Pros Fic: Pwnco

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I know it's a bit early in the day (well, unless you're in Australia of course...), but the morning star is shining through my window and making me feel quite Christmas-y and all frosty-winter's-morning-y, so I'm going to post now. Massive thank yous to superfast editors shooting2kill and jojosimco! Happy 12th of December! (Oh, and I did get roast goose in, although blink and you might miss it! *g*)

Pwnco

Title: Pwnco
Author: Slantedlight
Slash or Gen: Slash
Archive at ProsLib/Circuit: Certainly!
Disclaimer: Bodie, Doyle and the CI5 universe belong to the people who came up with the idea in the first place - our stories, on the other hand, belong to us and to the lads' eternity...

Comments

[kiwisue.livejournal.com]

Wonderful, lyrical story. I was completely swept away. Beautifully sensual (I was even looking forward to the foursome, you had me so in the moment there, although I'm very glad you made things turn the way they did. Hey, I hope Frankie and Sandy find their own Christmas joy *g*, I don't wish ill on them at all). And the ghost story and everything - I'm a sucker for a good ghost story. Oh, it pleased me from beginning to end. Thank you so much!

Also, is very, very nice to be able to comment so early! Except it's late here *g*

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you! And I expect Frankie and Sandy'd turn out alright in the end, just... not with our lads. *g* Very happy you liked it!

[izzie7.livejournal.com]

Beautiful! A Christmas story, a ghost story, a first time story - I think that's all my buttons pressed simultaneously in one perfect swoop. I was a bit worried at the start thinking oh no, surely it's not HET, but then I remembered who had written it (alright, & sneaked a quick look at the end, just to be absolutely sure), & just relaxed into it with a happy smile. The atmosphere was brilliant, the cadence of the retired Professor's speech convincing - not a foot wrong.

Thank you so much for this :)

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Het! Het?! Wash yer mouth out, that girl! (You can always just check the trailer too, you know, so's not to spoil the end or anything... *g*) Glad you braved it and liked it though - and hurrah for button-pressing! Thank you!

[noblesentiments.livejournal.com]

I thought this was a wonderful, beautifully written story - and yes, a real sensual experience and I loved it.

And I think you're one of the few writers who actually gets Doyle *right* - you write him as he is, or at least as I see him: part-idealist/philosopher, part-gypsy, part-sex bomb, part-all kinds of things, but not the whimpy, selfish sort of character which you sometimes read about:

Doyle looking as hard as any of them, caught up in it all, wild and beautifully, finally free

yup, that's my Doyle!

Thanks so much for sharing your work.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Ah, thank you! So glad you like the same Doyle as me too - he is part all those things, isn't he! *vbg* (And you know, when I re-read that line I couldn't help but think of those pics of MS learning to sail actually - you know with the beard and the fisherman's jumper all all? He looked all happy and wild and free with it there, I wonder if that's where some of Doyle comes from too... Oh, you know me, just wondering!) Ever so glad you enjoyed the story anyway, and thank you for your hard and helpful work!

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

Yeah...! I always think of him in his Scottish croft (in real life) as wild and free, especially the time he spent 6 weeks there on his own and never met a soul once. Heaven.

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

Oh wow - what a sweep to this! Loved every sensual minute of it - the build up was exquisite, and the resolution hit just the right note of fulfillment and promise. As Izzie said, we got everything here - a ghost story, a Christmas Story, a first time story and I got to hear the Welsh accent again ( you wrote it superbly, btw).

I love this, and I am so impressed, happy and grateful for what you can produce for a challenge..:))

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Heeee - sweeeeeps! What a wonderful word - thank you! *vbg* So glad the Welsh accent worked for you too - I was a bit worried with the yers and years on that one, but it's how my friends talk, so... *g* And thank you - I'm looking forward to Boxing Day, meself... *g*

[alicambs.livejournal.com]

Highly enjoyable. The house was a surprise, I expected something run down and ramshackle for some reason, while the atmosphere was just right! I loved the way the two of them set of for a morning jog - just a brief 10 miles! - to set themselves up for the day ahead. The story grabbed me and I really wanted to know how it was going to resolve. I have to say that having Bodie and Doyle in the shower and then bed seems a rather delightful ending!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Hee - now, would I put the lads somewhere ramshackle and run down over Christmas?! (Although really, it is quite an idea... all that huddling together for warmth and suchlike... *g*) And being me I had to put them in the shower before tucking them up for bed too, cos... well, it just is rather a lovely thought, innit... *g* Thank you - very glad you enjoyed it!

