Pros Big Bang - Any Other World, by Andromeda

[m31andy.livejournal.com]

Title: Any Other World
Author: Andromeda, m31andy
Artist: Anja, roven75
Archive to Pros Lib: Yes
Genre: Slash
Characters/Pairing: Bodie/Cowley, Bodie/Doyle
Word count: 17,000

Summary: Post-Fall Girl, AU. Almost three years after Doyle was imprisoned for killing Willis, Bodie finally sets out to find out why.

Notes: This is a direct sequel to Kitty Fisher's The Pillory. With many thanks to Kitty Fisher for allowing me to play with her fantastic story. While it would probably be a good idea to read The Pillory first, I have it on good authority this can be read as a stand-alone fic.

With thanks to Anja for the fantastic cover art, to jaycat92 for the amazing beta, to greengerbil for the original idea and to cuvalwen for being there when I needed her. Also with special thanks to my wonderful friendslist for their pom-pom waving and support.

Also many thanks to przed and callisto65 for running the Big Bang Challenge. We've had a lot of fun with this!

Title is from Mika's "Any Other World".

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Comments

[raven-rs.livejournal.com]

At last, Bodie opens his eyes. Always bothered me that Bodie could be so disloyal, so plain *stupid*. About time he woke up!

Thanks for that!

[m31andy.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Yup, it also bothered me. But I wouldn't necessarily call Bodie 'stupid' for it - merely blinded by Cowley's lies.

[raven-rs.livejournal.com]

Always made me want to slap some sense into him! LOL

[merentha13.livejournal.com]

Oh I am so glad you wrote this! The Pillory is a story that haunted me. I feel so much better with your resolution to the story. Just the right amount of stubbornness on Bodie's part - and Ray;s reaction at the end...beautiful. Thanks for this!

[m31andy.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Bodie really had to be stubborn to fight past the web of lies Cowley had spun.

Nice Doyle icon, btw. Mmm. Doyle as a bit of rough...

[the-other-sandy.livejournal.com]

Thank you for writing this. I always hated the way The Pillory ended. I feel much better now.

[m31andy.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

It is a bit of a shock, yes!

[krisserci5.livejournal.com]

The Pillory fixed!!!!!!!! Yeah!!

The art is fabulous!!!! Nice job you two!!

[m31andy.livejournal.com]

*grin*

Thanks! And yes, the art is truly fabulous. roven75 did a fantastic job there!

[jgraeme2007.livejournal.com]

I LOVE the fact that you wrote a sequel to Fisher's Pillory. I'd have loved it just for the fact that you tackled it, let alone the fact that you did such a nice job with it. I've read the "Seven Suggestions for What Happens Next" and I really enjoyed the beginning story by Joan...Enright (maybe?) but I have to say yours is my all time favorite. Well done!

[m31andy.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm blushing here.

I've always had a soft spot for "Seven Suggestions for What Happens Next", but it was only when my other half cuvalwen pointed out that the fic was unnervingly like #2. But a little more serious...

[robeau.livejournal.com]

You are forgiven - though just barely! It is a very intense story and I enjoyed it very much.

[tango65.livejournal.com]

Thanks for satisfyingly resolving a story which always left me dissatisfied - only because the lads HAVE to end up together. :) Great story, a wonderful read.

[metabolick.livejournal.com]

I've never read The Pillory because I've heard enough about it to warn me off. However, with your alternate ending I might just be able to stomach it. Very well done indeed!

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

I love fics that depart from canon and ask 'what if?' Evil!Cowley was in one way a surprise and in another way a case of subconscious recognition - which I suppose is inevitable when you consider what the secret services have to do. (Or am I too involved with Spooks?) I loved your portrayal of Betty with her championing of Doyle and her eventual heroism. Especially the way she collapsed into Bodie's arms once she'd fired the bullet! I hope the lads can overcome the past and be perfectly happy straight away but I suspect there's another story there, waiting for you to write it! Next year's BB?