LINKDING

<blockquote>Napoleon and Illya discuss a certain movie they have just seen... (Contains spoilers for the 2015 Man From UNCLE reboot movie.)</blockquote> ➤ ACCURATE

<blockquote>"There is something you should know before making a final decision.” “I’m already aware he’s Russian, sir,” Napoleon said. “And he’s still on good terms with them, so he must at least technically be a Communist.” Waverly brushed that aside. “All of the Russian agents are. Kuryakin, however, is also an admitted homosexual.” (An original-recipe Man from U.N.C.L.E. fic.)</blockquote>

<blockquote>Illya is a supremely useful partner.</blockquote>

➤ Does what it says on the tin

<blockquote>taking a look at Illya's...not so straight side</blockquote>

➤ Napoleon and Illya eventually realize they're immortals.

➤ h/c, Illya realizing he means more to Napoleon than do the girls he flirts with

➤ Staff rumours about Napoleon and Illya. Humorous.

➤ hilarious and awesome. ➤ In which Illya entertains the possibility of being gay. With careful experimentation and a large sample size, as a good scientist. also on lj here: http://community.livejournal.com/muncle/663203.html

➤ Illya reading mission reports out to a temporarily blind Napoleon. Fluffy.

<blockquote>A man's home is his castle, and Napoleon and Illya are laying siege on one another in a fierce, relentless, and very silly war of retribution.</blockquote> ➤ or: prank war

➤ The one where Napoleon dies in the 60's but a young version of him shows up out of nowhere 30 years later. ➤ (the death is a real death)

<blockquote>Tag to 4x11 "The Gurnius Affair" Four years is a long time. But this is not Napoleon's decision to make anyway.<?blockquote>

<blockquote>"Always sounded like balderdash to me. Substituting the satisfaction of your libido with something supposedly more acceptable, rather than just going for what you really want—where's the fun in that?"</blockquote> author's notes: <blockquote>This is slash, but the sex is het. Yeah, I don't know. Blame Napoleon.</blockquote>

<blockquote>What can I say, the snarky one-upmanship that Napoleon and Illya have going on is one of the many things I adore about their relationship and whether they're sleeping together or not, I just can't see it stopping. Even so, poor, poor Napoleon! ^_-</blockquote>

<blockquote>Illya had gone undercover as a student at the beginning of the fall semester in order to spy on Dr. Karl Vandersommen, a chemistry professor affiliated with Thrush. Two months ago, U.N.C.L.E. intelligence sources had uncovered evidence that Vandersommen's latest research was generating attention in the upper echelons of Thrush. Kuryakin's job was to find out exactly what the professor was working on.</blockquote> https://web.archive.org/web/20100108190245/http://lyrebird.aithine.org/ezine/sl/heart.htm

<blockquote> "Not real torture," Napoleon said sharply, right into his ear - just like the interrogator, he thought . </blockquote>

<blockquote>Why did this dream plague him? At least five times in as many months. It was typical for an U.N.C.L.E. agent to dream of his partner falling amid a hail of bullets or in any of a dozen other violent scenarios. But why did he keep dreaming of Napoleon dying next to him in bed? Illya never told his lover about the dreams, perhaps fearing the power of suggestion or the temptation of fate, or simply Napoleon's sarcasm. But they disturbed him, and he wanted them to stop. </blockquote>

➤ Dear self: this is THAT FIC. You know, the one your brain is always harping back to because it just lives in your head as the One True Ideal of MUNCLE fic. ➤ Otoh, the part that lives in your head turns out to only actually be like the first quarter or so of the ACTUAL fic? The rest is perfectly good too, just not as brain-sticky, apparently. (also at http://kellie.mrks.org/fic/mfu/lost&found.htm)

<blockquote>Why did they do this? Why on earth had he chosen to be a spy? Why endure all the craziness that came with trying to save the world? Why hadn't he just stayed in Mother Russia and been a good drone, worked for the good of the motherland, been a scientist who could save the world in the comfort of a dry lab? </blockquote>

