Title: Adjustments
Fandom: Hot Fuzz
Pairing: Nick/Danny
Rating: PG-13/R
Notes: This piece follows Perfection; I thought it was time to switch over from sounding out first-times to choosing one of said first-times and building on it. Of the three I'd turned out, I thought that Perfection presented the best platform for continuation - so there you have it. I realized that the orchid and the reference to Danny's boxes had potentially opened up some quirky domestic possibilities (unless I've misjudged; in which case, feel free to tell me which one actually deserved a sequel). Where all the various sub-sections of Perfection were from Danny's point of view, I think it's fitting that this one should be comprised entirely of Nick's.
Summary: People, plants, and boxes make for cramped quarters indeed.
(Especially when you're downsizing from two flats to one.)
Fandom: Hot Fuzz
Pairing: Nick/Danny
Rating: PG-13/R
Notes: This piece follows Perfection; I thought it was time to switch over from sounding out first-times to choosing one of said first-times and building on it. Of the three I'd turned out, I thought that Perfection presented the best platform for continuation - so there you have it. I realized that the orchid and the reference to Danny's boxes had potentially opened up some quirky domestic possibilities (unless I've misjudged; in which case, feel free to tell me which one actually deserved a sequel). Where all the various sub-sections of Perfection were from Danny's point of view, I think it's fitting that this one should be comprised entirely of Nick's.
Summary: People, plants, and boxes make for cramped quarters indeed.
(Especially when you're downsizing from two flats to one.)
Title: At First Sight
Fandom: Hot Fuzz
Pairing: Nick/Danny
Rating: R/NC-17
Notes: As something of a departure from my previous two pieces (When to Stop & Perfection), this story is one that actually reaches back into the fabric of the film for certain of its scenes and situations. As you can probably guess, it's a sequence of firsts for these guys - some of them more meaningful than others.
Summary: The importance of little things can take a good while to sink in.
(Nick made a mental note to ask about that first, although the hedgehog would also need explaining.)
Fandom: Hot Fuzz
Pairing: Nick/Danny
Rating: R/NC-17
Notes: As something of a departure from my previous two pieces (When to Stop & Perfection), this story is one that actually reaches back into the fabric of the film for certain of its scenes and situations. As you can probably guess, it's a sequence of firsts for these guys - some of them more meaningful than others.
Summary: The importance of little things can take a good while to sink in.
(Nick made a mental note to ask about that first, although the hedgehog would also need explaining.)
Title: Thoughts
Fandom: Hamlet
Characters/Pairing: Ophelia, Hamlet/Horatio implied
Rating: PG-13
Notes: I've always been fascinated by the tendency for directors to have Ophelia go off on Horatio during the "By Gis and by Saint Charity/Alack, and fie for shame/Young men will do't, if they come to't/By cock, they are to blame" part of her song in the madness scene. If directorial decisions - enacted, picked up, and endlessly replicated - so easily enter popular canon, then it is only fitting to ask why.
Summary: Though this be madness, yet there is method in it.
(For I am more than half sick of shadows, having become a shadow myself.)
- and -
Title: At This Chance
Pairing: Obscured until the end, I fear. Bear with me!
Rating: PG-13
Notes: I wrote this in the wake of seeing the English Touring Theatre production of the play in November 2005. Ed Stoppard did an intriguing (if not brilliant) job as the prince, and the actor playing Horatio, whose name I now forget, was wonderful. In any case, this story owes to their performances and also to that of the cast of Shakespeare on the Common's summer 2005 production. I've never seen their likes.
Summary: Even this ending may chance to be more than it seems.
(The king comes to breakfast at half past ten, and not a moment sooner.)
Fandom: Hamlet
Characters/Pairing: Ophelia, Hamlet/Horatio implied
Rating: PG-13
Notes: I've always been fascinated by the tendency for directors to have Ophelia go off on Horatio during the "By Gis and by Saint Charity/Alack, and fie for shame/Young men will do't, if they come to't/By cock, they are to blame" part of her song in the madness scene. If directorial decisions - enacted, picked up, and endlessly replicated - so easily enter popular canon, then it is only fitting to ask why.
