In most of the stories I've read, Addison is being fought over by various people and she picks whoever the writer ships. This was a different idea that Addison isn't with anyone and everyone else is in a couple. Great job.
I read this last night, but was too tired to coherently comment.
How fabulous is the Addison-Alone angle? I loved how you had Addison drift to the outside and find herself without Derek or Mark. I also enjoyed how you threw in Rebecca being 'bright and shiny' with the imagery of her sparkling beneath the light.
Mark's reaction in the final scene is what really interests me, because at first you think he's completely moved on when he smiles at Addison. I read that as him being so happy he doesn't even realize she's hurting.
But then the second look is more interesting. Almost in a 'look at me, I get to be happy, and I want you to see it' sort of way. It's intriguing that he doesn't seem to be as happy as he appears and she notes his 'new profound sadness.'
I love how you ended it. It's so abrupt and sudden and is one that just cuts off her thoughts and halts it. I kind of wish you had reversed the snippet from the poem with that last line because I just adore how it stops.
I love T.S. Eliot, I really do. I think he inspires a lot of this extramarital angst storylines, and he loves the idea of martyrdom himself.
I don't know if you've ever read "Gone with the Wind," but the dynamic between Rhett and Scarlett is very similar to Mark and Addison, at least through my interpretation. The men are in love with the women who believe they're in love with someone else, who always turns out to be just some kind of romantic ideal (Derek and Ashley, respectively). And, in the end, they always figure out that they're in love after the men have lost faith in them.
Comments 10
Reply
Reply
Reply
(The comment has been removed)
Reply
How fabulous is the Addison-Alone angle? I loved how you had Addison drift to the outside and find herself without Derek or Mark. I also enjoyed how you threw in Rebecca being 'bright and shiny' with the imagery of her sparkling beneath the light.
Mark's reaction in the final scene is what really interests me, because at first you think he's completely moved on when he smiles at Addison. I read that as him being so happy he doesn't even realize she's hurting.
But then the second look is more interesting. Almost in a 'look at me, I get to be happy, and I want you to see it' sort of way. It's intriguing that he doesn't seem to be as happy as he appears and she notes his 'new profound sadness.'
I love how you ended it. It's so abrupt and sudden and is one that just cuts off her thoughts and halts it. I kind of wish you had reversed the snippet from the poem with that last line because I just adore how it stops.
Reply
I love T.S. Eliot, I really do. I think he inspires a lot of this extramarital angst storylines, and he loves the idea of martyrdom himself.
I don't know if you've ever read "Gone with the Wind," but the dynamic between Rhett and Scarlett is very similar to Mark and Addison, at least through my interpretation. The men are in love with the women who believe they're in love with someone else, who always turns out to be just some kind of romantic ideal (Derek and Ashley, respectively). And, in the end, they always figure out that they're in love after the men have lost faith in them.
Reply
She has the feeling his marriage will outlast hers.
...so is Addison just married to a mystery man? That confused me
Reply
And no, Addison isn't married to a mystery man. I meant that she thinks his marriage will outlast the one she had with Derek.
Reply
Reply
Reply
Leave a comment