"Paroxysm"

[fakepoptart]

EDIT** Updated the link so it is working again.

The follow up to Christmas in Albuquerque is up and running over at my FF.net account.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9795224/2/Christmas-in-Albuquerque

Due to the overwhelming lameness of LJ I had to resort to

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[fakepoptart]

Haha, maybe I did write him as less assholish than I normally would I guess, just sort of for how this particular story was going to be shaped. And I'm kind of a romantic so I'll give him credit where it's not generally due to set a tone. XD Walt introspection is about as close to an impossible exercise as I've gotten in fanfiction and then when you add elements outside the actual realm of the show... Well, then it's a hit or a miss really. I dunno, I'm glad you think he's not totally OOC though. lol

& Yeah, the Phoenix thing I tried to write as sort of ambivalent because I don't doubt that Walt also had his own interests in mind, probably very near the front too, but what I imagine his mental state must have been in that particular scene is like, bleh, I dunno, so I guess maybe it came out looking one-way but that's not what I intended. >.< I was going for a kind of denial-reading where Walt believes that's all it was about 'cause "he's not a criminal/murderer/bad guy" in his mind but, uh...

Forgot where I was goin' with that. I just watched Half Measures again today, and it still seriously rocks. 8) I was doing it partially to get me in the mindset to write something else for BB but that's all I can say right now, 'cause it's already been a couple days so I'm not sure where this mindset is even going. Somewheres, I hope, 'cause ten thousand years is a long-ass time. :( I hear there'll be minisodes in the interim at least.

Oh, and I just realized it's because the fic is rated "M" and the archive automatically only brings up "K-T". *facepalm*

[squonkfan]

Hey, I am all about characters being maybe a little bit nicer for fantasy-fufillment purposes. I mean, seriously, as long as it's not totally OOC I am as willing to give a little to get my buttons pushed as the next girl. I might get all rambling and pedantic about the nature of characterization in the comments just because it's my strange idea of a good time, but note that I also mentioned the little squee melt-down I had that traumatized my dog and the number of times I have read the thing. Obviously, this fic is not exactly having a negative impact on my life. :D Besides, there truly is a boatload of fantastic, bullseye stuff in there. The spoken dialogue, too, is really note-perfect. So grateful to have this fic, genuinely.

I hear there'll be minisodes in the interim at least.

I'm not sure about this. Bryan gave an interview where he was all, "Minisodes!" And then someone obviously had a word with him, because he left an online comment in his own interview going, "Uhh, that thing I said about minisodes? Forget I said it." Apparently it was something being talked about but was never actually decided on, yet in his head it had somehow morphed into a firm thing. Oops. So I don't know what the deal is, exactly, but it's certainly going to be hard to put those worms back in the can.

[fakepoptart]

Ahhh yes and characterizations are always going to be iffy, since these characters aren't mine.
But, more than that, I'm glad that you enjoyed the fic - particularly the dialogue because that was more important and difficult for me than basically anything else. Not so much the voices, but just, writing conversations is really hard sometimes. A lot of the time. Most of the time. o_O
And I'm grateful for the comments, for realsies.

Also, Bryan Cranston, you dick. xD