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Three Songs Ray Sings Questionably Well (And One He Doesn't) by Perpetual Motion (R)
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_steelphoenix_, and I'll be driving the van Humvee for Generation Kill this month! This is one of the HBO War Series, following a platoon of Marines of the First Recon Battalion in the first 40 days of the Iraq War; they have an excellent site with info, recaps, and pictures here.
We're going to start off with canon-universe recs, and then move on to AUs. This could be a little belt-fed; I've got a rec for every day of the month. I'll try to rec as wide a variety of styles, authors and pairings as possible, so that you can see the awesome that is GK fandom! Right, we're Oscar Mike!
Fandom: GENERATION KILL
Pairing: Brad Colbert/Ray Person
Length: 4927
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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Author Website:perpet_fic
Why this must be read:
This fic has an excellent voice; it really feels like you're right there with Reporter. It hits all the same notes as the miniseries - the humour, the tension, the banter, and the Marines just being Marines (complete with murderous threats and Very Bad Language). It's also a beautifully clear and subtle portrait of Ray, Brad, and their relationship - showing and letting the reader imply.
You're left with the impression that this could maybe have happened, between the lines that Reporter wrote and the scenes in the mini.
When Brad admits to liking Pocahontas, Reporter writes it down but puts a question mark next to it. Over the last couple of weeks, he's learned that he only needs to pay attention to about ten percent of what Ray says; the other ninety caught by the digital recorder so Reporter can get some occasional sleep. And he's learned that Trombley, while perhaps a little fucked up, is not a threat outside of giving Reporter a severe case of the heebie-jeebies on occasion.
But Brad. Brad's harder to read even now. Reporter thinks that part of it is that he spends most of his days sitting behind Brad, so he isn't as practiced at reading Brad's expressions as he is with Ray and Trombley. It doesn't help that most of Brad's expressions are a smirk of some kind, and Reporter is still trying to differentiate between the sardonic smirk, the amused smirk, and the murderous smirk.
"Really?" he asks Brad a few minutes later. "Pocahontas?"
Three Songs Ray Sings Questionably Well (And One He Doesn't)
_steelphoenix_, and I'll be driving the We're going to start off with canon-universe recs, and then move on to AUs. This could be a little belt-fed; I've got a rec for every day of the month. I'll try to rec as wide a variety of styles, authors and pairings as possible, so that you can see the awesome that is GK fandom! Right, we're Oscar Mike!
Fandom: GENERATION KILL
Pairing: Brad Colbert/Ray Person
Length: 4927
Author on LJ:
perpet_ficAuthor Website:
perpet_ficWhy this must be read:
This fic has an excellent voice; it really feels like you're right there with Reporter. It hits all the same notes as the miniseries - the humour, the tension, the banter, and the Marines just being Marines (complete with murderous threats and Very Bad Language). It's also a beautifully clear and subtle portrait of Ray, Brad, and their relationship - showing and letting the reader imply.
You're left with the impression that this could maybe have happened, between the lines that Reporter wrote and the scenes in the mini.
When Brad admits to liking Pocahontas, Reporter writes it down but puts a question mark next to it. Over the last couple of weeks, he's learned that he only needs to pay attention to about ten percent of what Ray says; the other ninety caught by the digital recorder so Reporter can get some occasional sleep. And he's learned that Trombley, while perhaps a little fucked up, is not a threat outside of giving Reporter a severe case of the heebie-jeebies on occasion.
But Brad. Brad's harder to read even now. Reporter thinks that part of it is that he spends most of his days sitting behind Brad, so he isn't as practiced at reading Brad's expressions as he is with Ray and Trombley. It doesn't help that most of Brad's expressions are a smirk of some kind, and Reporter is still trying to differentiate between the sardonic smirk, the amused smirk, and the murderous smirk.
"Really?" he asks Brad a few minutes later. "Pocahontas?"
Three Songs Ray Sings Questionably Well (And One He Doesn't)