Pros Big Bang: The Palest Ink by JGL
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ci5_boxoftricksTitle: The Palest Ink
Author name: JGL
Artist name: <![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
cloudless_9193
Genre: Slash
Characters/Pairing: Bodie/Doyle
Word count: 29,741
Warnings: NA
Notes: Thanks and three very enthusiastic cheers to callistosh65 and przed for all the work they put into making the first ever Big Bang happen. My heartfelt appreciation to Cloudless_9193 who created such a beautiful illustration. And sincerest thanks to my dear friends Angelfish (for the Brit-check) and to C. (for the beta). Any errors which have since crept in are due to supernatural forces -- or possibly me.
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in for a treat with this one
Date: 2010-09-19 05:37 pm (UTC)Angelfish xxx
Re: in for a treat with this one
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Date: 2010-09-19 06:42 pm (UTC)Such a lyrical sweep to this, and crackin' good dialogue, too. Absolutely terrific. Thank you so much, this is just what my Sunday needed.*g*
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Date: 2010-09-19 07:27 pm (UTC)And once again, thanks so much for putting this together. It gave me the perfect excuse to spend time on a Pros story.
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Date: 2010-09-19 07:28 pm (UTC)That's so very nice of you to say. Thank you!
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Date: 2010-09-19 08:48 pm (UTC)Excellent job. thank you!
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Date: 2010-09-19 08:58 pm (UTC)Glad you enjoyed it, Kat! Thanks so much for the kind words.
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Date: 2010-09-20 05:19 am (UTC)Thrilling and heartbreaking!
"Mostly. Sometimes it takes a while to figure out if a memory is the real thing or not,
but I'm gettin' better at it. I'm okay, Bodie. Really."
Bodie swallowed. "I'm not."
Oh dear... you got me with that...
*clears throat*
And the print looks absolutely 'noble' with cloudless' great art!
Thank you!
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Date: 2010-09-20 02:19 pm (UTC)That it does. I think all the artwork has elevated the BB from a good thing to a great thing.
Thanks for your kind comments, Firle!
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Date: 2010-09-20 05:48 am (UTC)(I love all your Pro's fiction, though there really isn't enough of it! You wrote in a review of another's story that you were changing your feelings about AU stories - here's a thought - how about Ray and Bodie meeting up with Adrien and Jake, maybe during Lisa's Christmas in London? *g*
Thanks for a most enjoyable story. I hope you'll consider writing some more Pro's fiction soon.
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Date: 2010-09-20 02:23 pm (UTC):-D
beautifully done. The characterizations were spot on, Ray's falling apart and Bodies angst were tangible.
Thanks so much!
(I love all your Pro's fiction, though there really isn't enough of it! You wrote in a review of another's story that you were changing your feelings about AU stories - here's a thought - how about Ray and Bodie meeting up with Adrien and Jake, maybe during Lisa's Christmas in London? *g*
I can almost feel my neuron pathways giving way at the idea. Talk about worlds colliding. *g*
Thanks for a most enjoyable story. I hope you'll consider writing some more Pro's fiction soon.
Thank you again. I love writing Pros and hope I can continue to find time.
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Date: 2010-09-20 10:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-20 02:17 pm (UTC)I'm so pleased you enjoyed it.
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Date: 2010-09-20 02:58 pm (UTC)(and you haven't forgotten Collier and Siddeley! ... I liked that)
But I still want my heart back. And you're still a bastard for ripping it out so effortlessly. ::sniff:: ::blinks back tears::
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Date: 2010-09-20 03:04 pm (UTC)Thank you for all the kind comments. So glad you enjoyed it.
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Date: 2010-09-22 01:33 am (UTC)Thanks for such a great read:)
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Date: 2010-09-22 02:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-23 07:47 am (UTC)I had to read it in one go, what a rollercoaster ride indeed.
One minute you were sure, Ray is dead and then, what a relief!, you find out he lives and in a tick you turned the table upside down again and not only once.
You know, how to play with your readers nerves *g*
I actually was glued to my reader, lol.
Thank you so much for writing this! :D
and I second the idea of an AU with B/D and Adrian and Jake *g*
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Date: 2010-09-24 01:29 pm (UTC)I had to read it in one go, what a rollercoaster ride indeed.
;-D
One minute you were sure, Ray is dead and then, what a relief!, you find out he lives and in a tick you turned the table upside down again and not only once.
Poor Ray.
You know, how to play with your readers nerves *g*
I actually was glued to my reader, lol.
Thank you so much for the kind words!
Thank you so much for writing this! :D
Thank you for reading! And for taking the time to comment.
and I second the idea of an AU with B/D and Adrian and Jake *g*
Ha! Funny.
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Date: 2010-09-24 03:08 pm (UTC)But you know what? I just had to print it out, too (Adorned by the beautiful artwork, too of course - well done, cloudless!) which is not something I do often these days but I just know this one is a keeper.
Very absorbing and very much our lads and what are you going to do with all these hearts you've stolen, eh?
