn't be easy. I think HG's around though, so... *g*

[siskiou.livejournal.com]

I'll try. Though she hasn't answered the most recent comments.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Hmmn - no, I see she hasn't there. But I think some of her stories have been posted more recently? Okay rats, no - 2018 is the most recent. Shows how behind the times I am! And now I see that Tinturtle asked the question, so perhaps we'll see. *g* I used to have an email address for her, but... hmmn... If I can get my work finished for today, I can check!

[siskiou.livejournal.com]

It would be great if you can somehow contact her!
I hope she is doing ok!
Good luck getting your work done at a reasonable time! :)