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"The Last Unwedded Nights of Sir Robert Gadlen" - for Lilacsigil

Sep 22, 2006 17:04

Title: The Last Unwedded Nights of Sir Robert Gadlen
Author: newredshoes
Recipient: lilacsigil
Characters: Psylocke, Blob, Hob Gadling (The Sandman); Mystique, Husk, a cameo here and there
Rating: PG-13ish for sex, violence, and theatrics
Word Count: 3,086
Summary: Psylocke - does an English lady of good breeding want to become a warrior in 1602? How does she fight? ( Read more... )

Comments 15

likeadeuce September 22 2006, 22:10:16 UTC

Hob Gadling! Squee!

I love the Agincourt line --

and I’faith, she is a marvel. . . . "marvel" being such a great Shakespearean word. Excellent.

newredshoes September 23 2006, 03:34:53 UTC

I've been dying to write this story for ages. Hob wins at so much. (Quite literally at life, I think!)

Mmguh, Shakespeare. He is one of my Trio of Eternal Dead White Boyfriends. (The others being Homer and James Joyce.)

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

likeadeuce September 23 2006, 03:50:45 UTC

Yes!

Behold my musings on the use of 'marvel' in Shakespeare.

And I have a theory written out somewhere re: Scott/Jean/Emma and "The Dead" --

newredshoes September 24 2006, 00:05:35 UTC

Oho! Oh, that's spiffy.

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cad27 September 23 2006, 01:00:27 UTC

Seconded, Paige was great. Very nice job.

newredshoes September 23 2006, 03:31:31 UTC

I'm glad you enjoyed it -- thanks for the note!

newredshoes September 23 2006, 03:30:45 UTC

Thank you! And I adore your icon, to be, er, slightly distracted by the shiny.

wal_lace September 22 2006, 23:10:30 UTC

There is no part of this story I do not love. Fantastic use of Betsy, Hob, and the Blob himself.

Thank you.

newredshoes September 23 2006, 03:32:30 UTC

You really know how to make a girl with a word processor happy.

Thank you so much for the note. I'm glad it pleased. :)

Best. Crossover. Ever. lilacsigil September 23 2006, 04:59:35 UTC

Oh! Oh my god this story was so fantastic! I loved the Lock and Key, loyal servant of the crown, and poor Fred the Duke's Man, and kitchenmaid Husk (little page!) who sees all but cannot understand it. Corva (great name!) was terrifying, as she should be, and so at home in the complicated swirl of politics, drink and death. And Elizabeth speaks often of far Cathay, and wears a fine turban - a queer girl indeed!

The format was wonderful, and the language simply amazing, especially in the "play" sections.

Using Hob Gadling was a wonderful conceit, and I was so delighted to see Elizabeth and Hob share their secrets with each other at the end.

I am absolutely thrilled and honoured to receive this story.

Re: Best. Crossover. Ever. newredshoes September 24 2006, 00:01:19 UTC

*glees!* I'm so glad you liked it! Thank you so much for the prompt! I've been trying to articulate a story like this for ages, and you really gave me a means of doing it. Huzzah!

st_aurafina September 23 2006, 10:46:52 UTC

This was brilliant - I loved it! It carried me along at a rollicking pace, and it was smart and funny. Hob! Cain! Fred! Paige! Lock and Key! And a happy ending! Brilliant!

newredshoes September 24 2006, 00:02:57 UTC

Thank you! It was really fun to write. And I have such a strange weakness for Freddy Dukes, he had to show up. I'm glad you enjoyed it!