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The Glass Portrait, by Keiko (PG)
Fandom: MASTER AND COMMANDER
Pairing: Aubrey/Maturin
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
keiko_kirin
Author Website: Keiko's fic
Why this must be read:
It might seem strange to rec a post-series fic when trying to introduce people to a series, but this one is just so good that I had to. Despite being Jack/Stephen, it really might as well be a continuation of canon: nothing here seems out of place or even surprising. I'm a sucker for later-in-life-they're-still-together stories, and this is the best one I've ever read in any fandom, full stop. Jack and Stephen, still being themselves when they're old. (The characterisation here is amazing, and the style and the references are both gorgeous.) We'll never get any more books by O'Brian, but for me, this is the way the series goes.
My other favourite thing here is the way it shows the complexity of the relationship - the fact that whether they're sleeping together or not isn't the important thing about their relationship. It's about more than that; much more relevant is the sheer amount of things they've been through together, the decades they've spent with each other as a constant. This fic really shows how both their lives are more complicated than that, with wives and children and each other, and in doing so manages to do justice to the complex emotional world that O'Brian created. Which is, I think, pretty damn impressive.
The Glass Portrait
Pairing: Aubrey/Maturin
Author on LJ:
keiko_kirinAuthor Website: Keiko's fic
Why this must be read:
It might seem strange to rec a post-series fic when trying to introduce people to a series, but this one is just so good that I had to. Despite being Jack/Stephen, it really might as well be a continuation of canon: nothing here seems out of place or even surprising. I'm a sucker for later-in-life-they're-still-together stories, and this is the best one I've ever read in any fandom, full stop. Jack and Stephen, still being themselves when they're old. (The characterisation here is amazing, and the style and the references are both gorgeous.) We'll never get any more books by O'Brian, but for me, this is the way the series goes.
My other favourite thing here is the way it shows the complexity of the relationship - the fact that whether they're sleeping together or not isn't the important thing about their relationship. It's about more than that; much more relevant is the sheer amount of things they've been through together, the decades they've spent with each other as a constant. This fic really shows how both their lives are more complicated than that, with wives and children and each other, and in doing so manages to do justice to the complex emotional world that O'Brian created. Which is, I think, pretty damn impressive.
The Glass Portrait