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World War II Slash Fic Rec: The First Duty

So while we're seeing the rise (once more!) of WW2 slash fiction due to a recent new television series (Masters of the Air), I'd like to take a moment to discuss an old slash fiction story I read many years ago and which I return to every now and then.

Drawing from the Colditz (1972-1974) series, "The First Duty" takes the characters of Dick Player and Phil Carrington and evolves their relationship to a much deeper one, though certain events in canon could plausibly support that conclusion.

I actually ran across this story years before I'd had a chance to watch the Colditz series, and it was so well done I didn't feel like I'd missed much not having seen the series first - though I did eventually manage to get the original DVDs through a very kind gift from a friend who managed to get me the box set from Amazon UK, and I wasn't disappointed! The series definitely lent new context to the story I read, and I've gone back every few years since to re-read it.

So, if you've already gone through The Pacific and MOTA and want another series to dive into, you could do worse than find Colditz and get started on that, and then follow up with a nice long read of a thirty year old fanfic. :)

#colditz #colditz 1972 #phil carrington #dick player #the first duty #the pacific #masters of the air #slash fiction #fan fiction #mota #meta #my thoughts let me show you them

Miscellaneous gifs from Colditz S2 E1

#colditz s2 e1 #col. preston #tim downing #simon carter #dick player #cos they look cute #escape committee meeting #col preston is done w downing's shit #guess whom i have a crush on

Tagged by @lovetheoconnor, thank you so so much for this <3

Rules: List Your 10 Favorite Characters from 10 Different Fandoms (in No Particular Order) then Tag 10 Other people.

Same as @lovetheoconnor, I don’t think I have ten different fandoms, so I’ll choose multiple characters from 6 fandoms!

1. Leslie Howard as Sir Percy Blakeney in The Scarlet Pimpernel, as Horatio Smith in Pimpernel Smith, and as R.J. Mitchell in The First of the Few

2. James Stewart as Jefferson Smith in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and as George Bailey in It’s a Wonderful Life

3. Donald O’Connor as Peter Stirling in the Francis series, as Cosmo Brown in Singin’in the Rain, and as Kenneth Gibson in Call Me Madam

4. David McCallum as Illya Kuryakin in The Man From UNCLE

5. Robert Vaughn as Napoleon Solo in The Man From UNCLE

6. David McCallum as Simon Carter in Colditz

7. Christopher Neame as Dick Player in Colditz

8. Colin Morgan as Merlin in Merlin

9. Bradley James as Arthur Pendragon in Merlin

10. Eoin Macken as Gwaine in Merlin

Tagging anyone who wants to do this!!!

#favorite characters #leslie howard #james stewart #donald o'connor #the man from uncle #illya kuryakin #napoleon solo #colditz #simon carter #dick player #merlin bbc #merlin #arthur pendragon #gwaine

hey tumblr--ban THIS!

Unsolicited DP

#*EVIL CACKLE*#dick player #Christopher Neame #colditz 1972

Colditz TV Series S02-E03 - “Odd Man In” opening scene

You know they did some bonding in that tunnel when they start out role-playing as father and son in the next episode:

Dick: “What did you do in the war, Daddy?”

George: “Oh, my son: product of my late middle age, if things go on the way they are. I spent several weeks being pursued through the rain by infinitely more competent Germans, and the next 20 years digging little holes in a castle.”