Good Soldier 1/1

[buffyaddict_fic]

Title: Good Soldier 1/1
Author: buffyaddict13 
Fandom: Band of Brothers
Rating: R for swearing and violence
Words: ~9,000
Characters/Pairing: Gen, Ronald C. Speirs and glimpses of pretty much everyone in Easy Company
Disclaimer: I wrote this based on the character Ron Speirs in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, not the real man. I mean no disrespect to the real

Comments

[benvolio_daemon]

Oh, this was so good. Speirs is such an interesting character - I can't quite wrap my mind around his actions, but damn, the man is Badass with a capital B. I don't read gen all that often, but for Speris I made an exception, and your fic was definitely worth it.

I love how you touched on all the major details of his life, both from the series and the books, and how we get to see him as he interacts with all the other men. Not to mention the way he acts with the women in his life - I don't think I ever could have figured out how to write Speirs with his mother, but you managed to make their interactions so convincing and in-character. (And the bit about her being the reason behind the looting? BRILLIANT.) Same with Clara; it's always hard for me to imagine Speirs as a married man, but you made it play out just right.

The whole final section with Grant was excellent, and I just want to say how much I loved this line: "He looks at Manne, he looks at him, into him, and Ronald Speirs doesn't know it, but there are several Easy Company

[buffyaddict_fic]

Oh, this was so good. Speirs is such an interesting character - I can't quite wrap my mind around his actions, but damn, the man is Badass with a capital B. I don't read gen all that often, but for Speris I made an exception, and your fic was definitely worth it.

oh my gosh, thank you SO much for taking the time to read my gen fic! i'm honored and speirs approves. ;-P

I love how you touched on all the major details of his life, both from the series and the books, and how we get to see him as he interacts with all the other men.

i love scenes with speirs and the men. you know half of them wanted to pee their pants. and speirs must have been wtf is up with perco? :D

Not to mention the way he acts with the women in his life - I don't think I ever could have figured out how to write Speirs with his mother, but you managed to make their interactions so convincing and in-character. (And the bit about her being the reason behind the looting? BRILLIANT.)hee! :D i figured he'd need a strong mother, and i wanted to give him a slighty

[entwinedangels]

oh my god, this is fantastic!
(i wouldve commented earlier, but my computer tried to commit suicide this morning and hence! late commenting)
I love the way youve woven BoB with speirs!thoughts, such a greta mix of fact and interpretation.
*draws hearts around speirs*
i so want you to track down BoB vets and write their memoirs. You get the feeling and characterisation and whole damned mind set down to a tee, i just love the way you make with the words.

[buffyaddict_fic]

hi hon! thank you so much! i was nervous about writing speirs, but he's such a badass it's fun. i just think it's really interesting how he killed an american soldier at the beginning of the war, and almost killed one at the end. (although in rl, it was hack hansen who wanted to kill the guy, as he was chuck grant's best friend. hack was also the guy who threatened the surgeon, but shhh.)

i would love to track down bob vets and write their stories. i don't think they'd be too keen on it though.

*megasmooch*

[entwinedangels]

*smooshes back*
i jsut wanted to add how much i adored perco as the weird little toothbrush guy
i still giggle. (will possibly refer to him as such from now on)
^^

[buffyaddict13]

hee! i'm so glad! :D seriously, perco brushes his teeth A LOT. it's a little creepy.

*pats perco's head*

p.s. thanks again for reading my fic. it really means the world to me. <3

[kymellin]

Wow. This fic is so compelling, so intense - like the man it explores. There's something about Speirs that intrigues me, ever since he talked to Blithe in the foxhole. The strength of his determination, his compelling duty; you've captured that beautifully. I do not know if the series actually goes into his family life, but I found that part of the fic very tangible - I find it quite believable that he has as fierce a mother as he is a soldier.

Thank you for writing the most wonderful fic. It's the last fic of 2009 for me (comment would have been posted then, but I've got unsupervised teens with fireworks in the road outside my house - so much for going out and looking at the moon). I love how you make this person so now, not just a figure out of history - in a review the past, reveal the future kind of sense that I'm not able to state clearly at all tonight. ♥