Heat by Isis (NC-17)

[snowgrouse.livejournal.com]

Fandom:BLAKE'S 7
Pairing:  Blake/Avon
Author on LJ: Not that I know of
Author Website: Don't know
Why this must be read:

In my first post I mentioned that yes, I do like some of the old-skool slash, albeit as a guilty pleasure. This fic is a classic in the old-skool schmoop genre. Complete with cringeworthy, worrying metaphors and OOC exclamations, but... *damn*. I love this story. It's one of these where the characters knew each other pre-series, but were later mindwiped and forgot everything. This particular story starts on Gauda Prime, with Avon in his cell, and then proceeds in flashbacks until we arrive on GP again. The first flashback, to Avon first meeting Blake on a summer camp when they're both sixteen,  is gorgeous and what makes me still love this story, despite its faults. GUH. B/A. Sixteen.

Guilty pleasure, IMHO but enjoyable as a story, if you can overlook the typical old-skool bits.

Heat

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Hope you enjoyed my recs. I'd love to hear feedback on all of this month's ones, as I'd be happy to rec some more later on:). And yay, only recced one of mine as a sequel as is proper. Whoo. *pimps self too*

Comments

[executrix.livejournal.com]

I'd love to hear your thoughts about how B7 slash has changed and what makes Old Skool (more of) a guilty pleasure than later stories.

And because B7 is a small fandom, crack_van reviewers have specific permission to auto-pimp.

[snowgrouse.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking of general fic improvement things. As in really considering whether this or that exclamation is OOC, whether there are too many Americanisms involved in a Britfic and vice versa, whether a "steamy crotch" might seem painful etc... what I consider old skool fic is the majority of fic published in early to mid-90's zines, lightly edited or not edited at all. I think that the Internet has been a major force in promoting the goodness that is beta reading, getting writers to really think of the details in their stories, that sort of thing... I don't think there's a cure for the ubermush, though.

[executrix.livejournal.com]

I think that pretty much across fandoms, a lot of readers are *in* it for the Big Lurve, so I think mush is here to stay.