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The Light of Recognition
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| Fanfiction | |
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| Title: | The Light of Recognition |
| Author(s): | Tabby Davis |
| Date(s): | 1994 |
| Length: | |
| Genre(s): | slash |
| Fandom(s): | Starsky & Hutch |
| Relationship(s): | |
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The Light of Recognition is a Starsky/Hutch story by Tabby Davis.
It was published in ...Turned to Fire.
It is a sequel to Ken's Friend.
Reactions and Reviews
1995
I've already talked to Tabby about her Light Of Recognition and how much I like her way of writing. She's really something special. [1]
LIGHT OF RECOGNITION. I haven't read KEN'S FRIEND so I was a little off base on this one. A good wrap up of the Gillian story though. [2]
"The Light of Recognition" is a nice flow-of-thought piece for both guys, regarding Gillian, and each other. Small details, like Starsky's fingernails, are very important. The guys hash out thoughts and memories together—how many married couples do this? Not enough, obviously, considering the divorce rate. A great title, and one that Tabby Davis fleshes out beautifully. [3]
Ahh!! This story, the sequel to "Ken's Friend", was so beautifully written it took my breath away. The legal details were handled very well, and I liked the way Starsky and Hutch comforted each other over Gillian's death and talked out their feelings. I loved the line, "There had been nothing complicated or alien in lying down together, discovering the healing power of touching, with no demands or expectations beyond the.comforts of closeness...A natural progression as compassion was transmuted into passion." Few words have encapsulated the S&H relationship as well as these. A beautiful ending too. Tabby, I think this is one of the best stories you've ever written and that's saying a lot! [4]
Tab's story, THE LIGHT OF RECOGNITION - well, I should have known who had written the story even with an unfamiliar pseudonym. Tab's style is very familiar. And the theme is one we have seen before, too. [5]
"The Light of Recognition" ~ I'd have to call this the second best story in the zine. The intense, introspective style made this a refreshing break from all the little short "fluff" pieces. Again, I'll contact the author directly to expand on my thoughts, but I can say now that the caring between the characters really comes through. (That's what I miss in so many of the "stories" where about all that happens is details of who's putting what where.) Here they discuss things, are sensitive to each other's feelings, care about each other, and I can believe that the extension of their relationship into the bedroom is truly an extension of their feelings. (In so many slash stories, it seems to me, the characters stop being friends once they become lovers. The caring drops to groin level and stays there. Or maybe my problem is that we don't get to see them be "friends" again once the sex is over, because most of those stories end a few sentences after orgasm.) [6]
References
- ^ from From The Collected Letters of Comment (1995)
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- ^ from From The Collected Letters of Comment (1995)