Living With the Effects of Involuntary Temporal Slippage -- A Case History by sheldrake (PG - Teen)

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I swear I will get into three a week once the days get a tiny bit longer! Either way, I'm back round the block today with another dose of Brit goodness; this time in the form of The Mighty Boosh's Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt. I'm a huge fan of double acts, and while the Boosh are a five man team Noel and Julian are frequently treated as their own separate entity and classed as a double act. They have a strange energy between them, Noel's flighty and frequently child-like behavior mashed up against the more reserved and 'classic' Julian seems like a team doomed to burn itself out, but I firmly believe there will always be something special there.

Fandom: RPF (British Comedy)
Pairing: Noel Fielding/Julian Barratt
Length: 5820
Author on LJ: sheldrake
Author Website: sheldrake on AO3

Why this must be read:
Up front, this piece is a mind trip. It's told in third person, but apparently from the inside of Noel's head - as the title suggests he's having difficulty dealing with the implications of time. Time is weird, as the story states strongly, it moves forward and sometimes back or sidelong. It stretches, thick and thin, creating an altered reality in Noel's mind.

While there is Noel/Julian content - this story is not really about Noel and Ju. It's about everything.

It's beautiful, really. This is one that I'll let speak for itself.


What do you think time is, really? Is it a winged chariot? A string of sausages? Some hooded bloke with a scythe? Is it a container holding you and me and everything else inside it, or an arrow, or a wheel: a dharmic thing of endless repetitions? Is it shaped like a doughnut, or a box, or a kaleidoscope, its colours and shapes collapsing in on themselves, turning into new colours and new shapes?

I have heard that time flies and devours, that it heals and steals and is stolen from. I have heard that time is an illusion (and lunchtime doubly so). I've heard that it will not, under any circumstance, wait -- that it's running out, and that we have all the time in the world.

Perhaps time is a river in flood: fast-flowing and inexorable. Then again, perhaps it's a clear, bright stream, something you can step into or out of as the fancy takes you.

Anyway. Time is weird.



So, while it may not be everyone's cuppa - I thought it was a delightful journey into the altered state of Noel's mind. Really, just a beautiful read.

Living With the Effects of Involuntary Temporal Slippage -- A Case History

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Thanks again. ;)