QAF U.K. + Angst Recs

[secretsolitaire]

*slumps* So tired. We have house guests coming tomorrow and staying for three nights (!) so there was a big flurry of cleaning and preparing today. The apartment looks relatively pristine, but I'm pooped!

Comments

[eloiselovelace]

I totally agree about UK!QAF... I was a huge fan of Vince/Stewart (chemistry like woah!) and thought the ending was genius in its open-endedness. It felt really weird, when we started to watch the US version, to be rooting for Brian/Justin... but Brian and Michael just don't work together nearly as well as their UK counterparts did. :)

I'm saving the recs for a time when I'm more able to have my heart ripped out, because the descriptions alone make me wibbly. But thanks!

[secretsolitaire]

Gah, I'm just thinking about that scene where Vince and Stuart have lunch and Stuart says that Vince has a small world but it was enough for him, and names all the Dr. Who actors...*flails a little*

One thing I didn't mention above is that the U.K. version really presented a more realistic scenario...I mean, how likely is it that the first person you sleep with would end up being your one and only, especially if you're as young as Justin and Nathan are? Not that I'm questioning the U.S. version, since obviously Brian and Justin are OMG MEANT TO BE -- but there is something more gritty and real about the U.K. version, which I really appreciated.

As for the recs, yeah, I'm not always in the mood for angst either. But I do hope you enjoy them when you're up for them!

[flashfly]

I know I've read Boys of Melody (excellent, as most of her stuff is), and not sure about the other QaF rec, but the HP recs have more excited, frankly. Thanks!

[secretsolitaire]

Oh, I'm sure you've read the mojokid fic since it's been recced all over the place (and deservedly so, IMO). Hope you like the HP ones!

[justinlovesart]

This post made me re-read Not Your Leaving but Yout Not Coming Back. Still as moving as I remembered it. And I agree with you how close to canon it feels, in terms of the emotions leading to Justin moving away.

I am one of those who loves the original UK version of QAF. A completely different show from the US one: less angsty and less romantic, but beautifully written and acted, I think. Also with more social commentary, Stuart and Vince being fundamentally working class children, with everyting that comes with it.

The scene where Stuart tells Vince the names of all the actors who played Dr Who, in chronological order has to be one of the funniest and most original love declarations I've ever seen.

[secretsolitaire]

The scene where Stuart tells Vince the names of all the actors who played Dr Who, in chronological order has to be one of the funniest and most original love declarations I've ever seen.

Oh my god, yes. That was a magnificent scene. As soon as it was over I immediately watched it again. :-D

I agree that the U.K. version had wonderful writing and acting (I adore the U.S. version, but you have to admit there were some really clunky lines -- and plotlines -- on occasion). The U.K. series is definitely less romantic and more...quirky and real, somehow. I'm thinking of that scene toward the end where Stuart makes a gun with his fingers and holds it against Andrew's mother's head. It was kind of a bizarre moment, but I believed it.

[ellyrianna]

I loved "Boys of Melody", and I cry every time I read it.

[secretsolitaire]

I know! It breaks my heart every time, but I adore it. Gah.

[rinsbane]

ooh. I needed these angsty recs 3 days ago, chickadee. *g* Then I decided to go in for SGA, and I'm all shiny and feeling the love at the moment. But still, will keep for the next time. Thanks!

[secretsolitaire]

Hee, I was actually going to post these recs a few days ago, but my own life got a little too angsty and I had to take refuge in fluff instead. ;-) They'll be here when you're in the mood.

Yay for shiny new fandom love!