Oh and more please!
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Date: 2010-09-28 06:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-28 08:34 am (UTC)But I have faith that you're not going to break my heart, cause I'll... *ponders* Well, I'll be quite cranky with you. Does that work? Kind of feeble as a threat, I know.
*checks word count and then ponders if there's enough time to read it tonight* Might have to come back to this after work tomorrow... but I had to tell you that you're evil! ;P
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Date: 2010-09-28 04:11 pm (UTC)I'm five stories behind at this point. ARGH.
But I have faith that you're not going to break my heart, cause I'll... *ponders* Well, I'll be quite cranky with you. Does that work? Kind of feeble as a threat, I know.
Quaking in my boots.;-P Enjoy!
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Date: 2010-10-06 03:59 pm (UTC)Thanks so much. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I had a great time writing it. I appreciate the comments!
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Date: 2010-10-06 04:09 pm (UTC)Although Bodie slept with an imposter, he didn't recognize it's not him- disappointing or it's a super twin imposter! :D
Just a detail: The moment when Bodie got the information that Doyle would disappear, out of CI5, there I would have expected more emotional reaction from Bodie. He's been patient, he waits, did what he was told, and Doyle would just disappear without telling him a word. My stomach would churn, and I would fume a moment later after all he's endured.
Thank you very much for taking part!
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Date: 2010-10-06 04:45 pm (UTC)I think Bodie's heart would melt at that proof of mortality.
Although Bodie slept with an imposter, he didn't recognize it's not him- disappointing or it's a super twin imposter! :DJust a detail: The moment when Bodie got the information that Doyle would disappear, out of CI5, there I would have expected more emotional reaction from Bodie. He's been patient, he waits, did what he was told, and Doyle would just disappear without telling him a word. My stomach would churn, and I would fume a moment later after all he's endured.
Those restrained British types!
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Thank you for reading and commenting! I think the BB was a wonderful success.
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Date: 2010-10-14 08:35 pm (UTC)I didn't want to read any of the description at the beginning so this bit: you're not Doyle came to me as a complete surprise and I loved the fairly rare experience of having no idea what was going on or what was about to happen and so, like everyone else, I spent the rest of the story biting my already chewed-down nails, guessing, wondering how Bodie could *not* know his Doyle and generally being totally absorbed by a damn good story with dialogue and characterisations to match. Every now and again I come across stories (and there have been a few in this challenge) which reinvigorate my love for Pros and this is one of them which I know I shall read again. Thanks so much for writing it.
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Date: 2010-10-14 09:47 pm (UTC)Thanks so much for commenting. I appreciate hearing that you enjoyed the story!
Every now and again I come across stories (and there have been a few in this challenge) which reinvigorate my love for Pros and this is one of them which I know I shall read again. Thanks so much for writing it.
I think that's one of the nicest compliments I've ever received.
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Date: 2010-10-18 04:01 pm (UTC)Yet at the same time I was trying to reconcile my pleasure in the story and my interest in the writing techniques... Needless to say,he story won!!
The scene in the carpark was really good - the way the outside world faded and they were locked in their conversation; Doyle's trigger-happy state simply kept everything else at bay. I liked the way you differentiated between hypnosis and brainwashing without drowning us in psychology. And I loved the sex - absolute need for each other regardless of who either of them thought Ray might be.
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Date: 2010-10-20 07:30 pm (UTC);-D Thank you so much! I'm delighted the story worked for you.
Yet at the same time I was trying to reconcile my pleasure in the story and my interest in the writing techniques... Needless to say,he story won!!
That's lovely. Thank you for that.
The scene in the carpark was really good - the way the outside world faded and they were locked in their conversation; Doyle's trigger-happy state simply kept everything else at bay.
I pictured that scene a year or so ago, and I kept wondering what would bring them to that point -- and then finally the story came.
I liked the way you differentiated between hypnosis and brainwashing without drowning us in psychology. And I loved the sex - absolute need for each other regardless of who either of them thought Ray might be.
That's just how I see them -- that need for each other overwhelming everything else.
Thanks so much for commenting!
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Date: 2010-10-29 09:09 am (UTC)Ohmigod, what a wild ride! Devastating heartbreak, unreasonable hope, suspicion, hope, deeper suspicion, disbelief, fear, heartbreak, and finally supreme happiness and a dazzling hope for their future.
Doyle was just enough different to keep Bodie's suspicions aroused. One has to wonder if subconsciously he was doing that on purpose, knowing in his heart that he needed help and that Bodie, his partner, the other half of him, was the only one capable of freeing him from the living nightmare.
Brilliant story, as always!
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Date: 2010-10-29 04:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-07 12:13 pm (UTC)The whole idea of is it Doyle or isn't it Doyle was masterly done and I changed my mind as much as Bodie did.
Well done, I enjoyed nutting it out with Bodie.
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Date: 2010-11-07 03:50 pm (UTC)Thanks so much. You're right, I'd have to struggle to write a death fic. But it's fun to keep readers guessing. *g*
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