Doing It by flaming_muse (PG)

[phoebesmum.livejournal.com]

My New Year, which was pretty good to begin with, thanks, was improved even more by an email from crack_van asking me to do another round of Sports Night recs this month. I think of Sports Night as The Little Fandom That Could; occasionally it experiences a wave of renaissance, oftentimes it seems on the verge of dying out altogether, but somehow it always keeps on ticking over. Long may it continue to do so. Maybe some of these recs will encourage new readers and viewers to check the show out – wouldn't that be lovely?

I'm starting with a wonderful little Natalie pov fic (just under 2,000 words), from April of last year.

Fandom: SPORTS NIGHT
Pairing: Casey/Dan
Author on LJ: flaming_muse
Author Website: Adventures in the Jossverse

Why this must be read: Natalie knows something, and she wants to tell many, many people, reads the author summary. Imagine, if you will, Natalie as a squeeful fangirl; and then imagine that that squeeful fangirl has just found out that the hot gay boys in her office have finally stopped acting like idiots, got their act together, and got it on. Then imagine how Kim (another squeeful fangirl) would react to the news. And Elliott, who's a little slow to catch on. And Jeremy ("[They're not doing it] right now? Isn't it time for the show?"), whose initial doubts are allayed by alliteration. And … Isaac. Oh, Isaac!

Well, stop imagining – unless you've gone to a really happy place, and if you have then come back when you're through – because flaming_muse has already done it for you, and has recorded the results for us all to see. And to reread, time and time again. There's no graphic description here, it's all allusion and inference, and yet it couldn't be hotter if the boys were making out right in front of our eyes. Or at least – not by much. Wonderful work, and I'm happy to be able to make it my first rec of the year.

Doing It

Comments

[suchthefangirl.livejournal.com]

I am so glad you are back on the van.

I just went and reread this story and was surprised to find that I hadn't commented the first time I read it (actually, I didn't comment this time either, as what I wanted to say had been said, many times over), but I thought you would like to know that there were at least six people that had commented after being sent there by you.

You are reaching people! Way to go. I think there are more fans out there than we realize.

[phoebesmum.livejournal.com]

That's good to know. Maybe every reader's New Year resolution should be to leave feedback on every fic they read - even if they don't like it, they could at least say 'Thank you for writing'. That way we would at least know there was someone out there!

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for such a wonderful write-up!

[phoebesmum.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome - thank you for such a wonderful fic. I was very glad to see that quite a few people followed the link to it, and left feedback.