Rec: Shell Game (Illyria, Trish Burkle)
I'm a lousy reccer. I lose links all the time. But we can't have Shells and not have Shell Game, by the glorious deird1.
Title: Shell Game
Rating: PG
Word Count: 5370
Disclaimer: Broken furniture is not a form of therapy approved by the American Psychological Association.
Warnings: tears, books, and far too much housework
Summary: Fred isn’t who she used to be, and it’s getting kind of worrying.
Why rec? Because this fic explains everything and nothing; taking Illyria back to where Fred came from, to Trish Burkle and Texas, and giving you an idea what is going through her mind, without ever spelling anything out too much. It stays in your mind like nothing else; it will make you weep for Illyria, for Fred and for Trish. And it uses the shell/game metaphor brilliantly, too, making the episode title into spirals of meaning.
Title: Shell Game
Rating: PG
Word Count: 5370
Disclaimer: Broken furniture is not a form of therapy approved by the American Psychological Association.
Warnings: tears, books, and far too much housework
Summary: Fred isn’t who she used to be, and it’s getting kind of worrying.
Why rec? Because this fic explains everything and nothing; taking Illyria back to where Fred came from, to Trish Burkle and Texas, and giving you an idea what is going through her mind, without ever spelling anything out too much. It stays in your mind like nothing else; it will make you weep for Illyria, for Fred and for Trish. And it uses the shell/game metaphor brilliantly, too, making the episode title into spirals of meaning.