Pros Fic Rec - the Siren series, by Sebastian and Helen Raven
Monday, 15 February 2010 08:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
byslantedlightBy all rights, I should really dislike this series, and I definitely winced more reading this time than I ever have done before, but... there's still something about it that grabs me... something to do with the poetry of the writing, perhaps, the lovely lyrical, slightly melancholic feel to it - this is writing that makes you feel every breath the characters take, deep in their hearts...
It's made up of four parts: Siren by Sebastian, Bound to the Mast by Sebastian, Going for the Shore Part I and Going for the Shore Part II, both by Sebastian, and then Freezing by Helen Raven.
Actually I'm intrigued to see that Hatstand lists GftS II as "unfinished", and it's certainly got that feel to the final sentence - and is perhaps why the final part is by Helen Raven instead - does anyone know the story behind this?
Anyway, I do rather love these stories, although I think my love was formed when I had more tolerance for ever-so-damaged-Doyle and taking-charge-Bodie, which isn't a problem in itself, but I think fanfic writers may have grabbed it and run with it a bit - or maybe that was just the ever-so prolific Jane...
In any case - Doyle has clearly had a bad childhood (now that I'd like to read about!), and Bodie is clearly head over heels for him, and being treated badly as a result of Doyle's problems - but then Bodie has his own too, and Sebastian and HR do show us these actually, although because we're generally reading from Bodie's pov, they're less obvious than Doyle's because of course we're seeing Doyle through Bodie's own issues...
Mostly though, the poetry of the writing takes over for me - just sweeps me off into the stories, so that I can absolutely buy any little stretches in character (and I can see where they've come from, too, which helps, they're not taken too far from "my" B/D).
This series was a very early favourite of mine - I managed to print out Freezing way back when I was nannying, and I took it to Alaska with me as my only Pros fix when I'd only just re-discovered the lads, and wasn't even on lj yet! I remember huddling up with it in a basement flat in Fairbanks, before I had my cabin... And it was lovely then, and I'd definitely recommend it now too! *g*
ETA - My Pros Fic Rec List!
It's made up of four parts: Siren by Sebastian, Bound to the Mast by Sebastian, Going for the Shore Part I and Going for the Shore Part II, both by Sebastian, and then Freezing by Helen Raven.
Actually I'm intrigued to see that Hatstand lists GftS II as "unfinished", and it's certainly got that feel to the final sentence - and is perhaps why the final part is by Helen Raven instead - does anyone know the story behind this?
Anyway, I do rather love these stories, although I think my love was formed when I had more tolerance for ever-so-damaged-Doyle and taking-charge-Bodie, which isn't a problem in itself, but I think fanfic writers may have grabbed it and run with it a bit - or maybe that was just the ever-so prolific Jane...
In any case - Doyle has clearly had a bad childhood (now that I'd like to read about!), and Bodie is clearly head over heels for him, and being treated badly as a result of Doyle's problems - but then Bodie has his own too, and Sebastian and HR do show us these actually, although because we're generally reading from Bodie's pov, they're less obvious than Doyle's because of course we're seeing Doyle through Bodie's own issues...
Mostly though, the poetry of the writing takes over for me - just sweeps me off into the stories, so that I can absolutely buy any little stretches in character (and I can see where they've come from, too, which helps, they're not taken too far from "my" B/D).
This series was a very early favourite of mine - I managed to print out Freezing way back when I was nannying, and I took it to Alaska with me as my only Pros fix when I'd only just re-discovered the lads, and wasn't even on lj yet! I remember huddling up with it in a basement flat in Fairbanks, before I had my cabin... And it was lovely then, and I'd definitely recommend it now too! *g*
ETA - My Pros Fic Rec List!