Summary: Though this be madness, yet there is method in it.
(For I am more than half sick of shadows, having become a shadow myself.)
- and -
Title: At This Chance
Pairing: Obscured until the end, I fear. Bear with me!
Rating: PG-13
Notes: I wrote this in the wake of seeing the English Touring Theatre production of the play in November 2005. Ed Stoppard did an intriguing (if not brilliant) job as the prince, and the actor playing Horatio, whose name I now forget, was wonderful. In any case, this story owes to their performances and also to that of the cast of Shakespeare on the Common's summer 2005 production. I've never seen their likes.
Summary: Even this ending may chance to be more than it seems.
(The king comes to breakfast at half past ten, and not a moment sooner.)
Title: When to Stop
Fandom: Hot Fuzz
Pairing: Nick/Danny
Rating: R/NC-17
Notes: In my mind, this is set more or less immediately post-film, but you can place it post-canon wherever you will.
Summary: Discovering the extent of one's limits is never an easy process.
(Awkward doesn't even begin to cover it.)
- and -
Title: Perfection
Fandom: Hot Fuzz
Pairing: Nick/Danny
Rating: R
Notes: God help me, but those reporters and their irrelevant questions are kind of intriguing. Like my first piece, this is a stand-alone, first-time story. But since When to Stop is from Nick's perspective, I figured I'd better do this one from Danny's.
Summary: What's your idea of a perfect...?
(Anything that's fit to print.)
Fandom: Hot Fuzz
Pairing: Nick/Danny
Rating: R/NC-17
Notes: In my mind, this is set more or less immediately post-film, but you can place it post-canon wherever you will.
Summary: Discovering the extent of one's limits is never an easy process.
(Awkward doesn't even begin to cover it.)
- and -
Title: Perfection
Fandom: Hot Fuzz
Pairing: Nick/Danny
Rating: R
Notes: God help me, but those reporters and their irrelevant questions are kind of intriguing. Like my first piece, this is a stand-alone, first-time story. But since When to Stop is from Nick's perspective, I figured I'd better do this one from Danny's.
Summary: What's your idea of a perfect...?
(Anything that's fit to print.)
How long ago did I say I'd do this?
There is plenty of justification for Stephen/Cranly, and I think I lean more towards that pairing, but Stephen/Davin is perfectly justifiable and damned adorable.
1. Davin calls Stephen "Stevie." Everyone else-- including Cranly-- calls him "Dedalus." Davin addresses Stephen more intimately than anyone else. Actually, even Stephen's own siblings call him "Stephen" instead of by a diminuative form.
a. This GREAT sensual quote about this: "The homely version of his christian name on the lips of his friend had touched Stephen pleasantly when first heard for he was as formal in speech with others as they were with him."
2. Stephen calls Davin his "little tame goose." In public, too; not even trying to hide his affection.
3. The relationship is an interesting one. Stephen seems to be more intelligent and Davin simpler, but Davin isn't unintelligent, really; more naive and idealistic; Stephen is cynical and disillusioned. Davin is the Estragon to Stephen's Vladimir. Davin is ardently nationalistic, while Stephen struggles with being Irish in the same way that Quentin Compson struggles with being Southern. (Why is there no Quentin/Shreve here yet?) Davin is a constant reminder to Stephen of his ancestry and identity; he wants to escape it, but he can't; he can't help but be Irish and he can't help but love Davin.
( Textual justification! )
There is plenty of justification for Stephen/Cranly, and I think I lean more towards that pairing, but Stephen/Davin is perfectly justifiable and damned adorable.
1. Davin calls Stephen "Stevie." Everyone else-- including Cranly-- calls him "Dedalus." Davin addresses Stephen more intimately than anyone else. Actually, even Stephen's own siblings call him "Stephen" instead of by a diminuative form.
a. This GREAT sensual quote about this: "The homely version of his christian name on the lips of his friend had touched Stephen pleasantly when first heard for he was as formal in speech with others as they were with him."
