crack_van | What's Luck Got to Do with It? by S T (NC-17)

Fandom: Magnificent 7
Pairing: Ezra/Vin
Author on LJ: not that I know of
Author's Website: for this story, Tar 'n Feathers
Why this must be read:

Of all the pairings of the Mag7 universes, probably the one I have the hardest time accepting is Ezra and Vin. From the series itself, it's clear that the two men are about as opposite as night and day - and more significantly, other than the other five men they ride with, they have virtually nothing in common. But they are one of the more popular pairings, and for those of us who love Vin, and who will take him any way we can get him, we accept E/V - even though I do it with a certain level of 'suspension of disbelief'.

Until - I was pointed to this story. S T does something that very very few Ezra writers do - she makes him as dominant in the story as I see him in the series. Not 'tie-Vin-to-the-bed' dominant, but, to quote Ezra from the show itself, "I abhor gambling and as such leave nothing to chance". In this story - he does leave nothing to chance, and it is wonderful and wicked because of it! The characters are awesome - true to the show and yet their interaction in the story is sound as well, something I could actually accept. The writing is strong, the story is fun, and I just love Ezra's very polite way of taking charge.

What's Luck Got to Do with it?

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Regarding Ezra/Vin pairing, I think a lot of fans of the pairing got inspiration from one episode. Think it's the one with the woman who is after Chris; in it, Chris and the woman are in a buggy and the other six are on horses following. You see Vin and Ezra teasing each other, mock fighting over food (fried chicken maybe?). They seemed especially relaxed and friendly with each other in the scene. It inspired me to find the pairing believable, at least.

I would love to read it but I click on the story, get the "I am over 18" window, click ok, and nothing happens.

I - (love your icon) - don't seem to have that problem, but let me check it from a different computer when I get to work. (when you get to the page where you have the title summary, you do have to click on the little 'dot dot dot' link between the number '1.' and 'S T' at the bottom . . . )

Yes, that's about the only place where they aren't usually at odds with each other - and even then,there's a certain level of competition. I go back to the scene in "Achilles" where Ezra, albeit drunk, makes fun of Vin's poetry writing, and even earlier, the way Vin ignores him in "The Collector" when he demands that Vin pay him interest on the $300 Vin borrowed from him for Mrs. Nettie. To me - and it is mostly my own perception - it would definitely be a case of opposites attracting. But their disagreements aren't passionate enough to let me see 'fire' either, like opposites attracting.

S J - and Cobalt, both do good studies of the characters though in their writings, and something that they each do with both Vin and Ezra (possibly using Vin as the POV point) gets their stories past my 'uh huh' editor.

I know it seems an unlikely pairing, but if it's well done - like this is - it works very nicely. Not quite my favourite M7 pairing,but it's up there.

Yes - and thanks - S T does do a very good job with it. If you get a chance, check out her "In Heat" which is also on the TnF website. I'd very much like to see th sequel to that one!

Ezra and Vin are actually the two characters I enjoy the most, although I can see how some might find it a harder sell. I think of moments like in "Working Girls" where Vin mentions Ezra is "graceful". Or the scene in Collector - I don't see it so much as Vin ignoring Ezra as knowing him well enough to read him well.

I guess that's where I see the point of intersect - Vin, as a tracker, looks for details, behaviors, etc. to tell him the truth of things. Ezra might pretend to be a lot of things, talks a good game, but when it comes down to it, his true nature shows through. I like the pairing for that kind of gentle faith Vin seems to have in Ezra when everyone else doubts him.

(Off to read the rec now!)

oh, sorry heh. Thank you very much for replying and being patient with my encroaching senility!

LOL - no prob - I had to learn that trick as well. Let me know what you think!

And I do, very much, adore the way you put that "gentle faith" - that's very much how he deals with all of them (Josiah in "Penance" comes to mind, as well).

Let me know what you think of the story! When Ezra is written as he is here, I find it a lot easier to accept the idea.

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