➤ The one where a little girl on Halloween is able to lead them to evidence to help them with a case. ➤ (The one where the girl has been long dead)

➤ On vacation on the Pursang, they act on their attraction to each other. ➤ There's a sequel (the lonely sea and the sky) but it's rather boring

https://web.archive.org/web/20131021012053/http://file40.net/file40s/child_nite.html <blockquote>“Your boys have grown very close,” Carlo Farenti said. “My boys!” Alexander Waverly exclaimed. Then he modulated his tone, introducing a trace of a chuckle. “My boys? Really, Carlo, they are hardly boys.” Farenti had a way of getting under his skin with his offhanded remarks as pointed as stilettos. </blockquote>

<blockquote>“I’m going to do what I do every Christmas,” he told me. I thought I caught an odd note of determination in his voice. “I’m going to go to the best restaurant in whatever city I’m in, order the most expensive dinner on the menu, choose the best wine, and follow it all with the richest dessert they serve.” This sounded more like a mission than dinner plans to me. “If you don’t mind,” I said after a moment of consideration, “I’ll pass.” If he was disappointed, he was too proud to let me see it. He merely shrugged and said, “Suit yourself. The invitation stands.”</blockquote> https://web.archive.org/web/20100127183831/http://file40.net/file40g/crispins/revenge.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20100830055936/http://file40.net:80/file40g/shara.html ➤ I and N are captured by thrush but helped by low-ranked thrushies who've been watching them and feel for them

https://web.archive.org/web/20030901020055/http://www.thisiskatya.com/mfu_chiaroscuro.html <blockquote>"No, Napoleon. You are, of course, correct. That is what you do, but that is not who you are."</blockquote>

https://web.archive.org/web/20071221045817/http://file40.net:80/file40g/tilldeath.html <blockquote>The wedding cake sat on a polished mahogany table. Beside it sat a yellow triangle, made of construction paper and a silver pen that was, in fact, nothing more than a silver pen. Scattered on the table were a handful of wedding announcements and several sheets of scented, flowery paper covered with handwriting. Over and over, line after line, they read, “Mr. and Mrs. Napoleon Solo.” An elegant framed mirror hung on the wall over the table. Its surface was liberally decorated with lipstick. Hearts and flowers were the main theme, but here and there a photograph was interspersed among them. Each picture sat at the center of a bull’s eye. One of the bull’s eyes had an arrow pointing to it. The picture at the center was of an ethereally beautiful young woman. There were three pictures which had not, as yet, been struck. Two of these were also young women. The last was of a man with golden blond hair and somber blue eyes. </blockquote>

https://web.archive.org/web/20100406044806/http://file40.net:80/file40s/MemberWhen2.html <blockquote>Tactfully Illya changed the subject. "How effective is it?" he asked. "This is, how total is the loss of memory?" "Oh, no doubt Mr. Solo will probably be able to still count to ten in Swahili, or conjugate a few Latin verbs, but he'll not remember anything about U.N.C.L.E.--or for that matter have the slightest idea who he is. Nor will he remember you, if it comes to that." "That might be a problem when I rescue him," Illya ventured. Waverly nodded. "It might, indeed. But I trust that you will manage to get around that difficulty with your usual resourcefulness and ingenuity, Mr. Kuryakin." </blockquote>

https://web.archive.org/web/20100108004105/http://lyrebird.aithine.org:80/ezine/ditg/passing.htm <blockquote>"This is a time when I'd like a nice girl to keep my mind occupied." He grinned wryly. Illya's blond eyebrows shot up and he looked amused. "Your mind?" Napoleon shrugged, then winced. "Well - ah - that too." Illya snorted. "Sex, sex. The cure for everything." He sat down on the bunk beside Napoleon. Napoleon didn't argue. The way he felt right now, he could do with a bit of curing. Illya looked like he needed curing too. </blockquote>