A Virgin in These Woods
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| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | A Virgin in These Woods |
| Author(s): | Rosemary C and Pamela Rose |
| Date(s): | 1982 |
| Length: | |
| Genre: | slash |
| Fandom: | Starsky & Hutch |
| External Links: | A Virgin in These Woods |
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A Virgin in These Woods is a slash Starsky and Hutch story by Rosemary C and Pamela Rose.
It has a sequel called What's a Partner For?. Both stories were printed in Trace Elements.
A Virgin in These Woods won an Encore Award.
Reactions and Reviews
1982
‘What’s a Partner For?’ and ‘A Virgin in These Woods’ appear to be parts of the same universe. One the debit side [with the former] the technical problems run rampant. The p.o.v. switching drove me wild, the transitions are poor to non-existent and some of the sexual details are unbelievable (Starsky rims Hutch the first time they make love – hepatitis city. It’s a nice gesture, but to it the first time he sleeps with a man strikes me as highly improbable). One the credit side, the story has a lovely warm feel to it. There is a nice quality of tenderness here. A.V.I.T.W. is cooler, though more technically proficient. There is an interesting plotline concerning Hutch’s past sexual relationship with Jack Mitchell, but this needs to be more carefully explored if these stories are indeed part of the same universe. The thread should have been woven into the first story for best effect. Again, we have two stories that are crippled by lack of work.[1]
‘What’s a Partner For?’ was a standard post-Sweet Revenge first-timer, but with the intriguing twist that all during the … um… festivities, neither Starsky nor Hutch says a word. Rather a relief after all the talking they seem to do in other first-time stories. This story, too, suffers from a ping-pong approach to PoV, which is occasionally confusing as hell. This is followed by a postscript, long than the work which sparked it off, called ‘A Virgin in These Woods.’… I have serious trouble believing a junk-food devouring Starsky in the post-SR days; that particular shtick has been overdone and does not work as characterization. There’s another similarity between the stories in that there’s a nifty idea handled without the deftness it requires. In this one, Starsky has trouble with the term ‘gay’ as applied to himself and Starsky, with results that are interesting if somewhat predictable. Nothing really special about these pieces except Hutch’s final line in the latter: ‘We still have a long way to go.’ The authors have the right idea, and present it with reasonable competence –they just aren’t quite able to make it unique, or at least uniquely handled.[2]
2004
Post-SR, it's often believed that Hutch would be with Starsky non-stop during his recovery. Often, they're believed to be living together through this recovery. The pain of almost losing your partner, the joy of having him alive, the horror of reliving the nightmare of "what if he died" over and over and over again, coupled with the constant struggle to just get them through the day to day life is bound to cause problems and perhaps even open some doors that were locked a long time ago.[3]