A-Team fic; Soaring And Crashing (part 1)

[stackcats]

Title: Soaring And Crashing (Part 1)
Fandom: The A-Team (series)
Characters/pairings: Hannibal/BA/Murdock/Face; any and all combinations mentioned
Rating: R
Summary: Murdock has been left alone in the VA hospital for a really long time. Which wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for the fact that the team has just connected the dots between the pairings

Comments

[napalmedsteak]

This is absolutely incredible. Seriously. You don't need another ounce of practice when it comes to writing A-Team stuff.

I shall await the next part with the utmost enthusiasm.

[stackcats]

Aren't we in the same time zone? You're crazy, up this late. Early. Something.
Glad you like so far! We'll see how this baby goes...

[napalmedsteak]

Yep, I'm a UK-er. A crazy one at that.

Didn't know you liked QI! I work there. Just sayin'.

Now, off to my bed! :-)

[stackcats]

You work there? That is amazing. What do you do?

...And do you have any jobs going?

Sleep time for me too. G'night!

[niektete]

OHNOES! What trickery is this? Gas bombs? That's just mean :( Poor Murdock! I can just sense that this will be angsty as all hell, but in the right way. More? Pretty please, more? :)

[stackcats]

Yepyep, the angst, it is coming!
This one's going to be slow-going (it cuts a little close to home), but more is in the works!

[sonora_coneja]

Aw, crap, how did I miss this before? I love the way you alternate between Murdock's inner monologue and the third-person when dealing with the rest of the boys, works really well.

And did I mention, cliffhanger much?

[delorita]

OH WOW! First of all let me tell you, that I thought no one would ever write first person POV in this fandom! YOUR "VOICE" of Murdock is PERFECT! You got that down 100%. I LOVE first person POV and I am glad you tried that! It's wonderful to read all the images he has in his head for the four of them! Yummy yumm!

And the part for the three other guys is spot on as well! I can just see the scene play out in front of my inner eye! COOL!

[stackcats]

Thank you :*
I'm very relieved to hear you like Murdock in this. I find him so difficult to write, because I haven't pinned him down properly yet. He's a slippery little bugger, that one!
I love first person too My true love is second person, but I haven't been brave enough to bring that to this fandom yet... it doesn't seem to fit so well. Second person works best when there's an element of other-worldlyness to the canon.

[delorita]

OMG yes Murdock is really slippery. I just saw him as an Idian and was, again, blown away by Dwight's performance. He's just...well like you wrote him :D

Second person POV? Is something like "You think you can't do this. You should probably think about it again. Your friends will never agree." ?

I write in whatever style my muse wants to. In the Sherlock Holmes fandom of course first person POV was normal since ACD wrote the original in that POV. I just heard that some readers just don't like it. Some people also don't like to read stuff that's written in present tense. For me it doesn't matter as long as the author is good. And we seem to have ALL brilliant authors in the A-Team fandom. I didn't find a bad story so far :D

[stackcats]

Yeah, that's second person. It can be very intimate and elegant if done well, but it can be hard to find it done well. I've tried a few fics in it before, and they usually go down okay with readers, but it puts some people off automatically.

There was a discussion on my flist about PoV in Sherlock Holmes fandom recently. If I write in that fandom, I do not write as Watson in first person, and I know a few others who don't either. I haven't pinned down why yet... need to write more in that fandom at some point.