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bettyp

Cliche Ficathon entry (TS) -- Lexicon

Jul 15, 2005 13:59

Written for the Getting A Sense of Cliches ficathon challenge. On reflection, I'm not sure if it's h/c-ish enough to be h/c, and I think I used sound a lot more than I used smell, so as a hurt/comfort story focusing on the sense of smell, I don't quite know what I thought I was doing here. Anyway, it's due now, and this is what I wrote *g*

( lexicon: n. a stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style )

Comments 78

carodee July 15 2005, 18:38:41 UTC

This broke my heart in that wonderful happy/sad aching way.

bettyp July 15 2005, 18:43:00 UTC

Thank you! That's the mission in life for any h/c story, no?

cindershadow July 15 2005, 20:02:21 UTC

I think there's some rule against making a person cry at 1 PM on a Friday.

I'm glad you broke it.

This was . . . incredible on several levels. Thank you so very, very much for writing it.

bettyp July 15 2005, 20:32:57 UTC

For I am a lawless breaker-of-rules! I drink milk after the expiration date! You can't stop me!!!

Or I, er. Scratch that. Just, thank you!

vamysteryfan July 15 2005, 21:18:53 UTC

That was just wonderful. Lots of h/c ina very good way. I'm so glad you participated in the ficathon

bettyp July 16 2005, 15:52:55 UTC

Thank you! It was fun to do.

ponders_life July 15 2005, 21:27:56 UTC

Ohhhhh... this was wonderful!
::is verklempt::

I took an ASL class in college, so I had strong visual images of the signing (and empathy for Jim as he learned it) in my mind as I read this.

bettyp July 16 2005, 15:52:09 UTC

Awesome! I did some research for it, enough to be able to visualize what they were saying at key points. I rather wished the audience could get a clear view of it, too, but there was no way to describe it so that it wasn't completely cumbersome to read. It's cool that you, at least, could see it, though!

fanofall July 15 2005, 23:38:05 UTC

This was just really stunning. How ... courageous, I think, of you to pick a hurt from which Jim can't recover, and to go from there. Thank you for sharing this.

bettyp July 16 2005, 15:50:16 UTC

Thank you! I really liked the idea of forcing Jim into retirement, of the decommissioned Sentinel -- what the hell is your second act, fishing? So I really needed something that had some finality to it. I'm glad it worked for you.