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The Janus
| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Janus |
| Author(s): | Tarot |
| Date(s): | 1983-1985 |
| Length: | 41 typewritten pages |
| Genre(s): | slash |
| Fandom(s): | The Professionals |
| Relationship(s): | |
| External Links: | on AO3; on the ProsLib CD; The Hatstand via Wayback |
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The Janus is a Professionals story by Tarot.
Tarot also wrote a sequel: A Leap in the Dark.
HG wrote an alternative sequel to "The Janus": Emerging from the Smoke.
It is a story on The 1985 Hatstand Express Top Ten Lists.
Summaries
"While Bodie lay injured in a wrecked automobile, his bouts of consciousness are mixed with vivid from Roman times, when a Briton looking remarkably like Doyle killed him. When Bodie's behavior is affected by the visions, Doyle decides they must revisit the scene of the crime and confront these ghosts of the past, or their partnership is doomed.[1]
"B is back on duty after the car accident, but he is haunted by his "dream" of Roman Britain, and holds back from D till situation is untenable. C orders them to sort it out or split so B tells D about his dream evil lookalike. D decides they go in the country to look for the location of the "dream" in the hope that B's subconscious resolves the impasse. Not only they find, uncannily, that all details correspond-- they also realize what the "dream" meant: that B is in love with D but afraid that giving in to it brings him pain when one dies. The dreams has an epilogue where the baddies die and the B clone is saved; B&D end up in bed and all is ok again. [2]
Reactions and Reviews
I read this without ever having read the story it's based on... and enjoyed it tremendously anyway. There are many wonderful moments in this story, and I love that little touch of the supernatural.[3]
"The Janus" is just so, so good. It has the psychic aspect as well as an in depth look at motivations, relationship-wise. Excellent writing.[4]
References
- ^ The Professionals Online Library Title List: J summary by Dagger.
- ^ The Professionals Online Library Title List: J summary by Cassie.
- ^ In The Hatstand Express #6 from a fan listing what was supposed to be her top 10 Pros stories; the list turned out to be 50 stories long
- ^ from The Hatstand Express #7