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No Strings
| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | No Strings |
| Author(s): | HG |
| Date(s): | 1983, 1994, 2004 |
| Length: | |
| Genre(s): | slash |
| Fandom(s): | The Professionals |
| Relationship(s): | Bodie/Doyle |
| External Links: | online here |
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No Strings is a Professionals story by HG.
Summary: "Following on from the aired episode, 'Involvement,' Bodie & Doyle are forced to redefine their relationship in the light of Doyle's disastrous affair with Ann Holly."
It has a sequel called "Anticlimax," which is in HG Collected #2 and online.
Originally a 1983 circuit story, it was later published in Uncharted Waters #10, HG Collected #2, and is now online.
Response Fic
Never Say "No Strings" by S.S. is a fic written in response.
Reactions and Reviews
1990
I love the opening 2 1/2 pages of No Strings. This is a great flow of consciousness first-
person narrative which is dropped on page three in favor of a third-person limited omniscient viewpoint. The rest of the story is good, but the opening is terrific. [1]
1994
"No Strings": pretty good. I liked the author's style. A few metaphors that don't work. It starts off in the 1st person, which is a major turn-off for me, but it quickly changes to 3rd person. One problem is while in 3rd person, the author kind of flip-flops between what Bodie is thinking and Doyle is thinking without warning. The usual assortment of "Pros-isms" ("sunshine", dropped pronouns, etc.) are evident, but not overdone. The premise: Doyle is confused and angry over Ann Holly. Longtime unrequited-love-sufferer Bodie helps him work out his angst at the gym, leading to unexpected consequences. Some minor h/c (Bodie hurts his arm). The sex is way at the end, there's not much of it, and it's not very graphic. I liked this story, and I've been jaded by Pros stories lately, so the fact that I stuck with this one is a recommendation. I liked that the author tried to put Doyle's post-Ann mental state into some sort of context, instead of the usual "oh, I've just lost Ann, I think I'll screw Bodie" scenario.[2]
References
- ^ comments by Alys in Short Circuit #3 (October 1990)
- ^ In 1994, a member of the Virgule-L mailing list posted this review of the zine. It is offered here on Fanlore, anonymously, with permission.