The Gift of the M.A.G.I. Affair by laughingacademy (Teen and Up

[georgiamagnolia.livejournal.com]

Please forgive me, this is a holiday fic, but not a Valentine fic. I wanted something soothing and glowy and comforting and this little story fits the bill for me. I hope it does for y'all as well.

Fandom: THE MAN FROM UNCLE
Pairing: Illya/Napoleon
Length: 1272 words
Author on LJ: laughingacademy
Author Website: More Stories Here
Why this must be read: This has all kinds of good things including food!porn, established relationship, banter, teasing, appropriate gifts that are appropriate, New York landmarks, books, and a gentle demeanor that is soothing and leaves the reader with a satisfied glow of reflected warmth from the friendship between our two favourite spies.

The Gift of the M.A.G.I. Affair

And please remember, if you enjoy this story, a comment to the author is all the payment they get! Show them some love!

((PostScript! Happy Illya and Napoleon Day! Such a lovely date, don't you think? *grin*))

Comments

What a great start to the V-Day weekend!

[laughingacademy.livejournal.com]

Eeeeeee! Thanks for the rec!

Re: What a great start to the V-Day weekend!

[georgiamagnolia.livejournal.com]

It is all entirely MY pleasure, I assure you! Happy Day and you are most welcome!

[1-mad-squirrel.livejournal.com]

I have never seen "The Man From UNCLE", but I love David McAllum in NCIS, and all these recs I've seen over the years at crack_van have me intrigued. I checked Netflix, and it's not available for streaming there, only disc rental, and it's not on Hulu. I'd rather not have discs mailed to me by Netflix, and I really don't want to buy dvds of a show I've never seen before. Do you have any ideas where I might find it?

[georgiamagnolia.livejournal.com]

I am at work and don't have the links right now, but will comment you some when I get home, in the meantime, if you inquire over at mfu_canteen the Cousins who do have access to their bookmarks at home can hook you up with episodes and movies and all manner of Baby!McCallum links.

I am glad you are enjoying the stories!

[1-mad-squirrel.livejournal.com]

Actually, I haven't read any of the stories yet, I didn't want to without having seen at least some of the show. I was just starting to feel left out of the fun.

And "Cousins"? The Forever Knight fandom has "Cousins" too! ;-)

[georgiamagnolia.livejournal.com]

*laugh* And there is a crossover in the CrackVan archives that crosses NCIS, Man from UNCLE, Sapphire&Steel AND Forever Knight. *grin*

I hope we can get you on board, there is a lot of fun MFU out there to enjoy!

[1-mad-squirrel.livejournal.com]

"Forever Knight" was my first online fandom. I found it in 1998, which was two years after the show went off he air. Now, in 2011 the man fandom list, FORKNI-L is still going strong, and some of the faction lists are still active.

[georgiamagnolia.livejournal.com]

http://www.youtube.com/user/Shovewood#p/u

Ok! This YouTube channel here has a selection of MFU as well as other things that David and/or Robert are in, browse around and see what's what. And you might try out your local library as a source for DVDs of some of the TV shows, free and no obligation! I hope something appeals!

[1-mad-squirrel.livejournal.com]

Thank you georgiamagnolia!

BTW, I'm originally from Virginia, and we had a huge magnolia in our front yard when I was growing up.

[1-mad-squirrel.livejournal.com]

I tried one episode of what I presume was Man from UNCLE (it said File Forty but it mentioned Napoleon) and it said it had been removed at the request of Warner Brothers, who I presume own the rights. :(

[georgiamagnolia.livejournal.com]

Sadly, yes it would seem that the agents of evil are on the case with the removal of goodness. I am so sorry because MFU is made of win and yay. But there are many many stills to be found of Baby!McCallum, not the same, but enjoyable nonetheless. Maybe the library will have them and you can get a little taste of our boys all young and handsome and whatnot.

[georgiamagnolia.livejournal.com]

*is jealous*

I am from Wyoming originally and the origin of my online ID is pretty much TL;DR, but suffice it to say that I would love to have a magnolia tree nearby. Right now would be especially nice as I am in the cold and not yet Springtime Rockies.

[1-mad-squirrel.livejournal.com]

We're both on Mountain Time! Cool! Except in the summer when wacky Arizona doesn't go on DST, so we're the same as Pacific Time.

[1-mad-squirrel.livejournal.com]

Can you point me to that fic?

[georgiamagnolia.livejournal.com]

http://community.livejournal.com/sapphirensteel/18982.html

I really love this fic, I hope you enjoy!

(and here is the link to my rec of it in the van in case you want to read me be all squee over it *snerk*:
http://community.livejournal.com/crack_van/4581419.html )