Discovered in a Christmas Stocking, 1st Day - Two drabbles

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

And finally...

I hadn't intended to use the prompt for Day 1 on the Advent Calendar, and I don't usually write drabbles, but having sorted out the pics and got them ready to post I started to think, and fiddle, and type, and...

Yeah, OK. The final bit of my post is a pair of drabbles vaguely related to a Colouring Book, and photos, and - well, just pics in general.

So...


Pictures of Bodie
Doyle’s artist’s eye made his memory a picture book of his past.
Some scenes he wanted to forget, wanted the rage and horror and grief to bleed from them like a colouring book left out in the rain until the pain had faded to innocuous monochrome.
But there were many he wanted to keep, safe in the folds of his mind, bright and vivid and newly-painted.
Most especially those of his partner.
Doyle knew that if all the other carefully-preserved pages from the book of his life faded, he would not care – as long as his pictures of Bodie remained.


Pictures of Doyle
Bodie had never wanted to be an artist. For him, it was poetry, the beauty and rhythm of patterned words which touched him most deeply.
But now, suddenly, he wanted to be able to draw. To capture something of the fluid grace and beauty he saw before him, to fill sketch books with pictures of the poetry in motion that was his partner. Preserving that richness in his memory for always.
What could words say, after all?
“4.5 pursued the subject for some distance on foot, wrestled him to the ground and subdued him.”
Nah. Didn’t cut it by half.

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ETA :- Oops - forgot the trailer. I'll just quickly add it here...

Title: Pictures
Author:SAC
Slash or Gen:Slash - Sort of
Archive at ProsLib/Circuit: yes, I'll get round to it, promise
Disclaimer: They're not mine! *sob*. I just like to play with them every now and then, and I promise to give them back to Brian Clemens and LWT when I 've finished.
Warnings: None.



And that concludes my posts for Day 1 of our Christmas Countdown. I hope you enjoy them, and Happy December!

Comments

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

And very nice posts they all were! I do like these drabbles--the differences between them, but absolutely the same when it comes to their passion for each other. *g* I like Doyle not caring as long as Bodie's picture remains sharp and clear; and I love Bodie's prosaic description of action that, yeah, doesn't show the half of what he really sees. Heh. Well done.

Thank you for a fabulous first day!

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your lovely comments. It was surprisingly scary being first up, so I'm relieved my contributions are being met with general approval.

Phew!

I can relax for a bit now... until December 8th, when *That* comes out to play.

You know, that thing I was talking about with you and EOS in the summer... *winks significantly*

[scherwood]

Lovely~! :D
Happy December to you too! *hugs* <3

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

Hee!

*hugs back*

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

Lovely drabbles, thank you. Especially the second one. “4.5 pursued the subject for some distance on foot, wrestled him to the ground and subdued him.”
Nah. Didn’t cut it by half. Perfect Bodie sentiment!

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

Yes, I could really hear Bodie saying that. In fact, that was the first line I wrote with that second drabble. Then I had to put the rest in to make it a logical end line.

It was fun!

Thank you for commenting!

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

Lovely back to back drabbles. Thanks for kicking us off :)))

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

It's surprisingly scary, actually - I was just a little apprehensive. Big sighs of relief all round, now - and looking forward to your contribution, too! *bg*

[ankaree.livejournal.com]

These were lovely drabbles! Thank you! I very much enjoyed all your offerings!

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

Thank you for saying so! *bg*

I enjoyed writing the drabbles, oddly enough - I don't, usually. perhaps because I came to them with a couple of ideas already about what I wanted to write!

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Fabulous, thank you. ::beams happily::

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

No, thank you! *beams right back at ya*

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Ooh, a bulgy-out stocking already! I'm going backwards into it... *g*

I did like these - Doyle wanting Bodie to be his picture that doesn't fade (awww) and Bodie wanting to draw cos words weren't enough... just... awwwww! *g* And thank you - brilliant start to the challenge! *vbg*

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm so glad you think they're OK! They were a very last-minute addition - I was only going to go with the pics, and then started to think about maybe some drabbles on Friday... and then they almost wrote themselves!

But I wasn't sure about posting them right up until yesterday evening, so I'm really glad that people seem to like them.

[constant-muse.livejournal.com]

What could words say, after all? Too modest! Doyle's drabble is so lyrical. I do like the complementary images of the artist and the lover of poetry. Bodie doesn't have the words himself, or the artistic talent, he just appreciates it in others.

Lovely, thank you.

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

Oh, brilliant - thank you!

I deliberately tried to get that difference in 'feel' between the two drabbles, sort of showing the difference in the lads' personalities.

