A Copper's Instinct: Chapter 12

[marshwiggledyke]

Title: A Copper's Instinct
Fandom: Hot Fuzz
Characters/Pairings: Nicholas/Danny, Nicholas/OC, Doris, Bob, Andes, Saxon, Turners, OC
Rating: PG-15

Comments

[jingee]

Had someone told me, ten minutes before I stumbled upon this fic arc, that Nicholas Angel would make a terrific werewolf, I would have been tremendously sceptical. Now I'm convinced that it was meant to be. Seriously, this was both entertaining, funny and sweet. I loved this, and its 'Butterman meets wolfman' prequel.

... and the collar almost slew me. Now I can't look at the film without thinking that Nick is missing something. XD Awesome work here, this has gone straight into my favourites for oh so many reasons.

[marshwiggledyke]

Holeee crap you've linked to everything on your journal. That's a massive compliment all on its own. :D Thank you!

Well, it's a skeptifying concept, isn't it? Werewolves and Hot Fuzz? But I seem to favor the kind of werewolves that have just never existed in film- the kind of rational, scared people who have a few doggy habits and are nowhere near as universally terrible as their reputation suggests, peeking worriedly over the Hays Code.

Impressive collar, as Tony says in film.

[jingee]

Well, I couldn't very well risk losing track of it, could I? :) If I could have a penny for every time I've "misplaced" a good piece of Internet fiction, I could buy an expensive meal. I'm not misplacing this one!

Your construction of the werewolves was something I found particularly enjoyable, too - especially since the reclusive, intelligent kind of were is so rare, in contrast to the maddened, slavering beast. Off the top of my head, the only other example I can think of is Aino Kallas's Sudenmorsian (The Wolf's Bride). Are you familiar with that? As for the combinanation of the were theme and Hot Fuzz, it doesn't really sound all that far-fetched once you remove the occult aura of evil. I mean, look at Sandford. That place is so absurd that a shape-shifter who contemplates oxygen availability in lockers is a positively sane thing in comparison.

Oh, Tony. From the mouths of the babes. (Pretend I didn't say that.)

[marshwiggledyke]

Can't say that I have, is it any good? The only literary thing that comes close in my mind is the Discworld concept of werewolves. Fortunately Danny didn't have a sword to draw when he stumbled across Nicholas on four legs.

They can be slavering, maddened beasts, but only if they choose to be, just like humans.