If Only (A-Team zine)
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| Zine | |
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| Title: | If Only |
| Publisher: | Devious Developments Press |
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| Author(s): | lamardeuse |
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| Date(s): | 2003 |
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| Fandom: | The A-Team |
| Language: | English |
| External Links: | online version on lamardeuse's website |
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If Only is a slash digest-sized 140-page alternate universe A-Team novel by lamardeuse. The pairing is Peck/Murdoch.
The interior and cover art is by Cat's Meow Creative Arts. It is digest-sized.
Summary
From the publisher, "Heroism isn’t created by war; it lies deep inside the human heart waiting to be born. It is 1978 and Templeton Peck has a beautiful wife, he’s a valued member of a prestigious country club and he’s about to launch a career as a plastic surgeon. Too bad it’s all going to go to hell. An AU of how Peck joins the A-Team, and finds love, sacrifice and the true nature of heroism."
Reactions and Reviews
I was already familiar with this story from the web so I had few qualms in purchasing this zine; I knew what I was getting. The format is good, the artwork isn't half bad and the story is very intriguing. Actually, I want more of this story. I would've loved to have seen this one fleshed out and expanded by a few dozen to a hundred pages. However, I do have a large problem with the writing itself in that the author can't stay away from the epithets. She does make an attempt but that makes the epithets stand out even more when she uses them, and there are some whoppers in there. It's very distracting from the story which deserves to shine on its own without any pitfalls along the way. [1]