bluecastle | LO:CI fic rec

I don't rec fics very often (plenty of other people do it so I don't have to!) and rec Law and Order: Criminal Intent fics even more rarely, but I read a short post ep. today that is a bit meta about fandoms. Given that LO:CI will be replacing 3/4 of it's remaining cast during next season's premiere, the fandom is sort of eating it's own young right now, and reminds me a bit of all the post CoE sturm und drang.

But there's a few people looking backwards as well as bemoaning the future.

This fic was sparked by episode 4.12 "Collective" about a woman preying on vulnerable fans she connects with at fan conventions. After the murder by cop of a guy called Arnie who collected rare 1950s toys, they track this woman to a literary Vampire fandom a la Anne Rice, where she ends up being murdered herself (in a coffin set up to provide the experience of erotic asphyxiation). But it's up to detectives Goren and Eames to discover whether it was her "boyfriend" or his friends who was responsible for her death. [The final aria is set in a the fans gothic Brooklyn "crypt" which must have been a lot of fun for the scenic department!]

Author: Patcat
Title: COLLECTIVE: MISSING SCENES
Category: Law and Order: CI
Character(s): A. Eames & R. Goren
Words: 1,974
Summary: “And as naïve as he was…He didn’t have a chance.” Alex deftly changed lanes and moved into the entrance to the New Jersey Turnpike. “But the toy…All these toys…Why did they mean so much to him?”
Genre(s): Friendship/Angst

URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5455756/1/