Between the Lines (Professionals story)
| Bodie/Doyle Fanfiction | |
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| Title: | Between the Lines |
| Author(s): | |
| Date(s): | 1985 or before |
| Length: | |
| Genre: | slash |
| Fandom: | The Professionals |
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Between the Lines is a Bodie/Doyle story by Sebastian.
It is a circuit story.
It is a story on The 1985 Hatstand Express Top Ten Lists.
An anonymous sequel "Between Pages" was written.
In 2008 and 2009, shootingtokill created photo-manip tributes to the story which can be read here, Archived version and here, Archived version.
Reactions and Reviews
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a bit out of her usual line, a rather more thoughtful and complicated piece. i might go so far as to award it subtlety. [1]
'Between the Lines' by Sebastian, has exactly what I love in a Pros story, excellent characterization, depth and partnership.[2]
1985
... just because it's good.[3]
2011
Why this must be read: All of Sebastian's stories must be read. *g* I say that, even though her characterizations of Bodie and Doyle (especially Doyle) don't always align very closely with my own. But she was a very influential writer in Pros, and one just ought to know her work. Besides that, she is a gorgeous writer, especially when well-edited. She puts words together in ways that just flow and take you along with them. She is simply a pleasure to read. Her stories sometimes deal with themes that don't interest me as much, and I do have issues with her characterizations, but I admire her tremendously.
So, let's talk about this story! It's set during the episode "Mixed Doubles" and concerns itself with the relationship between Bodie and Doyle--how they feel and experience it, and how others see it. And here's a prime example of how a good writer can get you to like things you would normally wince at. There is a contrast presented in this story between big, butch Bodie and slim, fey Doyle. She saves it for me to a certain extent by emphasizing Doyle's courage and strength of will, but...yeah, not my favorite physical description of the lads. *g* And yet, I do love this story. It features a protective Bodie, an elusive, mercurial Doyle, and a rock-solid, mutually obsessive, equal relationship. Add on atmosphere, humor, deep emotion, a sense of the lads in their own, unique world, and wonderful (if brief) characterizations of Cowley, Macklin and Doyle's girlfriend Claire...and you've got a winner of a story. [4]
References
- ^ The Pros recs; archived link
- ^ comments by Quine at Slash Sluts Multifandom Recs Board: Apologies - and a few Professionals recs, Archived version, 2000
- ^ from The Hatstand Express #6 on a fan's list of her top ten Pros stories, this one placed nine .
- ^ here on crack van dated August 20, 2011