Ghosts That We Knew [5/6]
Title: Ghosts That We Knew
Author: greymcdreamysgh
Pairing: MerDer
Rating: PG-13
Summary: MERDER. Picks up after 9x11. A short multi-chapter fic that deals with being a family, preparing for a new baby, recovering from the plane crash, and dealing with survivors' guilt.
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Author: greymcdreamysgh
Pairing: MerDer
Rating: PG-13
Summary: MERDER. Picks up after 9x11. A short multi-chapter fic that deals with being a family, preparing for a new baby, recovering from the plane crash, and dealing with survivors' guilt.
Disclaimer: All television shows, movies, books, and other copyrighted material referred to in ( Read more... )
I'm impressed by the realistic description of giving birth and even though I've never done it myself I now have an idea how very very painful it actually is *g* I'm also really glad that you continued it with another realistic first day home when Zola naturally and rightfully asks for attention too.
I'm a big fan of your writing because you have such an amazing understanding of the characters, not just cute little Zola, who always seems like a real life 3 year old, but also of the other characters like Cristina. At least your Cristina resembles the one in my mind, the one from the early seasons unlike the current show's Cristina, who sometimes feels rather foreign to me.
But most important of course: "Bee" (love that nickname) Caroline is finally here. Yay! I'm so happy for Meredith and Derek and I'm happy that this is a fic to fall back onto if the show doesn't give enough attention to the arrival of Baby Shepherd :)
Thanks again for writing this, it's been a treat so far and I'm sure the next (and last?) chapter will be as well.
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I've never given birth either, so my Google search history was kind of ridiculous after writing this chapter. A lot of "what does it feel like when" and "what happens when" searches. Definitely not ready to have a kid!
It's really important to me to not have everything be perfect for them, because that's not real. I want them to deal with struggles, major and minor, and come out on the other side better off, or even if not better off, then knowing that it's possible to survive it and be ok. I try to look at major things, such as the deaths of Mark and Lexie, and minor things, like the overwhelming feeling of having a toddler and a newborn crying simultaneously, in the same way. They'll get through it and figure it out by leaning on one another.
Cristina is hard for me to write these days, because I feel like her character is a bit all over the place sometimes. Like what is considered OOC and what is considered just natural evolution? I'm glad she felt familiar to you though. I really enjoyed her in "Idle Hands" but in other episodes, I'm just like "Who have you become?!"
I was pretty sure, even when I started writing, that it was going to be a boy, and I wondered how I would feel about writing this once what I was writing was no longer potentially canon. However, I am so excited about Baby Boy Shepherd, and as I've thought over what I've written, I realized that almost anything can be applied to a baby boy or girl. I'm excited about Caroline because I think the little sister theme was important to talk about, but I am also really hopeful that the creation of a father-son dynamic will allow us to learn more about Derek's father. I feel like we know the same amount of information about Jo Wilson as we do about Derek Shepherd, and that seems ridiculous to me.
No need to thank me for writing this--it has been absolutely my pleasure, and I'm glad you're enjoying it! The next chapter is the last one for this fic, but I'm not ruling out a short summer project. I've been watching Grey's for so long that I am pretty secure in the knowledge that Shonda pisses me off nearly every May, and I usually write something to fix it and tide me over until September!
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