Łe Nòte del Carnevàl, by golden_bastet; artwork by <user site="

[golden-bastet.livejournal.com]

Title: Łe Nòte del Carnevàl
Author: golden_bastet
Artist: smirra
Archive to Pros Lib: Yes
Genre: Slash
Characters/Pairing: Bodie/Doyle
Word count: 25,576
Warnings: Highlight the following area to reveal the warnings: M/M, character death, dubcon / noncon, sadism

Summary: Baroque Venice (18th century).

Raimondo Della Straniero is a member of the household of Signore Angelo Cattivo. Holding a position on the Council of Ten - the governing elite of la Serenìsima Repùblica Vèneta, the Most Serene Republic of Venice - il signore took Raimondo in off the streets as a young child, giving the boy an existence that he never could have dreamed of. However, now that Raimondo is an adult, there is a price: publicly, he becomes his patron’s new wife’s cavalier servente, or official companion; privately, he becomes his patron’s lover. It is still, however, easier than living on the streets.

Bodie works for Signore Giorgio Mucca, in service to the Supreme Tribunal of the State Inquisitors, a secret organization entrusted by la Serenìsima to deal with threats to state security. Bodie’s mission: to investigate Signore Cattivo, who may have plans of his own in the works. Bodie’s methods: to establish contact with either Signore Cattivo’s young wife, or her companion, Raimondo, and find out what they know. And Bodie has his ways of getting… information.

Notes: I’d like to thank a few people:

• Definitely the betae, solosundance and anna060957 for coming to the rescue and doing a world-famous bang-up job (and thus saving my bacon).


• ocotillo_dawn (who is a newly published author, as of today!) and beccaabbott for the non-fandom read, both of which were extremely helpful (for this and future fics).


• L’Artiste smirra and her Tablet of Awesome, which had me wanting to post draft sketches in August.


• constant_muse (formerly Jaycat92) for her early read-through and encouragement.


• All the people who encouraged the process while it was going on. Because it went on for a long, long time.


• Google and Wikipedia and a lot of little, obscure websites.


• Devo, Poly Styrene, The Cars, and Mozart (to name a few).


• Chad Winery and Brewery Lindemans, as official alcoholic beverage sponsors of the 2011 Pros Big Bang^TM.

And lastly the mods / organizers of both the ci5_boxoftricks Big Bang and mini_nanowrimo for pulling this all together / laying the groundwork for doing this in the first place.

Yay! \o/

Link to Fic: Fic Master Post/Story Title
Link to Art: Art Master Post

Comments

[golden-bastet.livejournal.com]

LOL, I tried looking "bravo" up in Venetian, but no dice...

Thanks very much, and I'm glad you enjoyed the story. It was definitely fun to write.

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/721924.html

So - Bravo! to Doyle or Bodie, Bravi! to the pair of them and Bravissima! to you!

[golden-bastet.livejournal.com]

LOL - this is where the research kicks in...

Current-day Italian is based on the Tuscan, rather than Venetian language. In the 18th century, though, Venice was much more of an econmic powerhouse (though in decline), so I used Venetian over Italian where I could (e.g., Venexia rather than Venezia). So I was trying to translate the Italian kudos into Venetian, but failed miserably (well, the translation tools are pretty limited on These Here Internets).

This is what happens when you spend the better part of a year writing a story: you turn into an uber-nerd, LOL.

But I still *greatly* appreciate the sentiment. I'm really glad you enjoyed the story.