[empty-mirrors.livejournal.com]

I started reading this last night, but it was stormy and next door has a wind chime. Needless to say, I finished it this morning. :-D

Really really enjoyed it. The Mari Lwyd was suitably creepy - especially for someone who still has nightmares about the Devil Rides Out. And the lads were gorgeous as always. Great atmosphere, beautiful language. And good taste on the ghost's front, getting rid of the ladies so the boys could have a good time. Nice one, that ghost. :-D And nice one you for simultaneously scaring me and warming me cockles... or something.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Heeeee! Never occurred to me that anyone might have a windchime outside! Oops... *g* As for the Mari Lwyd ghost/spirit thingie - well I thought he was probably a little bit of both, since he'd died that way, so he had to be all about new starts for everyone really... See, I like a happy ending me, even when there are dead things involved. *g* Yeay for your cockles... erm... I think. (And thank you!)

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

Ahh, very nice. How you managed to get a feeling of both Christmas and Halloween in there, I don't know. *g* But you did! It starts off with a very Christmas holiday feeling, but then takes an unexpected turn towards the supernatural. I didn't expect that, even with Bodie's dream foreshadowing it. But what I liked most of all was the slow, anticipatory build towards the two of them finally coming together. That was delicious. Thank you!

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

Oh! And I forgot to add: a) You landed on my birthday. Yay! *g*; b) You put in a 10-mile run! I feel...connected to the lads.... *g* Cheers.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh, I knew, I knew, I knew I'd forget - I'm so rubbish! Happy Birthday! Even with everyone wishing you happy birthdays everywhere, and me having succumbed to the twelfth cos it was your birthday, rather than the far saner thirtieth! I must have been channeling it subconsciously though, cos the run had to go in, and it was all about the ten miles! *g* Happy connecting the lads! (...Okay, there was perhaps Freudian, but I'm gonna let it stand. ...connecting to the lads was what I'd intended to type... *headdesk*) Anyway - thank you!

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

I liked the feel of the story. Very happy start, a great cottage, and (supposedly) a happy time with two birds. I really liked how the story unfolded, especially when the birds flitted back home. Loved the undercurrent between them. I'm a sucker for ghost stories so this worked for me. Very nice ending. You gave me enough hot sex to make me forgive you for the girls. *beg*

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Heee! Well, the lads do seem to have a happy time playing with girls... together... *g* Glad you liked the ghost-y bit too - I was a bit worried people would be thinking - but, but it's Christmas! - even if it was a Christmas ghost... And yeay for hot sex. *vbg* Thank you!

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

sometimes, just sometimes, they each knew not to take the piss, knew what was real and what wasn't

Ah, I love this, it sums up the whole story in all its wonderful detail and subtle changes. A Christmas Ghost story with laughs and sex too ... fantastic, ticks all the boxes and so beautifully written too. Must say I was happy to wave the gals goodbye .. I liked that you used Frankie from that famous phone call though. Hee! The complete *inevitability* of them being together really carried the story along but the picture of the house and the food and the chess moves as the four of them manoevred (oh crap I hate trying to spell that word *g*) around each other were fascinating too. And the Welshness ... excellent!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Hee - thank you! Very glad you liked it - and thank you for your hard work too! *g* The girls did have to go, it's true, cos no matter how much fun they thought they were having, the lads know they'll have a better time still on their own... Must admit, Frankie and her mate caught my imagination a bit in that ep - the Scarsdale ep! - wondering just exactly what had really happened when they were off with Doyle that she might have sprained her wing... *g*

[runriggers.livejournal.com]

I quite enjoyed this story - is the legend true? Very well done!!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh I'm glad you liked it!

Yes! Absolutely it's a true "legend", the Mari Lwyd is a Welsh tradition, which died away for a long time after it allegedly got "out of hand" - you'll find information if you google. I remembered it from featuring in one of my favourite book series, Susan Cooper's "Dark Is Rising" (I've not seen it yet, but I don't trust this movie that's been made of it...), so I looked it up again and it's ever so interesting. Various similarities to mumming in Kent, and the legend of Rhiannon, and... well, I shall leave you to google's tender mercies!

And thank you! *g*

[runriggers.livejournal.com]

Thanks - something else to look for on the Internet!

[londonronnie.livejournal.com]

Perfect...

I can't think of anything else to say, except thank you...

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Well shucks - thank you! *g*

[bistokidsfan77.livejournal.com]

Loverly story - mysterious, sexy, romantic. The scene in the yard in the rain with the Bible - perfection.

[ankaree.livejournal.com]

I just love a first time story. The "build up" between Bodie and Doyle throughout the story was wonderful. And then, finially, their joinng... was exquisit! Thank you!

[ancastar.livejournal.com]

Ooh! I loved it! The setting was perfect (once you got rid of the birds! *g*), the supernatural angle gave it just a touch of spice, and the way the lads danced round each other before coming together was wholly satisfying. Happy holidays! And thank you.