Dreams & Desire by Gryphons Lair (R)

[fairestcat]

Hi there, I'm Cat, some of you might remember me from last month when I recced Horatio Hornblower, this month I'm back with yet another Age of Sail fandom, and the one that got me into the genre, Pirates of the Caribbean. I'm going to try to rec a variety of stories this month, I read a lot of variety in this fandom, but I especially love Sparrington and Poly as well as more obscure or gen stuff. I'll start off the month with some fresh and fabulous new Sparrington

Fandom: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
Pairing: Jack Sparrow/James Norrington
Author on LJ: gryphons_lair with commodorified
Author Website: none
Why this must be read:

gryphons_lair takes a classic Sparrington trope and gives it a gloriously fresh spin. It's some unspecified time after the end of the movie and both Jack Sparrow and James Norrington find themselves perpetually distracted by thoughts and dreams of the other. It's a popular tale, but gryphons_lair makes it feel fresh and utterly believable. What carries it off is her fabulous feel for plot and characterization. Not only Jack and James come alive in this story, but a whole collection of supporting characters, from Lts. Gillette and Groves to Gibbs and Anamaria, every one of them is alive and distinct. They move in and out of the narrative, but they are just as alive and distinct and real as the two main characters. Meanwhile, gryphons_lair puts as much effort and attention into how Jack and James arrive at their eventual meeting as she does into the meeting itself. She takes her time, she makes it believable, so that the payoff is not merely incredibly sexy, but believable and right.

commodorified is credited as co-author of the final part and her trademark skill for erotic writing is very apparant.

Overall, it is simply a stunning, sumptuous story.

Dreams and Desire

Comments

[merelyn.livejournal.com]

Great fic! I'm really looking forward to the Sparrington recs. It's been a while since we've had any here. :)