Meta: Faces of H/C

[arrow00]

I've been on an h/c reading kick since my illness, and it got me to thinking of the many different types of h/c, and how my particular situation would *not* have made a good h/c plot (oh, alas.)

This led to the following categorizations. Please feel free to add your own, hopefully with Sentinel or dS examples:

• Stubbed-toe h/c — When a character suffers an injury or illness that is completely common to everyday man and woman, yet the author has chosen to explore the character recovering from a head-cold, for example. (Warning: This type of story can and may involve some Unnecessary Bathing.)
• Pulling a Homer — When the character is responsible for their own injury ("D'oh!"), e.g., cutting their finger while chopping vegetables because they were so distracted by the beauty/lithesomeness/extraordinary hair of their possible-future-same-sex-mate.
• After School Special — in which the character suffers a major illness or calamity that is atypical and somewhat sensational, yet unrelated to a career of crime-solving or world-saving.
• C is for Clara — When the character simply wastes away out of pining/yearning/perpetual hard-on.
• I Swear It Was an Accident! — When the character is injured by his own partner, who then must not only provide h/c but loads of penance.
• Holy Hand Grenades, Batman! — The character is kidnapped/wounded/tortured by Bad Guys. Sometimes all three. Repeatedly.
• Dudley Do Right — Character throws himself in front of bullet/knife/speeding train to save his partner cum object-of-sexual-interest (or just the rest of the world.)
  

Comments

[arrow00.livejournal.com]

Wait, where? I want!

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

I linked it up thread in my reply to your post if you mean the fic with Jim sneezing all over poor Blair ::g::

[arrow00.livejournal.com]

Oh, I missed the link.

Eee! Ha ha!!

"Give me something to look at, then.

He's PERFECTLY petulant. I just love the tone of this. Poor sneezy!Jim! Poor long-suffering!Blair!

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I cannot see Jim as anything but an absolutely appalling invalid when it comes to something minor. Bullets, fine; sniffles, immediate regression to a pouty five-year-old.

[arrow00.livejournal.com]

And having to sorrowfully (and repeatedly) point out that he got the cold from Blair. Hee!

Meanwhile, tough-guy thinks it's a good idea to pursue a case while, uh, BLIND.

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

Exactly! He's the typical, ''Tis but a flesh wound' type of man.

I mean; blind. What the hell was Simon thinking?!