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"Raising Cain," PG, Indiana Jones, for ishie

May 16, 2009 19:17

Raising Cain
by amilyn
written in the femme_fic Spring '09 ficathon for ishie
Best Prompt Ever: Indiana Jones, Marion Ravenwood. "Running a Himalayan dive bar in the middle of a blizzard with no liquor would be easier than raising another Henry Jones. As long as it has Marion, I'm happy."
Rated PG for language.
~4500 words
Thank you to Seldear and tempertemper77 for very quick ( Read more... )

fandom: indiana jones, author: amilyn, genre: gen

Comments 13

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amilyn May 21 2009, 02:29:23 UTC

This is exactly what I'd hoped for with this prompt

YAY! I LOVED this prompt from the moment you posted it and felt SO lucky to get to write for it. I'm thrilled that you liked Mr. Abernathy. I'm thrilled that it worked for you, and I'm thrilled that I got to play with it at all.

Thank you, thank you for loving it!

tellitslant May 21 2009, 10:34:01 UTC

Hahahahaha, this was amazing! I loved it! I totally adore that some of Mutt's shenanigans are instigated by his sense of right and wrong and not just schoolboy mischief... perfect.

amilyn May 21 2009, 14:36:44 UTC

Thank you! I'm so thrilled you liked it. I had SO much fun with it!

jessnick05 May 21 2009, 15:55:38 UTC

Oh, I really enjoyed this! Loved Marion, how she's maybe trying (against her nature) to be a "traditional" parent while still letting him express himself and be adventurous. Not sure I'm expressing myself well here :) but it was very her and all the Marion-Mutt interactions were lovely. I also liked how you had Indy so present in the story even though he wasn't literally there. Really well done.

amilyn May 23 2009, 07:06:48 UTC

YAY! I had such a delightful, joyful time planning and writing this and I'm thrilled that my Marion-as-unconventional-mom worked for you. I'm glad Indy's presence worked as well and (I'm presuming) didn't seem overdone.

Thank you for commenting and I'm really thrilled you liked it!

sheepfairy May 21 2009, 20:58:52 UTC

This is fantastic! There's just so much depth to the way you've written Marion, and how she loves her son but at the same time being a parent is so frustrating for her.

amilyn May 23 2009, 07:05:36 UTC

Thank you! I had a GREAT time writing this and I LOVE being able to paint a picture of unconventional motherhood and am delighted it worked well for you!

YAY!

fallingtowers May 24 2009, 19:44:09 UTC

I adore this story, I do! When watching Indy IV, I was so delighted to see Marion again and I couldn't help but wonder how she had adjusted to be a single mother (first unmarried, then widowed) while Indiana was off having adventures in God-knows-where. Your story does a very good job at filling in those blanks, portraying Marion both as a mother who loves her son and as a pretty awesome character on her own.

amilyn May 24 2009, 19:50:30 UTC

Thank you! I adore Marion like whoa and this prompt was like CANDY. I had so much fun and I'm thrilled with how it turned out and that others are finding it to work and enjoying and appreciating it as well.

THANK YOU for commenting! I'm so thrilled you liked it, and that you told me!