A year before Raymond Burr first played Perry Mason, he was romantically linked to Natalie Wood. Dates to avoid scandal was a common tactic in Hollywood (and probably still is), and this gossip benefited Burr and Wood. The latter was trying to hide her relationship with Robert Wagner, and Burr would never star in Perry Mason if his sexuality were made public.
More than 60 years later, HBO’s gritty—and queer—reboot of the Erle Stanley Gardner stories features some art imitating life, using similar tactics to link Della Street (Juliet Rylance) and District Attorney Hamilton “Ham” Burger (Justin Kirk) in order to protect their reputations. Set in Los Angeles in the early 1930s, this mutually beneficial arrangement shields Della from prying comments about her lack of a husband—and Ham about his permanent bachelor status—allowing her to pursue a legal career alongside associate Perry Mason (Matthew Rhys).
For a show located so close to Hollywood, the glamorous movie-making biz had so far only existed on the seedy periphery when Perry, in his PI days, took snaps of stars in compromising positions. Tinseltown edges closer when successful and self-assured screenwriter Anita St. Pierre enters the series in a puff of Turkish cigarette smoke, offering Della respite from the dark cloud hanging over the office and the routine of her relationship with hand model Hazel (Molly Ephraim).
“This is my lesbian period piece fantasy,” Jen Tullock tells The Daily Beast’s Obsessed about the Palm Springs getaway in a recent episode of Perry Mason. It has been a busy 12-plus months for Tullock, who is currently shooting the highly anticipated second season of Severance—and cannot reveal anything other than saying it is “nothing short of mind-blowing.”
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Chapters: 2/6
Fandom: Perry Mason (TV 2020)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Perry Mason/Pete Strickland, Perry Mason & Della Street, Hamilton Burger & Della Street, Hamilton Burger & Pete Strickland, Pete Strickland/Ruthie Strickland, Anita St. Pierre/Della Street
Characters: Pete Strickland, Perry Mason, Della Street, Hamilton Burger, Paul Drake, Marion Kang, E.B. Jonathan, Teddy Mason, Ruthie Strickland, Other(s)
Additional Tags: Post-Season/Series 02, Established Relationship, Shovel Talk, Fluff and Angst and Crack, (pete strickland voice) the holy trinity, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Male-Female Friendship, Explicit Sexual Content, Period Typical Attitudes, 5+1 Things, Happy Ending
Series: Part 1 of Form Follows Function
Summary:
Five times Pete Strickland gets the shovel talk, and one time it’s delivered on his behalf.
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Popular Pairing List Update
The following pairings have more than 10 recent posts in their pairing tag, and are therefore too popular to be posted on Rarepair Thursdays:
Amalia True x Penance Adair (The Nevers)
Anita St. Pierre x Della Street (Perry Mason)
Anne Boonchuy x Sasha Waybright (Amphibia)
Ava Coleman x Janine Teagues (Abbott Elementary)
Carol Aird x Therese Belivet (Carol)
Cinta Kaz x Vel Sartha (Star Wars)
Drea Torres x Eleanor Levetan (Do Revenge)
Eleanor Levetan x Gabbi Broussard (Do Revenge)
Eleanor Roosevelt x Lorena Hickok (The First Lady)
Ellie x Riley Abel (HBO The Last Of Us)
Emily Prentiss x Jennifer Jareau (Criminal Minds)
Frannie Langton x Marguerite Benham (The Confessions of Frannie Langton)
Katherine Hastings x Sadie Ryan (American Auto)
KJ Brandman x Mac Coyle (Amazon Paper Girls)
Lily Evans x Narcissa Malfoy (Harry Potter)
Mia Reed x Vada Cavell (The Fallout)
Midge Maisel x Susie Myerson (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel)
Miorine Rembran x Suletta Mercury (Mobile Suit Gundam Wing)
