Luau Fic for Falafel and Kayim.

[elliotsmelliot]

Title: Slam!
Character: Boone, Shannon, Charlie, Hurley, Sawyer
Rating: PG 13
Words: 1400
Warning: Set sometime around Solitary.
Summary: My apologies for its lateness. This fic is for Queen falafel_musings who wanted the S1 ensemble. It won Best Humour Fic in September 2008 and Feel Good Fic of the Year in Best Damn Fic of 2008 at lost_fic_awards.

Comments

[falafel_musings]

Welcome back to the Luau, Ell! I'm perfectly delighted with this fic, I must say. It's not too crack, since the character voices are so perfect, but it was ticklishly funny.

I love that you brought back two of the relationships I miss the most - Shannon/Boone and Hurley/Charlie. These pairings are so nostalgic now, but both of them always bring a smile to my face. These characters brought Lost down to a human level which was so quirky and fun. I also love that you added Sawyer to the mix, because - oh man - I used to enjoy Sawyer and his surly obnoxious charisma so much in the early days.

There are so many little characterisation touches that I loved. I had a great mental image of a scrappy!Charlie and a sheepish!Hurley coming to question Boone over the list. Boone's lonely little remark about Vincent being on the list made me want to laugh/cry. I loved Hurley thinking the list is cursed. Shannon ran away with all the best lines.

“God, they’re sooo annoying.”

“Who?”

“Everyone.”

How I miss the Snark Princess! I love how she ripped up the list and basically gave the Others the finger at the end there. Man, I often talk about Charlie's wasted potiential, but Shannon could have been an amazing character in later seasons. Sigh. Even though it's Ethan's list it sounds like it could've been written by Darlton.

Thanks for this! Love it.

[elliotsmelliot]

The show could definitely use Shannon's snark and refusal to go along with the majority. By now she would be the sole voice of reason.

I'm glad my Queen was pleased. It still feels a bit rushed but I wanted to get it down before I lost it. Originally it was going to be Ethan's letter to Ben, but that version turned out too boring. That's twice now, if you're keeping track, that I've weaseled out of your Ethan prompt but not actually writing him.

[falafel_musings]

Originally it was going to be Ethan's letter to Ben, but that version turned out too boring. That's twice now, if you're keeping track, that I've weaseled out of your Ethan prompt but not actually writing him.

Heh! I didn't notice that. But I think you're right that this version is much more entertaining. You still get a strong vibe of Ethan through the list itself. I'm interested in seeing you write Ethan and Richard as creepy BFFs.

[elliotsmelliot]

I still have a lot of blanks on the Richard story. That will be a long time coming I suspect.