crack_van | Object of Desire by Clotho (G)

I'm

rosiespark, and it’s my watch on the Hornblower Crack Van this month. I'm a slash girl at heart, mainly movieverse, with Archie/Horatio being the pairing closest to my heart, but I’ll happily read (and rec!) a wide variety of fic including gen, bookverse stuff, AU’s and any pairing that’s plausibly written. I’d say my primary demands of any fic are good characterization and good writing.

I’d enthusiastically lined up a number of wonderful fics that are personal favourites. And then I had a good look at the archives and discovered that they’d almost all already been rec’d. Oh woe! So I’ll adopt a different approach and will be rec’ing mainly shorter pieces that maybe didn’t get the attention they deserve and that are far too good to be forgotten.

Fandom: HORNBLOWER
Pairing: Could be summed up as "Everyone wants Horatio."
Author on LJ:

clotho123
Author Website: http://uk.geocities.com/clotho1231/home.htm
Why this must be read:

The author refers to this fic as a farce – I’d prefer to call it a piece of inspired silliness. Humor is rare enough in this fandom, but this little fic has its tongue tucked firmly in its cheek and is consequently a great favourite of mine. Clotho weaves a delightful web of situations and unlikely encounters that pokes gentle fun at the fanfic cliché of a sexually oblivious Horatio by having everyone (and I mean everyone!) lust after him unrequitedly.

Every time I read this fic, I’m always impressed by the way all the characters are so recognizable and well drawn – and with a cast of thousands (well, almost!) spanning the first six films, that’s no mean feat. I mean, how often do Captain Sawyer and Major My Lord Edrington share the same page? And as an irresistible bonus, we finally get to find out the reason for Horatio’s penchant for cold showers on deck…

Object of Desire