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Arriving safely home, I decided it was high time to finish mainlining Flashpoint. What I love about it is that I finally get the appeal of all those ridiculously popular rote procedural shows that I never watch -- the closest I've ever come to getting it is Bones, because I am fond everyone on that show in much the same way; even that, though, I watch in a kind of vague with-friends when-I-have-time way -- but wow, I love this one. I love it in the way where I want there to be more episodes! right now! I love it in the way where I am overinvested in Ed and Greg's buckets of angst and Spike and Lew's hilarious bromance and everything Wordy and Jules do ever. (And I imagine that playing Canadian Actor Bingo makes it more fun too.) In conclusion I am confused that something with so many guns and tense situations is apparently my new comfort telly, but y'know what? I finished the last episode with my hands pressed to my mouth in sheer joy and I haven't stopped grinning yet, so I am really, really not complaining.
Anyway, having now seen all of it, I think I want:
1. Jules/Donna fic. No, really. They're onscreen together for about five seconds total in order to awkwardly shake hands, but I desperately want long plotty shipfic. I want fic where Jules spends her downtime in her newly-painted apartment, staring at the walls and feeling antsy and vaguely guilty about Sam, and eventually she goes out and runs into Donna at some café/bar where they get to talking. They talk about Team 1 and about being women in the SRU, and eventually they start talking about Donna's time undercover and about what they like to do for fun (do we know what they like to do for fun? I think we only really know anything about Wordy's personal life) and they become friends. And neither of them really expect it, but eventually they figure out that when they're hanging out, now at each other's apartments or out on the town, they're basically dating. They really like one another, so rather than freaking out they talk it through like reasonable adults. (I figure this is a universe where Jules is comfortably bi and Donna is an awesome lesbian who is maybe occasionally bi re: undercover.) They decide to stay together, because their relationship isn't interfering with their professional lives since they're on different teams, only of course then the plot kicks in when both Team 1 and Team 3 are called in for the same hot call, and there is lots of ~dramatic tension~ and possibly also Sam in the background being TOTALLY BEWILDERED, Jules, what is this shit?? And I don't know what happens after that, but obviously I don't want this recced to me, I want to write it.
2. Ed/Greg fic. I actually feel mad guilty about this one, mostly because Ed's wife Sophia is made of pure 100% grade-A awesome. But I do not want handwavey fic, I want fic where Ed does not listen to Greg's warnings about continuing on as he is, and eventually Sophia gently files for divorce and takes their son and moves to a different city, because she understands but she's tired of waiting and she doesn't think it's fair to any of them. Ed takes it all extremely reasonably, and is, y'know, totally fine, and keeps doing his job, and Greg hovers worriedly in the background trying to anticipate the meltdown without actually assuming it'll happen. Because Ed's there to pick all of them up, but who's there for Ed, right? Of course in this case the answer is "Greg" but he is not aware of it yet. And, um, *handwaves* then there is plot and they have sex. I don't know! If this fic already exists I want it recced, but if it doesn't I might damn well write it too. Because, unsurprisingly, I am so there for however-many pages of emotional inarticulation and Team and cops in love. /o\
3. Spike/Lew fic! I confess that I mostly want Spike/Lew fic to sort of combat my other two desires, because Happy Fic is sometimes necessary. Obviously Spike and Lew go out and pretend to chase tail and have a grand old time, and then they go back to their place (they can share a place, right? I totally assume that they share a place, see: that one episode where everyone was calling their families to say they'd be working late, and Spike and Lew called each other because they're dooorks and also living together, obviously) and have enthusiastic nerdsex. This fic probably has, like, ice cream and puppies, and also the two of them going in early to the gym and having lots of hilarious banter with Wordy, because I kind of suspect that hilarious banter with Wordy is my favourite thing about Flashpoint. This one I absolutely don't need to write, but since I'm under the vague impression that fandom has lots of Spike/Lew fic, I think I should be fine.
4. SOME MONSTER EPIC WITH ALL OF THESE THINGS. It could be called "How Ed and Jules Took A Leaf From Spike and Lew's Book, & Learned How to Stop Worrying and Love Their Teammates, Nudge Nudge Wink Wink, PS Wordy is Awesome and No One Likes Sam." It would be the BEST FIC EVER.
