abridged fic recap
9 Nov 2005 09:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cimoreneit happens that i recently saw a dangerous man, a bbc movie sequel to lawrence of arabia starring ralph fiennes and alexander siddig, the former in his screen debut as lawrence and the latter as sherif feisal. in this film, they are slashy. so i happened to just slip and fall accidentally, the other day, into a couple of slash recs.
one of them was for moth to the flame by madelyn scott, wherethe code of the page is extremely fucked and it looks like alphabet soup. all the japanese characters on the page make it look like alphabet soup if you don't have support for those characters installed. i saved the source and spent several hours deleting the mess before i could read it, and today i decided to report to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
perhael the results of my labour.
the story is quite long, but i have briefly recapped below the four significant scenes for the romance plot (with an intent towards humour, the success of which other people can judge). i enjoyed the story quite a lot; it's long and interesting and romantic (if perhaps overblown) and the details are authentic-seeming enough, at least, to fool me. i wouldn't put it on my recs page because of the above-mentioned, specifically the Innocent Virgin plot element, but it sure was fun.
recapped scenes based upon moth to the flame by madelyn scott. lawrence/feisal, r (recap)/nc-17 (fic), 768 words.
disclaimer: some of this is made up (with at least the intent of humour); the rest is based upon a story by madelyn scott, which is based upon a movie which is based upon reality. no infringement, no claims about reality, etc.
SCENE I. In Which We Establish That Lawrence is a Virgin.
SOMETHING: [reminds lawrence of some kid he had a crush on a few years ago, which was when he realised he was gay]
FEISAL: you look like a man who is remembering love. i think you should be loved all the time, because you are beautiful and hot.
LAWRENCE: [blushing charmingly] well, your opinion is apparently in the minority, because i am as clean as the day i was born. totally pure. untouched.
FEISAL: wow, too bad.
SCENE II. A Kiss.
LAWRENCE: [reiterates his unrealistic assertion that they can totally pwn damascus even though it's full of well-armed turks]
FEISAL: that is suicidally overconfident, yet it sounds good to me. it's like you're both hot and charismatic or something! you make me more ambitious, yet also more self-confident and insane! and speaking of things that you make me want to do...
FEISAL, rather abruptly changing the subject, reaches out and touches LAWRENCE's face.
LAWRENCE: [thought they were just talking about the fate of WWI and the possible deaths of FEISAL's entire kingdom, but isn't going to mention it, because FEISAL gets him so hot that he's just trembling with nerves.]
FEISAL: perhaps one day i may please you as well as you please me?*
LAWRENCE: you have pleased me since the moment we first met.*
FEISAL: okay, great. and does the idea of making out please you too? [he kisses LAWRENCE.]
LAWRENCE and FEISAL make out, then curl up together and sleep peacefully in the Tangle of Meaningful Spiritual Love.
SCENE III. In Which Several Weeks Have Passed And They Haven't Had Sex.
NO EXPLANATION: [is given for why they have been making out regularly but neither fucking nor talking about it]
FEISAL: since we're done eating, let me introduce you to sex at the kinky end where i eat food off of you.
LAWRENCE: [is hot]
FEISAL: okay, let's just forget the food part, i'm in a hurry. let's move to the bed.
LAWRENCE: oooh, baby, do that some more. maybe we shouldn't actually have sex--ahh, right there--because i'm such a virgin--mmmh--that you'll obviously be disappointed.
FEISAL:oh, you're right, i'm NOT turned on. what difference do you think that that makes when every touch of your body now sets mine on fire? my pleasure comes from bringing you pleasure. come to bed.*
LAWRENCE becomes unexpectedly so emotional that the fact that the mattress is soft almost makes him cry.
FEISAL: you're so hot, i'm obsessed, i fantasise about you all the time.
LAWRENCE: if you're trying to creep me out, you should just see some of the pathetic passages about my adoration cim has edited out.
FEISAL: wait, are you really a virgin?
