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soera ([personal profile] soera) wrote2011-05-15 01:41 pm

Fanfic - An Excerpt [Hawaii Five-0: Steve, Danny]

Title: An Excerpt From Got Your Back: A Study of Partnerships in Law Enforcement
Rating(s): PG
Character(s): Steve, Danny [friendship or pairing, you choose]
Summary: Check out the title. Also, the A/N.
Author's Notes: Inspired by this prompt. It's not quite an answer to the prompt - I think the prompter wanted to see the aftermath, and possibly some Steve/Danny goodness, but... this is what my brain came up with. [If I have time and inspiration, I will attempt to continue this. If not, hopefully someone else will run with it. =D]
Page layout totally inspired by my sister's numerous Psychology textbooks.

Edit to clarify: This isn't a fully-fledged work, no. It's what I immediately thought of when I read the prompt, and then I had to make it happen. Actual fic stuff - lead-in, aftermath, whatever - not here right now, just this little fragment. I'm hoping it'll go somewhere, but at the moment it's 50-50 on the odds of that happening. But even as a little taste/teaser/thing I hope y'all like it anyway. =D
Edit to the edit: There is now a proper fic for this fragment here!





Danny closed the book and slanted amused eyes at Steve, who still looked mildly shell-shocked. "You do realise, husband mine," he said, "that we will never live this down."

[identity profile] pirateveronica.livejournal.com 2011-05-15 11:53 am (UTC)(link)
hahah! really creative! I enjoyed it immensely.

(oh, and welcome to the H50 fandom *waves*)

[identity profile] soera.livejournal.com 2011-05-15 03:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you very much! It looks like it'll be a fantastic fandom already. =D

[identity profile] soera.livejournal.com 2011-05-15 03:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

[identity profile] starbuckssue.livejournal.com 2011-05-15 12:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Very well done, thank you for making me laugh, this is so them!

[identity profile] soera.livejournal.com 2011-05-15 03:11 pm (UTC)(link)
You're welcome; glad you liked it! =D
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[identity profile] jazzybabe56.livejournal.com 2011-05-15 12:35 pm (UTC)(link)
that was excellent and truly summed up the partnership as if it really was an interview!

loved it....:)

[identity profile] soera.livejournal.com 2011-05-15 03:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! =D

[identity profile] cen-sceal.livejournal.com 2011-05-15 01:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Loved this, that last line was perfect :)

[identity profile] soera.livejournal.com 2011-05-15 03:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh, thanks! =D

[identity profile] shibela.livejournal.com 2011-05-15 01:52 pm (UTC)(link)

I really like the way you set this up. The outsider POV / interpretation of Steve's & Danny's interaction was priceless & even funnier for that last bit of Danny's & Steve's reactions upon reading the excerpt.

Thank you so much for sharing this! :)

[identity profile] soera.livejournal.com 2011-05-15 03:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! It was particularly fun writing a textbook-y account of a typical Steve/Danny day. *grins* Glad you liked it!

[identity profile] gyri.livejournal.com 2011-05-15 02:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Wheeeee!!! This was imaginative and fun! And perfect for them. :-D

[identity profile] soera.livejournal.com 2011-05-15 03:16 pm (UTC)(link)
*laughs* Glad you liked it! And thanks for the review =D

[identity profile] navyvet90.livejournal.com 2011-05-15 02:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Awesome! And the article sounded so real - well done!

[identity profile] soera.livejournal.com 2011-05-15 03:16 pm (UTC)(link)
It was heaps of fun getting the tone of the article right. Glad you liked it, and thanks for reviewing! =D

[identity profile] cmariad.livejournal.com 2011-05-15 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
This is really good; I liked it.

But, it feels like you need some text to lead into the excerpt, about Steve/Danno &/or the team griping about Jameson making them work with the writer, them actually working with the writer, or their anticipation--either Steve/Danno-specific or on the team's part, as a whole--of getting to read the finished product. Even a "Hey guys! The report/book arrived!" and then they (again, either Steve/Danno alone or the team as a whole) open it & begin reading. I'm not sure I'm describing that well, but it seems "funky", to me (maybe "asymmetric" or "off balance" would be better descriptors), to just jump into the excerpt without a preceding storyline & then have text where Steve & Danny react to it after the excerpt (shrugs).

