Captives (Professionals story)
| Bodie/Doyle Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Captives |
| Author(s): | Lois Welling |
| Date(s): | 1984 |
| Length: | |
| Genre: | slash |
| Fandom: | The Professionals |
| External Links: | online here |
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Captives is a Professionals Bodie/Doyle story by Lois Welling.
It was first published in The Hatstand Express #5 and is online.
Reactions and Reviews
1985
The first part was clever, but I didn't enjoy it. That's because I hate to read about, or see, either of "the lads" from being hurt, especially when the hurting is done by someone who gets pleasure from it. Their escape and the rest of the story, I did enjoy. I don't think such a situation would be easy for either of them to handle.[1]
1994
Absolute WORST h/c story of all time (that I've read so far): "Captives", by "10.15", a short circuit story in which B&D are kidnapped, tied down together on a bed, tortured by a drunken lout who repeatedly *beats them about the chest and head with a board*, and then orders them to get it on (blowjob, I seem to recall), *which they do* (*AFTER* being beaten repeatedly about the body and head with the 2x4 board!), simultaneously falling in love during the process. You gotta read it to believe it. But make sure you've got a toilet handy. It made me hurl.[...]
--excuse me, but this is *wrong*
Gawd, it's vile. It, however, didn't ruin h/c for me forever. [2]
1997
In defense of this story, which I'm perhaps fonder of than I ought to be:
1. They're not tied together in 69 position. They're tied hand and foot, but not to each other.
2. It wasn't a 2x4. It was a long, skinny board, better suited for poking than beating.
3. It didn't go on for hours, though it probably felt that way to you. The drunken lout went from poking to "kiss it and make it better" activities fairly quickly, it seemed to me.
4. They didn't perform oral sex as their own idea. The drunken lout forced them to snog, and when he noticed they were getting aroused (the most unlikely bit, considering that they were pretty beat up), he turned them around, unzipped them, and forced them to carry on.
I particularly like the use of point of view in this story. The nasty bit is seen from the villain's POV, and the author does a believable job of getting inside his head. The aftermath is from B&D's POV. [3]
References
- ^ from The Hatstand Express #5
- ^ By 1994, a large portion of the The Hatstand Express stories had appeared on the US and UK circuit, often without attribution. This may have led some fans to be more blunt in their assessment of the stories. The comments about "Captives" are from alexfandra's post to the Virgule-L mailing list, quoted here with permission.
- ^ Jan Levine, from Virgule-L, quoted with permission (January 29, 1997)