Things That Can't be Changed (You Know I Would Love to Try) (30 Rock, Jack/Liz)

[michellek]

Title: Things That Can't be Changed (You Know I Would Love to Try)
Prompt: 100_situations #093. Limited
Fandom: 30 Rock
Pairing: Jack/Liz
Spoilers: through "Cooter"
Word Count: 1,418
Rating: PG
Notes: Follows " This is Not Like Poetry" and " It's Simple Enough." Angsty, still. I think I'm done with bumming people out for now.
Table: Number Two.
Summary: Liz

Comments

[msmcknittington]

Ah, man, why do you have to make it sound like this would actually happen? I am going to pretend this is like the end of "Newhart" and Liz is going to wake up shortly, and Jack will be sleeping in bed next to her. It was all a dream!

Impeccably written, as usual.

[michellek]

I accept your denial, as it's perfectly reasonable. I don't like breaking them up for good, but. I sometimes do it anyway.

Thank you.

[xanya]

Yay, 30 Rock fanfic! I've missed it so much during my ridiculous self-imposed exile. I just read the other two parts and now this one. Um, ow. Why do you write them so sad? It hurts. I like to think they would work. But still, whenever you bring out the angst, it actually seems really realistic, and that disturbs me. I don't want to see them that way! I loved Jack lying to her like that ("You're the only woman I've ever loved.") because that's very him. He just doesn't know when to stop, which makes those times he gets it exactly right all the better. Poor guy! Anyway, all three of these parts were excellently written, as usual.

I HAVE MISSED THIS SHOW WAY TOO MUCH.

[michellek]

I like to think they would work, too, and I think they probably would. But, I think they could fall apart and sometimes the angst bug bites me and I give the internet some sad!times!fic. (Though, hey, I've written many non-sad fics. Some while you've been gone. Though I did also write Conan angst fic. But that shouldn't depress you too much, as his sadness is canon.) Anyway, I don't like to see them that way, either. I think we've had this conversation before, but I've talked about this with a few people, that Jack and Liz angst bums me out more than other fanfic angst does. I want them to be happy. (Though Liz angst bums me out more, as does them getting divorced as opposed to not getting together. Because them ending up with other people means they'll still talk to each other, and a world where Jack and Liz don't regularly interact doesn't feel right to me

[xanya]

Oh my gosh, I really need to read your Conan angst! "Who is Conan O'Brien, and why is she so sad?" When my overseas visitor departs, I shall do this. But I'm totally with you: it's inordinately depressing when Jack and Liz are sad. I don't think this would be a problem if they didn't so clearly enjoy each other's company (albeit still in a kind of baffled way, like, "um, why should I like hanging out with Jack? He's so... different to me. Okay, so he's not really that different, but he should be. He's just wrong! OH, I'M SO CONFUSED!" etc. etc.)

Three months... why so long? I blame the strike for this. They deprived us of precious episodes and it's just not right.

[michellek]

That Conan line still makes me laugh. Every time. Every, every time. I seem to find Jack and Liz breaking up sadder than angst for other BFF ships I enjoy. I think it's because they became that way over the course of the show, and I witnessed them gradually become more important to each other. So it's just way too sadmaking.

I don't know, to be honest. 30 Rock is the last show on their Thursday night lineup to start in the fall. I think there might be more one hour Office episodes and that's why 30 Rock is starting late. ? I seriously don't remember, I just remember being irked at the wait. That's why I use words like 'only.' (Last month, I said to a friend, "Only four more months until new 30 Rock!" And she said, "Only? That's so long away." Which it is.)

[stresseater]

Am heartbroken.

[michellek]

:(

[ladyanneboleyn]

I like the angst. Every fandom needs its angst.

Also, true or false: You were introduced to Hotel Lights through Baby Mama.

[michellek]

I am all for angst. But making Liz Lemon sad is overly sad for me, sometimes.

True! I got all obsessed with 'Miles Behind Me' after I saw the movie for the second time. Now they're all up in my MP3 player.

[ladyanneboleyn]

Heh, me too. The music in Baby Mama was awesome. I was pissed that they didn't release a soundtrack.

[forensicirulan]

"She still loves him, too. But they'd fail again." This is so Liz.

Just, ow. :( I'm off to read some happy stuff of yours now.

[michellek]

Part of me honestly wants to write a "then they get back together!" thing. Or wanted this to end that way. But, yes, at least I have written some happy!fic so I'm not only bumming people out.