The Thunder and The Rain
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| Fanfiction | |
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| Title: | The Thunder and The Rain |
| Author(s): | Valerie Dawson |
| Date(s): | June 1984 |
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| Fandom: | Starsky & utch |
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title page from Three Eleven, artist is Freda Hyatt
The Thunder and The Rain is a Starsky & Hutch story by Valerie Dawson.
It was printed in Three Eleven where it had art by Freda Hyatt.
This story won an Encore Award and a Huggy Award.
Reactions and Reviews
1984
The Thunder and the Rain’ is probably the best, most, effective story in the zine. It’s also the story I had the most problems with, particularly in the S&H characterizations. Dawson’s S&H, here and in a previous story, The Water is Wide, seem to be almost unbelievably emotionally immature. For two people who supposedly ‘love’ each other so much, they both seem to spend an excessive amount of time being purposely cruel to each other, in ‘scoring points’ off each other, and generally putting each other through hell. Dawson seems to strive for ‘realism’ in her work but after all that S&H put each other through in this story, the ‘happy ending’ she’s given us seems to be just that much more Un-realistic, because of it. It’s almost soap-opera-emotionally-satisfying-and-somewhat-purging, yet, in the final analysis, not very plausible. However, the story itself was well-crafted… [1]
1986
"Thunder and the Rain" had elements of h/c, but it left me feeling as if there could have been more comfort, especially for Hutch and the physical pain he endured, but also for Starsky, who was so worried about his partner not recovering that he literally couldn't stay in the same room with him when he was suffering. Perhaps if the characters had been allowed a good clutch or two in the story, both of thee (and me too) would have felt better. Of course, maybe then the story would have ended differently. In trying for realism, and often in achieving it, we have to forego something that satisfies on that emotional level. But we often prefer our hurt/comfort to have only elements of reality, to be believable but also to be idealized. [2]
The anchor story, 'The Thunder and the Rain' has to be read to be believed. I can only say that you'll feel you have shared an intimate period of time with the guys themselves. Miss Dawson's interpretations of the characters is unquestionably perfect. [3]
THE THUNDER AND THE RAIN... excellent, still there were other's I liked better. [4]
2003
A friend and I talked about this recently, about how it's such a dark story and we wished there had been more love and comfort at the end, because itdid seem to be a bit abruptly. However, my goodness, the ride to the end ... This story just ripped my heart out and shredded it. I cried, oh, I cried. <g> The guys struggled so much with each other, hurt each other, and all I wanted them to do was *love* each other. [5]
Both guys have a dark edge, but they remain in character. They're pretty awful to each other, but even through all the sniping and bickering, I could tell how much they loved each other. I wanted so badly for one to take a step toward the other, for them to just surrender to the love ... But while it ended "happily," the comfort wasn't nearly enough to make up for the hurt. Still, I liked it because of how much it made me *feel*. [6]
References
- ^ from Between Friends #5, September 1984
- ^ from The Who Do We Trust Times #2 (April 1986)
- ^ from Between Friends #5, September 1984, also in Shootout #6
- ^ from Hanky Panky #13 (1984)
- ^ quoted anonymously from Venice Place Mailing List (March 16, 2003)
- ^ quoted anonymously from The Pits Mailing List (March 21, 2003)