ext_16080 ([identity profile] maryavatar.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] crack_van2006-06-01 11:16 am
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Harperlet by R. John Burke (PG)

Hi, I'm [livejournal.com profile] maryavatar, driving the van for Andromeda this month. I'm a great big Tyr/Harper slasher, but I'll roll over and beg for anything well-written and entertaining. Which is why my first rec is almost gen.

Fandom: Andromeda
Pairing: Tyr/Rommie, Harper/Trance (sort of)
Author on LJ: N/A
Author Website: Fanfiction.net profile
Why this must be read: Because it's hilarious if you know Andromeda, and hilarious if you know Shakespeare, and you will laugh up a lung if you know both. It's one of Shakespeare's finest tragedies dressed up as a Shakespearian comedy, written for a sci-fi audience. What's not to like?

Dylan: My hour is almost come, when I to sulfurous and tormenting flames must render up myself. (Aside) And they said I was just a hunk in leather!

Harper: So what’s the deal here? This isn't gonna be another 'restore the Commonwealth' thing, is it?

Dylan: Nah, this one's easy. I need you to get revenge on Tyr for me.

Harper: Oh, okay, if that's... Waitaminute! Get revenge on Tyr? Can’t I get revenge on somebody little, like maybe a Nightsider or...?

Dylan: Listen, Harper! I am thy father's spirit, doomed for a certain time to walk the night, and for the day confined fast to fires.

Harper: Yeah, but...

Dylan: It was murder most foul! Tyr poured poison in my ears...

Harper: Wow, how'd that happen?

Dylan: Don’t ask. Anyway, he killed me, he took my kingdom, he took my wife, he took my ship, he even took the last can of Who hash! And I didn’t get even get to pray first, so now I'm basically screwed for eternity! Now, no son of mine would stand for that!

Harper: Yeah, but Tyr? I mean, he's freakin' huge!

Dylan: Iolaus would have done this for me.

Harper: You always did like him best.

Harperlet

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