Comments | eponine119: Lost fic: The Other Juliet [PG, spoilers through S5 finale]

eponine119

Lost fic: The Other Juliet [PG, spoilers through S5 finale]

Jul 02, 2009 22:30

Disclaimer: Lost is not mine, no infringement intended.
Warnings: Spoilers through the season 5 finale. Angsty & stuff. Rated PG. 650 words.
Notes: Written for cliche-bingo, "Character study."

The Other Juliet
by eponine119
July 2, 2009

( Sometimes that other Juliet would force open the door and she would find herself drowning again in salt tears. She isn't crying now. )

cliche_bingo, [lost_fanfic]-all

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eponine119 July 3 2009, 07:44:59 UTC

I know. :( Thanks for reading.

alliecat8 July 3 2009, 06:22:58 UTC

Like the dark part of a fairy tale, indeed. I can see how, in the end, Juliet HAD to believe Jack because it was the only way she could save Sawyer's heart. Because how could Sawyer survive having trusted again for the first time since he was a child, and not only being abandoned again, but this time having the one he trusted choose to leave him? I love Juliet, but Sawyer never put one foot wrong with her and she should've trusted him the way that he trusted her. He deserved that and he earned it. Her own insecurities brought it all tumbling down and she's right, in this fic, that the only way to fix it (to fix *him*, after she sees how horribly she's broken him) is to make Jack's plan work. At that point it's the only humane thing she can do.

This is a disturbing fic but it's excellent for the prompt "character study." I'm gonna go cuddle Sawyer now, if that's okay.

eponine119 July 3 2009, 07:46:52 UTC

I don't think you can blame it all on her insecurities. I mean, it would have happened anyway, right? And I can't really fault a girl for being insecure, but that's just me.

The point is, now Sawyer won't know why you're cuddling him!

well, I tried to fix it anyway

bluelittlegirl July 3 2009, 07:11:16 UTC

Your writing is beautiful, evocative, and so very real. You nailed Juliet in this, her feelings, her nature, her choices. You made it far more believable than canon.

Lovely.

eponine119 July 3 2009, 07:48:15 UTC

Thank you. I have the feeling this is what they were going for with canon, they just were so ineffective at it that it took me like a month and a half to go "oh, wait! Maybe that's why!"

Or else I'm just making things up to please myself.

Yeah, probably the second one.

jenthegypsy July 3 2009, 13:02:44 UTC

Dark and angsty, yes, but also very deep and moving. Beautifully done!

eponine119 July 3 2009, 20:40:15 UTC

Thank you!

ozmissage July 3 2009, 13:36:24 UTC

Juliet may not be crying, but I am. That was beautifully written and completely heartbreaking.

eponine119 July 3 2009, 20:40:53 UTC

Awww. It got me a little, too, while I was writing it.