An Awkward Moment

[chinese_lily]

Title: An Awkard Moment
Fandom: The Painted Veil (2006)
Characters: Dr Walter Fane, Kitty Fane
Prompt: 080 - Why?
Word Count: 306
Rating: PG. Probably.
Summary: Walter hates himself.

“No.” Walter stared down at the small wooden pot he held, filled with shaving cream. “I despise myself.”

A sudden chill had come over the room, unusual in such a heated

Comments

[aomwrr]

I'll tell you what.

YOU ARE SIMPLY MAGNIFICENT ^^!!!

I found this one of the most disturbing and heartbreaking scenes in the film. Walter's open vulnerability in that sentence and it's all in *here* too, what was not said aloud but thought and conveyed by Edward's wonderfully painful acting. Walter's sense of inadequacy, his low self-steem, his hopeless acceptance of lacking something the woman he fell in love with demanded from a man to make her the proud and happy wife she, in all her beauty and youth, was supposed to be. Walter's dilemma goes beyond that and you've included it not-so-subtly in this POV: in admitting it's all his fault they are living like that for allowing himself to love her once he doesn't push her away. He APOLOGIZES for what he cannot be, for what he will never be for Kitty.

I wouldn't mind my heart breaking all over again with pieces of fiction like this drabble. Thank you very much for sharing!

[chinese_lily]

You're welcome! Thanks for making my day with that comment!

More fanfic to come.

[philippa_]

I love how he immediately regretted the words after he said them. That part in the film was so sad.

Another great one :)

[chinese_lily]

I love that part too. I think it's a real turning point in their relationship.

Thanks for reading!