fic: The Cinema Show

[exeterlinden]

Title: The Cinema Show
Fandom: Wilby Wonderful
Pairing: Dan Jarvis/Duck MacDonald, Buddy French/Carol French, mentions of Duck MacDonald/Buddy French
Warnings: Homophobia (historical), mentions of suicidal behaviour
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Summary: On an island like Wilby, and in a time like the 1920's, a local scandal is not easily forgotten. And certainly not when it evolves around people of the Oscar Wilde sort.

Author's Notes: This story is a historical AU, taking place in the 1920's. It was written for sageness  in 2010's midsummer secret santa, and rewritten in June '11. Thank you so much to my betas: imaginethetruth , mizface  and nos4a2no9  for all your help!


Link to story on AO3: The Cinema Show

Comments

[luzula]

Have not reread yet, but I will! I'll be interested to see what you've changed.

[exeterlinden]

I'd be thrilled to hear what you think! :) It's mostly just tweaking, except for Carols part, which I changed around some.

[luzula]

I still love this! And I like the way you fleshed out Carol's part. I actually got tears in my eyes--the place where that happened was

Walking out into the street like this - arm in arm with her husband, like a comrade, under a dozen watchful eyes, Carol feels overwhelmingly alive.

Possibly it was the word "comrade"?

[exeterlinden]

Yay! So happy to hear you liked the changes. I was really invested in vindicating Carol - I feel like she got the short end of the stick in the movie - and the line about her and Buddy walking down the street like comrades was actually one of the very first I wrote for the fic.

Thank you :)