2. Stephen calls Davin his "little tame goose." In public, too; not even trying to hide his affection.
3. The relationship is an interesting one. Stephen seems to be more intelligent and Davin simpler, but Davin isn't unintelligent, really; more naive and idealistic; Stephen is cynical and disillusioned. Davin is the Estragon to Stephen's Vladimir. Davin is ardently nationalistic, while Stephen struggles with being Irish in the same way that Quentin Compson struggles with being Southern. (Why is there no Quentin/Shreve here yet?) Davin is a constant reminder to Stephen of his ancestry and identity; he wants to escape it, but he can't; he can't help but be Irish and he can't help but love Davin.
( Textual justification! )
Okay, so I have a few things to say. First of all, a request. I know we're not a particularly active community so finding stuff in the archives is not that hard, but I would love you all so much if you would tag your entries. This is just to make the comm more user-friendly and ease my Internet-specific obsession with orderliness. Okay? As soon as I have free time I'll go back and tag the old entries, unless someone wants to do it for me.
Second, I know I rail against spam in the comm profile, and I am annoyed by it, but please don't be bitches to spammers. That post (which I have deleted) was the result of a simple misunderstanding. Jumping down the poster's throat immediately was unnecessary. We are trying to put out a good image of ourselves, which won't happen if we are mean to people. Okay? Play nice.
Thirdly, finally, and on a lighter note, why has nobody done a Batman/Joker post? For serious you guys. I'm aware that a lot of us have things we're required to do that occupy most of our time, but I know for a fact that at least one of you doesn't have high school, college, or work to go to. Am I actually crazy in believing that this is an almost-canon pairing? Because really now. Get on it.
Love, me.
Second, I know I rail against spam in the comm profile, and I am annoyed by it, but please don't be bitches to spammers. That post (which I have deleted) was the result of a simple misunderstanding. Jumping down the poster's throat immediately was unnecessary. We are trying to put out a good image of ourselves, which won't happen if we are mean to people. Okay? Play nice.
Thirdly, finally, and on a lighter note, why has nobody done a Batman/Joker post? For serious you guys. I'm aware that a lot of us have things we're required to do that occupy most of our time, but I know for a fact that at least one of you doesn't have high school, college, or work to go to. Am I actually crazy in believing that this is an almost-canon pairing? Because really now. Get on it.
Love, me.
Perhaps I'm insane and absolutely destroying the masterpiece film, "Sleuth", starring Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine, but I can't help but feel there was an underlying sexual attraction between the two men which serves as the foundation for a possible relationship.
ecstaticMy first non-Shakespearean pairing to post, and it's *flourish* C-3PO/R2D2!
I hope that a few of you have heard of this at least. I've found a lot of people haven't, lately.
This was a series written by PG Wodehouse, in the 1930s. It was then turned into a radio series, and then later on, a tv series starring Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry. There have also been a few musicals and plays and whatnot as well. It's why the stereotypical name for a butler is "Jeeves".
What is it? It is the story of Bertie Wooster, a friendly and cheerful young man, who is rich, and who has never had a job in his life. He also has many friends. And he constantly gets into various 'scrapes', with the law, with his aunts, with women, with friends, etc. And Jeeves is his trusty, dignified, valet, who gets him out of trouble all the time. Though Jeeves is indeed an employee of Bertie, and therefore has to do what he says, he also takes pride in it, and is very selective about his employers. He sees Berties flaws, in fact, is very annoyed by several of them, but stays around anyway, knowing that Bertie is a good man, and, to shape him into something that is better. He also has a tendency, occasionally, to manipulate situations and Bertie for his own ends, or will put Bertie in bad situations, for the greater good.
The stories are told from Berties point of view, and so you just have to pick things up about Jeeves.