LAWRENCE: unless there's something really important i'm forgetting, yes...?
FEISAL: awesome. i have a secret kink for deflowering virgins.i used to read a lot of romance novels.
LAWRENCE: that's okay, it's in the koran, isn't it? i can't really blame you.
FEISAL doesn't deflower LAWRENCE after all. they just have some frottage.
FEISAL: if someone came in here with a gun right now, i could die happy with this as my last memory.** of course, if he killed you too it would be super-sad since you're such a fine piece of ass, but whatever. ... you know, actually, since we have to go fight in a war tomorrow, this metaphor sucks. i was trying to be romantic, not depressing.
LAWRENCE: mmm-hm.
FEISAL: anyway, too bad we couldn't have met a few years ago without the constant threat of death hanging over us.
LAWRENCE: i've always wanted an arab boyfriend.
FEISAL: hey, want to actually fuck now?
LAWRENCE: will you be touching my soul?
FEISAL: that, and your prostate.
LAWRENCE: let's go!
SCENE IV. In Which Our Heroes Try To Remember They're Actually Fighting A War, But Can't Stop Making It All About Each Other.
LAWRENCE: the british plan is to win this war and make sure you and your brothers are controlling as much land as possible so they can take advantage of you. so, uh, when that happens, maybe i could, like, get a job that would, you know, require me to stay, you know, with you. or something. if, you know, you want.
FEISAL: when me and my brothers are ruling arabia, you can have whatever job you want, but you're going to be spending your time in my bed.
LAWRENCE and FEISAL kiss.
FEISAL: great, so... how about that plan of attacking damascus at terrible odds, huh!
LAWRENCE: yes! yay for war!
THE END.
*these are actual quotes.
**this is not an actual quote, but the meaning is pretty much intact; the phrasing is merely modernised.
one of them was for moth to the flame by madelyn scott, where
perhael the results of my labour. the story is quite long, but i have briefly recapped below the four significant scenes for the romance plot (with an intent towards humour, the success of which other people can judge). i enjoyed the story quite a lot; it's long and interesting and romantic (if perhaps overblown) and the details are authentic-seeming enough, at least, to fool me. i wouldn't put it on my recs page because of the above-mentioned, specifically the Innocent Virgin plot element, but it sure was fun.
recapped scenes based upon moth to the flame by madelyn scott. lawrence/feisal, r (recap)/nc-17 (fic), 768 words.
disclaimer: some of this is made up (with at least the intent of humour); the rest is based upon a story by madelyn scott, which is based upon a movie which is based upon reality. no infringement, no claims about reality, etc.
SCENE I. In Which We Establish That Lawrence is a Virgin.
SOMETHING: [reminds lawrence of some kid he had a crush on a few years ago, which was when he realised he was gay]
FEISAL: you look like a man who is remembering love. i think you should be loved all the time, because you are beautiful and hot.
LAWRENCE: [blushing charmingly] well, your opinion is apparently in the minority, because i am as clean as the day i was born. totally pure. untouched.
FEISAL: wow, too bad.
SCENE II. A Kiss.
LAWRENCE: [reiterates his unrealistic assertion that they can totally pwn damascus even though it's full of well-armed turks]
FEISAL: that is suicidally overconfident, yet it sounds good to me. it's like you're both hot and charismatic or something! you make me more ambitious, yet also more self-confident and insane! and speaking of things that you make me want to do...
FEISAL, rather abruptly changing the subject, reaches out and touches LAWRENCE's face.
LAWRENCE: [thought they were just talking about the fate of WWI and the possible deaths of FEISAL's entire kingdom, but isn't going to mention it, because FEISAL gets him so hot that he's just trembling with nerves.]
FEISAL: perhaps one day i may please you as well as you please me?*
LAWRENCE: you have pleased me since the moment we first met.*
FEISAL: okay, great. and does the idea of making out please you too? [he kisses LAWRENCE.]
LAWRENCE and FEISAL make out, then curl up together and sleep peacefully in the Tangle of Meaningful Spiritual Love.
