RR -- Marriage of Convenience

[jane_elliot]

Hey everyone,

I've decided to add a new feature to Epic Recs, called Readers' Recs, which will give ya'll a chance to pimp your favorite stories and give me a chance to discover some new and wonderful fiction.

Here's how it works:

Every Friday, I'll post a theme. It might be as simple as a fandom or a pairing, or it might be a premise or story

Comments

[intheyear2004]

That sounds great. Thank you. Can't think of anything fitting that description to rec though. But I'm looking forward to epic length recs to come from this effort. :yumyum:

[jane_elliot]

Yeah, I was kind of afraid that this one would be too limiting for our small membership. And yet, I really, really want to see some Marriage of Convenience fic and I know there's more out there (SGA, I'm looking at you). Plus, while I'm sure ya'll could all come up with Fraser/Kowalski fic I haven't read yet, it seemed insulting to start out with something so...obvious:)

[terrio]

There are a few really good marriage of convenience stories in Smallville; one of my favorites is one you've already recced: Omiai. But there's also Red Tape, by scribblinlenore. It's much shorter than Omiai (most things are, really! :-) at about 100k, but it's really lovely.

And if we were allowed to rec multiple stories for a single theme, I'd rec sgatlantislight's Unified Theory, an AU in which Everett was never drained by a Wraith, John was sent back to Earth, and Rodney married him so he could return to Atlantis. It's a WiP, currently at 24 parts, ~300k long, and a lot of fun.

On the Due South side, I think my favorite AU is probably sihayab's Pas de Deux, in which Ray K. became a dancer (and later, a dance instructor), rather than a cop, and Fraser comes in for dance lessons prior to his marriage to Victoria. 284k, and really well-written.

[jane_elliot]

Ooo, excellent choices! Both Red Tape and Pas de Deux were on my 'track down to rec' list, so I'm really happy to have links to each. I've never heard of Unified Theory -- is it close to being completed?

Also, never fear about only getting one rec. Somehow, I think Marriage of Convenience will pop up as a theme again:)

Thanks for the recs!

[terrio]

Oh, good -- glad to have been helpful!

And I have no idea about the status of Unified Theory, sorry! The author hasn't updated it since March, though she's had other long breaks and come back to it, so I'm not giving up on it yet. And it may turn out to be an open-ended WiP; there really isn't an overarching story arc so much as a series of mostly-stand-alone episodes. (Well... there are occasional cliff-hangers, but the end of the last chapter is not one, thankfully.) Wish I could tell you more!

Marriage of Convenience

[harried_minion]

Without Love by lamardeuse

This is a McShep fic by lamardeuse loosely based on the 1945 film with Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn in which Tracy is a scientist working on a secret government project and Hepburn is the widow who enters into an unusual marriage with him. c. 22,000 words.

McKay is the Spencer Tracy character and Sheppard is Katharine Hepburn.

Of course, this isn't a legal marriage because it takes place in the United States where we're mostly too stupid to legalize gay marriage.

http://lamardeuse.dreamhost.com/sg/withoutlove.html

Re: Marriage of Convenience

[jane_elliot]

Another marriage of convenience fic! Excellent:)

BTW, do you happen to know if the movie this is based on is any good? Reading all of these movie-to-fanfic adaptations is really making me want to go out and watch some classics.

Thanks!

Re: Marriage of Convenience

[harried_minion]

Well I love everything Tracy and Hepburn, so I enjoyed it. Just watching their chemistry on the screen gives a little magic to a film.

SGA Marriage of Convenience

[blackpapertiger]

The Convenient Husband by Brighid Stone

McKay/Sheppard, of course, written for the Harlequin Challenge, and probably my favorite from that challenge. It's funny, and a little angsty, and they both have hilarious families, and the voices are great. It can be found here:

Part One

Part Two

Re: SGA Marriage of Convenience

[jane_elliot]

Ooo, I *love* this fic! And I'm so glad you recced it, because I haven't been able to find a link to it *anywhere*!

Off to write a review...

Very belated -

[joannindiw]

I just came across this fic that would fit - the first theme; hopefully you don't mind the belated rec.

http://www.yuletidetreasure.org/archive/33/duende.html

It's also at astolat's webpage at:
http://www.intimations.org/fanfic/master_and_commander/Duende.html

Re: Very belated -

[joannindiw]

... though, um. Just realized. Might not be long enough. *headdesk* er. sorry?

Re: Very belated -

[jane_elliot]

Best of all -- no length limits! (Or author restritictions or fandom definitions or... :)

Re: Very belated -

[joannindiw]

Ah! Ok; I mean, it's called 'epic recs' and I belatedly thought it should perhaps be *long*. ^^