Anything by Lee the T (gen PG-13 / slash NC-17)

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Fandom: MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
Pairing: nil for gen version, Napoleon Solo/Illya Kuryakin for slash version.
Author on LJ: leethet
Author Website: Lee the T's Stories: Gen. Her slashfic is listed in File 40.

Why this must be read:

Illya is presumed dead in a suspicious hotel fire. A devastated Napoleon loses his will to work for UNCLE as he wrestles with grief and guilt. Cue major angst. But all is not as it seems. A mysterious stranger offers Napoleon the chance to get Illya back...but at what cost to himself?

MfU fandom has a unique integrative approach to fanfic. There are a number of gen and slash versions of the one story as many fans are bifictional and monogamous in their fannish tastes.

This story is a fine example: a suspenseful action plot is welded to an absorbing and gripping emotional journey. As a die-hard slasher, I find the ending to the gen version to be too emotionally muted. Then again, I guess genners must find the wonderfully joyous banter in the slash conclusion to be way over-the-top.

I always have an underlying distrust for bifictional writers: I fear they will not give their slashfic the emotional intensity it deserves as they juggle action plot and relationship. Fortunately, this story proves me wrong.

Anything (gen version)
Anything (slash version)

Comments

[cousinnat.livejournal.com]

I think everyone should read Anything by Lee the T. I also think everyone should read anything by Lee the T.

Nat :)