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crack_van2011-11-08 06:40 pm
t-verano.livejournal.com) wrote in crack_van2011-11-08 06:40 pm
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The Night Terrors by Fluterbev (mature)
Fandom: THE SENTINEL
Pairing: (slash) J/B
Length: 175,208 words (total; posted in three parts)
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
fluterbev
Author Website: Fluterbev's Fanfiction (on Dreamwidth)
WARNINGS: per author's notes on the first arc of the story: "There are a number of potentially triggering themes in this story. These include:
* Male rape (not shown, though the aftermath is alluded to frequently).
* Suicidal thoughts.
* References to molestation and rape of female characters. This is not graphically depicted."
Why this must be read: The Night Terrors is a (novel-length — long enough to revel in) fantasy AU that beautifully creates and sustains a mythic feeling and style in a richly built world, one that lingers long after you read it. And it has one heck of a plot, with pacing that feels natural and inventiveness that makes for satisfying — and gripping — reading.
As always in Bev's fic, the emotional connection between Blair and Jim (James here) is strong and deeply affecting. I especially love seeing Jim through the lens of this world as James: he's even more the protector of his tribe than he is in canon (on a broader and more powerful, political, responsibility-laden basis, which…okay, appears to be a kink of mine about Jim. Who knew?). Bev fits various other TS canon characters into the world she's made in plotty and fascinating ways that remain true to the essence of those characters, and several well-done original characters also play small but vital parts.
The Night Terrors themselves — I'm in so much love with them, it's practically embarrassing (it can't be right to love monsters — if that's what you call them — can it?). They're scary (truly, truly scary). I'm not going to say anything else about them, much as I want to, because you need to discover them through the unfolding of the story (and oh, you really do need to discover them, they're such wonderful monsters).
This is most definitely a world worth immersing yourself in. (And if you like angst and h/c, or, you know, are deeply addicted to them ::points shamelessly at self:: — this fic has so very much to offer in the action and the developing relationship between James and Blair that gets challenged to its very core.)
< /barely scratching the surface review >
Links to The Night Terrors:
~ on Dreamwidth (scroll down to Slash Stories section)
~ at Archive of Our Own
Pairing: (slash) J/B
Length: 175,208 words (total; posted in three parts)
Author on LJ:
fluterbevAuthor Website: Fluterbev's Fanfiction (on Dreamwidth)
WARNINGS: per author's notes on the first arc of the story: "There are a number of potentially triggering themes in this story. These include:
* Male rape (not shown, though the aftermath is alluded to frequently).
* Suicidal thoughts.
* References to molestation and rape of female characters. This is not graphically depicted."
Why this must be read: The Night Terrors is a (novel-length — long enough to revel in) fantasy AU that beautifully creates and sustains a mythic feeling and style in a richly built world, one that lingers long after you read it. And it has one heck of a plot, with pacing that feels natural and inventiveness that makes for satisfying — and gripping — reading.
As always in Bev's fic, the emotional connection between Blair and Jim (James here) is strong and deeply affecting. I especially love seeing Jim through the lens of this world as James: he's even more the protector of his tribe than he is in canon (on a broader and more powerful, political, responsibility-laden basis, which…okay, appears to be a kink of mine about Jim. Who knew?). Bev fits various other TS canon characters into the world she's made in plotty and fascinating ways that remain true to the essence of those characters, and several well-done original characters also play small but vital parts.
The Night Terrors themselves — I'm in so much love with them, it's practically embarrassing (it can't be right to love monsters — if that's what you call them — can it?). They're scary (truly, truly scary). I'm not going to say anything else about them, much as I want to, because you need to discover them through the unfolding of the story (and oh, you really do need to discover them, they're such wonderful monsters).
This is most definitely a world worth immersing yourself in. (And if you like angst and h/c, or, you know, are deeply addicted to them ::points shamelessly at self:: — this fic has so very much to offer in the action and the developing relationship between James and Blair that gets challenged to its very core.)
< /barely scratching the surface review >
Links to The Night Terrors:
~ on Dreamwidth (scroll down to Slash Stories section)
~ at Archive of Our Own
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Such an epic of a story; when you read it be prepared to be whisked away to another time and place and don't think you're coming back anytime soon. This is the kind of story that keeps people up reading all night.
And hugs to you, T.
Laurie
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It certainly kept me up reading, never knowing what was coming next...
*hugs you back*
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I'm thinking one of the reasons I've never tried driving the van before is that I want to say way too much about whatever fic I'm talking about and it's tough for me to figure out how to say enough of what I want to say without giving away any of the things I want a reader to find out for themselves when they read. (Okay, reallllly long sentence there. See what I mean? Too wordy. :-))