Natasha Romanoff x Peggy Carter (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
The following pairings have been posted less frequently recently, and have therefore been removed from the popular pairing list:
Addy Hanlon x Beth Cassidy (Dare Me)
Alex Danvers x Kelly Olsen (Supergirl)
Alex Vause x Piper Chapman (Orange Is The New Black)
Alexis Rose x Twyla Sands (Schitt’s Creek)
Allison Argent x Lydia Martin (Teen Wolf)
Andi Mack x Buffy Driscoll (Andi Mack)
Anne Shirley x Diana Barry x Ruby Gillis (Anne With An E)
Buffy Summers x Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Caitlin Snow x Iris West (The Flash)
Camina Drummer x Naomi Nagata (The Expanse)
Cosima Niehaus x Delphine Cormier (Orphan Black)
Dinah Lance x Helena Bertinelli (DCU)
Eleanor Shellstrop x Tahani Al Jamil (The Good Place)
Finch Tarrayo x Josie Saltzman (Legacies)
Greta Moreno x Riley Luo (Generation)
Hannah Miller x Sarah Fier (Fear Street)
Hermione Granger x Narcissa Malfoy (Harry Potter)
Ji-yeong x Kang Sae-byeok (Squid Game)
Joan x Zoey Clarke (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist)
Kathryn Janeway x Seven of Nine (Star Trek: Voyager)
Lady Hideko x Sook Hee (The Handmaiden)
Laurel Lance x Nyssa al Ghul (Arrow)
Natasha Romanoff x Wanda Maximoff (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Neopolitan x Yang Xiao Long (RWBY)
Nora Grace x Viri Gómez (Skam Spain)
Paris Geller x Rory Gilmore (Gilmore Girls)
River Song x Thirteenth Doctor (Doctor Who)
Seo Ji-wan x Yoon Sol (Nevertheless)
Shane McCutcheon x Tess Van De Berg (The L Word)
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MUSE LIST (non-carrd edition)
film
amber freeman, mikey madison, scream 5
anita ‘needy’ lesnicki, amanda seyfried, jennifer’s body
bex warren, hari nef, assassination nation
cassandra ‘cassie’ swann, sasha lane, daniel isn’t real
deena johnson, kiana madeira, fear street
evie jackson, nathalie emmanuel, the invitation
hallie mcdaniel, tati gabrielle, scream 2
heather duke, kaitlyn dever, heathers
jill roberts, emma dumont, scream 4
kirby reed, jemima kirke, scream 4
lily leblanc, mila kunis, black swan
lydia deetz, tbd, beetlejuice (film)
mckayla hooper, alexandra shipp, tragedy girls
rochelle zimmerman, lovie simone, the craft
sadie cunningham, brianna hildebrand, tragedy girls
sarah fier, juliet landau, fear street
taylor gentry, angela goethels, behind the mask
original characters
pamela clarke, jaz sinclair, fear street (1960s)
valerie marie beaumont, emma dumont, affilliated slasher oc
tv
agatha & dorcas night, adeline rudolph & abigail cowen, caos
ava daniels, hannah einbinder, hacks (horror based?) -- TEST
carmilla karnstein, natasha negovanlis, carmilla: the series
coco st pierre vanderbilt, leslie grossman, ahs: apocalypse
ellie williams, bella ramsey, hbo's the last of us -- TEST
lark feldmont, billie lourd, ahs: red tide
madison montgomery, sophia anne caruso, ahs: coven
mallory, billie lourd, ahs: apocalypse
marienne bellamy, tati gabrielle, you -- TEST
queenie sidibe, gabourey sidibe, ahs: coven
sarah ‘belle noire’ cunningham, frances conroy, ahs: red tide
vanessa ives, eva green, penny dreadful
zoe benson, hannah einbinder, ahs: coven
video games
claudette morel, angelica ross, dead by daylight
rin yamaoka / the spirit, karen fukuhara, dead by daylight
yui kimura, devon aoki, dead by daylight
yun-jin lee, park so-dam, dead by daylight
literature
laura, samara weaving, carmilla novella
maggie leigh, jahkara smith, nos4a2
podcast
agnes montague, eline powell, the magnus archives
basira hussain, golshifteh farahani, the magnus archives
georgina ‘georgie’ barker, wunmi mosaku, the magnus archives
jude perry, bae doona, the magnus archives
melanie king, eliza dushku, the magnus archives
nikola orsinov, no faceclaim, the magnus archives
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