Failure

[jenniferjf]

SERIES: Sanctuary
WORDS: 566
DESCRIPTION: Will point of view at end of Revelations.
SPOILER: All Season One vaguely.
WARNINGS: None

My beta, btw, has decided this proves my muses are on steroids.  She may be right... *sigh*  This is probably all TracyJ's fault as she said there was a lack of Will fic which wasn't a pairing and they seemed to take that

Comments

[jenniferjf]

Oh, don't get me wrong. Helen's not wrong to not trust John... But I do think John held a mirror up to Ashley and illuminated parts of who she is (or could become if she weren't careful - which is I think where 'killer' comes in) more clearly than anyone has ever understood her before and it's that understanding - of being known and accepted so thoroughly - that I think does almost immediately connect Ashley to John emotionally. And if you recall in Rev1, while Helen is demanding to know why John is there, Ashley's anger is because he's not acting more like a father and coming more often... which strongly, IMHO, implies she wants him to do both.

And yeah, you have to feel for Helen trying to protect Ashley. Because how on earth could you tell your child, "Btw, that man who just tried to kill you... he's your father..." It would just be absolutely emotionally devastating to Ashley. And I totally agree about Helen's fear of loss rubbing off on Ashley, it would be unnatural if it hadn't.

While I've not seen Avatar, that's exactly the type of thing I'm talking about. "Coming of age" is only coming of age if you do it yourself. I could see Will giving advice to Ash if she asked him for it, but I can't see him suggesting it for exactly that reason.