There are many reasons why they're almost canon. Well. Possibly without them knowing it, if I'm being completely sensible about the situation and not full on slashy and thinking they're actually at it behind the scenes. Bertie usually anyway, wants to be a bachelor forever. He doesn't like women very much, except occasionally, and then, it's usually for some reason like, he wants children. It's pretty much implied that the two of them will be together forever.
They're such a great pair. You can tell that though Jeeves is annoyed by Bertie's constantly light heartedness and folly, he also would miss it and is quite fond of it. And Bertie is so appreciative of Jeeves.
The tv series starts with Bertie, in court, drunk, and being fined the sum of five pounds for stealing a policeman's helmet. You then see him crashed out on the bed, in his very messy London apartment. The doorbell rings. He eventually gets up and answers the door, and on the doorstep, is Jeeves. "I was sent by the Agency, sir. I was given to understand you required a valet." and he, within five minutes (it's almost mary poppins ish, Bertie is in another room and goes into his bedroom, and it's perfectly clean), makes him a hangover cure, and Bertie says that he can stay. "I say!... I SAY!... You're engaged!" "Thank you sir. My name is Jeeves."
One of the things that Jeeves is *hugely* bothered by, that Bertie does, is his tendency to wear unsuitable clothes. I mean to say. The wrong suit while riding a train?? Goodness me! He's very disapproving of it, it's hilarious. Sometimes it's to the point where Jeeves actually feels physically ill by what Bertie, or someone else, is wearing.
He's also very disapproving of his frivolous music.
( music )
But something that I find really hilariously slashy, is the bit at the start of the book I have, Very Good, Jeeves.
This was a series written by PG Wodehouse, in the 1930s. It was then turned into a radio series, and then later on, a tv series starring Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry. There have also been a few musicals and plays and whatnot as well. It's why the stereotypical name for a butler is "Jeeves".
What is it? It is the story of Bertie Wooster, a friendly and cheerful young man, who is rich, and who has never had a job in his life. He also has many friends. And he constantly gets into various 'scrapes', with the law, with his aunts, with women, with friends, etc. And Jeeves is his trusty, dignified, valet, who gets him out of trouble all the time. Though Jeeves is indeed an employee of Bertie, and therefore has to do what he says, he also takes pride in it, and is very selective about his employers. He sees Berties flaws, in fact, is very annoyed by several of them, but stays around anyway, knowing that Bertie is a good man, and, to shape him into something that is better. He also has a tendency, occasionally, to manipulate situations and Bertie for his own ends, or will put Bertie in bad situations, for the greater good.
The stories are told from Berties point of view, and so you just have to pick things up about Jeeves.
There are many reasons why they're almost canon. Well. Possibly without them knowing it, if I'm being completely sensible about the situation and not full on slashy and thinking they're actually at it behind the scenes. Bertie usually anyway, wants to be a bachelor forever. He doesn't like women very much, except occasionally, and then, it's usually for some reason like, he wants children. It's pretty much implied that the two of them will be together forever.
They're such a great pair. You can tell that though Jeeves is annoyed by Bertie's constantly light heartedness and folly, he also would miss it and is quite fond of it. And Bertie is so appreciative of Jeeves.
The tv series starts with Bertie, in court, drunk, and being fined the sum of five pounds for stealing a policeman's helmet. You then see him crashed out on the bed, in his very messy London apartment. The doorbell rings. He eventually gets up and answers the door, and on the doorstep, is Jeeves. "I was sent by the Agency, sir. I was given to understand you required a valet." and he, within five minutes (it's almost mary poppins ish, Bertie is in another room and goes into his bedroom, and it's perfectly clean), makes him a hangover cure, and Bertie says that he can stay. "I say!... I SAY!... You're engaged!" "Thank you sir. My name is Jeeves."
One of the things that Jeeves is *hugely* bothered by, that Bertie does, is his tendency to wear unsuitable clothes. I mean to say. The wrong suit while riding a train?? Goodness me! He's very disapproving of it, it's hilarious. Sometimes it's to the point where Jeeves actually feels physically ill by what Bertie, or someone else, is wearing.
( clothes )
He's also very disapproving of his frivolous music.
