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[quigonejinn]

You know how people say "oh, I don't usually like original female characters, but I loved ____" or "oh, I usually don't like Kennedy, but I loved ____"?

This is one of those rulebreakers for me. Usually, I'm not a fan of first time fic, nor am I, as a rule, a fan of AHHH I LIKE COCK WHAT AM I GOING TO DO stuff. As far as I'm concerned, Forester pretty much got pre-Atropos HH/WB right in one when he wrote the Kingston chapters of Lieutenant Hornblower, but man oh man, how can any sane book Hornblower fan resist this fic of billytaylor's?

It's sweet and thoughtful and funny and surprising. It's beautifully paced, smoothly executed, and oh, how I love her Bush. I love her Hornblower. This is better, dammit, than those fics that take a cliche and make it work in a new way -- this is the kind of fic that explains why why we fell in love with them in the first place.

Wrong by billytaylor.

Comments

[billytaylor.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much ... gosh ... thanks ... I worried over this one for such a long time ...

[quigonejinn.livejournal.com]

It's absolutely lovely, my friend. I love it so much.

[black-hound.livejournal.com]

NO SHIT. I was running around in a circle when I saw this fic pop up because I love the shorter pieces so much. I knew this had to be a good one. Especially with the teaser we saw about overcoming difficuties and doubt and Bush PRESSING HIS KNEES TOGETHER.

JESUS FUCK.

[quigonejinn.livejournal.com]

It's like Christmas and Easter and Guy Fawkes PORN EXPLOSION day all in one, really. I mean. I love the reversal in it -- Bush thinks that he's going to be helping Hornblower lose his virginity, and he's the one who ends up losing his man-cherry. XD How could I not love it?

[iansmomesq.livejournal.com]

OMG thank you for pointing that out because ... wow. It was further down my flist but with the way work has been going today I may have missed it.

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[quigonejinn.livejournal.com]

HH/WB of that quality = guarantee to brightne the work day.