Links real and fictional
Feb. 7th, 2012 11:16 amA good while ago, I linked to Patrick Stewart's tremendously moving speech on domestic violence (and how his own mother was subjected to it). From this weekend, here he is again in in a passionate article about Refuge, the UK intitution to help women in her position, now threatened by goverment cuts.
Fanfic links:
Captain America:
Before I was bent, I was dazzling. One of my favourite fanfictions in any fandom is a Highlander story called "Last Set Before Closing" by Kat Allison, a future fic which deals with Joe Dawson in his twilight and how his two immortal friends cope with this (or not, in the case of Methos). Every now and then, fanfic does this to me: use canon characters and address something so basic about the human condition that it awes me and reduces me to tears. This story, which has Steve Rogers travelling to meet Peggy Carter in her late 90s, does it as well. Even if you haven't seen the film, read this. All you need to know is this: they used to be contemporaries about to date. Now there are decades between them. What I especially appreciate is that![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
surexit simultanously manages to make it clear that Peggy lived a rich, long life, in many ways a happy one, and yet paints such real and gutwrenching portrait of something that will resonate for anyone who has had a loved person slip into what old age can do to all of us.
Sarah Jane Adventures/ Doctor Who/Torchwood:
The War of the Roses. First of all, it's Gita Chandra fanfic! I do love Rani's mother (and father), and the way they've been excluded from knowledge was one of my few complaints about SJA. Secondly, while this story stays firmly in Gita's pov it also manages to use both DW and Torchwood canon in a way that's a delight if you know said canon (it's a story which has Martha and Ace, zomg!) but also works if you don't (because Gina has no idea who these people are when she meets them, either.
X-Men:
The Secret Life of Sharon Francis: now and then, writers manage to incorporate comicverse background into the movieverse and come up with breathtaking results. Here, a writer does this for Charles Xavier's mother, and while she's at it, also pulls off non-linear narrative in an awesomely compelling way. What I especially admire is that the story doesn't ask you to like Sharon in order to find her complex and fascinating. Go read!
Fanfic links:
Captain America:
Before I was bent, I was dazzling. One of my favourite fanfictions in any fandom is a Highlander story called "Last Set Before Closing" by Kat Allison, a future fic which deals with Joe Dawson in his twilight and how his two immortal friends cope with this (or not, in the case of Methos). Every now and then, fanfic does this to me: use canon characters and address something so basic about the human condition that it awes me and reduces me to tears. This story, which has Steve Rogers travelling to meet Peggy Carter in her late 90s, does it as well. Even if you haven't seen the film, read this. All you need to know is this: they used to be contemporaries about to date. Now there are decades between them. What I especially appreciate is that
surexit simultanously manages to make it clear that Peggy lived a rich, long life, in many ways a happy one, and yet paints such real and gutwrenching portrait of something that will resonate for anyone who has had a loved person slip into what old age can do to all of us. Sarah Jane Adventures/ Doctor Who/Torchwood:
The War of the Roses. First of all, it's Gita Chandra fanfic! I do love Rani's mother (and father), and the way they've been excluded from knowledge was one of my few complaints about SJA. Secondly, while this story stays firmly in Gita's pov it also manages to use both DW and Torchwood canon in a way that's a delight if you know said canon (it's a story which has Martha and Ace, zomg!) but also works if you don't (because Gina has no idea who these people are when she meets them, either.
X-Men:
The Secret Life of Sharon Francis: now and then, writers manage to incorporate comicverse background into the movieverse and come up with breathtaking results. Here, a writer does this for Charles Xavier's mother, and while she's at it, also pulls off non-linear narrative in an awesomely compelling way. What I especially admire is that the story doesn't ask you to like Sharon in order to find her complex and fascinating. Go read!
