A bit of housekeeping

[lucy_lapine]

This is one of the two RPS fics I've written and posted in my regular (and completely friends only) journal lucy_lupin that I decided to make open to the general public for your perversion enjoyment. While it was written way back in 2003, it still remains to this day one of my favourite fics ever written and the only one I'm one hundred percent happy with.

Comments

First to review, huzzah!

[frio69]

Oh my Non-Denominational Deity, this was gorgeous. Funny and sexy and smart and just perfect, really. Wowowowowowow. I've always thought that the football slash universe could do with more humor; given the nature of slash I guess it's understandable why it's mostly angsty, but hey! The more humor fics, the better! :D

I love the one-liners, there are so many money ones in this fic that I might as well quote the entire story. *g* I love how everyone in the fic is witty in their own disctinct way (Ashley's being way too interested in the whole gay thing, Freddie having to defend his sexuality at every turn, Sylvain being a lazy bastard, Thierry just being all cute and adorable, etc. etc.) And I adore the interaction between Pires and Mellberg - they're obviously attracted to each other, but they've still got that general snark goin' on. Yep. Love it. ♥

And, oh, the minibar. *dies* Best Plot Device, ever.I apologise for the length of the 'review', there were just so many things I loved about this fic. You're really talented; I hope you

Re: First to review, huzzah!

[lucy_lapine]

You're very welcome *g* I actually find it hard to write angst really well; it just comes out sounding OTT. There are a lot of writers who can do it well without going too overboard, but I'm not one of them. All of my pairing fics have some basis in snark and humour and this seems to be amplified in my slash fics.

The idea for the fic came up with I saw a photo of the two involved in a big hissy fit during a September 2003 match. Even though I don't believe either are gay, I saw it and thought, "UST!"

The minibar actually came up in a conversation between myself, zeft and gremlin_c. Someone made a crack about being locked in a closet with Bob, but then he wouldn't be much good at escaping, someone else made a crack about the whole point of being locked in a closet with Bob was that you wouldn't really want to escape, then someone suggested it would still have to be a comfortable closet, with some pillows and a minibar. So *boom*, the minibar was born.

[thewayforwards]

Oh, I am very amused *g* Funny, smart and really quite sexy.

I was, unsurprisingly, a bit hesitant with the pairing since it involved breaking up my OTP *pets them* but the result is brilliant. Very well done. I'm impressed.
Hee, and I do love Olof =)

There's just not enough humour in this fandom, over all, and we need more of it. Really good!

[lucy_lapine]

Thank you :) I do love to write Olof. He's such a strong, silent type with seemingly no sense of humour that I love putting him in situations that get under his skin and make him all hot and flustered.

In my universe, the fic doesn't really kill your OTP. I wrote it with this back story in mind:
1. Thierry and Robert are best friends.
2. Robert has recently started dating men and has come out to a few people, including Thierry.
3. Thierry is secretly interested in Robert, but doesn't want to say anything as it would involve (a) admitting he likes men, which is something he is not ready to do, even to himself and (b) possibly putting a strain on his friendship and making Robert feel betrayed when he had used Thierry to confide in. In fact, there's definitely room to read Thierry as being interested in Bob in this fic.
And also Pires/Mellberg is a lust pairing - I don't see it going any further than a fling. So there you are. OTP saved ;)

[thewayforwards]

Oh, you see, that is all well and well with the Pires/Henry pairing but 'tis not my OTP ;) Freddie and Olof is the one and only and possible way forwards *nodnod* But it's okay anyway, promise ;)

[lucy_lapine]

Well, either way it's not going any further than a brief fling ;p I just assumed you were a Henry/Pires shipper, they seem to be the when-all-is-said-and-done pairing of the RPS football set.

[lucy_lapine]

Thanks! *g*