Suits fic rec
Aug. 14th, 2012 08:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sarrenAargh, a familiar study!fail of fannish students everywhere, I suspect. Last night – falling asleep over my policy books, decide on early night, go to bed 10pm, resolve to only have half an hour computer time, next thing it’s midnight because I’ve been sucked into a long fic.
In this case, that Suits fic that’s being recced everywhere - 5U175 - where Harvey and Mike are both secretly (obviously) BNF slash writers.
Okay, it’s a stretch, but once you embrace the sheer ridiculousness of the premise, it works. The writer really sells it, it has great LJ posts, and chat messaging and I had a lot of fun reading it. I did have an issue with Harvey failing to suspect Mike was his new internet buddy when Mike was LJing about his work, natural paranoia would kick in, if nothing else, and TBH, I found their actual getting together somewhat lacking in…conviction. But overall, a fun read and if any character would rock a Stark Industries t-shirt it’s Harvey Specter.
Also, I am impressed with the amount of long fics this fandom is generating, although, as is to be expected, many are WIPs. And also, it seems like most are either D/S or AUs. My theory is that a whole lot of slashers embraced the show for the lovely, lovely Harvey/Mike, but aren’t actually interested in legal shows (hey, I’m one of them).
In this case, that Suits fic that’s being recced everywhere - 5U175 - where Harvey and Mike are both secretly (obviously) BNF slash writers.
Okay, it’s a stretch, but once you embrace the sheer ridiculousness of the premise, it works. The writer really sells it, it has great LJ posts, and chat messaging and I had a lot of fun reading it. I did have an issue with Harvey failing to suspect Mike was his new internet buddy when Mike was LJing about his work, natural paranoia would kick in, if nothing else, and TBH, I found their actual getting together somewhat lacking in…conviction. But overall, a fun read and if any character would rock a Stark Industries t-shirt it’s Harvey Specter.
Also, I am impressed with the amount of long fics this fandom is generating, although, as is to be expected, many are WIPs. And also, it seems like most are either D/S or AUs. My theory is that a whole lot of slashers embraced the show for the lovely, lovely Harvey/Mike, but aren’t actually interested in legal shows (hey, I’m one of them).