The Descent to Humanity by Anne Carr (PG)

[kiwisue.livejournal.com]

Fandom: THE PROFESSIONALS
Pairing: Bodie/Doyle
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Author Website:
Why this must be read:

Hi, it’s Kiwisue again, driving “The Professionals" van for another 31 days. I am soooo going to monkey with your brains this month. Serves you right for not volunteering *g*!

Well, it won’t be as bad as all that – BUT I am interested in exploring some of the more ‘controversial’ areas of ‘The Professionals’ fandom, mainly because when I first started reading in Pros, I read or heard comments that made me ask lots of questions:
“so what is ‘Cat Tales’ anyway?"
“what is a ‘curtain’ fic?” (I don’t think this is unique to Pros, btw)
“what is so bad about Jane of Australia?”

Dedicated researcher that I am, I found some answers, came to some conclusions and developed opinions of my own. Which I will now be pleased to share with you, of course. In instalments.

Hint 1: the theme for the month is – Sequel-itis OR When Enough Is Enough OR When You’ve Done One Good Thing, STOP!

Hint 2: I will not be recommending anything truly awful. In fact they will all be great stories. Trust me!

Now to the whys of this particular rec:

Because everyone should read at least one Pros elf story, even if they think the whole idea a little odd, or worse.

Because this is the grandmother of all “Professionals” elf stories, written by an established Pros author, with a good grasp of both language and storytelling.

Because I generally hate elf stories, but I enjoyed this one. I liked the way it wove the AU aspects into canon. I liked the physical description of Doyle’s change from elf to human, and his interaction with Bodie. And the ending is simply lovely.

The Descent To Humanity

Edit 9 June 06. The Circuit Archive link is now:
The Descent To Humanity
I've left the old link in place in case the domain is returned.

Comments

[metabolick.livejournal.com]

I read this one for the first time just a couple of weeks ago and enjoyed it. Especially the ending. ::happy sigh::

I'm relatively new to the fandom (going on a year now) and will be interested in finding our what a "curtain fic" is.

And I'm not ashamed to say that I like Jane of Australia..

Thanks so much for stepping up to the plate again!

[ci5-daily.livejournal.com]

As it happens, this is only elf story I've ever read so far and I liked it even having heard a lot about elf stories of Pros fandom in negative fashion on Yahoo list. But I love most of Anne Carr's stories anyway. ::g::

Looking forward to your rec coming in this month!