Fic: The Spartans

[jjpor]

Fic: The Spartans, Part Nine: The Road to Glory

The calm before the storm, maybe; this and the previous part were supposed to be all one chapter, but they kind of...grew. More stuff about the difference between "history" and actual events, and more evidence that these guys have such different outlooks from our own that pigeonholing them as goodies and baddies does them an injustice. Hope Polly doesn't come across as too weepy and pathetic, but she is a bit desperate by that point. Oh, and I totally ship her and Ben, by the way, as if I hadn't made that abundantly clear.

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Comments

[thisbluespirit]

Oh, I'm sorry - I was only teasing! I do like the Random Generator, though, for not being just random and ridiculous and throwing up weird pairings but giving a word prompt, too. (That takes it from mildly amusing to well, how does the First Doctor meet Tegan and why are they going shopping?) I've done 5 now, I think. And none of them are shippy! (Well, possibly if you squinted, I suppose the Polly/Andred one might count.)

And I was going to claim I'd never done one that didn't have a plot, but now I'm contemplating the sarah/Harry one from Happy Endings... Mind you, if it's funny, I always feel that excuses everything! It doesn't of course, but still... And I did indulge in bit of shameless Ben/Pollyness, too. Eek.

You have enough to be going on with, although your responses to weird prompts are priceless, so if you ever do take something from TRPG, then I want to see it!

I'm a bit queasy at the idea of the Brig's love life, but you'd probably win me over as usual. (And of course you could research Doris by watching Carry On films, which is fun. I like to think Doris is a lot like Annie Oakley!)

And, yes, there's something about Yates/The White Guardian/werewolves. :lol:

[jjpor.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't think I'd be up to portraying the Brig doing anything that might make people queasy - I mean, he's the Brig - it's like the Queen or something... ;D

And yeah, I'm a firm believer that if it's funny it excuses anything at all, but of course there's always the risk some people won't think it's funny...

And as for whether the plot (or lack of it) makes sense, well - there'll be plenty of time for explanations later (and more than explanations if it happens to be Ace Rimmer)!