Sorry, guys, I'm punchy from travel. Recs? Recs not specific to the things I listed but which will still get me to the places with good Flashpoint fic? Any takers for reading that fic I want to write? You've never heard of Flashpoint and have no idea what I'm talking about? Perhaps I should shut up and finish the F/K/V before the polybigbang deadline looms? Let's hear it. :D
Anyway, having now seen all of it, I think I want:
1. Jules/Donna fic. No, really. They're onscreen together for about five seconds total in order to awkwardly shake hands, but I desperately want long plotty shipfic. I want fic where Jules spends her downtime in her newly-painted apartment, staring at the walls and feeling antsy and vaguely guilty about Sam, and eventually she goes out and runs into Donna at some café/bar where they get to talking. They talk about Team 1 and about being women in the SRU, and eventually they start talking about Donna's time undercover and about what they like to do for fun (do we know what they like to do for fun? I think we only really know anything about Wordy's personal life) and they become friends. And neither of them really expect it, but eventually they figure out that when they're hanging out, now at each other's apartments or out on the town, they're basically dating. They really like one another, so rather than freaking out they talk it through like reasonable adults. (I figure this is a universe where Jules is comfortably bi and Donna is an awesome lesbian who is maybe occasionally bi re: undercover.) They decide to stay together, because their relationship isn't interfering with their professional lives since they're on different teams, only of course then the plot kicks in when both Team 1 and Team 3 are called in for the same hot call, and there is lots of ~dramatic tension~ and possibly also Sam in the background being TOTALLY BEWILDERED, Jules, what is this shit?? And I don't know what happens after that, but obviously I don't want this recced to me, I want to write it.
2. Ed/Greg fic. I actually feel mad guilty about this one, mostly because Ed's wife Sophia is made of pure 100% grade-A awesome. But I do not want handwavey fic, I want fic where Ed does not listen to Greg's warnings about continuing on as he is, and eventually Sophia gently files for divorce and takes their son and moves to a different city, because she understands but she's tired of waiting and she doesn't think it's fair to any of them. Ed takes it all extremely reasonably, and is, y'know, totally fine, and keeps doing his job, and Greg hovers worriedly in the background trying to anticipate the meltdown without actually assuming it'll happen. Because Ed's there to pick all of them up, but who's there for Ed, right? Of course in this case the answer is "Greg" but he is not aware of it yet. And, um, *handwaves* then there is plot and they have sex. I don't know! If this fic already exists I want it recced, but if it doesn't I might damn well write it too. Because, unsurprisingly, I am so there for however-many pages of emotional inarticulation and Team and cops in love. /o\
3. Spike/Lew fic! I confess that I mostly want Spike/Lew fic to sort of combat my other two desires, because Happy Fic is sometimes necessary. Obviously Spike and Lew go out and pretend to chase tail and have a grand old time, and then they go back to their place (they can share a place, right? I totally assume that they share a place, see: that one episode where everyone was calling their families to say they'd be working late, and Spike and Lew called each other because they're dooorks and also living together, obviously) and have enthusiastic nerdsex. This fic probably has, like, ice cream and puppies, and also the two of them going in early to the gym and having lots of hilarious banter with Wordy, because I kind of suspect that hilarious banter with Wordy is my favourite thing about Flashpoint. This one I absolutely don't need to write, but since I'm under the vague impression that fandom has lots of Spike/Lew fic, I think I should be fine.
4. SOME MONSTER EPIC WITH ALL OF THESE THINGS. It could be called "How Ed and Jules Took A Leaf From Spike and Lew's Book, & Learned How to Stop Worrying and Love Their Teammates, Nudge Nudge Wink Wink, PS Wordy is Awesome and No One Likes Sam." It would be the BEST FIC EVER.
Sorry, guys, I'm punchy from travel. Recs? Recs not specific to the things I listed but which will still get me to the places with good Flashpoint fic? Any takers for reading that fic I want to write? You've never heard of Flashpoint and have no idea what I'm talking about? Perhaps I should shut up and finish the F/K/V before the polybigbang deadline looms? Let's hear it. :D