Metamorphosis (crossover story)
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| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Metamorphosis |
| Author(s): | tasha |
| Date(s): | 1994 |
| Length: | |
| Genre: | slash |
| Fandom: | Starsky & Hutch, Professionals, Forever Knight crossover |
| External Links: | online here |
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Metamorphosis is a slash Starsky & Hutch, Professionals, Forever Knight vampire World War II crossover by tasha.
It was published in Dark Fantasies #2.
Summary
RAF Squadron Leader Ken Hutchinson's plane is shot down over France. He is taken prisoner by the Gestapo and is tortured until he is hours, if not minutes, away from death. A stranger rescues him, giving him a second chance at a very different life. With the help of his friend Doyle from MI6, he arrives back in London, anxious to reunite with his lover, Dr. David Starsky. Will Starsky accept that change in him or reject him? [1]
Series
- Odds Against (Professionals/Starsky & Hutch)
- Metamorphosis (Professionals/Starsky & Hutch)
- Truce (Forever Knight)
- Transitions (Professionals/Starsky & Hutch/Forever Knight)
Reactions and Reviews
1994
Tasha brings some twists and turns to the fate of Hutch in the sequel to Odds Against in her story Metamorphosis. While World War II rages in the background, Doyle and Hutch struggle to get out of occupied France. [2]
Metamorphosis by tasha. 54 pages. This is a sequel to a story in DFI, though that information doesn't seem to be given anywhere in this zine. (Not true-I reread the editorial, and it is in there--I think it would be more useful at the beginning of the story, though.) To give them credit, the story largely stands on its own, aside from some understandable confusion about why Bodie, Doyle, Starsky and Hutch are all in W.W.II England... This half of the story mostly concerns Hutch and Nicolas Knight (of Forever Knight), as Hutch is captured while in Nazi Germany, and rescued by Nic, who is forced to bring him across to save his life. They eventually meet back up with Doyle, then Bodie, and Starsky, (and Cowley who immediately thinks of the uses Hutch's change might be to the Secret Service). The story has some nice action. It is mostly about Hutch coming to grips with his new life as a vampire, but does nicely tie up the lose relationship ends of the first half. A nice story, though so much about Hutch dealing with becoming a vampire that it doesn [missing words] .[3]
1997
I must confess I never finished tasha's "Metamorphosis," a Starsky and Hutch, Professionals, and Forever Knight crossover set during World War II. Although the parts I did read seemed well-written, I have an unreasoning aversion for people who suck blood and characters played by David Soul. A David Soul character that sucks blood proved too much for my feeble constitution.[4]
2007
Metamorphosis, by tasha, 54pp, is the final story, and was listed as 'Starsky and Hutch, Professionals, Forever Knight'. When I sat down to read this, I had entirely forgotten the webpage I had read somewhere (oh, fanlore.org wiki!), which had told me plainly: Hutch is a vampire. That must be the Forever Knight bit. For all I know, Forever Knight is set in the forties, too, because this thing is set in occupied France in WWII (and then in London). I don't like vampire stories as a rule (okay, I like Dracula!), I don't like WWII films, I never watched Starsky and Hutch, and the S&H fics I have so far read have them snuggling a lot, and blessed with great insight and articulation when it comes to their emotions, which is not my thing. So I was not pre-disposed to like this. I didn't, much :) Although it's billed as a crossover, I think the Pros characters (Bodie, Doyle and Cowley) are very much walk-on characters, even if Doyle appears fairly early on in the story. Bodie gets bugger all to do beyond moping. The dialogue and spelling are all very American (apparently London has sidewalks, and Doyle tells someone to 'quit stalling'). I want to pick holes, but I fear it is my dislike of the vampire aspect and my disinterest in the non-Pros aspect that is driving that. I suspect it works much better if you're a S&H fan. Particularly if you like vampires. If you do: Metamorphosis, by tasha.[5]
References
- ^ from starskyhutcharchive.net
- ^ from the editorial of Dark Fantasies #2
- ^ In 1994, Sandy Herrold posted this review to the Virgule-L mailing list. It is reposted here with permission.
- ^ from Psst... Hey Kid, Wanna Buy a Fanzine? #6. The reviewer in gives it "4 trees." The reviewers in "Psst... Hey Kid, Wanna Buy a Fanzine?" rated zines on a 1-5 tree/star scale. See that page for more explanation of these trees.
- ^ from moonlightmead on December 11, 2007 at Discovered in a Livejournal, Archived version