Comments | fengirl88: fic: Nights at the Opera (3)

fengirl88

fic: Nights at the Opera (3)

Oct 31, 2010 17:21

Title: Nights at the Opera (number 3 in an occasional series)
Author: fengirl88
Category: Crossover (BBC Sherlock; E.M. Forster, Maurice; Merchant Ivory, film adaptation of Maurice)
Pairing: Lestrade/Maurice established relationship
Wordcount: ~930
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None in the conventional sense. More shameless self-indulgence. More opera ( Read more... )

opera, anything can happen in shortfic'verse, lestrade, category: crossover, maurice, fengirl is a shameless romantic, category: romance, pairing: lestrade/maurice, the old bad songs and other stories, rating: pg-13

Comments 38

kalypso_v October 31 2010, 17:40:38 UTC

I knew there was a reason not to go and watch Maurice for a few minutes more. And this was it. Now I will go and toast the crumpets. Thank you.

fengirl88 October 31 2010, 17:41:36 UTC

your timing is impeccable!

enjoy Maurice and the crumpets...

kalypso_v October 31 2010, 17:45:15 UTC

I'm just listening to Susanna first.

kalypso_v November 1 2010, 01:39:16 UTC

I'd forgotten there was a cricket match. Did Durham actually made Scudder retire so he could have a bat? Pah! Any sympathy I still had for him evaporated.

I watched the last half-hour twice...

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et_cetera55 October 31 2010, 17:50:10 UTC

Oh I love you and this fic so much!
And Lestrade getting turned on by the production... so HOT!

fengirl88 October 31 2010, 17:52:37 UTC

hurrah! *hugs you*

very glad you're enjoying it. I must say I am having a lot of fun writing it...

et_cetera55 October 31 2010, 17:56:35 UTC

*hugs back*
(And your icon is gorgeous!)

fengirl88 October 31 2010, 18:06:36 UTC

this one and the *sulks* one I use most of the time are by eumelkeks. the under-gamekeeper icon is what got me started writing Lestrade!fic, because the idea of a Lestrade/Scudder crossover was irresistible.

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pineapplepeople November 1 2010, 06:03:32 UTC

*claps* I'm so happy you wrote a maurice/sherlock cross over! Every time I see Lestrade I think of Alec. This was a really awesome story! ♥

fengirl88 November 1 2010, 08:57:20 UTC

thank you very much! I'm so pleased you enjoyed it.

I've written several maurice/sherlock crossover fics now (if you would like to read more there are links to them in "My fic masterlist" on this page). there are also two earlier parts of this opera story, and I should put a link to them in this part...

this wonderful icon by eumelkeks is what got me started on writing a Lestrade who was in service at a big house in his youth before he joined the force. he first appears in Close Analysis, but does not meet Maurice until The Old Bad Songs.

I love that moving icon with Sherlock and The Coat!

stellary November 1 2010, 06:19:04 UTC

"Rosenkavalier and you in black tie? I may spontaneously combust."

Being a total opera illiterate, the former doesn't mean anything to me (sorry); but Lestrade in formal attire, that I CAN properly appreciate.

fengirl88 November 1 2010, 08:48:22 UTC

thank you! there will be something about Rosenkavalier in the final part, which should explain a bit about it. it's also the source of the music at the end of my earlier fic Consequences.

I think many people share this appreciation of Lestrade in formal attire...

whufan1 November 1 2010, 09:01:37 UTC

Classically trained musician working in the business I may be, but opera is my least favourite genre. However, I'm loving these little fics and maybe my listening or viewing of the operas just might be seen in a different light from now on ;-)

fengirl88 November 1 2010, 09:08:28 UTC

thank you very much! *beams*

I'm so pleased that you are enjoying these fics. I am sure that happy associations with Lestrade (and Maurice) would improve almost any genre, in music or otherwise...