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Title: Total Eclipse of the Heart
Author: Flamingo
Fandom: Starsky and Hutch
Pairing: Starsky/Hutch
Categories: Angst, Post-Series, Romance, Drama, Action
Length: Really!Epic (I mean it, guys, it clocks in at over 200,000 words)
Warnings: extremely NSFW illustrations, police brutality
Author on LJ: n/a?
Website: n/a?
Review:
I’m sure most of you are at least aware of the 1970’s buddy cop TV show Starsky and Hutch. What you might not know if you haven’t watched any episodes lately is that this show is a slasher’s wet dream (not to mention a hurt/comfort goldmine). Starsky and Hutch are so far beyond subtext - it’s practically text. They’re inseparable, really tactile and affectionate, and completely upfront about the fact that they are each other’s most important person. Even the actors have described the show as “a love story about two men who happen to be cops.”
It almost feels like cheating to rec Flamingo’s Total Eclipse of the Heart as it widely considered to be THE story of the fandom, but it rightfully does deserve that acclaim. Essentially, Starsky and Hutch are drugged and they fall into bed together not realizing they are being videotaped. Things get messy real fast: the tape is exposed the next morning, their careers implode, and they wind up working as bouncers at a gay nightclub. Not to mention that Hutch remembers their night together and has realized he’s in love with Starsky while Starsky has repressed the memory so thoroughly that he honestly believes that he does not and cannot return those feelings.
It’s an incredibly intricate story dealing with all sorts of things: institutionalized homophobia, police brutality, gay rights activism, the gay scene of the 1970’s. But even with all the plotty stuff going on, Starsky and Hutch’s relationship remains at the forefront of the story, and it is beautifully and emotionally depicted. They’re hurting and messed up and uncertain but even so, the foundation of their friendship is just so damn strong that even something like this isn’t enough to even dent their commitment to each other, which is exactly how their relationship is and should be.
This is a must-read. Period.
Total Eclipse of the Heart
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Author: Flamingo
Fandom: Starsky and Hutch
Pairing: Starsky/Hutch
Categories: Angst, Post-Series, Romance, Drama, Action
Length: Really!Epic (I mean it, guys, it clocks in at over 200,000 words)
Warnings: extremely NSFW illustrations, police brutality
Author on LJ: n/a?
Website: n/a?
Review:
I’m sure most of you are at least aware of the 1970’s buddy cop TV show Starsky and Hutch. What you might not know if you haven’t watched any episodes lately is that this show is a slasher’s wet dream (not to mention a hurt/comfort goldmine). Starsky and Hutch are so far beyond subtext - it’s practically text. They’re inseparable, really tactile and affectionate, and completely upfront about the fact that they are each other’s most important person. Even the actors have described the show as “a love story about two men who happen to be cops.”
It almost feels like cheating to rec Flamingo’s Total Eclipse of the Heart as it widely considered to be THE story of the fandom, but it rightfully does deserve that acclaim. Essentially, Starsky and Hutch are drugged and they fall into bed together not realizing they are being videotaped. Things get messy real fast: the tape is exposed the next morning, their careers implode, and they wind up working as bouncers at a gay nightclub. Not to mention that Hutch remembers their night together and has realized he’s in love with Starsky while Starsky has repressed the memory so thoroughly that he honestly believes that he does not and cannot return those feelings.
It’s an incredibly intricate story dealing with all sorts of things: institutionalized homophobia, police brutality, gay rights activism, the gay scene of the 1970’s. But even with all the plotty stuff going on, Starsky and Hutch’s relationship remains at the forefront of the story, and it is beautifully and emotionally depicted. They’re hurting and messed up and uncertain but even so, the foundation of their friendship is just so damn strong that even something like this isn’t enough to even dent their commitment to each other, which is exactly how their relationship is and should be.
This is a must-read. Period.
Total Eclipse of the Heart
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Comments
The fact that everyone who is homophobic turns out to also be evil conspirators stretches belief a little, but the climactic kiss scene is on my top ten list of "most awesome romantic moments in fiction." Not even "in fanfic," - just in fiction in general.
Btw, what is "The Children's Hour"?
A classic Dead!Lesbian movie from the era of black & white film . Two teachers at a private school are falsely accused by a trouble-making student of having a homosexual affair, and it destroys their lives. One of the two teachers, who is at first appaled at the accusation, realizes over the course of the movie that she is bisexual, and that she *is* in fact, attracted to the other woman, and that this is what makes the accusation so powerful and destructive. So, in traditional Dead!Lesbian fashion, she commits suicide, and by so doing saves the other (straight) woman's reputation and allows her to marry her fiance.
Thanks for reccing.