You know I'll read it for you.
Wash: So, two days in a hospital? That's awful. Don't you just hate doctors? Simon: Hey. Wash: I mean, present company excluded. Jayne: Let's not be excluding people. That'd be rude.
'Ariel'
Fan Fiction II: Great story! Where's the sequel?
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shrift - Mar 13, 2006 6:48:08 am PST #1941 of 10434
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Vonnie K - Mar 13, 2006 7:05:54 am PST #1942 of 10434
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
It's odd, the different reactions people seem to have to the story. In the comment thread (now up to, like, 800 comments in total!) they were all these people saying it was all so unbelievably sad and made them bawl, etc., and I didn't get that at all. Of course there was tragedy, but the story didn't wallow in it--it was more about rebuilding of self in the aftermath. I thought it was lovely and quite hopeful, actually.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 13, 2006 7:14:12 am PST #1943 of 10434
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I'd say it's bittersweet with a hopeful slant, but the writing's good enough that the sad parts bring on tears where a story that's just tragedy piled on top of angst might not.
Consuela - Mar 13, 2006 7:50:36 am PST #1944 of 10434
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I don't know if it makes a difference, Dana, but all the sad happens in the past of the story. The story itself is all about rebuilding, as Vonnie said.
P.M. Marc - Mar 13, 2006 8:53:10 am PST #1945 of 10434
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Dana, you should read it. Matt's description is spot-on, and it's just lovely.
And I really, really, really didn't need a new reading fandom.
Curse the good writers and favorable syndication schedule.
Dana - Mar 13, 2006 8:59:14 am PST #1946 of 10434
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Nope. Still not going to read it.
Katie M - Mar 13, 2006 9:00:21 am PST #1947 of 10434
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
It's odd, the different reactions people seem to have to the story. In the comment thread (now up to, like, 800 comments in total!) they were all these people saying it was all so unbelievably sad and made them bawl, etc., and I didn't get that at all. Of course there was tragedy, but the story didn't wallow in it--it was more about rebuilding of self in the aftermath. I thought it was lovely and quite hopeful, actually.
Yeah, I'm with you. I am... too prejudiced against Rodney to love the story, I'm afraid, but I absolutely wouldn't say that it's unbelievably sad. If anything... well, lemme go whitefont.
I mean, yes, okay, John died and that's sad, and then Rodney killed Atlantis which is also very sad, and kind of horrifying, actually (I suspect I'm too fond of the SGC to be able to get on his side there). But then Rodney went on with his life and worked his way back toward something I'd call happiness and became a brilliant and inspiring teacher and found real satisfaction in that. This is a Rodney who is a much, much bigger and better person for having gone to Atlantis. He was not broken by it--none of the survivors were, and if John died, well, that kind of thing will happen.
I mean, I don't want to minimize the pain he's in, because I think it's there and it's real, but I didn't find the story depressing at all (except for the dead Atlantis bit).
On the other hand, it does remind me a bit of Willemakee, so maybe if I liked Rodney I'd feel differently about it. Willemakee is more about the first moments of grief, though--it's meant to be something of a wallow, which ends with the beginning of moving forward. Freedom is about that progress forward, and how that's informed by loss.
Consuela - Mar 13, 2006 10:18:24 am PST #1948 of 10434
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Katie is precisely correct, especially with regards to the issues of the SGC stuff. Because, c'mon-- Carter asked specially! Doesn't he like Carter anymore?
And yet, I still liked it. Cause good writing will totally do that to me.
Betsy HP - Mar 13, 2006 10:37:49 am PST #1949 of 10434
If I only had a brain...
Theodosia - Mar 13, 2006 11:07:42 am PST #1950 of 10434
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I am with Vonnie and Katie on the story. t bows in their direction