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The swim back to the island was probably the longest James had ever had. He had never been a big swimmer, not even when it was a kid, and after only five or ten minutes his arms started to ache and he started to worry about cramps

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[sounds_eternal]

I liked this, very interesting take on the finale. I appreciated you wrote concisely, yet still included Sawyer's way of speaking, like "weren't" instead of "wasn't", "didn't make no sense", and the like. Nice work!

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Thanks! I've had a heck of a time figuring out Sawyer's voice and portraying it adequately without using misspellings and purposeful errors... not_a_savage advised me against that, since most wouldn't know it was intentional. So it's nice to hear that this way of doing things is working. (:

By the way, when I saw that you had friended me, it kind of made my whole day. I love the character of Richard, and have really enjoyed reading through your entries. :3

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[sounds_eternal]

I think this way works really well. It shows that you both have technical skills as a writer, but also are concerned with keeping Sawyer's distinct voice.

Awwww, yay! I'm glad! :) I love writing Richard, but the problem with doing so is that he has so little canon and is intended to be mysterious. To reveal much about him even through writing would be out of character. Also he relies so much on doublespeak and tailoring his tone and mannerisms to a particular scenario that he doesn't really have a "default mode". Just having him speak at all constantly keeps me on my toes.

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I'm sure ~every~ LOST mun feels like this, but now I'm especially interested to see how the new canon come 2009 will affect your RP.. because I don't doubt Richard will be in the show more, because he kind of HAS to be, and I look forward to watching you learn and adapt with that. :D

The thing about typing intelligently yet Sawyer-esque is that.. sometimes, now, I forget what's correct and what's correct-for-Sawyer. A lot of those "were/weren't"s, I wasn't really sure on because now they almost sound more natural than the correct verb. I feel like a bad English major.