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Still

Apr 18, 2010 10:52

Title: "Still"
Author: leigh57
Characters: Jack, Renee
Word count: Around 1200.
Summary: One possible version of Jack’s thoughts picking up at the end of 8x17.
Warnings: Language. Spoilers for everything through 8x17. Angst -- to say the least.
Disclaimer: They’re so not mine. If that’s not clear now, it never will be.
A/N: Under the cut.

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Thank you. ♥ anonymous April 18 2010, 16:14:13 UTC

I've been reading your stories for weeks, but I've never commented until now. I just want to let you know (although it's not like you haven't heard it already a million times) how much your writing is appreciated, how much of an impact your depictions of these characters has had.
Thank you for sharing all of it, especially this piece, which I know was unbelievably difficult for you.
♥

Re: Thank you. ♥ anonymous April 18 2010, 16:26:38 UTC

P.S. - This may be irrelevant, but I'm sorry things turned out the way they did.

Re: Thank you. ♥ leigh57 April 18 2010, 17:59:48 UTC

Oh good god so am I. I keep waiting to be less sorry, but it hasn't happened yet. And it's not irrelevant at all. Something about knowing there are other people out there who feel the same way is comforting:)

Re: Thank you. ♥ anonymous April 18 2010, 20:03:32 UTC

Something about knowing there are other people out there who feel the same way is comforting:)

I could not agree with you more. Anger and disappointment all but held me captive until I realized so many others were in the same boat. That was very calming and reassuring.

Re: Thank you. ♥ leigh57 April 18 2010, 17:58:49 UTC

I should first admit that this isn't hard to do right now, but your comment made me cry. You don't know how much it means to me that you think I've gotten Jack and Renee 'right' in my stories.

Thank you for sharing all of it, especially this piece, which I know was unbelievably difficult for you.

I feel SO strange accepting any thanks for this, because yet again it's not a story I ever intended to write. By the time three-quarters of it had composed itself in my head last night, I gave up. It was horrifyingly difficult to write, but like the rape story, I guess I had to do it. I couldn't say it in my journal, so I said it here. Thank you so much for reading and for your lovely comments.

Re: Thank you. ♥ anonymous April 18 2010, 21:08:49 UTC

Oh my goodness, you really don’t get it yet, do you? Gotten them ‘right’ doesn’t even begin to describe what you’ve done with these two characters throughout your stories. You have…filled in the missing pieces, fleshed out their lives and personalities in a way that the show was never able to do ( ... )

Re: Thank you. ♥ adrenalin211 April 18 2010, 21:16:44 UTC

Yes! I second all of this. What you said.

Especially: As far as your stories composing themselves in your mind of their own volition goes, so what?, because I could also never understand how this fact would make someone unable to take credit.

Word.

Re: Thank you. ♥ leigh57 April 19 2010, 00:46:01 UTC

I love you. That is all.

Re: Thank you. ♥ adrenalin211 April 19 2010, 02:00:47 UTC

You too bb.

Re: Thank you. ♥ leigh57 April 19 2010, 00:55:43 UTC

Holy shit. Yeah, you made me cry again, but in a good way. I don't have the slightest clue how to respond to what you've said here. 'Thank you' doesn't feel as if it covers the way I feel. Jack and Renee have been such a huge part of my life for the past year and three months, and I wouldn't take back a second for any reason, no matter how upset I am right now ( ... )

Re: Thank you. ♥ anonymous April 21 2010, 01:41:07 UTC

Alright. To be honest? Without your stories there might not even be a Jack and Renee in my head. I'm pretty sure I have a broken imagination - I don't even know how to daydream (which I suppose makes us polar opposites in that respect ;) ). If it weren't for your elaboration, there'd be pretty much nothing for me to refer to, no "happy place" for me to retreat to. (So I stole yours. ;) I hope you don't mind, but I've been squatting there for weeks and will probably continue to do so for a while. :) )

In fact, your "vision" of these two characters rings so true in my head that sometimes the lines blur and I find myself wondering whether a certain detail originated from the show or from your writing. (Normally I'd be embarrassed to share my thoughts about imaginary people, but something tells me you guys wouldn't judge... ;) ) For example, while dumping a bunch of half and half and Sugar In the Raw into my coffee I remembered, "Oh, that’s how Renee takes her coffee sometimes." When flipping through the radio stations and catching NPR ( ... )

Re: Thank you. ♥ leigh57 April 22 2010, 01:25:55 UTC

See despite your high opinion of my writing, words threaten to fail me here. I'm going to do my best, but it still won't even start to cover how it feels to get a comment like this. First, it makes me so happy that MY happy place worked for you, too. I can't lie -- the Jack and Renee I write work themselves into my personal canon, too. It's not that I confuse the two (lol -- maybe?), but in a way it's all together in there. Kinda like parallel universes. I see Renee especially in a very specific way (which of course doesn't work for everybody), and so she takes on characteristics that stick with her in all of my stories, even when they probably didn't come from the show. But I'm so touched that you remember details of my fics like this, in the sense of Jack listening to NPR or what Renee puts in her coffee ( ... )

Re: Thank you. ♥ anonymous April 24 2010, 17:44:56 UTC

Good, I'm so so glad. After all, what are strangers for? ;)
Keep on keepin on. :) ::hug bye:: :) ♥

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