All The Hair-Touching I Want.

[rionaleonhart]

Hey, fanfiction.net now has a section for Peep Show! The website isn't known for quality, of course (although the one other person writing for the section at the moment has a very good grasp of Jeremy), and there's not much there yet, but I'm hoping that the existence of a section for it will make people think 'hey, perhaps I could write for that'. (I've stuck Atypical Flatmate Behaviour* up there in the hope that enlarging the section will make it more appealing to other writers. It feels a bit weird and uncomfortable; I haven't posted to fanfiction.net in three and a half years, and I'm afraid to reread most of the works on my account because I'm sure they'll make me cringe, but I couldn't resist contributing to the cause of a Peep Show section. I REALLY, REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO WRITE PEEP SHOW FANFICTION, IF THAT'S NOT CLEAR. Mark/Jeremy, ridiculous and mutually destructive though it may be, is genuinely one of my favourite pairings ever.)

* er, not trying to show off; just making sure the Livejournal link is accessible, in case people haven't read it and might otherwise read the fanfiction.net version, because I prefer LJ comments to reviews on ff.net where possible.

I should probably write more myself, of course. The problem with writing Peep Show fanfiction, for me, is the fact that Peep Show is so very focused on the everyday that crackfic doesn't seem to work. Most of the things I write stem from the thought 'I wonder whether I could throw the characters into this ridiculous scenario without compromising their personalities or the tone of the source material?', but much of the tone of Peep Show is lost the moment one ventures into the impossible. Having Jeremy impregnate poor Mark could potentially be hilarious, but I cannot imagine actually writing it. I can't even consider which Pokémon Mark and Jeremy would have. It just doesn't work.

I suppose it might be good for me to try to write something that isn't crack, tricky though I may find it. In any case, I should try to write more Mark/Jeremy, because it is such a wonderful pairing: disastrous and hilarious and, in a bizarre way, sort of heartbreaking. Jeremy is the one for you, Mark, whether you like it or not.

(Actually, I find Mark/Big Suze strangely adorable as well. Perhaps there should be fanfiction for that. Nothing requited; just Mark obsessing over her and desperately trying to suppress or at least hide it. Oh, Mark, you are so romantically doomed. I'd embark on a horrible car-crash of a relationship with you any day.)

If anyone else is desperately seeking Peep Show fanfiction, may I recommend dafnagreer's Ten Years Later (Mark/Jeremy, R, in which Jeremy is delightfully hopeless at seduction and Mark's reaction at the ending does odd things to my heart) and Succession (gen, PG, post-series six, spot-on voices and wonderful Mark-narration)? Also, Schemes by scarffetish, sort-of Mark/Jeremy, PG-13, in which Jeremy is typically awful, Mark is typically long-suffering and I laugh extremely hard.

Comments

[misskass.livejournal.com]

Don't know what Peep Show is, now imagining Jeremy Clarkson being 'delightfully hopeless at seduction' and poncing about with a Persian. 8D

[rionaleonhart]

Jeremy Clarkson would be delightfully hopeless at seduction. Not sure where the Persian came from, but I have no objection to random added Pokémon!

I'm trying to find a clip to introduce you to Peep Show's Jeremy, but I think most of the clips on YouTube are limited to the UK. You might be able to watch this. Jeremy is the blonder chap.

He should never meet Jeremy Clarkson. Their combined forces would be terrifying.

[misskass.livejournal.com]

You mentioned Pokemon, and my brain just jumped to a Persian for Jez. I think it would enjoy the car rides as opposed to having to walk everywhere. xD

The suave spermatozoa comment had me giggling, this show seems pretty cool. You really have quite good taste in television, I must say.

[rionaleonhart]

No pressure at all to watch this, by the way, but if you are at all interested in checking Peep Show out I'd suggest giving this episode a try. In which Mark falls in love with another man and Jeremy is jealous. This is not humorous exaggeration; this is literally what the episode is about.

