Let Slip the Dogs of War - Part 4

[marshwiggledyke]

Title: Let Slip the Dogs of War
Authors: waffleguppies and marshwiggledyke
Fandom: Hot Fuzz
Rating: R for war and language, 1940's attitudes, mild PTSD
Characters/Pairings: Eventual Nicholas/Danny, epic bromancey Andes, Turner Twins, Tony, Doris, Auntie Jackie.

Author's Notes: Finally, I start contributing to this story! With another writer in tow, the tone changes to a

Comments

[tyhyin]

I'm liking the tone of this, like the expectation is poised. Oh aye this is good.

Someone needs to feed Nicholas sharpish!

MORE!

[marshwiggledyke]

<3 I'm so glad that the sequelishness tone of the last two thirds to the first doesn't bother you, I was so worried that it'd disrupt flow. Unfortunately, I'm just not waffleguppies, I can sort of give it a go but I haven't got her flair. I give it my best, though, and hope that my efforts alongside hers are worth reading. So thank you so much.

[leaper182]

I'm guessing that Nicholas gave them advance warning in Jesteburg? Because that's badass.

“Now then, Danny, we all have to pitch in. There's some of my nice cream sponge in it for you.” Something about the cheerful glint in her eye suggested that the alternative was death.

Cake or death! <3

Nicholas! Saving Danny from the bunting and the ladder and stuff! YAY!

AND HEEEEEEE, NICHOLAS DOESN'T RECOGNIZE HIM. OMG.

Oooh, I love that bit with the italics, where they're talking to each other with their faces, and then they're actually talking. That's pretty cool! I love the bits where you can tell that Nicholas and Danny are able to communicate like that, and it's not because they've known each other for years, but because they made a connection in Germany. Again, very awesome.

Awww, Janine! At least Nicholas never had to deal with her dying. Just her going for a Canadian pilot. :(

There it was again, the tiniest flick of an ear. But Nicholas's face still looked a little doubtful, under the surprised, pleased raised eyebrows, as if he

[marshwiggledyke]

Oh man, your whole long comment is badass.

Nicholas is ALL about rescuing people. It's his thing. And yes, he was the runner of information to Jesteberg. Because it's Sergeant Nicholas Angel.

Hey, Nicholas in the film misinterprets Danny's identity (He's a drunk! He's dressing like a police officer! Oh. Wait.) at first. :D I didn't even think of that until you brought up how this pub scene mirrored the pub scene in the film.

Connections made during war (and this war in particular) are often brief and intense. I'm so glad you pointed this out, because Nicholas may only have been doing his duty in saving them from the minefield, but he could just have easily not. Two weeks of forced contact and a few murders is what makes them click in the film; these two only had 24 hours, and after only a brief period of Nicholas underestimating Danny and the deep love that holds the leaderless 2nd Battalion Glosters together, they totally get each other

[leaper182]

I think I once read in a fic that Nicholas can look like an angry trout when he's upset, or something (perhaps even an earlier chapter of this fic? I don't knooow), and I can just imagine him doing that face with Danny.

The rent! It is very important! Nicholas-puppy can pull his weight! He are very serious puppy.

If Danny were to try to give him a belly rub, it would be hilarious and startling. :O

[marshwiggledyke]

Lol, that WAS us, in another fic.