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Discovering Fire
| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Discovering Fire |
| Author(s): | Linda McGee |
| Date(s): | 1994 |
| Length: | |
| Genre(s): | slash |
| Fandom(s): | Starsky & Hutch |
| Relationship(s): | |
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Discovering Fire is a Starsky/Hutch story by Linda McGee.
It was published in ...Turned to Fire.
Reactions and Reviews
1995
Your story "Discovering Fire" perfectly showcases Starsky's possessive and jealous streak, it may be subtle but it's there. You also did an excellent job of editing ...Turned to Fire. It's a beautifully balanced and presented zine. Personally, I've always felt that some of the best zines have come out of S&H fandom. This is a great example of one![1]
Linda's story is special to me, because it's a "Starsky-story". I'm a Starsky-fan and I don't like him being Hutch's "follower". Most stories. I've read until now make Hutch the leader of those two which I don't think to be a safe base for a long-time friendship (or love affair). That's why I like this one so much. A strong, jealous Starsky![2]
MCGEE:. YEAH YOU! This DISCOVERING FIRE thing was about as hot as I've ever seen! You should've printed this thing on fireproof paper! I have never read Starsky in this vein! Another of my favorites! You do bring up a good point, it seems to be that in most stories of this kind. Hutch is the one who is in control, I loved seeing Starsky get his due![3]
"Discovering Fire" is a good followup to a "first time" story, again showing the clash of strong egos. There is male aggression and possessiveness, vying with the fear of "being gay." Excellent love scenes, typical male "let's get to the point" attitudes, with tenderness more implied than open. My favorite "serious" story—excellent, Linda. Thank you! Beautiful writing and plotting.[4]
"Discovering Fire" by Linda McGee. This story has my favorite line in the entire zine: "Get your clothes off. Let's fuck." What a lovely story, with a timeless theme (jealousy) told in a beautifully original (and erotic) way. I love the way this writer draws S&H: tough as well as tender, possessive as well as loving — and all male. [5]
Then we get to DISCOVERING FIRE. I did say it was the best story in the zine. Well, I'm going through the zine story by story as I write this and, so far, it is undoubtedly the most compelling. It has an immediacy about it which I found very appealing and I liked the sentiments behind it. To be honest, I should have liked it to be a bit longer and I shouldn't have minded if Hutch had turned Starsky where to go and stormed out. But there you are - that wasn't the way it went, and with Starsky in such a mood one could hardly blame Hutch for being mesmerised.
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"Discovering Fire" -- -- This stops short of being "bread and butter slash" because it had a real point. I tend to think it likely that even after adding the element of sex to their relationship, S&H would not want to keep women completely out of their lives. (Not necessarily so they could claim they weren't gay; but because they both would miss how making it with a woman feels.) But I've never had the nerve to write any such thing, because I assume the fans would detest it. Anyway, I think jealousy would rear its head rather quickly, and agree with why and how the anger is presented in this vignette. With the harsh beginning, I found myself hoping that they would be back to being sweet to each other by the end; so, I was pleasantly surprised when their love-making still had a tenderness about it, despite the harshness that had started it.[7]
Like I said, when it comes to your particular brand of writing all my whining about established relationship goes out the door. Yes, I liked it. You give your stories a nice edge from time to time and it's nice to see. I mean, it was a little difficult to see Starsky treating Hutch that way. but I do think that Starsky has this dangerous edge to him and it was good to see that put to use. I think it would have been easy to go too far with this story, but you walked that line very nicely.[8]
References
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