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crack_van2012-08-01 01:49 pm
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My Hair Like Jesus Wore It by Your Woman Now (PG)
It's hard to believe that after 17 years in this fandom (is that possible?), this is the first time I've had the privilege of driving the crack van. If you think Starsky wasn't nervous when he loaned me the Torino, think again! This thing is as big as the Queen Mary, and I'm used to an old Toyota Tercel. Okay, everyone climb in -- the striped tomato must hold 30 people. Forget the seatbelts, it's the 70's, there are no seatbelt laws, and the boys never used 'em. And besides, anything that hits this monster will never survive the impact. Okay, are we ready? Who's got the keys? Oh, yeah, I do!!! Here we go. I'll try not to shut my eyes when I hit the gas. It's time to rec some fics from the greatest love story ever shown on television.
Fandom: STARSKY & HUTCH
Pairing: Starsky/Hutch
Length: 16,800
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
your_woman_now
Author Website:
your_woman_now
Why this must be read:
For our first thrill-packed ride, I want to bring your attention to a brand new writer. Your Woman Now has given us the kind of story I love: the slow, sneaky romance. The kind of thing that happens when you aren't looking, just getting through every day, living your complicated, adventure-packed cop's life, until you finally realize...oh, so this is love!
The author's summary tells us this story is, "A long journey from here to there, with a bit of Starsky H/C, a bit of Hutch angst and a lot of love for Starsky’s awesome mane of hair…" That's the really fun hook. (The title is from a song in the musical, "Hair.") It's a unique twist that pulls us into the story, gets us involved with something familiar and known, and takes us places we haven't been before.
The boys' penchant for practical jokes and one-upmanship reads true, like when Hutch takes advantage of a sleeping Starsky and starts sliding pencils in Starsky's hair to see how many it will hold. In another scene, Hutch's penchant for resting his arm on the back of the car seat backfires when his sleeve button accidentally gets caught in Starsky's hair as they spot a perp they need to pursue. The timing and description of the awkward entanglement made me howl.
The writer has a clean writing style and an efficient way of setting a scene, using the readers' senses to bring us into the moment, letting us see and hear the action. A one-on-one basketball game: "Around nine, they went to the park to shoot hoops. The rim, a dull ring of light hung on the dark, banged and clattered; their sneakers slapped and skid on the concrete." We are there, watching the game.
The story travels neatly from the episodes Bloodbath to Blindfold to The Avenger (how many stories have used The Avenger?) to repercussions from Hutch's shooting in Black and Blue before leading us into familiar possibilities in Sweet Revenge. Told in Hutch's point of view, the journey is rich with humor and tenderness. We learn things about the boys' lives that only could have happened in, around, and between episodes while they were learning how to deal with their own unique intimacy.
Such as (from Hutch's point of view): "There had never been anything in his thirty-two years had ever mattered half as much as this, the thing he and Starsky had made between them." And: "Whatever they were, they had always been."
I suppose it's possible I'm partial to this story since the writer both shows respect for Hutch's Glorious Mustache and confirms what I've always contended, that Starsky is not a crier. But that doesn't account for the silly grin I wore the entire time I read it, and how very there I was through the entire experience. It's a wonderful story. Enjoy.
My Hair Like Jesus Wore It
Fandom: STARSKY & HUTCH
Pairing: Starsky/Hutch
Length: 16,800
Author on LJ:
your_woman_nowAuthor Website:
your_woman_nowWhy this must be read:
For our first thrill-packed ride, I want to bring your attention to a brand new writer. Your Woman Now has given us the kind of story I love: the slow, sneaky romance. The kind of thing that happens when you aren't looking, just getting through every day, living your complicated, adventure-packed cop's life, until you finally realize...oh, so this is love!
The author's summary tells us this story is, "A long journey from here to there, with a bit of Starsky H/C, a bit of Hutch angst and a lot of love for Starsky’s awesome mane of hair…" That's the really fun hook. (The title is from a song in the musical, "Hair.") It's a unique twist that pulls us into the story, gets us involved with something familiar and known, and takes us places we haven't been before.
The boys' penchant for practical jokes and one-upmanship reads true, like when Hutch takes advantage of a sleeping Starsky and starts sliding pencils in Starsky's hair to see how many it will hold. In another scene, Hutch's penchant for resting his arm on the back of the car seat backfires when his sleeve button accidentally gets caught in Starsky's hair as they spot a perp they need to pursue. The timing and description of the awkward entanglement made me howl.
The writer has a clean writing style and an efficient way of setting a scene, using the readers' senses to bring us into the moment, letting us see and hear the action. A one-on-one basketball game: "Around nine, they went to the park to shoot hoops. The rim, a dull ring of light hung on the dark, banged and clattered; their sneakers slapped and skid on the concrete." We are there, watching the game.
The story travels neatly from the episodes Bloodbath to Blindfold to The Avenger (how many stories have used The Avenger?) to repercussions from Hutch's shooting in Black and Blue before leading us into familiar possibilities in Sweet Revenge. Told in Hutch's point of view, the journey is rich with humor and tenderness. We learn things about the boys' lives that only could have happened in, around, and between episodes while they were learning how to deal with their own unique intimacy.
Such as (from Hutch's point of view): "There had never been anything in his thirty-two years had ever mattered half as much as this, the thing he and Starsky had made between them." And: "Whatever they were, they had always been."
I suppose it's possible I'm partial to this story since the writer both shows respect for Hutch's Glorious Mustache and confirms what I've always contended, that Starsky is not a crier. But that doesn't account for the silly grin I wore the entire time I read it, and how very there I was through the entire experience. It's a wonderful story. Enjoy.
My Hair Like Jesus Wore It