Elegy

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Title: Elegy
Rating: PG-13ish, for a bit of language and implied themes.
Disclaimer: Don't own them; just borrowing.
Summary: Post-rescue, Sawyer receives an unexpected visitor.
Notes: Thank you, thank you, thank you to lenina20 for reading this throughout its creation, for the help with characterization of you-know-who, for being willing to bounce ideas

Comments

Re: You owe me happy Skate... ;)

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Damn, girl! ;)

Okay, first off, I believe it's you who owe *me* happy Skate. *cough* Mickey Mouse ringing any bells? ;)

Kidding...

And in a more literal, less symbolic reading, this has the perfect ammount of ambiguity regarding her death, what happened to her (we are only told once, barely, that she's under the ground, but we don't have direct references and that makes this so so so amazing in my opinion).
Oh, I'm so glad you said this. I was actually going to ask you about this but forgot when I sent you the last bit...Part of me worried that it was *too* ambiguous. I considered having direct references, but didn't want it to be *too* obvious (plus, I didn't want to have to go into detail as to what exactly happened - not the point of this fic).

I can't tell you how sad it makes me, and happy at the same time, because Sawyer's love is all in those four lines. Perfect.I've been watching and re-watching all my Kate/Sawyer clips for this, and one thing that's struck me that I didn't particularly notice the first time I saw the

Re: You owe me happy Skate... ;)

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Haha, I didn't mean to scare you! No, the plot bunny is merely me wanting to write the flashbacks from this fic from Kate's POV. That's all! I'm not sure, though - because I might then actually have to write her dying, and I'm not sure I can do that in detail and not overdramatize it or, on the other extreme, make it too callous.

Yeah, I saw your post about spoilers, but as you know, I'm spoiler free...But argh, your post so made me want to read spoilers! I'll be strong...I must be...

Aw, you're too sweet, really. I'll let you know if I do decide to write the Kate POV :)

[elliotsmelliot]

Wow. This is such a perfect companion to This is Real. Your Sawyer is excellent. You've paid such close attention to his body language and use it to enhance his internal and external voice. You've also captured Sam's character so well too, especially his tendency to speak in a monotone that contains hidden emotion.

Old habits die fucking hard sometimes.

This is a great line, so Sawyer, and captures the theme of the past and the present colliding. I like how hard it was for Sawyer to think of Kate as a girl because his own past with her only extends so fair and is complicated enough.

The last paragraph was lovely and puts you right in the moment. Great work!

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Thanks so much :) I wrote That Was Real while I was in the middle of writing this one, and while I didn't mean to make them companion fics, they seem to have turned out that way.

[hendercats]

Oh, nicely done! Liked Sawyer's memories, Sam's visit very much.

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Thanks so much :)

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Thanks so much :)

[the_dibbler]

I'm just going to go with *splat*

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Messy.