Round Table - Favorite Stories

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

 I was drawn into the fandom thing after watching the MFU dvd set several years ago.  Several as in six, which amazes me because that seems like a really long time.  After watching the entire series in a marathon of late nights and less sleep than normal, I began the internet search for more about the world of MFU, totally unaware of something called fanfiction.  That, of course, was a revelation when I found it and so there were more late nights and early mornings where I found myself glued to the laptop, reading the further adventures of Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin.
Some stories were immediately favorites, and like everyone else's favorites, have been re-read numerous times.  Some of them helped form my own story writing style while others remain untouchable to me for the sheer brilliance of bringing these characters to life for me.
So what are some of your favorites?  What story cemented your love of MFU and the genre of writing for which we all now share this devotion?
I'll start with one that I've read over and over, and it never gets old.
Early Days Affair by Vicki Loebel

Comments

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

I was just the opposite, I found fan fiction ...File 40 to be precise, the watched the few episodes on You-Tube and then bought the DVD set. Like you I did a sleepless marathon watching of all the episodes.

There's no one story that I can think of but rather the wealth of stories out there by some great writers.
Rosywonder was a major influence, as was Pat Foley (shame she stopped writing MFU) Gina Martiin, Girl in the Glen, St. Crispins, Vicky Loebel and Linda White.... just to name a few.

You already know I'm a prolific writer, and sadly I tend to not reread fanfic, or too much of it anymore as I don't won't it to influence my stories. Granted there a many repeated scenarios out there, but I try to avoid having that happen as much as possible.

Writing is my therapy, it helps me keep my short term memory issues (and sometimes longterm) at bay, and it helps while away the time. I've tried to write for other fandoms, but none call to me as much as the Man from UNCLE>

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

You've single handedly added enough stories to double the output ;) It's great that the writing is useful for brain therapy as well as enjoyable to read.

[reapermum.livejournal.com]

Would you believe I discovered fanfic in 1972? I was teaching at the time and confiscated a Star Trek zine that was being read under the desk. Thank heavens it didn't contain any slash as I would have had to have taken action and escalated the matter. As it was I returned the zine after I had read it.

After that I had no contact until I gained internet access and found the Blakes7 fandom. That has largely died out or moved on now, so I moved over here.

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

You are a pioneer. I wonder if that kid still reads fanfiction.

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

On first looking into UNCLE fanfiction, I met avery11 's Endangered Species (http://archiveofourown.org/works/444596) , which convinced me, as it would anyone, that UNCLE fanfiction was the right stuff.

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

That was an excellent introduction to the genre. I'm glad it brought you to us here on Section VII.

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

Thank you! So am I.

[lindafishes8.livejournal.com]

Watched MFU at age 11 and fell in love with it. When I bought my first VHS recorder, I copied as many shows that aired but there were parts cut from the original.

When I first went online, I searched for MFU info, pics, whatever I could find but there wasn't much.

I found fanfiction by accident in 2014. The first story I read was slash and I had never heard of slash and was so disappointed. It's not that there is anything wrong with it, it's just not my cup of tea for the most part.

I keep looking and ran across MLaw's stories on FanFiction. It was like finding gold. Other writers I was impressed with were Girl in the Glen, Linda Cornett and Uncle Charlie and many more.

Can't pick a single story, I love them all. New ones are being written all the time. I've even started to write a few, something I never thought would happen. When I was in Jr. High, I wrote an MFU novel. More about this will come to light soon. My college English professor told me I'd never be a writer and I should stick to nursing which was my major. Creep!

[alynwa.livejournal.com]

I've mentioned many times that the first fanfiction I ever read was one of Spikegirl58's "Foothills" tales. I was so taken with the idea of a retired, in love(!) Napoleon and Illya that I wrote her and she was kind enough to send me a reading list of all her stories. Before that, I had no idea fanfiction existed.

[pactnmmt.livejournal.com]

When my son was in high school he told me about ff.net and I didn't pay much attention to it and didn't think in terms of fanfiction for tv shows I grew up with or like now. In Feb. 2009, my dad passed away and I spent about a week in his apartment while funeral arrangements were made. To keep myself busy I decided to use Dad's computer and look into fanfiction and found first, NCIS then MFU.

The first MFU stories I read were by Uncle Charlie and Mary Catherine Marshall and I was hooked!