I think the whole Kate storyline would have been improved by better acting and better writing, definitely. (2.16 did nothing to resolve that storyline and told us nothing we hadn't learned already in 2.09.)
But then the reasons I love Kate are mostly about the things other people (Neal and Moz as well as Fowler) say about her, and the things we know she did offscreen rather than what we see onscreen. And Penelope Weaving was my attempt at fleshing out and highlighting the offscreen awesomeness that we know was there (because we hear other characters talking about it) but we never got to see.
I have a habit of fixating on minor characters in most of the fandoms I'm in - it seems to be a pattern! That, and one of the things that draws me most strongly to fictional relationships is a sense of shared history between two people, more than the actual amount of screen time they get together. If that makes sense. Which is one of the reasons why I adore Neal/Kate, and a big part of why I love Neal&Moz so much.
And June is always awesome! I love writing June. :D
(I'd love to see your version, if you do post one!)
Oh I have my minor characters too (Jarriere, the one-episode darling in B7, and in Stargate SG1 my absolute favourite character was in three before being killed off by the hero :)
I do absolute feel Neal's love for her (Matt Bomer is brilliant, could make you believe his chemistry with a blcok of wood) and I think it's that I love... mirrored as it is in the love he more slowly but definitely learns for Peter (I loved that scene in your story where Kate and Mozzie canNOT understand why, when he escaped the courthouse, he went straight to Peter - to the TV viewer it was obvious but as you made clear, Kate and Mozzie didn't know...)
I have this idea about writing Kate as a ghost... which would solve my problems with the acting, methinks :)
That scene was fun to write - one of my favorite parts of the story was just how different canon events look through Kate's eyes. To the viewer the friendship and trust between Neal and Peter is clearly strong and important, but Kate (and Moz) don't see everything we do. In her eyes Peter is always going to be the guy who arrested Neal, and that makes them automatically enemies.
And I would LOVE to read ghost!Kate fic from you! :)
I think the whole Kate storyline would have been improved by better acting and better writing, definitely. (2.16 did nothing to resolve that storyline and told us nothing we hadn't learned already in 2.09.)
But then the reasons I love Kate are mostly about the things other people (Neal and Moz as well as Fowler) say about her, and the things we know she did offscreen rather than what we see onscreen. And Penelope Weaving was my attempt at fleshing out and highlighting the offscreen awesomeness that we know was there (because we hear other characters talking about it) but we never got to see.
I have a habit of fixating on minor characters in most of the fandoms I'm in - it seems to be a pattern! That, and one of the things that draws me most strongly to fictional relationships is a sense of shared history between two people, more than the actual amount of screen time they get together. If that makes sense. Which is one of the reasons why I adore Neal/Kate, and a big part of why I love Neal&Moz so much.
And June is always awesome! I love writing June. :D
(I'd love to see your version, if you do post one!)
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I do absolute feel Neal's love for her (Matt Bomer is brilliant, could make you believe his chemistry with a blcok of wood) and I think it's that I love... mirrored as it is in the love he more slowly but definitely learns for Peter (I loved that scene in your story where Kate and Mozzie canNOT understand why, when he escaped the courthouse, he went straight to Peter - to the TV viewer it was obvious but as you made clear, Kate and Mozzie didn't know...)
I have this idea about writing Kate as a ghost... which would solve my problems with the acting, methinks :)
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And I would LOVE to read ghost!Kate fic from you! :)
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