Learning to Fly
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| Bodie/Doyle Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Learning to Fly |
| Author(s): | LilyK |
| Date(s): | 2008 |
| Length: | |
| Genre: | slash |
| Fandom: | The Professionals |
| External Links: | online here, Archived version |
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Learning to Fly is a Bodie/Doyle story by LilyK.
Reactions and Reviews
I do love this fic in every way, because I love to read about one of the lads getting hurt. And even though this story isn't so much about h/c you can still feel a current of something floating just between the words. An interesting thing about this fic is that it's written in first person singular, always interesting when an author manages to do this really good... Is this fic too fluffy (out of character) for you guys? Or do you -- like me -- love to see the boys getting together and see a little h/c between them? [1]
Fluffy isn't the word I'd use *at all*. And I'm worse than you, because I like the lads to be together for the whole fic and any angst to come from the situation (being shot at, that sort of thing). LilyK is a tease because at the start I thought deathfic, but kept reading because you'd recced it - and then slowly it is revealed that Bodie isn't dead, just sort of misplaced due to Doyle's stubborn pride and masculine inability to communicate.I didn't find Doyle feverishly jumping out of bed with his IV still in and collapsing on the floor "fluffy" either - very gripping though.
So it's a nice happy ending, with Doyle all warm and cosy, and Bodie gets to tell him what a prat he's been.[2]
Not too fluffy for me, no! In fact I don’t think it’s fluffy at all. Or out of character. I enjoyed this story on the first read and even more the second time round. I felt there was something different going on here – different to the usual kind of ci5 story, perhaps because of the setting and the fact that it was written in the first person which made me privy to Doyle’s thoughts, his quiet desperation and regret over something which shouldn’t have happened. So, through the writing I was able to feel for Doyle a lot, to emphasise with him and not feel irritation at what had happened and at the same time I could feel for Bodie, too [3]
I enjoyed this story. It carries the reader along nicely and Doyle's thought processes come across as real and believable. The ending is feel good without being too sentimental, you can imagine the guys speaking the dialogue. I didn't find it fluffy, just pleasantly romantic:) A very nice read.[4]
I did enjoy this, though with some reservations - I felt that Doyle's reaction to Bodie's departure was somewhat OOC, even if in a good cause - the cause of letting us enjoy their reconciliation, that is! Mainly because although the reader may legitimately suspect initially that Bodie is dead - in which case Doyle's reaction would be perfectly understandable - Doyle actually knows perfectly well that he isn't; he's just had enough after being rejected and buggered off to Brian (well, I don't mean that literally of course! And I do see Bodie's behaviour as well within possibilities). I just don't see Doyle every being so passive about Bodie's departure, no matter how much - and with what justification - he sees it as his own fault. Still, given his current physical condition I think Doyle's depression is perfectly coherent - it's just the initial set-up where he gets into that situation in the first place. After that the interaction with Cowley and the encounter with Bodie when he pisses him off again and then when he drags his i.v. across the room (ow!!!!!) all work well, I think, and I did like pretty much everything else - I just got stuck on the wilting-flower scenario at the beginning. Oh and despite the visiting-FBI clause I confess I found the "piss or get off the pot" annoying, because I couldn't see Doyle thinking like that at a time like this - it felt a bit shoe-horned in. I'm being a bit nit-picky I know, and probably sounding more negative than I feel - I did enjoy it .... just with a few reservations, that's all! [5]
This has lots of what I love in it -- it's post DiaG (practically a Pros subgenre in itself) and I always think that DiaG stories offer some of the best possible plot and character dynamics for exploration. Also considerable opportunities for h/c. I do see it as a very natural turning point for the lads' relationship.It's a nice romantic story -- I certainly don't think that tough guys can't have a tender side, and a little emotionalism on Doyle's part is understandable given his injuries and the drugs, etc. *g*
I like that LilyK doesn't rush us through the story. I was interested in the idea that Doyle was getting burned out and careless before he left the door unlocked. Nice touch.[6]