I am SO glad I stumbled on this little gem, even though I'm a little delayed in the response. LOL! I'll be completely honest here, I find close friendship between men a very sexy attribute. ;) And after watching BoB that initial time, the first thing that struck me was the closeness of Winters & Nixon - I was hooked on their frienship.
The second time I watched it though, I listed to the dialogue & marvelled at the subtext. Then the subsequent viewings after, I was amazed at all the little moments that could certainly turn this into a slash relationship - of which I have no problems with, although I have to admit it took me longer to warm up to it in this fandom due to the affiliation with real people. But, what you said at the beginnning was right. Fictional mini-series with roots in reality. Once I embraced that, my little slasher heart couldn't help the constant giggle with every episode I watched thereafter. :)
All the little moments you mentioned were all the ones that had me smiling... BUT... after looking through the numerous stories, I am absolutely amazed that no one has caught a particular moment that caught me completely by surprise one night while I was watching "Bastogne". If you pay real close attention during the moment the mortars start to fly at the scene with the fire and the "dell", when the men start to scatter, Dick basically SHOVES Nix out of the way in order to remove him from the line of fire (even when Harry was the one that was closer to the shot - obviously)!!! It's very brief & my jaw dropped a mile when I caught it. Heehee. Gotta love it.
Anyways, thanks for this great synopsis of all those little moments that could mean so much more. I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one caught up in that "subtext". Haha. Now, I'm off to go read your recs, because I'm hopelessly addicted.
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Great essay!
Date: 2009-01-15 03:58 am (UTC)The second time I watched it though, I listed to the dialogue & marvelled at the subtext. Then the subsequent viewings after, I was amazed at all the little moments that could certainly turn this into a slash relationship - of which I have no problems with, although I have to admit it took me longer to warm up to it in this fandom due to the affiliation with real people. But, what you said at the beginnning was right. Fictional mini-series with roots in reality. Once I embraced that, my little slasher heart couldn't help the constant giggle with every episode I watched thereafter. :)
All the little moments you mentioned were all the ones that had me smiling... BUT... after looking through the numerous stories, I am absolutely amazed that no one has caught a particular moment that caught me completely by surprise one night while I was watching "Bastogne". If you pay real close attention during the moment the mortars start to fly at the scene with the fire and the "dell", when the men start to scatter, Dick basically SHOVES Nix out of the way in order to remove him from the line of fire (even when Harry was the one that was closer to the shot - obviously)!!! It's very brief & my jaw dropped a mile when I caught it. Heehee. Gotta love it.
Anyways, thanks for this great synopsis of all those little moments that could mean so much more. I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one caught up in that "subtext". Haha. Now, I'm off to go read your recs, because I'm hopelessly addicted.
Winnix rules! LOL
- just another Winnix fan