Lifetime Fic Bingo: 2003

[tinturtle]

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It's 2003. Outkast is on the radio. Here in the USA, the year's top film is The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. New terms coined include: binge-watch, dad bod, eggcorn, flash mob, level up, manscaping, muffin top, SARS, Skype, and unfriend.

For 2003 I read five fics: two Professionals and three Man from U.N.C.L.E..

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[macklingirl]

I'm really way behind reading your Bingo-Posts or commenting on them. But I'll start now and will go backwards because I saw that I don't know all Pros stories you recommended. And I would love to read them. Time was against me for the last months.

And I never heard of the song you mentioned.

[tinturtle]

I hope you will find an opportunity to read some of the stories. There have been some good ones lately.

I had never heard of this song, either, but the resources I am using to make up for my limited knowledge of this era’s music identified it as one of the most recognizable songs of 2003.

[macklingirl]

My song for this year is this one

I like it and can't say why.

[lee_the_t]

For some reason your post pinged in my inbox and I wanted to say this (along with thanks for the kind words):

This is a "you're not a good enough actor" fic, in which one partner is sent undercover without the other's knowledge because the other must be seen to believe their cover story and someone thinks only a genuine response will be convincing. I've read quite a few fics that use this trope, and all of them have been excellent. I don't find the trope very plausible, however.

I 100% AGREE. I had SUCH a hard time writing this story and never felt that the whole "fooled my partner" thing was at all plausible. I guess if you squint and are forgiving, it works, but I completely agree that it is really hard (at least for me) to do that scenario plausibly.

[tinturtle]

You got a notification because I created a link to your profile where I mentioned your name.

Interesting that you agree about the "you aren't a good enough liar" trope. I guess you also agree with me, though, that it's justified by a good story, since you wrote one. I actually have four fics that use it in my collection of favorites, including yours.

[lee_the_t]

There are aspects of the story I like a lot, but I can't really examine that particular aspect without some cringing. I tried hard to make it work, but I never bought into it. It's not the only time that's happened in one of my stories, where no matter how hard I try I, at least, can still smell the desperation and duct tape holding it together. 😉

[tinturtle]

Incidentally, why is Small Distances at Chrome and Gunmetal but not on AO3?

[queenafoster]

Hard to go wrong with anything by Lee the T. Great writer!

[tinturtle]

Indeed.

[dancingpony]

Stories by lee_the_t are always good.