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crack_van2004-08-26 10:01 pm
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Nature And Degree by Skud (NC-17)
Fandom: HORATIO HORNBLOWER
Pairing: Bush/Edrington Archie/Horatio/Edrington (implied)
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
q_skud_
Author Website: The Scriptorium
Why this must be read:
The pairing is--on the surface--impossible. Two characters who never meet in canon. And yet, the pairing is perfect. The sober Lieutenant Bush and the snarky Major My Lord Edrington, just work so well. Set during an invented shore leave early in Mutiny, Nature and Degree is all about Bush. He's new to his ship. He's just starting to observe and get to know his shipmates. And he does not like what he sees.
Skud's characterizations are brilliant. Her Bush is a man on the edge; angry, mistrustful, paranoid, and yet entirely sympathetic. We the readers know that he has every reason to be worried about the state of affairs on his new ship. Her Edrington meanwhile is complex and multilayered. Yes, he's the Slutbunny we all know and love, but he's also a gentleman and a soldier and a friend. Their interaction is both rough and tender, searing emotional honesty and mind-blowing not-at-all-gentle sex.
In the same universe ascommodorified's All the King's Men which I recced at the beginning of the month, but very much a seperate and distinct story which is why I thought it was more appropriate to rec them seperately.
Nature and Degree
Pairing: Bush/Edrington Archie/Horatio/Edrington (implied)
Author on LJ:
q_skud_Author Website: The Scriptorium
Why this must be read:
The pairing is--on the surface--impossible. Two characters who never meet in canon. And yet, the pairing is perfect. The sober Lieutenant Bush and the snarky Major My Lord Edrington, just work so well. Set during an invented shore leave early in Mutiny, Nature and Degree is all about Bush. He's new to his ship. He's just starting to observe and get to know his shipmates. And he does not like what he sees.
Skud's characterizations are brilliant. Her Bush is a man on the edge; angry, mistrustful, paranoid, and yet entirely sympathetic. We the readers know that he has every reason to be worried about the state of affairs on his new ship. Her Edrington meanwhile is complex and multilayered. Yes, he's the Slutbunny we all know and love, but he's also a gentleman and a soldier and a friend. Their interaction is both rough and tender, searing emotional honesty and mind-blowing not-at-all-gentle sex.
In the same universe as
commodorified's All the King's Men which I recced at the beginning of the month, but very much a seperate and distinct story which is why I thought it was more appropriate to rec them seperately.Nature and Degree
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