Man from UNCLE Masterpost

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Since most of my activity here nowadays seems to be me writing Man from UNCLE meta or fic on every topic under the sun, I figured it was time to make a proper masterpost of everything I've posted here or to various comms.

Most of these links go to LJ, though there are a few at the end to odds and ends I've posted to tumblr too.

Fic

• UNCLE slashfic recs masterpost
• My fic:
  • Fatale
    
    Pairing: Napoleon/Illya
    Summary: Napoleon’s weakness for femme fatales has never been one of the more ambiguous facets of his sexuality. (Or, a world in which Illya began his career on the wrong side of the law certainly isn’t one where Napoleon is any less likely to wind up in bed with him.)
    Rating: NC-17
    Word Count: 6,630
    Notes: Alternate universe, contains gun-kink and some bondage
    
    
  • A Unified Theory of UNCLE, in four parts
    
    Pairing: Napoleon/Illya
    Summary: In a world where the occasional well-placed enemy mole or major security breach is simply a matter of course, a handful of UNCLE's most sensitive operational directives have never been committed to paper at all.
    Rating: PG
    Word Count: 28,544
    Characters: Napoleon, Illya, Waverly, with appearances by Angelique, Ursula Alice Baldwin, Mark Slate, Gemma Lusso and "Wanda"
    Notes: Effectively a mix of elaborate crack theories and historical trivia built around a faintly ridiculous amount of flirting, fluff and prolonged UST
    
  • The Curious Nature of Felines
    
    Pairing: Napoleon/Illya
    Summary: The thing is, Illya's daemon doesn't behave like a daemon. She behaves like, well, a cat.
    Rating: PG
    Word Count: 8,523
    
  • The Flowers Along The Way
    
    Pairing: Napoleon/Illya
    Rating: G
    Word Count: 3,449
    Summary: "And your... uncle?" Illya asks, because he rather has to. "The country town lawyer?"
    
    Napoleon's smile widens. "Well, I can't promise he'll be able to make it this year..."
    
    "Of course," Illya returns, dryly. "He is such a busy man." And had he never existed at all (and Illya is well aware that he most likely doesn't), Napoleon would have had to invent him.
    
  
  
  Resources
  
  • The Man from UNCLE - Complete Season 1-4 subtitles
  Ripped from the DVDs, available in text format. Not as good as proper episode scripts as the lines lack attribution, but handy for checking dialogue in a hurry.
  
  
  • Complete production credits spreadsheet
  So, I started making a spreadsheet to get my head around which of the recurring cast showed up when, and got a bit carried away. Set up to be sortable either by episode airdate or original production order, covers shooting dates, air+rerun dates, directors, writers, and pretty much all the other credits available for import. Should be useful to anyone trying to figure out chronology and recurring influences.
  
  
  • MGM Character bios - Napoleon, Illya and Waverly
  The original source for a lot of details that made it into collective fanon without ever really coming up in the show, like Napoleon's yacht and Illya's love of jazz.
  
  
  • Original outlines for UNCLE and THRUSH
  Published with some of the early promotional material, and packed with details that didn't make it into the show, like the existence of the Mask Club and some of the other entrances to UNCLE HQ. Includes scans of some early promotional articles.
  
  
  • The UNCLE Special
  Scans of some articles with detailed technical info on the UNCLE gun.
  
  
  Meta
  
  • The Man from UNCLE - an extended introduction from a newbie fan
  In which I attempt to write the introduction I'd wished I'd been able to find before watching, to let me know what I was getting into.
  
  
  • Family Trees of Napoleon, Illya and Waverly
  Covering every known family member we've ever met, heard about, or whose existence was perhaps vaguely alluded to once, plus some musings about what it all tells us about their backgrounds.
  
  
  • On nicknames and Illya's wandering ethnicity
  Ficcers are fond of throwing around nicknames like 'tovarisch' or 'Smart Russian'. I ran some searches through the subtitle files to check exactly what was used in the show and how, and in the process, made the surprising discovery that the show all but completely stops admitting that Illya is Russian in the later seasons.
  
  
  • The curious semi-canonicity of the UNCLE Special
  The UNCLE gun was and is one of the defining symbols associated with the series - so it would probably surprise most long-time fans to realise it was never actually mentioned by name on screen. Virtually everything fans 'know' about the gun actually comes from various news articles (scans and links included).
  
  
  • The spotter's guide to The Girls of U.N.C.L.E.
  UNCLE actually featured a number of recurring female staff members over the years, and many of them (IMHO) are so much more interesting than they get credit for (even if most of them were inexplicably called 'Wanda'). There's also an appendix post of sorts: Heather McNabb, Wanda Mae Kim and Sarah Johnson in print
  
  
  • Gay communist spies and KGB honey traps - The surprising history of the Lavender Scare
  Only tangentially related to UNCLE, but I started looking up the subject of gay spies, and found so much more material than I was counting on.
  
  
  Picspams
  
  • That one photoshoot
  Three UNCLE stars, three attractive models and a smoke machine all get together to have one hell of a day at UNCLE HQ.
  
  
  • Illya vs. The Cameraman: A Saga in Pictures
  One of my favourite things about UNCLE's many promotional stills is just how many there are where it looks like Illya’s spotted the camera man, and thinks he’s up to no good.
  
  
  Book reviews
  
  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Behind the Scenes Story of a Television Classic
    
  A real treasure trove of behind-the-scenes details, recommended to any UNCLE fan.
  
  
  • Ian Fleming’s Thrilling Cities
    
  A travel book by the author of the James Bond novels, and one of Norman Felton's first inspirations for the series. Unfortunately, it quickly turns out that no matter what city Fleming wound up in, all the misogyny of the Bond franchise would still be along for the ride.
  
  
  • KGB: The secret work of Soviet secret agents
    
  A fascinating source on Cold War espionage.
  
  
  Trivia and other odds and ends from tumblr
  
  • General:
    • On the canonical support for that good old bed-sharing trope in MfU
  • Napoleon Solo:
    • Norman Felton and Ian Fleming design Napoleon Solo + Addendum
    • Sam Rolfe continues to develop Napoleon Solo
    • An Annotated Guide to Napoleon’s Apartment + gifs
  • Illya Kuryakin:
    • Canon details about Illya’s UNCLE career
    • Illya, romance and sex appeal
    • Illya's promotion to equal billing
    • Quotes from the later writers' guides, and some meta on Illya, women, and Napoleon + Addendum
      
  • Mr. Waverly:
    • Behind the scenes with Leo G. Carroll's failing health