seeking Longmire Walt/Henry recs (and maybe a beta...?); and "La isla minima"

[verushka70]

Well, I've read all the Longmire Walt/Henry slash on AO3. There is a shocking lack thereof, which I feel I must rectify by writing some. I'm really surprised how little there is, though there is tons of Walt/Vic -- which, while I can certainly see the chemistry (but then who wouldn't have chemistry with Katee Sackhoff, really? lol), is a whole bag of tricks I'm not into as much, mainly because canonically she's kind of a trainwreck in terms of relationships, and Walt is so not... so I see that as being a volcano that would destroy everything in its path (including both of them)...

...and also because, damn, I just find the Walt/Henry chemistry to be the constant glowing embers of a fire that burns hot and then maybe simmers down for a while and then flares up again in a kind of "we don't talk about it BUT IT'S THERE" kind of way.

So if anyone knows of any Walt/Henry Longmire slash that isn't on AO3 and which I should read, by all means -- please let me know.

Also: recently saw a Spanish language film called "La isla minima" (aka Marshlands), a disappearance/mystery set in the Andalusian marshlands in 1980*.

Interestingly it pinged me like S1 of True Detective, with the same kind of desolate, isolated rural swampland horrors-beneath-the-surface vibe, but without the supernatural or philosophical stuff (and only slight slashy twinges). Apparently I'm not the only person to have felt the True Detective S1 vibe from it, though apparently it was in production before TD S1 was.

It is really good. I recommend it, if you don't mind subtitles. It is suspenseful and thought provoking.

*with all the textual and subtextual post-Franco dread that implies

Comments

[glitteryv]

Wow, V. you really like rare-ish pairings, huh? I mean, I totes get you. Like, there are ships that seem SO OBVIOUS and yet there simply aren't enough fic for them.

I like to think that, sometimes, it's because the source material was so fulfilling that people don't feel any need to add fanworks. Other times, I feel like fans of rare pairings believe that they are the only ones in the world who like ABC/XYZ ship. So, maybe they feel discouraged because their fic won't have an audience.

The sad!trombone part is that, of course other people are interested. #Sigh

As much as I liked S2 of TD, I find it eyebrow-raising how less atmospheric it was from S1. Yes, partly it's due to the different location, but still.