Sky Captain fiction

[geoviki]

Christmas Day brought me more than Santa's presents this year. One of the my biggest presents was the final chapter of a novel-length fic I've been following for over a year. This story is unique in a few ways. It brings a brilliant gift to a tiny fandom – remember the 2004 movie, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, with Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow? The chemistry between them, I thought, was nil, and her character made me want to smack the writers and take away their drugs. This fic takes what I thought was a well-intentioned movie to a terrific place, mostly by relegating the annoying Paltrow character to its proper place - irritating wannabe girlfriend. And the author replaces it with a wonderfully tender relationship between the two male leads, Joe and Dex, and wraps it into an exciting adventure story.

Written by legionseagle, (ETA - who is more commonly known as ajhalluk) I'd highly recommend it even if you haven't seen the movie. The setting is what could be called AU WWII.

Fog on the Clyde begins here, and continues for 57 installments (some short).

Thank you, mystery author! It was gorgeous.

Comments

[waterlilith.livejournal.com]

Oh, I've had that movie waiting in a shelf for a long time, but haven't watched it because of a feeling it's not that good. Sounds like it would be better to forget the movie and read the fic instead. And imagine the rest. Anyway, that sounds interesting and I would like to read it if I just... you know. I'll keep it in mind.

[sollersuk.livejournal.com]

No, definitely watch the film. Visually it is one of the most beautiful I have ever seen, and also justifies Jude Law's existence. It's one of the ones I keep in reserve for when I've got flu or otherwise feeling low.

Anyway, you really need to see the film before reading the fic.

[waterlilith.livejournal.com]

Yes? Well, if the movie inspires to write fics I guess it must be worth spending a couple of hours. Just wondering how much Jude Law and his "existence" has to with all that... Hmm. But if it really is that visual I'll probably enjoy it. I love visually beautiful movies. And now I'm very curious! And I'm having flu...

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

I'd say, yes, watch the movie if you haven't yet. I was just trying to encourage folks who might dismiss the fic because they haven't seen the flick to forge ahead. But it was a very visually entertaining film.

[jonem.livejournal.com]

Just a quick fly-by comment to thank you for the rec. It was absolutely wonderful (as is everything you reccomend - you rarely steer us wrong).

Ah, Oswald Mosely, Evil!Wallis, riding side-saddle, ham radio distress calls... I loved it very much. In fact, the writing style reminded me very much of ajhalluk, which was nice.

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

In fact, the writing style reminded me very much of ajhalluk, which was nice.

Yes. Yes, it does. I think that's why I love it so.

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

I see you now know the true author. I didn't mean to be all coy about it, but she hadn't yet revealed her true identity, and I didn't want to out her prematurely.

But her style is unmistakeable. You knew it, but you didn't know you knew it.

[jonem.livejournal.com]

In hindsight, it's pretty obvious - but at the time it was nagging at me. Glad to know who the author is, and again, thank you for drawing it to my attention!