Books 2014 - A bit of fanfic...

[byslantedlight]

Just to keep things honest, I must admit that I seem to have slipped out of Readers Imbibing Peril mode, and I've been reading Pros over the last week. Maybe I just needed something to cuddle down with whilst I was getting used to my new place! I've read some of the Big Bang stories, and then I cuddled up with some novel(ish)-length lads.

(Ooh! The sun's just set! 4.38pm, and the sun's just set! That doesn't seem right, no matter how much I like curling up in the dark with a good read... of course I get used to it, and then can't imagine going back the other way when the time comes... *g*)

November by Sebastian
I like this one, and it's coming up for the right month too! It's a first time story, set in the difficult cold months when Doyle is recovering from Discovered in a Graveyard. About 22,000 words.

The Yellow Brick Road by Kate MacLean
Another classic Pros story, 61,000+ words, from Doyle's point of view, and starting right at the beginning - well with Private Madness Public Danger anyway, which was the first Pros episode aired, all those years ago. We follow the lads along as Doyle tries to get to know Bodie, through years of ups and downs, until... well, I'm not going to tell you if you don't know, am I? *g* Well worth getting hold of though, if you've not already read it - MacLean is an excellent Pros writer, one of my favourites.

Who Caught and Sang the Sun by Slantedlight
Okay, which is a bit weird, I read one of my own stories. But I thought I'd better remind myself of their universe if I was going to try and carry on one of the sequels to this story, or think about the third one for NaNoWriMo (though actually I'm thinking about something else now...) Anyway - I didn't find it entirely bad, so that was okay. Phew. *g* 63,000+ words. And I do rather like the older lads that I imagine myself (well of course, or I wouldn't imagine them!) so it was quite nice to be in their world for a bit.

Actually, whilst I'm here (silly question, but...) has anyone else been reading Prosfic lately? What've you been reading...? *g*

Comments

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

I haven't been reading much Pros, except for those stories recently posted. Haven't been reading too much fanfic at all, to tell the truth. I've had all sorts of things taking up my time, but, hopefully, I'll get back to it soon. I did read the Bruce/Dick mini-zine, King a& Lionheart. The stories were all very short, but there were a couple of real gems.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I've had quite a long break from fanfic actually, and it's quite nice coming back to it after that. It's always there...

I've got to admit that I'm not entirely sure who Bruce and Dick are... is that very very bad...?

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

Not bad at all, probably. It's a pretty small fandom. Bruce and Dick are Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson, sometimes known as Batman and Robin/Nighwing/Um, I'm not sure what they've done to him now, lol

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Hee - now if you'd said Batman/Robin, then I would have been right with you... *g* (Though really, Robin is being called Nightwing now? Is this from the films or something, cos "Robin" wasn't Macho enough for Hollywood, or am I being unfairly cynical there...?*g*

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

Robin, well Dick Grayson, became Nightwing several years ago. There's been at least four more Robins since then (the latest being Batman's son, Damien.) I wait to buy the comics in paperback form, where they combine several issues, so I'm not rarely up to date with what's happening. I have seen a bit, and apparently Dick Grayson, is identity blown, is now some kind of secret agent. How long that's supposed to last is anyone's guess. Going by how often DC reboots their universe, it could be tomorrow... or yesterday. *g*

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Ohmygawd - I mean please, Nightwing... I suppose I shouldn't really comment, since I don't know the universe, but I'm quite tired of seeing things that look like they've been macho-d up...

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

Ouch, that hurts. At least, I think it does. I'm not really sure what you mean by something being macho-d up. The new name? It was taken from a character from Superman. Or is it Dick growing up? Since they've tried to gear comics more toward adults, it was bound to happen. Actually, it happened quite a few years ago.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Lol - yes, I meant his name had been made more macho. Robin vs Nighthawk?! Obviously I don't know the particular reasons behind the name change, but my first impression is that the character is supposed to appeal more to your average white-male-action-movie-liking reader/viewer - cos otherwise what's wrong with "Robin"? But as I say, I don't know enough to comment knowledgeably about it - although that means that I end up with first impressions!