Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Hawaii Five-0 story)

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea is a Hawaii Five-0 McDanno fic by JoeLawson. Often praised for its worldbuilding and characterization, the fic is an AU that features Danny "Danno" Williams as a cold-water mer who moves to Hawai'i and is requisitioned to work in the 5-0 by Steve McGarrett, eventually mating with him. As testament to the fic's popularity, fans who would not normally read a fic with this premise have read and enjoyed Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea after other fans told them to take a chance on it.
==The Fic==
Posted in July 2011 during the hiatus between season 1 and season 2 airing, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea covers the first half of season 1 with a mer twist. It was not the first AU of this type JoeLawson had written, although the previous fic featured different worldbuilding and is unrelated.Jaws. Posted 23 Feb 2011. Accessed 2 May 2023. But this fic is most notable for its extensive worldbuilding surrounding the mermaids featured in the fic, as well as its popularity being the second most kudos'd Hawaii 5-0 fic on AO3 Tag on AO3, sorted by kudos. Accessed 2 May 2022. and the most bookmarked. Tag on AO3, sorted by bookmarks. Accessed 2 May 2022.
Danny is an Atlantic, cold-water mermaid who doesn't get along with the native ali'i kai -- Sea Royalty in Hawaiian -- when he first moves to Hawai'i and several other tribes of mer are mentioned throughout the fic, as well as various slang and terms for mers. A large portion of the fic concerns mer-human relations and the fact that mer are technically a sovereign species, as well as Steve's quest to learn more about them after realizing how little humans know about mers.
==Awards==
It won the 2012 Hawaii Five-0 Ohana Favorite Awards into two distinct categories.
	
There is also an official Russian translation by pakadoge. Accessed 2 May 2023. and a podfic read by flyingthesky available.
==Related Works==
flyingthesky podficced this story at the request of regsi_ruka, who won its 10k to 40k podfic auction for scarleteenfans.kisforkurama. also not an essay due monday. are we sensing a theme here?, 29 April 2012. (Accessed 15 May 2016)flyingthesky. also not an essay due monday. are we sensing a theme here?, 29 April 2012. (Accessed 15 May 2016) It has a runtime of 3:40:32 and is also available on the Audiofic Archive.Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea | Audiofic Archive. Posted 12 Jun 2012. Accessed 2 May 2023. 
According to the podfic notes, it features the following songs:
knight_tracer later recced the podfic as the one podfic you should listen to in Hawaii Five-0 fandom.If you only listen to ONE podfic in a fandom ... [part 2]. Posted 14 Nov 2012. Accessed 2 May 2023. An offical translation of the fic into Russian was posted by pakadoge in 2018. The translation is prefaced by a note explaining that the translator did not want to use "mermaid" because it would be inaccurate and didn't feel "merman" would be appropriate either so instead used "people of the sea" instead to refer to the mers in the fic.
==Recs and Reviews==
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== Inspired Fanworks ==
=== Art ===
* by schaudwenart
* by cen-sceal, 2011 Archive link
===Recursive fanfic===
* by Dreamwind 
* by PipersLostChild
==References==
Category:2011 Fanfiction‎