looselipssinkships | Mail Call #49 (Fortnight of 06 April 2021) (Reply)

Two WWII soldiers (Liebgott and Webster) looking fondly at each other in the back of a truck.

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New Fills this Issue

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BAND OF BROTHERS, David Webster/Joseph Liebgott, Before they ship back stateside after the war is over, Web gives Liebgott his Harvard pin as a romantic token. Years later, Web *doesn't* die of shark-related injuries and hops into a cab that happens to be driven by one Joseph Liebgott. He doesn't expect Lieb to have the pin stuck to his visor as his luckiest charm so many years later.

To Love and Be Loved by

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BAND OF BROTHERS, Lewis Nixon/Richard Winters, Dick just wants to be held and told it's going to be all right.

hope tomorrow is a better day by

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THE PACIFIC, Andrew 'Ack-Ack' Haldane/Edward 'Hillbilly' Jones, The dog days of the Peleliu campaign on repeat.

To Books I am Beholden by

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BAND OF BROTHERS/BAND OF BROTHERS RPF, David Webster, Stephen Ambrose falls in love with David Webster's ghost while reading his memoirs. Bonus points if set in library.

New Prompts this Issue

Band of Brothers

BAND OF BROTHERS, Ann Winters/Blanche Nixon, After a series of self-destructive benders and failed rehab attempts, Blanche is on a downward spiral. In order to help her recover away from the City's temptations, Nix dumps her at Dick's sister's farm. Unbeknownst to all, femme fatale Blanche Nixon and cowboy Ann Winters will find that they have at least one thing in common.

BAND OF BROTHERS, Augusta (Anna) Chiwy/Renee LeMaire, They steal moments to be with each other, and the touch makes the war seem father away.

BAND OF BROTHERS, Darrell 'Shifty' Powers/Floyd 'Tab' Talbert, Shifty and Tab go to Paris on leave and get *fantastically* stoned.

BAND OF BROTHERS, Donald Malarkey/Lynn 'Buck' Compton, Buck goes into minor league sports after the war, but it never really goes anywhere. Years later, he's looking to retire to somewhere quiet and runs into Don. (Ala Greg Brown's 'Laughing River')

BAND OF BROTHERS, Frances Peca Guarnere/Pat Martin, Pat and Frannie meet at Pat and Johnny's wedding, and start writing to each other. As the war drags on, feelings develop, and they have to decide if they're going to do anything about them or not.

BAND OF BROTHERS, Lewis Nixon/Richard Winters, Every time he can, Nix sneakily admires Dick's reflection in every mirror and polished surface he can find.

BAND OF BROTHERS, Lewis Nixon/Richard Winters, Instead of going back to work at the Nixon Nitration Works, Dick and Nix stay in the Army.

BAND OF BROTHERS, Lewis Nixon/Richard Winters, OCS. Nix notices that Dick has taken the habit of checking out (admiring?) his own scantily clad body in the reflective surfaces of Fort Benning and can't resist ribbing him for it. Of course, he doesn't enjoy the show at all.

Generation Kill

GENERATION KILL, Brad 'Iceman' Colbert/Nathaniel 'Nate' Fick, One of them gets really giggle when he's stoned, and the other just cannot handle it.

The Pacific

THE PACIFIC, Andrew 'Ack-Ack' Haldane/Edward 'Hillbilly' Jones, One of them has a secret stash of poetry he's written about the other. Who writes it, who finds it, and is it any good left it up to the author.

THE PACIFIC, Private Hamm, Crossover with Shameless.

Crossovers and RPF

BAND OF BROTHERS/THE PACIFIC, DeEtta Almon/Lena Mae Riggi, It's WAVES v. Lady Marines.

Colonel Kink's Memorial Prompts

BAND OF BROTHERS, Carwood Lipton/George Luz, Luz decides that Lip needs to get laid, and tries to nose around for a partner for him, playing matchmaker because Luz doesn't think Lip would be interested in him.

BAND OF BROTHERS, Darrell 'Shifty' Powers/Earl McClung, Shifty likes it when Earl takes control.

BAND OF BROTHERS, David Webster/Joseph Liebgott, Webster picks up one of Liebgott's comics and makes a comment about how homoerotic they are. Liebgott doesn't know what that means.

BAND OF BROTHERS, Lewis Nixon/Richard Winters, Ancient Rome AU. Dick is a gladiator by trade, Nix the bored son of a rich merchant who's decided that owning a gladiator team is just the thing.

GENERATION KILL, Brad 'Iceman' Colbert/Nathaniel 'Nate' Fick, During OIF, Nate is removed from his position for refusing to follow orders. The aftermath of that decision affects Brad and Nate's eventual reunion.

GENERATION KILL, Josh Ray Person/Nathaniel 'Nate' Fick, Nate is one of those motherfuckers that kept his early morning routines after getting out of the military.

THE PACIFIC, Andrew 'Ack-Ack' Haldane/Edward 'Hillbilly' Jones, Anything that uses Andy playing sax for the college swing band.

THE PACIFIC, Eugene B. Sledge & Mary Frank Sledge & Merriell 'Snafu' Shelton & Sidney Phillips, Mary Frank quickly accepts her gay son. But she will not accept that swamp monster as a son in law. She takes it upon herself to find Eugene an appropriate match.

THE PACIFIC, Eugene B. Sledge/Sidney Phillips, They were each other's firsts.

THE PACIFIC, Robert Leckie, Home-grown US Marine entertainment in the form of a musical/play/show involving a lot of men in drag, and at least one wearing a head dress made of fruit.

(These prompts are worth two points if filled before the newsletter goes live on 20 April)