A few other Pros prison stories include: Endgame by Tarot (online pseudonym - different name on Proslib) features Bodie in a Mideast prison. It's also a well-known death story.
Fantasies by Fanny Adams has both Bodie & Doyle in prison and fantasizing before possible execution.
Hiding the Truth by Liz Bradford (Unprofessional Conduct 6, 1995) features Doyle recovering from an undercover assignment in prison that went wrong.
Inside Information by Sue S. (Circuit story) has Bodie undercover in prison.
Look Through My Eyes by Jane Carnall and Nicole Craig (A Simple Game zine & recently Proslib) features Cowley badly damaged by his time in a Russian prison. It's Bodie/Cowley.
Traitor's Fate by Meg Lewtan (Circuit story, Historical AU). Inspired by The Scarlet Pimpernel book. Bodie is in French prison.
Also, in addition to stories that have either Bodie or Doyle (or occasionally other Pros characters) in prison in England or the UK, there are a number of stories that mention Bodie's mercenary past in Africa - often having him in prison or a jungle prison camp.
One of the best known may be House of Cards by MCK aka Marian Kelly. It is a zine comprised of two novellas: Ace of Spades and The Joker is Wild. Bodie's mercenary past and time in an African prison camp play a huge role in both stories. Ace of Spades was also published in Discovered on a Rooftop (1985, Spice Press, OOP).
YMMV but I find many of the African mercenary stories problematic - beyond my dislike of extreme H/C, rape, and torture fiction - because they uncritically invoke racist stereotypes and tropes in their handling of Bodie's mercenary past. Or worse, use Bodie's past as an African mercenary to excuse his canon racism.
Even though the episode Klansman was explicitly critical of race relations and ideally, would have spawned many a discussion, Pros fen tend to ignore or gloss over Bodie's canon racism. This pattern can also be seen in regards to Pros stories.
Of course, Pros isn't the only fandom to be hesitant to engage in such discussions - fandoms are, after all, part of our larger societies. And there have been notable exceptions - in both fiction and discussion - where Bodie's racism is examined critically.
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
Pros Prison Stories
Date: 2012-06-13 05:57 pm (UTC)Fantasies by Fanny Adams has both Bodie & Doyle in prison and fantasizing before possible execution.
Hiding the Truth by Liz Bradford (Unprofessional Conduct 6, 1995) features Doyle recovering from an undercover assignment in prison that went wrong.
Inside Information by Sue S. (Circuit story) has Bodie undercover in prison.
Look Through My Eyes by Jane Carnall and Nicole Craig (A Simple Game zine & recently Proslib) features Cowley badly damaged by his time in a Russian prison. It's Bodie/Cowley.
Traitor's Fate by Meg Lewtan (Circuit story, Historical AU). Inspired by The Scarlet Pimpernel book. Bodie is in French prison.
Also, in addition to stories that have either Bodie or Doyle (or occasionally other Pros characters) in prison in England or the UK, there are a number of stories that mention Bodie's mercenary past in Africa - often having him in prison or a jungle prison camp.
One of the best known may be House of Cards by MCK aka Marian Kelly. It is a zine comprised of two novellas: Ace of Spades and The Joker is Wild. Bodie's mercenary past and time in an African prison camp play a huge role in both stories. Ace of Spades was also published in Discovered on a Rooftop (1985, Spice Press, OOP).
YMMV but I find many of the African mercenary stories problematic - beyond my dislike of extreme H/C, rape, and torture fiction - because they uncritically invoke racist stereotypes and tropes in their handling of Bodie's mercenary past. Or worse, use Bodie's past as an African mercenary to excuse his canon racism.
Even though the episode Klansman was explicitly critical of race relations and ideally, would have spawned many a discussion, Pros fen tend to ignore or gloss over Bodie's canon racism. This pattern can also be seen in regards to Pros stories.
Of course, Pros isn't the only fandom to be hesitant to engage in such discussions - fandoms are, after all, part of our larger societies. And there have been notable exceptions - in both fiction and discussion - where Bodie's racism is examined critically.