The dangers of being multi-fannish

[holdouttrout]

Lesson One: When reading a fic in one fandom with a very distinctive voice (i.e. Middleman), do not then turn right around and read in a different fandom like...Iron Man. Because Tony Stark isn't quite different enough from the Middleman on paper to keep yourself from reading the whole thing in Middleman-style, which is more than slightly absurd. I mean, the first line is “Miss Potts, I am the middle of a great tape emergency!”

Think about it.

Anyway, the two fics in question are these:

Middleman: The Juice Box (Truth Bomb) Debacle, by cereal, which is shippy and really hilarious.

Iron Man: Books and Backchat, by awanderingbar, in which Tony discusses Pride and Prejudice with Pepper. There is mention of Gretna Green. :-)

They are both quite silly and lovely.

Comments

[spiletta42.livejournal.com]

Oh that is so true. I've had some nasty moments when reading fandoms with different time travel rules and such.

[besyd.livejournal.com]

So yeah, I bought the first season on iTunes today. Now to get caught up. Yea!

[holdouttrout.livejournal.com]

Tricky business, moving back and forth between universes.

[holdouttrout.livejournal.com]

Woot! It's a lovely mess of a series.

[besyd.livejournal.com]

I'm dying to see it. I had actually downloaded the pilot back when it was free (before it was on TV - I was in love the first time I saw a promo at a movie theatre) and had planned to set my DVR (I rarely watch live TV anymore). And then I didn't. Gah.