An Officer and Some Gentlemen, by Y St. Ace (PG-13)
Title: An Officer and Some Gentlemen
Fandom: One Piece
Pairing: gen, focusing on Smoker and Tashigi
Categories: humor, action
Length: Long [~18,000 words]
Warnings: some violence against OC villains (although a real villain does appear briefly)
Author on LJ: n/a
Website: the Fanfiction.net page
Review: Smoker is forced by his superiors to hob-nob with the rich at a formal party. His long-suffering Sergeant-Major, who's had some experience with these parties before, goes along. Together, they fight crime and good manners alike.
This is one of those stories that I didn't know I needed to exist in this fandom until I read it. Grumpy, abrasive and common-born Smoker is a perfect foil for the rich OCs that Y St. Ace created. The OCs, while I'm on the subject, are perfect for the setting and for the One Piece series - and how they react to Smoker and Tashigi, both during the party itself and during the melee that ensues when some criminals attack the mansion, is spot-on. (Plus, I love that Tashigi was both practical enough and pessimistic enough to order a dress that would hide both wine and blood stains. She knows that Smoker can't go anywhere without causing a ruckus!) An excellent gen fic - even those unfamiliar with One Piece should be able to slip right into the story.
An Officer and Some Gentlemen
Fandom: One Piece
Pairing: gen, focusing on Smoker and Tashigi
Categories: humor, action
Length: Long [~18,000 words]
Warnings: some violence against OC villains (although a real villain does appear briefly)
Author on LJ: n/a
Website: the Fanfiction.net page
Review: Smoker is forced by his superiors to hob-nob with the rich at a formal party. His long-suffering Sergeant-Major, who's had some experience with these parties before, goes along. Together, they fight crime and good manners alike.
This is one of those stories that I didn't know I needed to exist in this fandom until I read it. Grumpy, abrasive and common-born Smoker is a perfect foil for the rich OCs that Y St. Ace created. The OCs, while I'm on the subject, are perfect for the setting and for the One Piece series - and how they react to Smoker and Tashigi, both during the party itself and during the melee that ensues when some criminals attack the mansion, is spot-on. (Plus, I love that Tashigi was both practical enough and pessimistic enough to order a dress that would hide both wine and blood stains. She knows that Smoker can't go anywhere without causing a ruckus!) An excellent gen fic - even those unfamiliar with One Piece should be able to slip right into the story.
An Officer and Some Gentlemen