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arsenicjade.livejournal.com) wrote in crack_van2011-11-19 10:23 pm
Floor 37 by Closer (gen)
Fandom: SUITS
Pairing: none
Length: 6,771
Author on LJ: not that I'm aware of
Author Website: AO3 page
Why this must be read:
Let me admit a bias: I love pretty much everything this author does, all the time, ever. I had a really hard time picking which story to rec. Zie has much better known ones, much longer ones, etc. But the OC in this fic is awesome, and it says so much about Mike as a person, and it also deals with THE most annoying canon continuity issues in the series. Hir characterisation of Harey is also priceless, here.
"You know your history. Hardman senior that was -- his son is the Hardman in the firm now. It was Sawyer's idea to hire only from Harvard, which at the time was a stroke of marketing genius, though I'm not sure why we still bother. Louis is of the opinion that it has a cachet, I know. What do you think?"
Mike hesitated.
"Oh, be honest, I see it so rarely in lawyers," Jack teased, as they stepped into an empty elevator.
"You know how Saturday Night Live came out of Second City Improv?" Mike asked.
"I'm fascinated by where this is going."
"So everyone who wants to be on Saturday Night Live goes to Second City," Mike said. "And they do exactly what they see people doing on Saturday Night Live, only some of them are just imitating, and none of them really have any original ideas of their own, because they're afraid if they do they'll miss their shot. Which kind of kills the originality of the...original," he finished lamely.
Jack was blinking at him.
"You're a roundabout one, aren't you?" he asked.
"I get flustered when people want my opinion," Mike admitted. "It doesn't happen a whole lot."
Floor 37
Pairing: none
Length: 6,771
Author on LJ: not that I'm aware of
Author Website: AO3 page
Why this must be read:
Let me admit a bias: I love pretty much everything this author does, all the time, ever. I had a really hard time picking which story to rec. Zie has much better known ones, much longer ones, etc. But the OC in this fic is awesome, and it says so much about Mike as a person, and it also deals with THE most annoying canon continuity issues in the series. Hir characterisation of Harey is also priceless, here.
"You know your history. Hardman senior that was -- his son is the Hardman in the firm now. It was Sawyer's idea to hire only from Harvard, which at the time was a stroke of marketing genius, though I'm not sure why we still bother. Louis is of the opinion that it has a cachet, I know. What do you think?"
Mike hesitated.
"Oh, be honest, I see it so rarely in lawyers," Jack teased, as they stepped into an empty elevator.
"You know how Saturday Night Live came out of Second City Improv?" Mike asked.
"I'm fascinated by where this is going."
"So everyone who wants to be on Saturday Night Live goes to Second City," Mike said. "And they do exactly what they see people doing on Saturday Night Live, only some of them are just imitating, and none of them really have any original ideas of their own, because they're afraid if they do they'll miss their shot. Which kind of kills the originality of the...original," he finished lamely.
Jack was blinking at him.
"You're a roundabout one, aren't you?" he asked.
"I get flustered when people want my opinion," Mike admitted. "It doesn't happen a whole lot."
Floor 37