A view to a ... what?

[nineveh_uk]

Alas, I went to M&S and the skirt didn’t fit, the elasticated waist leaving the fabric bunched across the back. I’m going to look out for some fabric along the same lines and make my own instead. I was also disappointed with the T-shirt I tried it on with, which had an off-centre V-neck that made me look like I had a hunchback. Quality control, what quality control?

swooop has written fic about Uncle Paul and Barbara (though not, before you all run screaming Uncle Paul/Barbara). I really must get on with finishing my Compleat Wimsey-fic List - I've got the content, it's just sorting it all out and deciding whether I dare risk adultfanfiction.net to check if anything is there.

Amazon has interesting audio-book for sale: The Contract: Complete & Unabridged (Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery), by Gerald Seymour. Set against a backdrop of the treacherous East/West German border, a journey into redemption for a disgraced British army officer requires the defection of a top flight Soviet scientist.

The mind boggles even as it scents possibilities, gives tongue loudly, and starts to chase.

ETA: I have bravely investigated adultfanfiction.net (under a false name, natch), and discovered that there is no v. rude Wimsey-fic there (writers of v. rude Wimsey-fic, here’s your chance for fame!), but there is an Antonia Forest story: Giles/Nicola. What next, Chalet School tripletcest? Joey/Jem? Miss Annersley/Gaudenz?

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[azdak.livejournal.com]

a journey into redemption for a disgraced British army officer requires the defection of a top flight Soviet scientist.

HA! I knew Lord Peter met Illya Kuryakin at some point!

Sorry to hear about the skirt, but I'm sure the one you make will be ten times as nice.

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

I thought you might find the idea interesting! And canonically LPW has form in trying to persuade foreign scientists to defect, so it's all perfectly plausible.

But what would he make of Napoleon?

[azdak.livejournal.com]

what would he make of Napoleon?

As long as Napoleon didn't make a pass at Harriet (having been misled by the bad-girl eyes into thinking she'd be up for it) I'm sure they'd get along fine. Rather bizarrely, given that the show runners thought we couldn't possibly be interested in details of the agents' private lives, it's canon that one of Napoleon's grandfathers was an ambassador and the other an admiral, so he's used to moving in F.O. circles.

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

Harriet's bad-girl eyes! I've never heard that description before. It does explain why the judge believed she dunnit.

[azdak.livejournal.com]

Aren't they "queer and smudgy" and give her a femme fatale sort of look? I have to believe it's the eyes, because other female characters are constantly mentioning the femme fatale element, and I'm totally at a loss to see it.

Harriet's bedroom eyes

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

::looks at SP at lunchtime:: So they are, though there's the Dietrich voice as well. I wonder to what extent they're natural - Bunter comments on an absence of lipstick, but not an absence of eyeliner.

Re: Harriet's bedroom eyes

[azdak.livejournal.com]

I'm sure nothing escapes Bunter's eagle eyes, so if he didn't comment on the absence of eyeliner, Harriet must be guilty as charged of gilding the lily.

Re: Harriet's bedroom eyes

[azdak.livejournal.com]

Also, the "smudgy" is a dead giveaway. That's what my eyes look like two seconds after I put on any brand of eyeliner ever.

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

I should like to state for the record that I definitely wear pants all the time ;-)

[bookwormsarah.livejournal.com]

I am sure Miss Annersley/Gaudenz has been done...but Tripletcest? *mind bogglez*

Am in awe of people who make their own clothes. I am avoiding looking at the mound of Fabulous Bridesmaid Fabric until I have confirmed the dressmaker, but I wish I was skilled/brave enough to attempt it myself. Although if I did the waist would be round the neck, the bodice backwards, and the hem rippling.

Non-Con

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

The CBB goes only so far! I'm badly out of date on CS fandom, though.

I’m fairly sure a woman who has made her own hat could manage a basic skirt, if not necessarily a shot silk fitted formal dress!

[ankaret.livejournal.com]

Oh, you've found the famous Giles / Nicola story?

I wrote tripletcest in slemslempike's comments once, but I can't find it now.

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

I didn't even know it was famous! I think what really baffled me about it (other than the pairing) was how the author might have thought it was a good idea for Giles to pretend to be gay in order to prevent shipmates from assuming he fancied his sister?

You committed tripletcest? I shall assume extenuating circumstances!

[ankaret.livejournal.com]

I think someone said it wasn't write-able, which set off a sort of Sordello reaction.

I think the creepiest thing about the Giles and Nicola story was, I think as someone pointed out when slemslempike found it last time, at that point Giles must have been away at sea since Nicola was about nine.

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

I think someone said it wasn't write-able

Ah. Given my own tendency to say "Go on, you know you want to" about occasionally barking fic ideas, perhaps I ought not to throw stones at this one, but ... it is still Giles/Nicola. And I hadn't thought of it, but yes, nine.

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

Found it (http://slemslempike.livejournal.com/233464.html?thread=2166008#t2166008). Though I'm afraid I like the Len/Felix idea better!