Comments | ladychi: Fic: The Death of Doctor Keenan (Bones AU) [1/?]

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Fic: The Death of Doctor Keenan (Bones AU) [1/?]

Jul 13, 2011 19:45

Title: The Death of Doctor Keenan
Author: ladychi
Rating: Teen for violence, adult language, substance abuse, descriptions of domestic violence, sexual content in future chapters.
Pairings and Characters: Booth/Brennan, Hodgins/Angela, Jared/Padme, assorted squinterns and minor characters
Summary: In 1930's Philadelphia, Seeley Booth is a former cop ( Read more... )

fic: bones, fic: booth/brennan, fic: the death of doctor keenan

Comments 8

mendenbar01 July 14 2011, 02:05:33 UTC

Gotta be instrumental, here, perhaps Mood Indigo.

I am so hearing Bogie and Bacall in this. Wonderful, wonderful beginning. You have the tone of film noir down perfectly.

"That doesn’t phase her at all." In this sentence, it should be "faze" not "phase." "Faze" is to be affected by. "Phase" is a state of being, as in he is going through a phase, or three-phase wiring.

Everybody gets it wrong all the time in fanfic but I hope you don't mind my pointing it out. Your writing is too good for little things like this to be allowed to mar it.

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ladychi July 17 2011, 09:23:15 UTC

I'm so glad you enjoyed this! I was really hoping to get the tone exactly right, and it turns out that it's the hardest thing to maintain throughout.

Thank you for the reminder re: phase/faze! I will edit this text to correct the mistake!

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ladychi July 17 2011, 09:31:12 UTC

When it comes to AU, go big or go home, right? LOL. No, ever since I saw the posters of Bones SDCC, I've had this plot bunny, and I've talked myself out of it more than once, but life's too short not to enjoy your hobby, so now, here I am again, slowly pecking away at a Bones story.

I'm so glad you enjoyed this! Thank you for your kind words!

muzakys July 14 2011, 04:42:07 UTC

I am VERY excited about your new AU! I think you've already really nailed their characters; something about who they are now is very translatable to that time period. Great, great start with this!!!

ladychi July 17 2011, 09:37:37 UTC

Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed this!

eitoph July 14 2011, 09:59:52 UTC

I love it.

Like, whoah. This is an awesome idea and each of the little nuances and details you've fit in so far already have me drawn in. I love that Booth still arrested her father, that he's still a gambler in a sense thst fits right in with the time. You've got the tone and the overall 30s feel working very well, which is half the battle with a good AU and it's making for an impressive read :)

Glad you posted!

madly_meg July 15 2011, 21:07:38 UTC

I seriously jumped up and down when I saw this, a) because you're awesome, and the fic world has been bereft without you, and b) BECAUSE HOW AWESOME IS THIS?! Oh boy, NOIR Booth and Bones? I seriously died and went to heaven.

But really - you have already set up an incredibly intriguing premise. You have kept the characters true to themselves without limiting them by keeping them behind their "real world" barriers. In short, I can't wait to see more!