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Fic: Keep the Home Fires Burning - Teen - Sarah-centric

Jul 15, 2008 11:27

TITLE: Keep the Home Fires Burning (1/1)
AUTHOR: indiefic
SITE: indie's T:SCC site
FIC JOURNAL: indiefic-scc
CHARACTERS: Sarah-centric
RATING: Teen
WORD COUNT: 1564
SPOILERS: movies, S1
TIMELINE: varies, but mostly during the pilot
DISCLAIMER: Don't own 'em. Don't know who does.
SUMMARY: Of all the painful lessons Sarah struggled to teach her son, the ones she ( Read more... )

rating: pg, character - sarah, gen, character - john

Comments 20

worlddescending July 15 2008, 17:19:09 UTC

Wow. This is really good. Meaty and bittersweet.

It wasn’t dawning awareness. It was a frying pan. And a fucking can of Spam. She’d been digging around in the cabinet trying to find something to feed her infuriatingly picky child when she found the can of potted meat left by a former tenant and saw the expiration date, S120997. December 9, 1997. And she thought to herself that the can of Spam would outlast human civilization.

Ack. How sucky is that realization? I'd sit and cry for ten hours too.

Then to realize this:
For John Connor, surviving the apocalypse would be a piece of cake compared to being Sarah Connor’s son. She didn’t know if that filled her with pride or shame. Probably both. If he survived her, he could survive Skynet. And so could humanity.

Wow. That spoke of a great deal of self-loathing, I'd have to think, too as well as resignation on her part, too.

Bravo.

indiefic July 15 2008, 18:20:49 UTC

Thank you so much for the feedback!

nanewt011 July 15 2008, 17:38:07 UTC

Hey Indie, good to see your stuff again. This was lovely, and yes bittersweet. What a terrible thing to realize that if she could prevent Judgement Day it would make John unfit for the society that was saved. Sad, but true.

indiefic July 15 2008, 18:18:53 UTC

huh? Did you say something?

I was too busy looking at that icon.

*iz ded*

(Thank you for the feedback!)

roxybisquaint July 15 2008, 18:40:51 UTC

Oh I love this. You filled the gaps so perfectly and so believably. I always imagine Sarah kind of fell apart for a little while in between Kyle's death and the end of T1 when she seems to be resigned to her new life. You've got her running from it longer than that, but you found such a brilliant way to bring her around, with that can of Spam. And the transitions back toward normalcy and again to preparation for the future were just as compelling. You really got inside Sarah's head with this and picked at her inner struggle.

indiefic July 15 2008, 19:01:37 UTC

I always thought at the end of T1 that Sarah had the zealous belief of the newly converted. I think it really worked at the end of T1, but I think she would have fallen apart when John was born and Sarah was confronted with a newborn. But eventually, she would have to come around again.

Also, I discovered some scary things on the Spam FAQ. (It never goes bad.)

amilyn July 16 2008, 02:53:25 UTC

Just...wow. The punch of that last paragraph is amazing and insightful and painful and sharp and perfect.

Nice work.

indiefic July 16 2008, 18:17:59 UTC

Thank you so much!

devra_01 July 18 2008, 02:58:06 UTC

In John's journey there is one but one truth--Sarah Connor is the unsung hero of the story. Many thanks for a story that was filled with insights of what makes Sarah tick, perfect characterization, and words and visuals that will stay with me long after I've finished reading.

indiefic July 23 2008, 02:54:04 UTC

Thank you so much for the insightful comments into the Terminator 'verse. I completely agree that Sarah is the unsung hero.