Yuletide rec

[elspethdixon]

I think I've just found my favourite Christmas present so far, and it wasn't even intended for me.

Blood and Whiskey" by an as-yet-unrevealed author. It's Tombstone slash. For the OTP that nobody on the internet ever writes. And it's utterly wonderful, chock full of historical detail and with a Wyatt voice that's a thing of beauty--blunt and straightforward, but with just enough formality in places to remind you that yes, this is a nineteenth century man speaking.

Damn, I'm gonna have to write that essay for ship_manifesto now.

[Edit] pixyofthestyx, get yourself over there and check it out. And scope out last year's Tombstone story, too.

Comments

[seanchai.livejournal.com]

Merry christmas! And- That story really is the best christmas present.

[niankhsekhmet.livejournal.com]

I know of one person who writes Wyatt so close to what I would imagine his voice would sound like. Although, the person I know of tends to stick alot closer to history with regard to the fact that Sadie (aka Josie) and Wyatt used to fight like cats and dogs! ;-) It was long speculated about the relationship between Doc and Wyatt. This is very well done. Thanks for pointing it out. :)

[elspethdixon.livejournal.com]

It was long speculated about the relationship between Doc and Wyatt.

I know. *buries face in shame* The slashiness of Tombstone made me a shipper pretty much from the age of thirteen, and seeing the almost as slashy Gunfight at the OK Corral just made it worse. I started doing research after the last time I watched Tombstone, hoping that the historical record would contain some detail that would prove my slashy fantasies utterly wrong, and the more research I did, the more slash fodder I dug up. I blame that movie for sucking me into RPS.