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The Blue Room by Suzan Lovett (PG-13)
Fandom: MAN FROM UNCLE
Pairing: Napoleon Solo/Illya Kuryakin (we really need a marker for ambiguous)
Length: 5,797 words
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: The Reading Room
Why this must be read:
I love episode related fiction. By that I don't necessarily mean pure "casefiles" or stories that read just like series episodes, but stories that deepen and illuminate MFU episodes and explore ( to steal![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
azdak's description in a recent comment) cracks in the episodes. And MFU episodes have a lot of intriguing cracks.
The Blue Room takes place just after "The Nowhere Affair" as Napoleon begins to realize that there is something about Mara that everyone but he seems to be aware of. And even Illya, or maybe especially Illya, refuses to enlighten him. When Napoleon then goes to Dr. Tertunian--who designed the computer program that matched him with Mara--for answers, what he learns leads him to "the blue room, the room where you must not go". This story is densely written, sophisticated and fierce in its examination of Napoleon and Illya and a relationship that is as problematic as it is necessary to both of them.
The Blue Room
(Bonus is one of her beautiful illustrations)
Pairing: Napoleon Solo/Illya Kuryakin (we really need a marker for ambiguous)
Length: 5,797 words
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: The Reading Room
Why this must be read:
I love episode related fiction. By that I don't necessarily mean pure "casefiles" or stories that read just like series episodes, but stories that deepen and illuminate MFU episodes and explore ( to steal
azdak's description in a recent comment) cracks in the episodes. And MFU episodes have a lot of intriguing cracks.The Blue Room takes place just after "The Nowhere Affair" as Napoleon begins to realize that there is something about Mara that everyone but he seems to be aware of. And even Illya, or maybe especially Illya, refuses to enlighten him. When Napoleon then goes to Dr. Tertunian--who designed the computer program that matched him with Mara--for answers, what he learns leads him to "the blue room, the room where you must not go". This story is densely written, sophisticated and fierce in its examination of Napoleon and Illya and a relationship that is as problematic as it is necessary to both of them.
Damn Waverly, anyway.
And damn him, for going along with it.
Damn Illya, too. Damn him twice over, for Illya had obviously known from the beginning it wouldn't work, yet he'd sat on his dissent, hoarding it until too late.
The Blue Room
(Bonus is one of her beautiful illustrations)