Crazy Little Thing Called Love
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| Bodie/Doyle Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Crazy Little Thing Called Love |
| Author(s): | Jane Mailander |
| Date(s): | 1993 |
| Length: | |
| Genre: | slash |
| Fandom: | The Professionals |
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Crazy Little Thing Called Love is a Bodie/Doyle story by Jane Mailander.
It was published in Nudge Nudge, Wink Wink #2.
Reactions and Reviews
Bodie and Murphy are lovers. Furious when he learns of it, Doyle threatens to turn them in to Cowley unless they stop seeing each other. To Murphy's surprise, Bodie chooses commitment to his lover and braves the anger of both Cowley and Doyle, at the risk of his future career, though he will not say that he loves Murphy. First of all, I like Murphy a lot, and I particularly liked Murphy as he was here depicted - loving Bodie, committed, desperately keeping his demands low and his expectations lower to prolong the affair as long as possible. Second, I have no theoretical problem with stories that give Bodie a lover other than Doyle. It's just that the writer has to work very hard to make me believe that any relationship in Bodie's life could be as interesting and as worth reading about (or writing about) as that with Doyle. So as with many another story, I read this thinking that the Bodie-Doyle interaction was more interesting than anything that happened between Murphy and Bodie, even while I was reacting emotionally to the heightened sense of romance with Murphy. Each conversation with Doyle set off sparks. Each conversation with Doyle was intriguing and I wanted more: more of it, more explanation of what lay behind it I also wanted - needed - more information to be able to evaluate the conversations between Bodie and Doyle. The crux of the plot was Doyle's anger his bitter resentment of Murphy's influence on Bodie and of Bodie's love for Murphy. But why? Homophobia? Jealousy? Both? I thought it was implied that his motive was jealousy; which in turn implied that Doyle wanted Bodie, whether he admitted it or not; which in turn increased my suspicion that this could and should be a Bodie/Doyie story instead of a Bodie/Murphy story. I also did not understand Cowley's reaction. Okay, so it wasn't 'my' Cowley, the way I write... I see him as a non-homophobic, warm-hearted man with high ideals and higher standards, who has to do hard things to achieve important goals. Who feels great friendship for Bodie and would go to great lengths to enhance Bodies welfare, all things being equaL I think my interpretation of Cowley is backed by canon, but that's beside the point. I'm flexible.... What I liked most about this story was its depiction of Murphy. But it left me as much puzzled as satisfied. [1]