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crack_van2005-10-23 11:02 pm
inlovewithnight.livejournal.com) wrote in crack_van2005-10-23 11:02 pm
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Figureheads by Victoria Bitter (PG)
Fandom: HORNBLOWER
Pairing: Horatio/Archie pre-slash
Author on LJ: None that I know of
Author Website: None that I know of
Why this must be read:
Speaking personally, because it grabbed me from the first line:
He had learned how to stand.
And from there on, it's just lovely language and solid characterization to the end. With a limited-canon fandom like this, fanon characterizations tend to come to the fore just through the passage of time (now there's an idea for someone who's into meta: fanon-drift in small-canon fandoms). This story very much comes back around to the versions seen on-screen. Not much actually happens- it's a conversation on-deck after the events of "The Duchess and the Devil"- but it's an example of what fanfic can do so well: take a simple moment and use it to throw some illumination on the characters.
Figureheads
Pairing: Horatio/Archie pre-slash
Author on LJ: None that I know of
Author Website: None that I know of
Why this must be read:
Speaking personally, because it grabbed me from the first line:
He had learned how to stand.
And from there on, it's just lovely language and solid characterization to the end. With a limited-canon fandom like this, fanon characterizations tend to come to the fore just through the passage of time (now there's an idea for someone who's into meta: fanon-drift in small-canon fandoms). This story very much comes back around to the versions seen on-screen. Not much actually happens- it's a conversation on-deck after the events of "The Duchess and the Devil"- but it's an example of what fanfic can do so well: take a simple moment and use it to throw some illumination on the characters.
Figureheads
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