SCENE III. In Which Several Weeks Have Passed And They Haven't Had Sex.
NO EXPLANATION: [is given for why they have been making out regularly but neither fucking nor talking about it]
FEISAL: since we're done eating, let me introduce you to sex at the kinky end where i eat food off of you.
LAWRENCE: [is hot]
FEISAL: okay, let's just forget the food part, i'm in a hurry. let's move to the bed.
LAWRENCE: oooh, baby, do that some more. maybe we shouldn't actually have sex--ahh, right there--because i'm such a virgin--mmmh--that you'll obviously be disappointed.
FEISAL:
LAWRENCE becomes unexpectedly so emotional that the fact that the mattress is soft almost makes him cry.
FEISAL: you're so hot, i'm obsessed, i fantasise about you all the time.
LAWRENCE: if you're trying to creep me out, you should just see some of the pathetic passages about my adoration cim has edited out.
FEISAL: wait, are you really a virgin?
LAWRENCE: unless there's something really important i'm forgetting, yes...?
FEISAL: awesome. i have a secret kink for deflowering virgins.
LAWRENCE: that's okay, it's in the koran, isn't it? i can't really blame you.
FEISAL doesn't deflower LAWRENCE after all. they just have some frottage.
FEISAL: if someone came in here with a gun right now, i could die happy with this as my last memory.** of course, if he killed you too it would be super-sad since you're such a fine piece of ass, but whatever. ... you know, actually, since we have to go fight in a war tomorrow, this metaphor sucks. i was trying to be romantic, not depressing.
LAWRENCE: mmm-hm.
FEISAL: anyway, too bad we couldn't have met a few years ago without the constant threat of death hanging over us.
LAWRENCE: i've always wanted an arab boyfriend.
FEISAL: hey, want to actually fuck now?
LAWRENCE: will you be touching my soul?
FEISAL: that, and your prostate.
LAWRENCE: let's go!
SCENE IV. In Which Our Heroes Try To Remember They're Actually Fighting A War, But Can't Stop Making It All About Each Other.
LAWRENCE: the british plan is to win this war and make sure you and your brothers are controlling as much land as possible so they can take advantage of you. so, uh, when that happens, maybe i could, like, get a job that would, you know, require me to stay, you know, with you. or something. if, you know, you want.
FEISAL: when me and my brothers are ruling arabia, you can have whatever job you want, but you're going to be spending your time in my bed.
LAWRENCE and FEISAL kiss.
FEISAL: great, so... how about that plan of attacking damascus at terrible odds, huh!
LAWRENCE: yes! yay for war!
THE END.
*these are actual quotes.
**this is not an actual quote, but the meaning is pretty much intact; the phrasing is merely modernised.
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Date: 9 Nov 2005 08:03 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 9 Nov 2005 08:04 pm (UTC)in that case, i'm very glad for the translator; the original seems to have vanished from the internet.
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Date: 9 Nov 2005 08:08 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 9 Nov 2005 08:10 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 9 Nov 2005 08:48 pm (UTC)LAWRENCE: will you be touching my soul?
FEISAL: that, and your prostate.
Rotfl! From what I saw skimming it, the story was really too sappy for my taste, but I guess I'll never find out for sure, because I will never be able to read it now without breaking into laughter.
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Date: 9 Nov 2005 09:22 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 10 Nov 2005 12:02 am (UTC)I seem to have a functioning link for Moth to The Flame - I don't think it's just cached since I haven't read the story in ages:
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/990467/1/
It's good to have around post-movie because reading a sappy but existant story is easier than actually writing something myself :)
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Date: 10 Nov 2005 04:42 pm (UTC)i read at the imdb page that someone attempted to look up the details and could find no mention of any promise-filled british letter that lawrence leaked to the papers and that seems like the central plot point to me--and i was going on the assumption that they somewhat exaggerated the personal and intimate nature of lawrence and feisal's relationship, although i can easily buy that they were very close friends.