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ladybug_archive) wrote2011-07-09 02:54 am
ladybug_archive) wrote2011-07-09 02:54 am
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... **headdesk.**
A little romance in the fandom here and there is fine, but it's honestly kind of annoying when I find five pages of Perry Mason/Della Street fanfiction and only about two stories in the whole section that are Gen/Mystery genre! Seriously, almost everyone writing for the show at FF.net seems to have a one-track mind. That was the case several years ago when I looked before, as well.
Also, I thought it was a little odd that the slashers hadn't come out to play. Then I see there's one on Archive of Our Own, writing Perry Mason/Paul Drake.
I still find it strange that the slashers don't engage in Perry Mason/Hamilton Burger. Not that I want to see it; it would honestly be rather frightening. But in an anime series, and probably in recent TV shows or movies, rival characters like them who have a very interesting and complex relationship (they've gone out to lunch and dinner, they occasionally work together on cases, Burger once asked Perry to defend a friend of his) would excite the slashers to no end.
I wish someone would show some interest in writing about them in a Gen way (though honestly, since it seems like anything concerning them is downright impossible and non-existent to find, I'd probably be willing to even read a mild slashfic on them if it existed). Their interaction is the main thing that intrigues me about the show (and the main thing that contributed to me being a casual fan). I've watched it off and on for probably twelve or thirteen years, maybe longer.
And Simon Oakland's characters can't catch a break. He plays a bad fellow and ends up dead. He plays a good fellow and still ends up dead. And the latter death pretty much broke my heart. It was so needless! His character, Captain Caldwell, was killed by some kook who didn't want Caldwell's investigation into sabotage to cause his precious missile not to launch. So the nut killed him to halt the investigation.
Also, I thought it was a little odd that the slashers hadn't come out to play. Then I see there's one on Archive of Our Own, writing Perry Mason/Paul Drake.
I still find it strange that the slashers don't engage in Perry Mason/Hamilton Burger. Not that I want to see it; it would honestly be rather frightening. But in an anime series, and probably in recent TV shows or movies, rival characters like them who have a very interesting and complex relationship (they've gone out to lunch and dinner, they occasionally work together on cases, Burger once asked Perry to defend a friend of his) would excite the slashers to no end.
I wish someone would show some interest in writing about them in a Gen way (though honestly, since it seems like anything concerning them is downright impossible and non-existent to find, I'd probably be willing to even read a mild slashfic on them if it existed). Their interaction is the main thing that intrigues me about the show (and the main thing that contributed to me being a casual fan). I've watched it off and on for probably twelve or thirteen years, maybe longer.
And Simon Oakland's characters can't catch a break. He plays a bad fellow and ends up dead. He plays a good fellow and still ends up dead. And the latter death pretty much broke my heart. It was so needless! His character, Captain Caldwell, was killed by some kook who didn't want Caldwell's investigation into sabotage to cause his precious missile not to launch. So the nut killed him to halt the investigation.
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That's a good question. I'm always both a little surprised to see it in very old series and a little surprised when it's completely absent. For Perry Mason, I'm unsure of anything about the fan base other than that they apparently can't get enough of Perry/Della and that one lone person has been writing Perry/Paul slash. And Perry was the defense lawyer in a series of stories where the Hogan's Heroes characters put the fanfic authors on trial (for all the hurt/comfort they inflict), so I'm guessing he's fairly popular among fans of that show. I'm not sure how common slash is with Hogan's Heroes fans, but it definitely has a presence. It would be kind of interesting to do a study to try to figure out if there's any pattern to the kinds of people who gravitate towards certain fandoms with slash ideas in mind and those who have het or gen ideas. As well as if there's particular kinds of fandoms slashers would be more likely to hang out in, although I'm not sure that would tell much, as I would think they'd have a blast with Perry Mason.... Especially considering how much they love Phoenix Wright....
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Hasn't Crystal written some fics with LeBeau in trouble? I haven't kept up with her Hogan's Heroes projects, but I was thinking she had done things with LeBeau as well as with Newkirk.
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It's too bad more fans don't follow her example! There have to be some other LeBeau fans out there who want to write such stories.
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There are some gen Monkees stories, too, which were the main thing I entertained myself with when I was reading Monkees fanfics. And of course, my own are always gen.
Hopefully!
Oh, and I love The Untouchables. It's everything I hoped it would be when I fell in love with the concept so many years ago. I've seen all three of Simon's episodes now (and oddly enough, I think my favorite is the one where he plays a bodyguard of Al Capone's), and I'm looking forward to watching many others. I'll probably eventually see them all.
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...While I like the idea of Hogan/Tiger, I don't expect to ever write about it.
Hang in there in regards to the LeBeau h/c! I have plans for more! Until then, I recommend 96Hubbles' story, "Spilt Milk"--there's some LeBeau h/c there. It's in my favorites list on FFN.
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Okay! It's a good story--if I remember right, it even won a couple Papa Bear Awards, and rightly so!