I am a writer of Man from U.N.C.L.E. fanfiction and that's what brought me to LJ.

I write gen (and maybe a little het). Sorry, no slash. But if you have an interest, links to the my stories are behind the cut.
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It's a crying shame cause, reading Burns synopsis of the screenplay plot, it does have possibilities. (Like that they are using a real-life Cold War incident as the basis.)

But Cruise isn't Napoleon Solo, no matter what.

I have no clue about the actor cast as Illya. Not familiar with him at all.

But of course the "powers-that-be" might not even keep the Burns screenplay either. Who the hell knows at this point?

P.S.: Here's an article on the actual incident being referenced in the screenplay: Palomares_B-52_crash

I've added to my website my QuoteME: Challenge 2 story.

NAME: RIGHTS AND PREROGATIVES
GENRE: GEN
WORD COUNT: approx 1300 words
RATING: PG
WARNINGS: None
SUMMARY: Friendship can mean many things, but it is certain that the old saying "A friend in need is a friend indeed" epitomizes its ultimate meaning.
TIMELINE: Late Winter 1965

Since so many folks were doing this, just had to try it.

Presenting my Napoleon Chibi: greeting his current amore for a date...



...[chuckle]...

I've added to my website my Easter Egg 2013 story.

NAME: IF WARNINGS WERE RABBITS...
GENRE: GEN
WORD COUNT: approx 1390 words
RATING: PG
WARNINGS: None
SUMMARY: Men from U.N.C.L.E. can get warnings of impending danger from the oddest sources.
TIMELINE: Spring 1969

Even though I watched all of Season 3 this year, I've never seen Season 1 and 2 of the series.

So this week is "Watchathon Week" on my Xfinity (Comcast) cable provider and I decided to take advantage of what was being offered to watch the past seasons of DOWNTON ABBEY (basically UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS -- a much better show imo by the way -- re-imagined).

I've gotten through the first 5 episodes of Season 1 and you know what struck me? How very useless these upstairs folks are! Man, do they do anything other than get dressed for dinner, have endless boring dinner parties, obsess about inheritances, and make snippy remarks about those "not of their class"?

I guess this didn't hit me so much in Season 3 because the series was basically going from one crisis to another: near financial ruin, tragic death of one major character and then of another. But oh boy, in Season 1, these folks really make me roll my eyes.

Mary is frankly nothing but the b-word. Edith is sad but so envious and spiteful. Sybil just honestly doesn't stand out. Cora is somewhat condescending. And the Dowager is really annoying with her nose-raised-so-high-she-probably-gets-constant-nosebleeds attitude. I do have to say the Earl is the one "upper-crust" character who comes off better in Season 1 than he did in Season 3. He has humanity in Season 1. In Season 3 he all but totally transformed into a snobbish prig.

Now the other characters I mentioned did soften and clarify a bit in Season 3. But while I was watching those Season 1 episodes all I could think again was: "Wow! what pointless fussbudgets!"

Lot of this is true... Hmm...

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You Are a Despot

You're dominant and powerful. You always need to be in charge. While others respect your competence, you can be a bit of a dictator. Hard working and serious, you never let yourself down. You are exact and accurate - and you expect others to be the same way. Your strength: You always get the job done Your weakness: You're a perfectionist to a fault Your power color: Gray Your power symbol: Checkmark Your power month: April

Illya girls might be particularly intrigued to try this one. [grin]

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Your Russian Name Is: Inessa Katiya Kozlov

Da!

I've added to my website my PicFic 3/26/13 story.

NAME: MODEL BEAUTY
GENRE: GEN
WORD COUNT: approx 425 words
RATING: PG
WARNINGS: None
SUMMARY: She's absolutely gorgeous, and...
TIMELINE: Autumn 1966