Comments | candle_beck: january's pretty bad, november was worse

candle_beck

january's pretty bad, november was worse

Jan 15, 2006 14:01

less than a month until pitchers and catchers, and i find it interesting that we focus on that so intently when it's not like we'll actually be able to see the pitchers and catchers. it's just, like, anything resembling baseball, going on anywhere in the world. i got phoenix built up in my mind like it's two hundred stories tall ( Read more... )

mulder/zito, mlb fic

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candle_beck January 17 2006, 05:40:37 UTC

aw, sorry. i should really disclaim these things to be avoided during bad days. hope things are going better, man.

ayrdaomei January 15 2006, 22:51:46 UTC

ayrdaomei: BECK WROTE MULDER AS A CARDINAL HOLD THE FUCKING PHONE
offspeed: IS THAT THE HOOFBEATS OF THE FOUR HORSEMEN IN THE DISTANCE?

:-P

Also...wow. I need to read this again. And probably a third time. Actually probably four times. Because I've got to suss out the Zito stuff, and then the Mulder stuff and then to figure out how it all fits together.

I know you were trying to get this out forever, but it was worth the wait. Because seriously...stuff like

His hands are torn up from trying to stop the skid and he can feel blood running down his wrists, the dents in his forearms like gutters.

and

Mulder wonders if this is the price of being in first place all season. And maybe that’s why they could never go the distance in Oakland, not because of talent but because of heart, all the things that made Oakland brighter and sharper and more fun than here. There were times when what they meant to each other was more important than the game, and he was right to feel sick then, to be dizzy and nervous and ripped up trying to figure out why it ( ... )

candle_beck January 17 2006, 05:42:03 UTC

like, really. apocalypse much? probably good that i didn't try to hard to write it during the season. woulda been all the worse. glad you liked it, though, and i'm sure your analysis will be spot-on, as ever.

kickthebeat January 16 2006, 03:56:41 UTC

HOLY SHIT HAVE NOT READ YET BUT WHY DO THE INTERNETS NOT CALL ME AUTOMATICALLY NOW YOU'VE FINALLY WRITTEN ABOUT MY BOY ON THE EAST COAST. FUCK.

k reading now

kickthebeat January 16 2006, 04:31:15 UTC

i claim this story for my broken heart, okay? okay. oh, our boys. how i hurt for them both, then and now.

candle_beck January 17 2006, 05:42:43 UTC

your two icons are basically visual support for everything this story encompasses. cheers, my friend.

rickenbacker January 17 2006, 12:46:12 UTC

OMG you did it! ayrdaomei knew I was puterless for a week, so she sent me an email alert. Thank god for good friends :)

Haven't read it yet 'cos I don't want to do it in a rush ...