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crack_van2005-05-11 08:56 pm
thepurpleswitch.livejournal.com) wrote in crack_van2005-05-11 08:56 pm
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Every Day a Little Death by Hilary (PG)
Fandom: SPORTS NIGHT
Pairing: Implied, possibly unrequited Dan/Casey.
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
phoebesmum.
Author Website: Nope. All her fic is stored in her memories section.
Why this must be read:
Oh, 'cause it's post-show, post-Casey bitter Dan, with therapy and a flicker of illness deeper than a broken heart. It's pretty short (though not for this fandom, woe), but it ends on a nice punch, so I can forgive a little.
The thing with Hilary is that she can take these canon things and grow their implications, she's got an interesting handle on everybody's voices, she brings characters into situations where they weren't involved in canon (Isaac's opinion on Abby's methods, for example)--her fic is not stagnant, stuck in show-time, comprised solely of banter, sports references, and wordplay.
Her fic is dynamic.
excerpt:
He hasn't said any of this to Molly – Molly is the therapist after the therapist after Abby, who Dan had dropped after Isaac had commented dryly that Abby's methods had come this close to sending Dan right over the edge, and was Dan sure that that was really what was best for him? – because while openness in therapy is one thing, and while doctor/patient confidentiality is fine in theory, the fact is that a national TV personality with a massive adolescent crush on his former co-anchor would make a pretty good story. A pretty good joke. One that he would never live down. If Molly thinks she's going to get that out of him, then fine. Let her try. She's got another think coming.
Instead he talks to her about the show, about how different it is without Casey. They've never replaced him; Calvin had agreed that would be impossible. There's a roster now, half a dozen new and different faces (and Bobbi, and Tina, who still looks at Dan oddly even after all this time), all of them female. It makes an interesting dynamic, Dana said, quoting someone, Dan's sure – Calvin, probably, Isaac would never say 'dynamic', or if he did he'd use it in its correct context. Dan flirts with them all he likes. No-one minds, and the viewers seem to eat it up; the ratings barely even blipped when the changeover came. But try to convince Dan of that. He's sure the show’s going to hell in a handbasket, and that he's at the wheel.
"At the wheel of a handbasket?" Molly asks quizzically, peering over the top of her glasses, and Dan shrugs.
/excerpt
The woman makes a good point, my friends.
Every Day a Little Death: because you can never have too much bitter!Dan.
And leave feedback!
Pairing: Implied, possibly unrequited Dan/Casey.
Author on LJ:
phoebesmum.Author Website: Nope. All her fic is stored in her memories section.
Why this must be read:
Oh, 'cause it's post-show, post-Casey bitter Dan, with therapy and a flicker of illness deeper than a broken heart. It's pretty short (though not for this fandom, woe), but it ends on a nice punch, so I can forgive a little.
The thing with Hilary is that she can take these canon things and grow their implications, she's got an interesting handle on everybody's voices, she brings characters into situations where they weren't involved in canon (Isaac's opinion on Abby's methods, for example)--her fic is not stagnant, stuck in show-time, comprised solely of banter, sports references, and wordplay.
Her fic is dynamic.
excerpt:
He hasn't said any of this to Molly – Molly is the therapist after the therapist after Abby, who Dan had dropped after Isaac had commented dryly that Abby's methods had come this close to sending Dan right over the edge, and was Dan sure that that was really what was best for him? – because while openness in therapy is one thing, and while doctor/patient confidentiality is fine in theory, the fact is that a national TV personality with a massive adolescent crush on his former co-anchor would make a pretty good story. A pretty good joke. One that he would never live down. If Molly thinks she's going to get that out of him, then fine. Let her try. She's got another think coming.
Instead he talks to her about the show, about how different it is without Casey. They've never replaced him; Calvin had agreed that would be impossible. There's a roster now, half a dozen new and different faces (and Bobbi, and Tina, who still looks at Dan oddly even after all this time), all of them female. It makes an interesting dynamic, Dana said, quoting someone, Dan's sure – Calvin, probably, Isaac would never say 'dynamic', or if he did he'd use it in its correct context. Dan flirts with them all he likes. No-one minds, and the viewers seem to eat it up; the ratings barely even blipped when the changeover came. But try to convince Dan of that. He's sure the show’s going to hell in a handbasket, and that he's at the wheel.
"At the wheel of a handbasket?" Molly asks quizzically, peering over the top of her glasses, and Dan shrugs.
/excerpt
The woman makes a good point, my friends.
Every Day a Little Death: because you can never have too much bitter!Dan.
And leave feedback!
Every Day a Little Death
(Anonymous) 2005-05-14 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Every Day a Little Death
I'm glad you got a chance to see it :)
Re: Every Day a Little Death