Comments | grenadine: 33. fic: uncertain sideways streets, part two (the thick of it)

grenadine

33. fic: uncertain sideways streets, part two (the thick of it)

Sep 03, 2010 13:30

WELL, THEN.

Title: uncertain sideways streets (part two of two)
Fandom: The Thick of It
Rating: PG-13, language
Summary: During the election, Nicola Murray hits a wall.

Part one is here.

( A man named Mr. Chattisbourne is telling Nicola about his difficulties finding employment in the last year. )

tv: or fuck the fuck off, fic

Comments 16

daygloparker September 3 2010, 21:42:21 UTC

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII think that I might love you, just a little bit. And by a little bit, I mean A WHOLE LOT. This! All of this! I do not know how you do this, but this is their voices perfectly, and I am insanely jealous because I LOVE THIS. Of course he'd fix it so she was protected. Of course, of course, of course. Is Malcolm on the roof? Is he going to reenact Life on Mars?

"I could kill him," she muses, half-under her breath. "No one would care. I could move to Greece, take an assumed name-

In conclusion: LOL SPOOKS.

grenadine September 3 2010, 22:35:36 UTC

First: YES, you caught the Spooks reference! Of course you did. <3 (I'm assuming you also got the super-obvious Lost reference?)

Second: Thank you, omg! Parts of writing this were like trying to wring blood from a stone, seriously, so I'm really glad it works! And that you like the voices!

Is Malcolm on the roof? Is he going to reenact Life on Mars?

Yeah, that whole bit where Nicola goes slightly "!!!!" about Malcolm being on the roof stems directly from that Tumblr conversation we had about Nicola and Julius having to talk him down with made-up stories about Caribbean rent boys, so, you know, I'm glad you enjoyed that.

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grenadine September 7 2010, 01:46:23 UTC

Thank you!

icecrystal2k September 4 2010, 21:25:30 UTC

Hah! Excellent maneuvering by Malcolm. You write all of their voices so well. Amazing fic.

grenadine September 7 2010, 01:47:02 UTC

Thanks! :)

crazymaryt September 4 2010, 21:45:23 UTC

Nicola was great in this. I so love that character. Thanks for sharing (again).

grenadine September 7 2010, 01:47:51 UTC

I'm glad you liked it!

remindmeofthe September 5 2010, 01:19:25 UTC

I am so jealous of authors who make it look so easy to write Malcolm. Sometimes I think everyone is good at it except me!

Which to say: Your Malcolm is excellent. :D You have a good feel for the others too, especially Nicola. Also this cracked me up:

"Shame you didn't punch Malcolm," says Glenn, handing her a bunch of paper towels. "Or the PM. That probably would've won you some support."

I enjoyed this take on recent events, TToI-style.

grenadine September 7 2010, 02:04:41 UTC

Oh, thank you! I actually think writing Malcolm is super difficult, especially since I'm American and his speech is so idiomatic and full of Briticisms, so I'm glad you think I pulled it off. Mostly I just tried to make things sound as offensive as possible. :)