Fic: Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me (Public Eye)

[lost_spook]

I wrote Public Eye fic! (I know, I know, but I really didn't think I could manage something for it properly, but I quite like this. One day I will stop being obscure, honest, but for today, I finally achieved Frank Marker/Helen Mortimer fic, and that'll do me for now. ;-D Mind, I only just finished this; I shall probably find a lot of horrible

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[liadtbunny]

Keep being obscure:)

I was thinking about obscurity and popularity myself because I fancied doing an introspective piece and thought maybe I should concentrate on the Polly angst I scribbled ages ago because at least somebody would read it, cos it's Who and people watch it, instead of only me but I'd far rather do some 'Bulman' related stuff and my brain stepped in and I did some 'Bulman'. Dunno if I will type it up. I'll probably do the Polly thing so I can talk about which fic got the most hits on the end of year fic meme instead of "they all got 8 hits."(!) So I say go with your heart if it wants to be obscure. I may be biased;)

[lost_spook]

Aw. ♥

But I think I should direct my brain to something a little less obscure as soon as I can, because otherwise it gets rather lonely. I'm not sorry I wrote this, though. :-)

Polly's not a guarantee for readers, though, either. Ian and Barbara, yes, Ben and Polly, no. They've been too burninated. *sigh*

[liadtbunny]

Which is much better than being Lonely;) (This gag may have been used several thousand times before, soz).

I think I shall have to give up on popularity & trying to be. It doesn't like me(!).

[lost_spook]

:lol:

Popularity only comes when you're not looking for it. One day you'll dash off a random crossover and be baffled by everyone suddenly liking it. :-)

[swordznsorcery]

Stay obscure! For one thing, the internet has more than enough of the other stuff. For another, Frank Marker deserves his day in the sun. Even if it is a quiet and subdued day, seen only by a few. He'd probably prefer that anyway.

I didn't notice any horrible mistakes, by the way. :)

[lost_spook]

Well, I'm never exactly in the middle of a mega-fandom. But I think slightly less obscure every now and then is good, because that means Classic Who and Blake's 7 and Sapphire and Steel and things. Those are nice things! :-)

Frank Marker deserves his day in the sun. Even if it is a quiet and subdued day, seen only by a few. He'd probably prefer that anyway.

He can have a day in the sun, as long as it's on Brighton sea front, with Mrs Mortimer. That would be nice. For him, as well as for those who ship them, like me and Percy Firbank.

[oonaseckar]

“Besides, that’s life, isn’t it? Full of disappointments.”
Oh, Frank!

And if, afterwards, she smiled too much and hoped too hard, that was only the risk you took in being alive, and always so much better than any of the alternatives.
Until you get a reminder of how bad the let-down is, I suppose. Just touting for a little business for cynicism!

It's beautifully melancholy. And the contrast between hopeful married romance, and wary single woundedness, very sharp.

[lost_spook]

Aw, thanks for reading! ♥

[dimity_blue]

Awww, that was cute! I love that it turned out to be a dancing class and nothing scandalous at all. And that Frank came back down to give Helen a peck on the cheek was just adorable.

Now look - you've got me shipping them!

[lost_spook]

Aw, thanks for reading! :-)

Now look - you've got me shipping them!

This is just inevitable, sorry. Percy Firbank does it the first second he sees them together. And if hardened police officers ship them at first sight, what can any of the rest of us expect?

;-D