Truth in Fiction

[amles80]

Title: Truth in Fiction
Fandom: Heroes
Rating|Genre: g | family/friendship, het
Characters|Pairing: Noah Bennet | Noah/Sandra
Summary: Noah began a new life when his first wife died; a life he had complete control over…
Word count: 499
Notes: Written for drabble challenge #36, “New” at heroes_contest. When the upcoming themes were posted to the community, I

Comments

[game_byrd]

Oh, that's great! And what a brilliant idea - him as a writer, playing a part in a stage play. That's wonderful. I love the way that recasts his life. I'd disliked the past revealed in The Wall, but you do good things with it, here, rehabilitating it!

Thanks so much for sharing!

[amles80]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it, I enjoyed writing it because it just "came to me" (unlike the last fic that was rather painful to write). I really disliked it the first time I watched The Wall, I was like "no, this is not what I had imagined!!" (On the other hand, I wasn't sure about exactly what I had imagined, but I felt that it definitely messed with my Noah/Angela headcanon somehow.) But then I thought, okay, so it's canon, why not use it for a fic... :)

[means2bhuman]

I love that concept! Thank you for connecting Noah-the-writer to Noah-the-Company-Man. Of *course* Noah would like acting! I never put the two together and it all makes perfect sense. And it explains a lot of Noah's smugness at pulling off another successful "performance" with each lie or each bag-n-tag...I'm not a fan of Noah's alternative past, but this connects much-needed dots for me so I enjoy your story a lot!

I like the parts about him convincing himself, then doubting his sanity. It's so true. I can see him having a few moments of "wait a minute..." and "I don't know me anymore"

And a canon theme - feeling sorry for Noah when he brings it on himself. That last sentence is crushing. That's all the motivation he needs to be the Company Man for20+ years. Wow.

Very well done, as usual!

[amles80]

I'm glad you like it! I'm not a fan of Noah's past either - there were many things in S4 I didn't like. First, I disliked his attitude towards Angela (but I've fixed that now, lol), I didn't like Lauren a lot and when I watched The Wall I was like "Whaaat?!" But after my re-watch this summer, I guess I accepted things even if all of it proved my headcanon wrong... I don't know how I thought about "connecting the dots" like this, but once I did, it seemed to make sense to me. I'm glad you agree, and thank you! :)

[amles80]

Thank you! I'm glad you like it. I really enjoyed writing this one. :)