Also, given that you're leaving it to the reader how Steve & Danno's relationship is to be taken (friends, "job spouses", or "partners, both on & off the job/married couple who works together"), I have to say I found it ironic (on a "smirk-y" level) what page number you chose to use for the excerpt from the report/book. There's a certain, um, "connotation" or "meaning" attached to that number &, if other readers' minds go where mine did when I saw it, it does induce smirks... just saying. Perhaps you didn't even realize it when you wrote the number. LOL.

Also, are you just looking for the normal "This is good." (or "This doesn't work for me, because...") type comments, or are you also looking for Beta-ish comments?

I was a Beta in my previous fandom; I try to just read fics for enjoyment when I know I haven't been asked to Beta them, but I did that for so long that my eye can't turn itself off to the "reading for 'Beta' purposes" thing whenever I read a fic, no matter how hard I try to get it to (sigh). I have some Beta-type crit I could also offer you on this--more than what I offered above, about adding some preliminary text to lead into the excerpt itself. But I'll give that either privately (if you like) or in a subsequent comment because I don't want to offend or anything by doing it right now.

Anyway... Good work, in general. I hope you might continue this a little further.

[identity profile] soera.livejournal.com 2011-05-15 03:30 pm (UTC)(link)
First off - wow, thanks! I definitely wasn't expecting that much concrit, and the thought's much appreciated.

That said... I do know it's a fragment. It's not actually intended as a fully-fledged piece of writing; just as a tiny taste of what I'm hoping (but doubtful) will develop into a proper piece of fiction. The fault probably lies with my headers, which I now realise make it seem like this is intended as a complete piece of work. I've added an edit to the post to clarify the point, so thanks for inadvertently pointing that out to me!

All this said, I really do appreciate your taking the time out to write out such a detailed response - it's exactly the sort of comment I'd love to get on completed fics. I totally sympathise with the inability to turn your inner beta off when you read fic (Lit student here; same problem!) and I'm all in favour of such comments on other posts. If, uh, the plotbunnies ever bite. I've got my fingers crossed, anyway!

[Also, the choice of page number was completely intentional. *smirks*]

Once again, thank you for the comment - and you needn't worry, this didn't offend at all. =D

[identity profile] shanachie-quill.livejournal.com 2011-05-15 03:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Very cool idea. It would be awesome to see more of this.

Welcome to the fandom!

[identity profile] grimcognito.livejournal.com 2011-05-15 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
I really hope Grace takes whatever class uses that book.
Awesome and really original way to write fic. Way to kick down the door to a new fandom! *thumbs up*

[identity profile] casness.livejournal.com 2011-05-15 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Awesome idea! I would love to see this expanded into a full fanfic one day. :)

Welcome to the fandom :D

[identity profile] willow58.livejournal.com 2011-05-15 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Love it. It was exactly like looking at a page in a book. And it sounded just like an interview. (Read World War Z for a perfect example) Hope to see more!

[identity profile] huntress69.livejournal.com 2011-05-16 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
BWAHAHAHAHA!! Loved this and as soon as the book comes out, I will buy it in hardback.

[identity profile] whogeek.livejournal.com 2011-05-16 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
**Falls over giggling** This. So much joy for this. Course, now I want to see other case studies done in other fandoms. XD

[identity profile] ebilchickens.livejournal.com 2011-05-16 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
This... this is awesome. Really creative take on the prompt and a fun read. <3

[identity profile] loki256.livejournal.com 2011-05-17 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
O.o
i love this so much! such a great job, and i was a bit late to this paticular fandom to, so i understand your pain...lol it just means that you and i have a lot of fics to read, poor us...
ps. the perverted five year old in my head wont stop snikering that they are on page 69...that is all....
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[identity profile] winter-elf.livejournal.com 2011-05-26 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
*laughs hysterically* OMG! That is sooooooo funny! (and true!)
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[personal profile] thelibraniniquity 2011-05-26 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, fabulous!

[identity profile] karraparis.livejournal.com 2011-05-26 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh my gosh this is soooo true! I can just see the faces of Chin and Kono when they read it! LOL