There's that intriguing contradiction in Bodie, isn't there? He's quite plain-spoken and down-to-earth in himself, and yet he quotes the elliptical, like Beckett, and the intensely romantic and lyrical, like Keats. I had to finish Bodie's drabble with that last line - it was the one I 'got' first, so it dictated the style of the rest of it.

Doyle's was more consciously 'written', and I do feel that Doyle is probably more confident about using a more lyrical or descriptive turn of phrase - to himself, anyway.

But I'm so pleased that someone spotted the variation in styles!

[magenta-blue.livejournal.com]

What a good start to the calendar! Thank you!

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

It is a little scary, being the first up and knowing that there's going to be all sorts of fantastic and lovely Pros-y gifts to come, and just hoping that your own stuff comes up to standard.

So I'm very pleased that you like my contribution!

[norfolkdumpling.livejournal.com]

What a great conclusion to a day of fab posts! I love these...how the Lads are each other's focus even when they are pursing their hobbies. Really enjoyed them, thanks. :)

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

Oh, they're always thinking about each other, they have to be!

Glad you liked them, and thank you!

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

Ahh, nice! You did a great job with your day. Lovely pictures and poetic drabbles. Thanks so much.

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

You're welcome!

Glad you like the drabbles, too!

[erushi.livejournal.com]

Wonderful drabbles. Loved the way you managed to bring out their different quirks in a few lines. Thank you for all the Pros-y goodness!

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

Praise from you is praise indeed, midear. Thank you!

[probodie.livejournal.com]

Oh what a lovely start. You painted wonderful imagery. I particularly liked Some scenes he wanted to forget, wanted the rage and horror and grief to bleed from them like a colouring book left out in the rain until the pain had faded to innocuous monochrome
and For him, it was poetry, the beauty and rhythm of patterned words which touched him most deeply

Thank you for sharing

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

Oh, you've picked what are almost my two favourite lines! Well done, you! *g*

And thank you!

[siskiou.livejournal.com]

You really started things out with a bang, and the drabbles are lovely. Bodie and Doyle, different, but somehow the same!

It's so nice to have Pros front and center on the flist again!

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

It's so nice to have Pros front and center on the flist again!

It is, isn't it! I love the DiaLJ Advent calendar for that very reason. I only wish that the Hatstand Advent calendar was still going...

And thank you for your kind words about my drabbles, too!

[loyseofverlaine.livejournal.com]

Lovely drabbles. I like the way that the point for each of them was to be able to preserve the memory of the other. Bodie's last line especially is priceless.

The pictures were lovely as well, mostly things I'd never seen. I especially liked the two of them with Cowley on the boat - something about the expressions on all of them. Though the clothes in that first batch :headshake:

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

Hee! I rather liked those outfits - so 70s, and so... boy-next-door, especially MS!

And the last line of Bodie's drabble was the first one I 'got' for that piece - it got written backwards from that point. I thought it was quintessential Bodie, I must admit.

Glad you liked them, and the pics!

[saintvic.livejournal.com]

Lovely drabbles, I really like seeing both lads perspectives on one another and just how much they mean to each other.

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

That's part of the interest, for me - how they relate to and see each other.

Glad you liked them, thank you!

[robeau.livejournal.com]

You really kicked off the season in high style!

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

Why, thank you! *bg*

[kiwisue.livejournal.com]

Lovely drabbles - a very nice matched pair, just like our Lads. Thank you!

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

No no no, thank you! *g*

Glad you like them.

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

It's a lovely pair of drabbles. I like the way they're similar thematically but still respond to the individual character of each man.

Thanks! :D

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

Well, in some ways those two are very alike, while in others they're complete opposites.

Trying to bring that out in such an abbreviated format is part of the fun for me.

Thank you for your kind words!

[angel-ci5.livejournal.com]

What a fabulous Day 1, you've spoilt us rotten with absolutely gorgeous pictures and wonderfully inspired drabbles!
Thank you!

[andreathelion.livejournal.com]

Wheee, I'm just trying to catch up :)
Thank you very much for the lovely drabbles! :D

[krisserci5.livejournal.com]

Thank you for my boxing day treats. . . what, me behind? . . .just enoyng at leisure.

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

I hope you had a happy December! I was offline in Portugal then too busy to check when I got back so I'm starting the 'calendar' today!! Unlike everybody else, I have all the pleasure to come, and you started it off perfectly! May I play with one of the untitled pics to make an icon (I promise to share)?

[greengerbil.livejournal.com]

Argh! I completely missed this comment! Sorry - by all means use any of the pics to make icons from, I posted them to share and sharing means putting them out in the public domain for people to play with, as far as I'm concerned!

I'll be interested to see what you come up with, as well!