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Lie to Me Fic: though the strands fall from her ponytail (1/1)

Sep 03, 2010 16:31

Title: though the strands fall from her ponytail
Cal/Gillian, 2x20 Exposed missing scene, angst, pg

Words: 710

Author’s Notes: Thank you to my beta, tempertemper77 for looking over this so quickly and for catching the silly mistakes my tired mind let slip! This is set during Exposed between the second-to-last and last scenes.

( “I’m fine,” she finally says, but knows her voice is quiet and her words don’t quite ring true. )

creative: writing, pairing: you were protecting me?, tv: human lie detectors

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spyglass_ September 3 2010, 16:18:46 UTC

Oh, this is so quiet and lovely. I really like that. I do so enjoy reading your missing scenes and how they fill in the gaps of the episodes themselves. And I really love the contrast from the tone of this piece and the tone of the actual episode, if that makes sense.

ALSO, I am quite pleased to see you back and writing again. This is just me being selfish ;)

etoilefilante September 3 2010, 16:53:28 UTC

You know how much I respect your opinion so I'm thrilled you like this. I just felt there was such a gaping hole between Gillian realising she'd never see Burns again and Gillian all smiles at the table... there needed to be another scene or two there. This was mostly inspired by her line in this week's episode, though, about how if you don't talk about things then you can pretend they never happened.

Hee. Thank you, your comment made me smile :) I think there's a fic or two of yours that I need to catch up on!

spyglass_ September 3 2010, 19:36:15 UTC

I just felt there was such a gaping hole between Gillian realising she'd never see Burns again and Gillian all smiles at the table... there needed to be another scene or two there.

Yeahhh, that's what I was getting at by commenting on the contrasting tones. The episode itself was pretty dark and violent, and this is so gentle and intimate. It's a nice transition that would explain Gillian being all smiles the next morning, IMO.

Hahaha. I've been writing A LOT. I may have started yet another plot!fic that I will have to share with you. AU post-S1, inspired by a quote from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I'm outlining it right now, but I have a brain trust in place and I may need to enlist you for one or two opinions at some point.

OH ALSO. You have seen this video, right? It is my GO TO happymaking video, and I couldn't find the link for it for a LONG time. I just stuck it in my rec list (which I've temporarily made f-locked until I'm sure I've rid myself of the pingback bot) so that I could always find it again ;)

etoilefilante September 3 2010, 19:43:02 UTC

Aha, tired tired mind didn't clock that. Thank you, I'm glad you agree!

THIS IS EXCITING NEWS. Now one question - AU post-S1 Mentalist, or are you branching out into LTM?! Either way, I can't wait to hear all about it and of course I'll help in any way I can!

I can't see it! It says This video contains content from WMG, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.! What is it? Good thing sticking it in your rec list so you can find it, though - I've been having fun updating mine today!

Also, wtf is this pingback thing all about? I go away for a few days and suddenly there's something evil going on that I don't understand.

spyglass_ September 3 2010, 20:22:54 UTC

It's AU post-S1 Mentalist because I want to use Bosco and Minelli instead of Hightower and Frye. When I start writing LTM, trust me, you will be the VERY FIRST to know. I think I need to read more before I start writing though. I don't want to do something that's been horribly overdone.

You can't SEE IT? ZOMG, I need to figure out a way to fix that for you. It's HILARIOUS. It's basically an entire video of them falling down and setting stuff on fire and other general hilarity set to Chumbawamba. OH, Fringe fic rec for you. It's on my list, called "count your days like pocket change" -- SO GOOD, so sad. Very moving.

Pingback is OBNOXIOUS. It has to do with this bot commenting and telling you when posts are linked elsewhere. I discovered this as I was updating my fic index the other night, when I then got comments on EVERY SINGLE FIC I've ever written. No kidding, it was crossposted. I was the one doing the crossposting.

And then there's the facebook/twitter issue, which is even worse. Oh LJ, EPIC FAIL.

etoilefilante September 4 2010, 13:05:58 UTC

Ooooh, that already sounds all kinds of awesome. Bosco + Minelli >>> Hightower and Frye. Especially Frye. I look forward to you writing LTM in the future :D

I would love if you could find a way to fix it, it sounds awesome!!

I saw that Fringe fic yesterday but didn't have time to read it - I'm glad you've said it's brilliant though because it looked brilliant and now I know it won't be a waste of time reading it. If you know what I mean.

I did notice that I got a pingback something or other when I crossposted my fic last night. Exactly, no kidding it was crossposted, I CROSSPOSTED IT. This facebook/twitter issue is alarming, how did they ever think it would be a good idea? Surely they're going to take it away as fast as they introduced it, no? pengyn had some coding you add to your CSS that's supposed to stop it, but I didn't really have time to look into it so I just added it and hoped for the best.

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