Fandom: PETER WIMSEY
Pairing: Peter/Harriet
Length: 7,300 words
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nineveh_uk
Author Website: See the wimseyfic tag on her LJ
Why this must be read:
Fanfic notoriously falls into two broad categories, "more of" and "more than". "More of" strives to give the reader more of what they loved about canon. The characters, type of events, even – in a literary fandom – the style all aspire to be the kind of thing the author might have written. "More than" gives us all the lovely fanfic tropes – steamy sex, hurt/comfort, rarepairings, AUs, mpreg, tentacleporn – that the author for some reason failed to include in canon. Wimsey fandom, perhaps surprisingly, has an abundance of both types of fic (with AUs being the honourable exception), and I shall be picking recs from both, to give an idea of the range and diversity of writing available, and to show just how much fun can be had with DLS's characters.
My first rec, though, is a classic of the "more of" variety. Or perhaps I should say an "instant classic", since it was only posted last week. I apologise to all those onnineveh_uk's flist who have already read this, but for the sake of those who haven't, and for all the new fans who come along in the future, I can't think of a better fic to start with. That a Lover have his Desire gives us a few missing scenes from Gaudy Night, after Peter has proposed and Harriet accepted, and it is quite simply astonishing. There are those of us who suspect that, if nineveh_uk is not actually the reincarnation of DLS, then she at least has a direct line to the Nether Regions which enables her to take dictation. You could insert this story into Gaudy Night and defy anyone to spot the seams.
‘Peter, I promise faithfully that when we are married, I’ll spoon with you at the Picture Palace to a programme of exhibition diving and a newsreel on industrialization in the Ukraine. But I’d rather like a little practice before venturing on a public performance. Surely we can find a quiet corner somewhere or other?’
That a Lover have his Desire
Pairing: Peter/Harriet
Length: 7,300 words
nineveh_ukAuthor Website: See the wimseyfic tag on her LJ
Why this must be read:
Fanfic notoriously falls into two broad categories, "more of" and "more than". "More of" strives to give the reader more of what they loved about canon. The characters, type of events, even – in a literary fandom – the style all aspire to be the kind of thing the author might have written. "More than" gives us all the lovely fanfic tropes – steamy sex, hurt/comfort, rarepairings, AUs, mpreg, tentacleporn – that the author for some reason failed to include in canon. Wimsey fandom, perhaps surprisingly, has an abundance of both types of fic (with AUs being the honourable exception), and I shall be picking recs from both, to give an idea of the range and diversity of writing available, and to show just how much fun can be had with DLS's characters.
My first rec, though, is a classic of the "more of" variety. Or perhaps I should say an "instant classic", since it was only posted last week. I apologise to all those on
nineveh_uk's flist who have already read this, but for the sake of those who haven't, and for all the new fans who come along in the future, I can't think of a better fic to start with. That a Lover have his Desire gives us a few missing scenes from Gaudy Night, after Peter has proposed and Harriet accepted, and it is quite simply astonishing. There are those of us who suspect that, if nineveh_uk is not actually the reincarnation of DLS, then she at least has a direct line to the Nether Regions which enables her to take dictation. You could insert this story into Gaudy Night and defy anyone to spot the seams. ‘Peter, I promise faithfully that when we are married, I’ll spoon with you at the Picture Palace to a programme of exhibition diving and a newsreel on industrialization in the Ukraine. But I’d rather like a little practice before venturing on a public performance. Surely we can find a quiet corner somewhere or other?’
That a Lover have his Desire
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