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Subject Line: Jingle All The Way by Rizabeau (NC-17)
Fandom: QUEER AS FOLK USA
Pairing: Brian/Justin
Author on LJ: N/A
Author Website: Rizabeau doesn't have a website (though she does have a Yahoo Group), but her stories are all archived at Across The Pond Rizabeau's stories at ATP
Why this must be read: Post Season 1. There is something about her stories that brings me back, time and time again. I've printed all of them, and that's saying something as she writes *tomes*. Her stories are almost all AU, but somehow she manages to write instances that correspond closely to canon, *ahead of canon*. Brian is a little more self-realized than he's portrayed in the show, and she uses some of the hot buttons in the fandom; "Baby" to describe Justin, and "I love you" from Brian. She even got them married with children- and I believed it could happen. (For that, you'll have to read "Songs in the Key of Love". [sequel due soon, I hope!])
But, somehow, it works for me when she writes it. When she first posted her work I didn't realize that she had never written *anything* before. Sure, they were rough in places, but I didn't realize that not only was she new to QAF, she was new to fandom in general, and writing in specific.
Jingle All The Way is my personal favorite of her stories. Brian is Brian - abrasive on the outside, hiding his emotions on the inside, but not written as "damaged Brian". Justin tries to manipulate things to go his way, and he's not "sick or abused" at all. And in the end, they have a happy, merry, Christmas.
"Brian really did like Christmas. He even had some happy memories of the day, shared with a lot of bad. He just didn't have time for it lately. He slowed as he walked past the `Christmas Shop' with all its unique ornaments in the window. He saw a shiny glass ornament of a little boy holding a bear, not far was another familiar image, an artist holding a palette. He was mesmerized for a moment. "Fuck you Justin. I am going to make you suffer for this." He muttered under his breath. He looked around as if to see if anyone was watching and then went into the store."
Jingle All The Way
Pairing: Brian/Justin
Author on LJ: N/A
Author Website: Rizabeau doesn't have a website (though she does have a Yahoo Group), but her stories are all archived at Across The Pond Rizabeau's stories at ATP
Why this must be read: Post Season 1. There is something about her stories that brings me back, time and time again. I've printed all of them, and that's saying something as she writes *tomes*. Her stories are almost all AU, but somehow she manages to write instances that correspond closely to canon, *ahead of canon*. Brian is a little more self-realized than he's portrayed in the show, and she uses some of the hot buttons in the fandom; "Baby" to describe Justin, and "I love you" from Brian. She even got them married with children- and I believed it could happen. (For that, you'll have to read "Songs in the Key of Love". [sequel due soon, I hope!])
But, somehow, it works for me when she writes it. When she first posted her work I didn't realize that she had never written *anything* before. Sure, they were rough in places, but I didn't realize that not only was she new to QAF, she was new to fandom in general, and writing in specific.
Jingle All The Way is my personal favorite of her stories. Brian is Brian - abrasive on the outside, hiding his emotions on the inside, but not written as "damaged Brian". Justin tries to manipulate things to go his way, and he's not "sick or abused" at all. And in the end, they have a happy, merry, Christmas.
"Brian really did like Christmas. He even had some happy memories of the day, shared with a lot of bad. He just didn't have time for it lately. He slowed as he walked past the `Christmas Shop' with all its unique ornaments in the window. He saw a shiny glass ornament of a little boy holding a bear, not far was another familiar image, an artist holding a palette. He was mesmerized for a moment. "Fuck you Justin. I am going to make you suffer for this." He muttered under his breath. He looked around as if to see if anyone was watching and then went into the store."
Jingle All The Way