Arrr, there be Mud and Gunslinger Slash Ponderings Below.

[elspethdixon]

The NC State cross-country invitational was a surprisin' amount of fun, considerin' how long we had to drive to get there. It rained the entire time, thanks to that scurvy dog Ivan, and the course was a league's worth of suckin' clay mud (we was plastered in it by the time we was finished racin', plastered indeed), but it was much flatter than any of the courses around Roanoke, which meant that my time was almost three minutes faster (it was still a mite slow, but better than it had been). And we blew all but one of the other division III schools out o' the water.

And then I came back to port at Hollins (thanks be to God, my roof didn’t leak while I was about bein' gone) and watched Tombstone with Rosa-banana.

I swear mates, every time I watch Tombstone, it gets slashier. And I’m not just talkin' about the practic'ly canon relationship between the effeminate actor and the cute little deputy lad. *pets movie* Three great het relationships (Virgil & Allie, Doc & Kate, Wyatt & Josephine), at least three love triangles, and the insanely angsty slash romance of doom. And numerous shoot-outs. Yar, I be in love with this movie.

And the fact that Michael Bien, who plays Johnny Ringo, the insane bad guy, also played Chris Larabee in The Magnificent Seven, just adds to the fun (to quote Rosa, who watched it with me, “Look, it’s Ev0l!Chris!”).

Why, why isn’t there more slash for it? I ask ye? The Wyatt/Doc vibes are so obvious. Everythin' from Doc’s deliciously catty comments about Wyatt’s wife to the two actors’ body language just screams slash. And it don’t hurt that, after the shoot-out at the OK corral, when the other Earp brothers go off with their wives, Wyatt walks away, not with Mattie or Josephine, but with Doc. And doesn’t go off to pursue Josephine at the end until Doc gives him explicit permission.

Comments

[pinkdormouse.livejournal.com]

The only thing I've read, not that I've actually been looking but your post reminded me, was a Doc/Wyatt story in a very obscure multi-fandom zine called 'Everybody Dies'. The story in question being 'My Friend, Doc Holiday' by Angelise. Don't know if it's since been webbed or anything.

Gina

[elspethdixon.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the pointer ^_^. "Everybody Dies" is a very apt title, considiering Tombstone's body count.

The story in question being 'My Friend, Doc Holliday' by Angelise.

That's the title of the book thingy Wyatt writes at the end of the movie, in one of many scenes of supreme slashiness. (To quote a friend, "He wrote a book. That's so cute. I bet it sucks.").

[pinkdormouse.livejournal.com]

'Everybody Dies' was a zine exclusively for death stories. I thought it was a great idea. Apparently no one else did.

Thanks for explaining the story title too. I really need to see the film at some point.

Gina

[ardeth30.livejournal.com]

Oh god, I know this is almost 7 years later, but I have to reply. I wasn't the only one picking up the slashy bits in Tombstone? SWEET. *snerk* Admittedly I finally saw Tombstone a few days ago... but the slashy fandom for it is small.
Heeey... weren't you one of the co-authors for the Gunslinger fic in the Tombstone section on FF.Net? Love that story.