Discovered in the Wrapping Paper - Day 31

[golden-bastet.livejournal.com]

Well, folks,... I have failed. DDDD:

I do blame COVID; the Xmas visitor's Tuesday flight was cancelled, so we had extra company until last night, and I had to catch up with a bunch of things in the last 24 hrs. Not enough time to finish the story I had started earlier in the month.

So, instead, I'm reccing one of my favorite stories. But this isn't just a rec.

It's the holidays, no? And after all the hullabaloo and prep, all the fixings and eatings and celebratings, you visualize a few mins to sit with a cuppa (or mulled cider - or wine - if that works for you), snuggle up before a (virtual) fire, and delve into your favorite Pros stories.

THAT'S what we're talking about. :D

So, pull up with a favorite (at least one of mine, anyway) - Of Tethered Goats and Tigers by Tarot. (It's also posted on AO3, but my original reading was Circuit Archive, sort of like an old, comfortable blanket.)

Doyle and Cowley need to set a trap - but neglected to tell Bodie. And it has one of my best, most favorite fic scene when he finds out... :-D

Enjoy the interlude, and - HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Comments

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Shame about the story, but great post and rec - and I love that story! Definitely worth cosying down with... *vbg* Thank you!

[golden-bastet.livejournal.com]

Thanks — this *is* an awesome story. And long enough to get very cozy with!

Hope you're having a great 2022. :-)

[heliophile-oxon.livejournal.com]

Oh, a great favourite of mine as well! This is the fic that gets my vote for "should absolutely have been filmed - and would work perfectly - as a (feature-length) ep" :-) HNY to you too!

[golden-bastet.livejournal.com]

You know, I could see this being filmed... the missing "58th episode." And I would wear out that disc rewatching it, too! :D

Though it *does* make me wonder if there isn't a way of putting together an animated version, with the right illustrator.... /gets all thinky about it

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

Great choice.

[golden-bastet.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I do love that story, and reread it periodically. :-)

[mizrychik62]

Great rec and very appreciated! Took me half the day, but a thoroughly fantastic read. Hunting it over at AO3 to leave kudos 💖

[golden-bastet.livejournal.com]

Glad to share — it's a fandom classic.

In case you need the AO3 link, it's https://archiveofourown.org/works/26376490/chapters/64246510

[mizrychik62]

And very rightly so! 💞

[f-m-parkinson.livejournal.com]

Even if things didn't turn out the way you'd expected, thank you for prodding me to re-read the story, something I'd been meaning to do for ages. I got out my old paper copy last night and have started it. I remember it was a great read but the details escape me, so it's lovely to go back and lose myself in it.

[golden-bastet.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to be optimistic and look at it as getting a jump on the 2022 Xmas story... of course, I'd need to (1) finish it and (2) not forget in 11 months that I'd written it!

Paper copy? Makes sense, but I had no idea! Is there anything materially different? Is it the same text? Are there any illustrations that didn't make it online?

[f-m-parkinson.livejournal.com]

Well, my paper copy states that it is number 10 in a limited edition of 40 (!), published by Blue Jay Press in 1984 (which is when I got it). No illustrations, and I assume that the text is the same if photocopies or the online version have been scanned/transcribed correctly. I've just finished it — a super read.

[f-m-parkinson.livejournal.com]

You got me wondering whether it was the same text in my paper copy of Tethered Goats as on AO3, and I noticed that Chris Quinton replied in a comment there that she had done some revising before she posted the story. So I asked her what that was, and she replied '...all I did was tweak the punctuation, shorten paragraphs, fix clumsy sentences and sort out word repetition – all purely cosmetic.' So now we both know.

[krisserci5.livejournal.com]

Thanks — it is a great read. Reading a fic is like a reward after hard work!!