LoM Ficathon 2007: At the Round Earth's Imagined Corners

[jamie_dakin]

Title: At the Round Earth's Imagined Corners
Fandom: Life on Mars
Pairing: Sam/Gene, The Test Card Girl
Rating: NC-17
Spoilers: You not see show, you not read fic
Words: 2,457
Disclaimer: Life on Mars belongs to Kudos and the BBC. Title and epigraph come of course from John Donne's Holy Sonnets VII and X, respectively.
A/N: For the 07' Life on

Comments

[miarr]

Oh, oh, oh, you. For all my bitching about the dearth of fic, this goes right up there with Sam's 'Absolute Beginners' as NUMBER ONE OMG. Utterly beautiful.

You write half-poetry. It's very queer -- I can't explain it otherwise -- but it's true. I keep on reading phrases and thinking 'this, this is taken, or invented, or made to be in a poem'. It gives your verse such lovely, lilting cadence, though -- I read it again and again, simply to enjoy the roll of the words in my brain and on my tongue. Your stories are more than prose: they are made to be recited, or sung.

Gene, he thinks, as the pain ebbs and mellows, is not dissimilar.

So beautiful. Like -- the sea, or the slow, rolling gate of a horse. I can feel your words echoing in my bones.

For a moment there I thought you added faux hauteur literary elements -- inserted the Hectaea, for instance, or made a reference to any number of ancient "woman" myths. If you did, though, it was too subtle for me (and do you terribly mind letting me in on it? *g*) -- you just used imaginings

[jamie_dakin]

Aw shucks kid, you can't say things like that, it all goes to my already overselfinflated pompous ego...

But seriously, I'm really glad you liked it precious - after all, your opinion means the most to me.

And really, sometimes I can't believe that if you weren't the persuasive little minx that you are I never would have given this show a chance.

That said, I had a minor aneurysm when I realized you were essentially writing 9-year-old voyeurism.

Yeah I'm waiting to get TOSsed any moment now... ;)

[miarr]

All praise is fully deserved, as you well know. And I'm just glad I can use my evil little kappa claws to drag you into new fandoms. ;D Shine on, ye crazy diamond! *g*

Yeah I'm waiting to get TOSsed any moment now... ;)

Nonsense! What happened to artistic merit? I mean, LJ does have a BRAIN, doesn't it?

...

*inconspicuously shuffles fic into a supply closet* *shifty eyes*

[jamie_dakin]

Hee.
That's actually sort of the plus side of being almost the complete opposite of a BNF or writing in bigger fandoms - LoM to an extent is itself a supply closet.

I'll admit though that sometimes I wish more people were into it so I could see some of the stuff here on recs or crack_van and so on, because there really are a few pieces here that deserve that kind of exposure but... well, such is the life of fangirls of obscure British shows.

[miarr]

Okay, all my ramblings about poetry and smut? Led to this. I just stuck to the good parts. *g* Uh, please don't hate me?

[saintvic]

Hello - just wanted to say that this was utterly compelling. Gorgeously written and a great combination of the physical, character insight and thought-provoking ideas. Thank you!

[jamie_dakin]

Glad you enjoyed it and thanks ever so much for taking the time to comment!

[sytaxia]

This, this was just spectacular. I love the smooth, poetic flow of your words and the way that the angst just bubbles up off of the screen; it's incredibly gorgeous and painful and just one of the most beautifully written things I've seen in any fan fic, and very disturbing, to boot. Sorry if the comment is a bit incoherent, but it's just really hard to describe... Anyway, I loved it!

[jamie_dakin]

Ugh, I'm such a div about these things sometimes - thanks so much for commenting!

[darthfi]

Having finally got around to commenting, I still can't say anything coherent.

This is just so sodding good! I could go through and pick out favourite bits, but I'd be reposting most of the fic...

You've been holding out on us, young Jamie, and clearly you must write much, much more fic in this fandom.

[jamie_dakin]

*blushes*
Seriously though, thank you.

We aim to please mistress, we aim to please... ;)