( music )
( Read more... )
But something that I find really hilariously slashy, is the bit at the start of the book I have, Very Good, Jeeves.
( Read more... )
Ah-hah-hah. I just bought my own copy of "Portrait," and the actual story itself was prefaced by a quite long essay about Stephen and his obsession with words and other such things. There was one paragraph (which I shall quote in just a minute) that started talking about how INCREDIBLY HOMOEROTIC some of Stephen's thought are. A quote from the essay (kind of lengthy, but well worth it):
But something more is going on here. If 'suck' is a 'queer word', so is 'queer'. Until recently it meant (as an adjective) 'peculiar, eccentric' or (in slang) 'drunk' or (in thieves' cant) 'bad, worthless'; or (as a verb) 'to puzzle, to cheat, to spoil'. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary is too polite to record its more 'eccentric' meaning of 'homosexual', let alone its most recent swerve into a prideful self-appellation of that very group whose ugly taunters spat it out to shame them into hiding or conforming. This late history means that no reader can now read this passage without noticing the uncanny proximity in this naive text of so many 'not nice', indeed, 'queer' words: 'suck', 'queer', 'cocks'. But then we ourselves begin to slide into the perverse, the eccentric, the peculiar. Or do we? Later, some boys will be caught 'smugging' [a sexual act performed by one male to another involving their hands] in the 'square' for which they will face the option of either being flogged on the 'rump', that 'vital spot', or of being expelled-- forced outside the circle of the community (of communion and communication).
Brackets and underline are mine. BUT if anyone was in any kind of doubt regarding the possibility of Stephen/Cranly, this, I think, should erase said doubt completely.
Also, I fell off my bed laughing when I read the bit I've underlined. It was that funny (and also about one in the morning).
- Mood:
satisfied
Right. This fic is not my fault. At all. I would never by myself have thought to have written a fic about Brutus and Cassius in hell. It's elviaprose's fault - go and blame her.
Oh, and it's slightly inaccurate, if we're following the Divine Comedy's version of hell; I think Brutus and Cassius were meant to be in the devil's mouth, but the story works better this way. (In fact it's very inaccurate if we're following Dante, let's just assume that Dante got it wrong.)
( Redemption )
There is a common misconception that the film Casablanca is a love story between Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) and Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman). Forget it. Behind the cut you will discover evidence to the contrary...
Atlas Shrugged is, in essence, 1100 pages of intensely character-driven philosophy. It's probably not the sort of book most people read with slash in mind. I'm not sure how they avoid it, though. It is quite possibly the single slashiest novel I have ever read. Ever.
Allow me to demonstrate.
( Join me and revel in spoilers of delightfully incontestible slashiness. )
...And if you think this post was long, you should try reading the book!
Allow me to demonstrate.
( Join me and revel in spoilers of delightfully incontestible slashiness. )
...And if you think this post was long, you should try reading the book!
What is it with Shakespeare and his Romans? I think that The Tradgedy of Coriolanus, although rather obscure, is probably one of Shakespeare's most blatantly homoerotic plays. Coriolanus makes peace with his enemy, Aufidius, and Aufidius responds with a very, um, emotional monologue. The play is definitely worth a read, if you like slash, the history of the early Roman Republic, and a healthy dose of political theory. Uh...perhaps that's why it isn't exactly a smash hit :P
O Marcius, Marcius!
… Let me twine
Mine arms about that body, where against
My grained ash an hundred times hath broke
And scarr'd the moon with splinters: here I clip
The anvil of my sword, and do contest
As hotly and as nobly with thy love
As ever in ambitious strength I did
Contend against thy valour. Know thou first,
I loved the maid I married; never man
Sigh'd truer breath; but that I see thee here,
Thou noble thing! more dances my rapt heart
Than when I first my wedded mistress saw
Bestride my threshold.
… and I have nightly since
Dreamt of encounters 'twixt thyself and me;
We have been down together in my sleep,
Unbuckling helms, fisting each other's throat,
And waked half dead with nothing.