EDIT: ...except you probably can't watch that in Australia.

Erm.

I can't check myself that this is right, because it's blocked in my country, but here's what looks like the same episode on YouTube: one, two, three.

[marginaliana]

OMG, Jeremy/Jeremy... wow. There's a brain-twister.

[dafna]

I think it's canon that Jeremy Usbourne hero-worships Jeremy Clarkson, so there are definitely possibilities there. hee.

[fera_festiva]

Oh my - thank you for those recs! I didn't know it, but Mark/Jeremy was exactly what I needed today. I know what you mean about Mark at the end of Ten Years Later... mmm.

[rionaleonhart]

I'm glad you enjoyed them! Those two probably shouldn't make me as happy as they do. It's an awful pairing, but it is simultaneously so delightful.

[mythtaken.livejournal.com]

What's with the Pokémon crossovers lately? Someone just posted a Supernatural/Pokémon crossover. I haven't read it, although I've liked other stuff by the author, and I'd link you but I don't think you're one for Sam/Dean?

I would sort of like a fic where Jeremy sabotages Mark's chance to become the Doctor's companion. But yes, I think you're right, the point of Peep Show is Mark and Jeremy's complete inability to negotiate the mundanities of everyday life.

Oh, Mark, you are so romantically doomed. I'd embark on a horrible car-crash of a relationship with you any day.
Me too. He can furtively touch my hair whenever he likes.

Thanks for the fic links! I need to break myself of my obsessive SPN fic-reading habits.

[rionaleonhart]

Ooh, may I have the link, please? I don't 'ship Sam/Dean, no, but I'm not incapable of reading things containing it, and I can forgive a lot for the sake of a ridiculous Pokémon crossover.

Jeremy sabotages Mark's chance to become the Doctor's companion.

Hee! Oh, dear, he would, wouldn't he? Mark, being a fairly cautious chap, would dither over entering the TARDIS just long enough for Jeremy to implement his plan to keep Mark with him for ever.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who would not be averse to hair-touching from Mark Corrigan.

[mythtaken.livejournal.com]

Heeeere we go: Gotta Catch 'Em All (http://community.livejournal.com/ctheb_fic/3680.html).

Just thought I'd exercise caution with the Wincest! I know it makes some people understandably uncomfortable, and other people post "I ASSUME THOSE THAT SHIP SAM/DEAN MUST WANT TO HAVE SEX WITH THEIR OWN SIBLINGS" secrets on Fandom Secrets.

[fireholly.livejournal.com]

Can I point out for people reading the comments that the first two seasons of Peep Show are available for free on this thing (http://www.blinkbox.com/TV/Series/228/Peep-Show)?

[rionaleonhart]

I highly encourage enabling Peep Show watching! For people in the UK, in fact, all six series are currently on 4oD, and I believe Americans can watch them on Hulu.

[amy-wolf.livejournal.com]

Not Available In Your Country - dammit!

[fastfoodjunkie.livejournal.com]

I had a few bits and bobs in my memories (http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=fastfoodjunkie), but seeing as I wrote them about six years ago, they're cringeworthy to the max! There's a peepshowslash comm too, but it's sadly neglected.

[timydamonkey.livejournal.com]

I found your LJ through your fanfiction.net account (specifically Silent Hill fics), so I can safely say your old fics (or those that I read, anyway!) are on the good side of the scale. There is no need to be afraid! :D Though I do think it's inevitable to look back as a writer to several years ago and do anything BUT cringe, lol.

[rionaleonhart]

It's good to know not everything on that account is completely dreadful! I used to take down fics I was ashamed of, but I've tried to stop doing that, because I find it immensely frustrating when other authors take down fics I enjoyed.

[dafna]

I'm having a bit of a week, so have only seen this just now and you've totally made my week w/ your recs and with the discussion both in this post and the next one about Mark & Jeremy generally. Thanks.