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crack_van2004-11-11 06:29 pm
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Hyperion to a Satyr by Sebastian (NC-17)
Fandom: THE PROFESSIONALS
Pairing: Bodie/Doyle
Author on LJ: no
Author Website: http://www.zeropanic.net/
Why this must be read:
I'm Justacat, your reccer for November. Sorry I've been a little late starting - I've been finishing up a major overhaul of the The Circuit Archive, the Pros fanfic - and now fan art! - archive, and I haven't been able to spare energy for anything else. That's done now (insofar as any archive can be "done," that is :-), so I have time to think about other things - still Pros things, of course!
Any list of the best writers in Pros includes Sebastian, and a number of her stories have been rec'ed already. I like her because while she always gives us glimpses of the tenderness and affection and deep attachment between the guys, and also their individual vulnerability, she also keeps them indisputably guys - tough and hard and not so good at communicating. Often her stories, especially the later stories, have some degree of angst and darkness, which I find appropriate to this fandom, and a melancholic-but-yet-uplifting feel to them (she's also written some that are far from uplifting, but being a happy-ending sort of person myself, those tend not to be my favorites). She also does good smut, by which I mean that it's in character, not cookie-cutter, and gives the reader insight into the characters and their relationship.
Hyperion to a Satyr is probably my favorite of all Sebastian's stories. It's a gentle story, written in Sebastian's typical almost lyrical style. It has passion and heat, longing and despair, affection and tenderness and an unbelievably lovely resolution, the kind that leaves you smiling through tears. It's entirely in character; the relationship between the two feels genuine and so amazingly and beautifully intimate, and the story gives insight into Bodie's psyche, in particular, that I find realistic and believable. It's a moving and deeply, deeply satisfying story - a classic in the fandom.
Hyperion to a Satyr (originally published in The Hatstand Express Fiction Supplement 3)
Pairing: Bodie/Doyle
Author on LJ: no
Author Website: http://www.zeropanic.net/
Why this must be read:
I'm Justacat, your reccer for November. Sorry I've been a little late starting - I've been finishing up a major overhaul of the The Circuit Archive, the Pros fanfic - and now fan art! - archive, and I haven't been able to spare energy for anything else. That's done now (insofar as any archive can be "done," that is :-), so I have time to think about other things - still Pros things, of course!
Any list of the best writers in Pros includes Sebastian, and a number of her stories have been rec'ed already. I like her because while she always gives us glimpses of the tenderness and affection and deep attachment between the guys, and also their individual vulnerability, she also keeps them indisputably guys - tough and hard and not so good at communicating. Often her stories, especially the later stories, have some degree of angst and darkness, which I find appropriate to this fandom, and a melancholic-but-yet-uplifting feel to them (she's also written some that are far from uplifting, but being a happy-ending sort of person myself, those tend not to be my favorites). She also does good smut, by which I mean that it's in character, not cookie-cutter, and gives the reader insight into the characters and their relationship.
Hyperion to a Satyr is probably my favorite of all Sebastian's stories. It's a gentle story, written in Sebastian's typical almost lyrical style. It has passion and heat, longing and despair, affection and tenderness and an unbelievably lovely resolution, the kind that leaves you smiling through tears. It's entirely in character; the relationship between the two feels genuine and so amazingly and beautifully intimate, and the story gives insight into Bodie's psyche, in particular, that I find realistic and believable. It's a moving and deeply, deeply satisfying story - a classic in the fandom.
Hyperion to a Satyr (originally published in The Hatstand Express Fiction Supplement 3)