I'm surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet, but I'm happy to perform my civic duty and bring it up.
They love each other. Observe:
My teacher said that men were just more affectionate back then. I suggest that if they were more affectionate back then, it is because the sexually repressive social atmosphere just made them express their homosexuality in more socially acceptable ways.
They love each other. Observe:
"Cranly seized his arm and steered him round so as to head back towards Leeson Park. He laughed almost slily and pressed Stephen's arm with an elder's affections.
--Cunning indeed! He said. Is it you? You poor poet, you!
--And you made me confess to you, Stephen said, thrilled by his touch, as I have confessed to you so many other things, have I not?
--Yes, my child, Cranly said, still gaily."
"Cranly, now grave again, slowed his pace and said:
--Alone, quite alone. You have no fear of that. And you know what that word means? Not only to be separate from all others but to have not even one friend. ... And not to have any one person, Cranly said, who would be more than a friends, more even than the noblest and truest friend a man ever had.
His words seemed to have struck some deep chord in his own nature. Had he spoken of himself, of himself as he was or wished to be? Stephen watched his face for some moments in silence. A cold sadness was there. He had spoken of himself, of his own loneliness which he feared.
--Of whom are you speaking? Stephen asked at length.
Cranly did not answer."
"His [Cranly's] hat had come down on his forehead. He shoved it back: and in the shadow of the trees Stephen saw his pale face, framed by the dark, and his large dark eyes. Yes. His face was handsome: and his body was strong and hard."
My teacher said that men were just more affectionate back then. I suggest that if they were more affectionate back then, it is because the sexually repressive social atmosphere just made them express their homosexuality in more socially acceptable ways.
Joy of joys - reading a book of essays on Julius Caesar today, I came across one which actually thinks Brutus and Cassius are really slashy! (Not that he puts it like that, of course ;) ). Appropriate passages behind the cut.
I have a few of these I'd like to discuss, so I just picked one and went with it. I'm assuming we can post about the same pairing later on if we have more thoughts on it?
Now. Robin Hood, the new BBC version. Love it or hate it that's not any of my business. But you have to admit that there's at least a canon one sided relationship in it. Much acts a lot like he's in love with Robin. Much was Robin's servant and has been his servant since he was small. He helped him fight in the holy lands. And is now free, and chooses to stay with Robin because he loves him too much to leave. He's actually said that. He's horribly jealous of Marian. He's constantly saying that he loves him.
He completely dotes on him, and is usually quick to forgive whenever Robin stuffs up or hurts him. The sheriff uses him as bait, calling him Robin's 'little Mulch'. (His name! *fires arrows* Is MUCH!)
The only thing Much wants is a happy home, and he gives it all up to follow Robin. On several occasions. He sort of meets a girl he's interested in (and then never mentions again after the end of the episode) who tells him that 'you could... stay here. With me.' and he says 'I belong with Robin'.
He sulks if Robin doesn't give him enough attention (rightly so in many cases).
Much protects Robin's masculinity. To a strange degree. They were claiming that they were outlaws, (They were by that point but only by a day) and other outlaws said that Robin smelt like lavendar. (When he'd actually bathed with rose petals).
I'm totally convinced that he's being written as a gay man. I wish I could find more examples, I know there was this great bit where Robin said he loved Much and then Much was upset because if Robin loved him he should let him protect him. Sorry this is such a pathetic entry... but, I hope some people here know what I'm on about!
Now. Robin Hood, the new BBC version. Love it or hate it that's not any of my business. But you have to admit that there's at least a canon one sided relationship in it. Much acts a lot like he's in love with Robin. Much was Robin's servant and has been his servant since he was small. He helped him fight in the holy lands. And is now free, and chooses to stay with Robin because he loves him too much to leave. He's actually said that. He's horribly jealous of Marian. He's constantly saying that he loves him.
- Robin suggests to his gang bringing food to the people of Nettlestone.]
- Much: You just want everyone to love you.
- Robin: No, I do not want to be branded a killer. It is different!
