crack_van | Denial is Not Just a River in Egypt by Rebelcat (R)

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Denial is Not Just a River in Egypt by Rebelcat (R)

Fandom: STARSKY & HUTCH
Pairing: Starsky/Hutch
Author on LJ:

myrebelcat
Author Website: Rebelcat’s Starsky & Hutch Fanfic

Why this must be read:

Can you keep a secret? Starsky and Hutch are gay!

Wait a moment, you say, that’s not much of a secret, especially in a slash fic. Ah, but the individual who doesn’t know this secret and why he never will, makes this a very different story indeed. In fact, this is one of the funniest, smartest, and boldest tackling of how sexual orientation is defined within S & H slash that I’ve ever read.

If none of that is reason enough, you’ll just have to read it for the wonderful characterization, unusual cameo appearances (the horny spider plant is my personal favorite), and brilliant metaphors that will leave you smiling hours after you’ve finished the story.

Denial is Not Just a River in Egypt

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Thanks for reccing this- it's one of my favourite stories of Rebel's. I had as much fun reading it this time around as the first.
(easing my way back into the world after 3 weeks vacation)

Your welcome. This is one of my all time favourites too, and I was glad when I figured out how well it fit with my theme this month. (I have to have a theme -- it's an OCD thing).

And welcome back from vacation. I hope you had a great time. Or do I hope you had a boring time, so you had to spend your entire vacation writing fic? Hmm, I think I'll try not be selfish, and hope you had a restful and fun time away. :-)

This was hysterical! Unfortunately I didn't see a link to send feedback-am I blind or just so spoiled by lj that I missed it?

This is great! It's really funny and really well-written - I loved it, and I'm not even in the fandom.

It is a bit trickier, lj has spoiled us! Below are the two easiest (I think) ways of contacting Rebelcat.

You can send her feedback by going here:

Contact Us (http://rebelcat4.tripod.com/id24.html)

Or by commenting on her lj:

Denial Is Not Just a River in Egypt (http://community.livejournal.com/30_lemons/208562.html).

I'm very glad you enjoyed, and I know she'll love to hear from you. Thanks for posting.

And I was just telling Rebel this weekend that the sign of good writing is when people who don't even know the fandom can enjoy the story!

Thank you for giving a S & H story a chance. It was an accidental posting of a C.W.W. story rec in the Starsky & Hutch memories that got me hooked on MfU.

Besides you have a cute brunet and blond, in a close friendship and partnership, that is loving and a wee bit competitive, fighting on the side of good. Okay, so instead of Brooks Brothers, the brunet wears tight, tight, impossibly tight jeans, but I'm willing to live with that difference. :-)

instead of Brooks Brothers, the brunet wears tight, tight, impossibly tight jeans

You have just unintentionally cleared up a life-long mystery for me - in Guys and Dolls, Sky Masterson tells Sarah that the ideal man she is waiting for is the "breakfast-eating Brooks Brothers type" - and thanks to you I now know that Brooks Bros is a fancy tailor's!

I used to watch S&H eons ago, so at least I knew what I was supposed to be visualising when i read the story :-) The tight jeans were rather unforgettable (though back in the day I thought they were tres gross).

and thanks to you I now know that Brooks Bros is a fancy tailor's!

Brooks Brothers is the American men's clothing manufacturer and store, starting in 1818 (although since 1988, it's no longer owned by Americans). They created various distinctive looks for both men's shirts (the button down collar) and suit jackets (the flap that exposes the bottom is oh so very American), and are also famous for making "off-the-rack" suits fashionable and socially acceptable with the well-to-do.

Of course, it didn't hurt that they also provided the wardrobe for all sorts of nattily dressed handsome fellows on the tube, such as Mr. Solo and one of his 253 illegitimate offspring -- Mr. Stephen Colbert. Of course, that's just my theory and I think your recent fun story just provides more support!

The tight jeans were rather unforgettable (though back in the day I thought they were tres gross).

Yes, I didn't appreciate the sexploitation of the stars of that show at the time. Now, however, I'm enjoying my second adolescence (way more than the first).

Okay, so a "Brooks Brothers type" is more someone conventionally respectable than a fancy dresser? And can you also enlighten me as to the meaning of the phrase "Scarsdale Galahad?" (because the entire line is "You have wished yourself a Scarsdale Galahad/The breakfast-eating Brooks Brothers type").

I didn't know who Mr Stephen Colbert-Solo was until I googled him, and I see what you mean! Though he also bears a strong resemblance to Wesley Wyndham-Price from Angel, which makes for a very intriguing bloodline indeed. Of course, if Wesley was actually another of the 253, it would explain why his father hated him...

Scarsdale is a very well-to-do suburb north of New York City, so presumably a "Scarsdale Galahad" would be a combination pure at heart knight in shining armor who could also provide you with a really nice house and two car-garage.

The "breakfasting-eating" stumped me at first, but my friend Adrienne just pointed out that opposed to cool beatniks that stay out all night, a "breakfast-eater" would be a morning person who presumably worked 9-5. "Brooks Brothers" is a considered classy, but yes, more than a bit square, at least by beatnik standards. :-)

I didn't know who Mr Stephen Colbert-Solo was until I googled him, and I see what you mean!

The resemblance is even stronger in action. Their gestures and the stance are similar, but then they are both very confident "characters".

Though he also bears a strong resemblance to Wesley Wyndham-Price from Angel, which makes for a very intriguing bloodline indeed. Of course, if Wesley was actually another of the 253, it would explain why his father hated him...

And looked nothing like his so-called father! New canon! Wesley Wyndham-Price is Napoleon Solo's love-child #172.

Oh and look, your delightful "Tending the Garden" just got recc'd here by C.W.W. Good for you!

Ah, brilliant! This all fits perfectly - Sarah has just confessed to Sky

"I've imagined every bit of him -
from his strong moral fiber
to the wisdom in his head
to the homely aroma of his pipe"

so the Scarsdale Galahad, breakfast-eating Brooks Brothers type response is spot on. Thank you so much!

This business of Napoleon Solo's love children something of a revelation - I hope I don't start seeing them everywhere (it makes me feel like a conspiracy theorist "But don't you see! It makes so much SENSE! Once you accept the basic premise everything falls into place!")

Thank you for the heads-up about the C-V rec - I'm thrilled to bits! It's my first ever MfU rec, and a really nice one, too.

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