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B&tB Fic for telaryn: "I Had Seen Birth and Death, But Had Thought They Were Different"

Dec 31, 2008 18:57

Title: I Had Seen Birth and Death, But Had Thought They Were Different
Fandom: Beauty and the Beast
Author: amilyn
Characters: Vincent, most of the Tunnels
Word Count: 1850
Summary: Vincent's first Winterfest after Catherine's death, and Jacob's first Winterfest.
Rating: G
Author's Note: Thanks to mtgat for the beta ( Read more... )

author: amilyn, fandom: beauty and the beast

Comments 6

larah33 January 5 2009, 17:23:42 UTC

OMG you made me sniffly at work! This was beautiful and tender and touching and sweet and ... and ... and ...

I love that the whole community came together to help easy Vincent's pain. I could picture each of the characters vividly through your words, even though I haven't seen an episode in too many years. Thank you so much for writing this! :-)

amilyn January 5 2009, 23:32:18 UTC

Yay for effectively making someone sniffly! Thank you for the lovely f/b and I'm SO glad that the story brought back each character to you; I'd hoped they'd come through as distinct and I'm delighted that it worked even for someone far removed from the show.

I'm looking forward to the next ficathon, and thank you so much for running and managing all this. Let me know if I can pitch in and help!

"the words he'd not yet said aloud" brightknightie January 6 2009, 05:45:41 UTC

I had to take my glasses off and wipe my eyes while reading, so the story did its job extremely well. And I also heard the characters' voices and the swelling strings score echoing far across the years (I own all three seasons on DVD, bought them at release each one and admired their snug fit, but to watch them?).

I've read next to no BATB fanfiction, so I don't know what place post-series and Winterfest respectively play in the fanon by now; you've made me wonder. And, good golly, how old is Jacob by now, if a story is allowed to spin in real time? The present of that tale would be... he is almost seventeen?

>"Many, many of us--most of those in the Tunnels..."

Many, most of us in our little corner of fandom, too... yes. And so we love a certain angle even more than we otherwise would.

Did you have the scenario here quite in mind when you learned that the deadline was New Year's Even instead of Epiphany, or did you make it up all at once then?

Thank you very much for sharing.

Re: "the words he'd not yet said aloud" amilyn January 10 2009, 01:43:07 UTC

I'm so glad it worked well and that it was close enough for your mind to supply the all-important score that sets MOST of the mood.

And you're right about how many of us in fandom have our own tragedies and heartbreaks. Maybe that's why we are all so drawn to shows like B&tB and FK and shows that let us watch others try to resolve those heartbreaks.

Thank you so much for your kind words.

telaryn January 9 2009, 14:47:43 UTC

Oh wow. I'm sorry it took me so long to read this through, but I could tell from my initial quick-scan it was going to make me tear up.

I was right. Thank you *so* much! I love the sadness and the poignancy of it...the light in the darkness theme is one of the things that continues to be so special about this series.

Thank you again!

amilyn January 10 2009, 01:41:30 UTC

I'm SO glad you liked it!

Do you know the Robert Penn Warren poem? I adore it, and was so thrilled when I could include it.

I'm just so glad that the story worked for you; B&tB is very hard to have work in print and without the mood music and without the voices.

You're very welcome!