sunday six is watching undeadwood

[fiachairecht]

I was not prepared for how much I would love this, especially as someone who's generally lukewarm re: Brian W. Foster's entire existence! But it's SO GOOD, even though I'm nnnnnnot happy about either how little Arabella/Miriam fic there is or much of the fic that does exist is background to stories that are actually Matthew/Clayton! Be the change, give the universe the werewolf!Arabella it deserves, who cares that I am only 50 minutes into episode three.

Arabella's never been much for small rooms, and she knows full well how much trouble she might face in the morning if Mr Whitlock knows when she slipped home. But with a night as full of crazy shit as this one's been, she thinks maybe one thing more can't hurt.

"I think I just might," she says, and Miriam's smile grows. It's the real smile, the one she's only worn for Arabella all day that says nothing about power and everything about things Arabella hasn't seen much of in her life.

It's enough to ease the burn of the silver at her waist as she steps over the hotel's threshold and casts one last glance at the moon, enough that once she's inside she immediately accepts Miriam's proffered arm. Enough that, as Miriam leads her up the stairs, she can put aside the familiar ache in the hinges of her jaw in favour of remembering the sweet burn of Miriam's whisky on her tongue.

Missing scene from night one? Futurefic where things have distinctly not settled down? WHO KNOWS.

Miriam icon is by me and free 2 steal if you'd like.

Comments

[singedsun]

I have been loving Undeadwood wAY more than I thought I would. If you write Miriam/Arabella, I'm certainly interested in reading it!

[fiachairecht]

I am very easily tempted by both creepy Westerns and Anjali Bhimani so I definitely had hope, but I had also super disliked Brian as a player in Bar Room Blitz, so I really wasn't sure what to expect! I may try to use my day off tomorrow to finish this, especially now I've finished ep 3 :D

[singedsun]

I love a good creepy Western, especially if there's twisted religious aspects. I'm looking forward to the last part on Friday.

[shadaras]

Your comments about this made me curious, and the opening feels like it's such a LARP done while sitting at the table. Not a bad feeling! But definitely very funny, and definitely a good use of the high production values that CR has access to.

(also? I did not know who Anjali Bhimani was before this, but just on a first glance I can see why this kind of femslash might be very compelling.)

[vae]

I'm thoroughly enjoying Undeadwood! But since it's a limited run thing, I probably won't even think about looking for fic until it's concluded.