The Law of Universal Gravitation 5: The Rules of Classical Mechanics

[allthingsholy]

Title: The Law of Universal Gravitation 5: The Rules of Classical Mechanics
Authors: allthingsholy, with dashakay, juniperlane, & montycrowley
Summary: There is no victory. There is no marvelous defeat. The righting of his world and the return of some semblance of order is pulled away the moment his fingers play his final card.
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Sheldon/Penny
Spoilers: Through 3.05,

Comments

[j_guda]

He knows that he is not a perfect man ... He’s waiting for her to tell him it’s okay, that she can make him feel better, if only for a moment. He will ask for it, if he has to. He will beg.

This entire paragraph - this entire chapter - is shatteringly beautiful, but these lines, in addition to Don’t think, Sheldon tells himself. Don’t think. So he doesn’t. are so, so right.

When I say Sheldon is out of character here, I don't mean you have written him badly. The exact opposite in fact. Sheldon, as person, lives his life a certain way. He holds himself up as being as close to perfect as he can conceive of, he tries never to lower himself to begging for anything, and his constant, his touchstone is his intellect - thinking. To be so broken, to have reached a place where he abandons all of that... in a way, on certain levels he isn't Sheldon right now. Or more accurately, the Sheldon he strives to be. He's an emotional human mess in ways he hasn't been since those awful moments in his past he can't escape.

Love, love, love this. Can't wait for the next installment!

[allthingsholy]

LOL, that section that you quoted I made everyone else specifically approve before I posted it, because I really wasn't sure about it. Getting your stamp of approval, though, means it must be alright.

I look forward to your reviews a lot, because you really do seem to get through to the heart of the characterizations (the ones we're going for at least) and really leave us something worthwhile.

Thanks so much for taking the time to read and review, and hopefully the next section should be up before too long.

[j_guda]

Oh, thank you! I can't help myself really. Your characterizations are so amazing, deeply nuanced and real, I get analytical and meta without even trying. The best fics are the ones that make you think about or see a character or relationship in a new way, and you guys never fail to do that here.

Thank you for taking the time time and effort to write such amazing fic!