- Much: You want to be loved! And I tell you something: it's not fair... I love you, and no one gives me any food. Yet people who DO NOT love you are fed.
- Robin: Aw... Much.
- Much: The world is wrong! We're feeding people who do not love us and... saving a man who wants us dead. [Pause.] I've changed my mind... I no longer love you. Now can I eat?
He completely dotes on him, and is usually quick to forgive whenever Robin stuffs up or hurts him. The sheriff uses him as bait, calling him Robin's 'little Mulch'. (His name! *fires arrows* Is MUCH!)
The only thing Much wants is a happy home, and he gives it all up to follow Robin. On several occasions. He sort of meets a girl he's interested in (and then never mentions again after the end of the episode) who tells him that 'you could... stay here. With me.' and he says 'I belong with Robin'.
He sulks if Robin doesn't give him enough attention (rightly so in many cases).
Much protects Robin's masculinity. To a strange degree. They were claiming that they were outlaws, (They were by that point but only by a day) and other outlaws said that Robin smelt like lavendar. (When he'd actually bathed with rose petals).
- Outlaw: And they reckon they're on the same side as us? Think about it. You know any outlaws who take lavender baths?
- Roy: No. John?
- [John shakes his head.]
- Much: It's NOT lavender!
- Much: What? You think he's getting information?! From one of us? No... Master surely it's a mistake! A traitor?! Who? That's why you sent up back to camp! Because you suspect... you suspect me?!
- Robin: Much, I have to suspect everybody!
- Much: That's me, you suspect me?!
- Robin: Much, go back to the camp!
- Much: What do I have to do to prove my loyalty to you? What? Tell me! What? I'll chop off my own arms! Well... one arm because once I chop that off then... I wouldn't be able to... chop off... the other...
I'm totally convinced that he's being written as a gay man. I wish I could find more examples, I know there was this great bit where Robin said he loved Much and then Much was upset because if Robin loved him he should let him protect him. Sorry this is such a pathetic entry... but, I hope some people here know what I'm on about!
Ok, so not exactly, but On the Road has some of the most glaringly obvious subtext I have ever come across.
I submit for your evaluation of almost-canonicity: Enjolras/Grantaire, from Les Misérables. It being Hugo, the evidence is both extensive and exceedingly long-winded, so be warned. ;)
( Not to be outdone by Balzac, Hugo should've named this chapter Les Allusions Perdues )
( Not to be outdone by Balzac, Hugo should've named this chapter Les Allusions Perdues )
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irisbleufic : New Hot Fuzz fic: "Adjustments" - Nick/Danny - PG13/R [+0] - irisbleufic : More Hot Fuzz fic: "At First Sight" - Nick/Danny - R/NC17 [+0]
- irisbleufic : ...and also two Hamlet stories, if you'll have them: [+0]
- irisbleufic : Two pieces of Hot Fuzz fic for your perusal: [+0]
- commeantennas : A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: Stephen/Davin [+4]
- the_alliterator : Modpost time you guys. [+22]
- smartamy15 : Andrew/Milo from "Sleuth" [+1]
- drowsywriter : Hellboy 2: The Golden Army [+2]
- elviaprose : C-3PO/R2D2 (heh) [+23]
- longlongwaytogo : Jeeves And Wooster [+24]
- the_alliterator : "Portrait of the Artist" Part Two-- The Essay [+5]
- casablancagirl : Brutus/Cassius - Fic [+1]
- casablancagirl : Casablanca - Louis/Rick [+9]
- _grayswandir_ : Atlas Shrugged: Hank/Francisco. I could almost swear this *is* canon. [+20]
- elviaprose : Coriolanus/Aufidius [+12]
- commeantennas : A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: Stephen/Cranly [+3]
- casablancagirl : More Brutus/Cassius stuff [+12]
- longlongwaytogo : Much and Robin of Locksley [+4]
- silentsighs : On the Road or: How Jack Kerouac Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Buttsecks [+5]
- 10littlebullets : I love this comm already. [+7]
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