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crack_van2008-11-26 08:42 pm
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Unveiled by Elysian Stars (PG)
Fandom: SWORDSPOINT
Pairing: Alec/Richard
Length: circa 1K
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
elysian_stars
Author Website: Mostly on LJ, but her fanfiction.net profile is here.
Why this must be read:
Written for Brigdh (wordsofastory ) in Yuletide 2006, Elysian Stars’ Unveiled takes Richard’s blindness as a starting point. For the swordsman of the first novel, disability should have spelled disaster, but in Privilege of the Sword Ellen Kushner narrates both anger and acceptance. Unveiled takes both into account, in writing which concentrates on texture and feeling – not just the sensations that Richard uses to compensate and balance his loss of sight, but the corresponding imbalance in his relationship with his lover.
‘Then the truth sunk its teeth in, and since Richard wasn't one to panic and go running to doctors, he simply began to memorise what he could: the evening sky, bruised rose and gold like a late summer apple over the sprawling rooftops, pigeons with dusty feathers perched on crumbling chimney-stacks, the broken-wine-bottle colour of the river; the soft fall of Alec's hair and brilliant curve of his mouth (marble and velvet be damned).’
Unveiled
Pairing: Alec/Richard
Length: circa 1K
Author on LJ:
elysian_stars Author Website: Mostly on LJ, but her fanfiction.net profile is here.
Why this must be read:
Written for Brigdh (
wordsofastory ) in Yuletide 2006, Elysian Stars’ Unveiled takes Richard’s blindness as a starting point. For the swordsman of the first novel, disability should have spelled disaster, but in Privilege of the Sword Ellen Kushner narrates both anger and acceptance. Unveiled takes both into account, in writing which concentrates on texture and feeling – not just the sensations that Richard uses to compensate and balance his loss of sight, but the corresponding imbalance in his relationship with his lover. ‘Then the truth sunk its teeth in, and since Richard wasn't one to panic and go running to doctors, he simply began to memorise what he could: the evening sky, bruised rose and gold like a late summer apple over the sprawling rooftops, pigeons with dusty feathers perched on crumbling chimney-stacks, the broken-wine-bottle colour of the river; the soft fall of Alec's hair and brilliant curve of his mouth (marble and velvet be damned).’
Unveiled