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[sinemoras09]

Title: Empath
Author: sinemoras09
Characters: Claude, Bennet, Sandra
Rating: R
Word count: 1,645
Spoilers: none

Summary: Claude and Bennet track an empath. Gen-fic. Pre-series. Warnings for violence, torture, and suicide.

Comments

[forsquilis]

Oh, this was really good. I miss Claude! (It also makes me want to dig Thompson up and punch him in the face. And then maybe let Bennet shoot him again. And then punch Bennet in the face for going along with it for so many years.)

I especially liked the bits of Sandra in this. Until "Company Man", she kind of irritated me because she seemed too ditzy and annoying. But after she found out what Bennet really did with his days, I felt like she wasn't an idiot accepting whatever treatment her husband dumped on him - she might have appeared ditzy, but she was strong underneath and she was able to understand and accept why Bennet had hidden so much from her, and to put her family first. She just wants to live a happy, quiet life with her kids, like a number of the special people we've seen, and that was what I saw from her, here.

[forsquilis]

BTW, right now, I am taking a break from writing Mohinder and Niki gen fic. I think I might be ill. LOL

[sinemoras09]

I just read it! It was really good :) :)

[sinemoras09]

Thank you so much!! Yeah, I've been itching to do some Claude gen for a while now....I really wanted to go into his partnership with Bennet, and how he interacted with Bennet's family. Like, I have visions of "Uncle Claude" and him doting on Claire and Lyle (Claire especially, since she's a special and I can see Claude being really protective of her, especially in the early years when Bennet was still pretty much ambivalent).

I love Sandra. I think she's a really strong woman, and she keeps everyone grounded, including Bennet. I think if Bennet lost her, he'd go off the deep end. Really, Bennet and Sylar are very much alike, and I think without his family I could see Bennet turning into something even darker and more frightening.

Oooh, Momo and Niki gen! What's wrong with that? It's Momo! And Niki is okay when she's not whining. *nods* I take it you're taking a break from the zombie fic? Dammit, I wanted to read the haircut scene!! :D

[forsquilis]

I've made people mad before by saying that I don't see much difference morally between Bennet and Sylar. They both are capable of doing horrible things with selfish motivations - Bennet may be doing it for Claire, but it's still a selfish motivation, to me. Especially since he barely seems to remember Lyle exists, sometimes. And if Claire hadn't been special, I honestly think Bennet would still be bagging and tagging (and allowing "dangerous" specials to be killed and dumped). I didn't like West, but...man, seeing his panic when he saw The Man With Horn-Rimmed Glasses made me want to hit Bennet. If you're going to kidnap a kid your own daughter's age, you could at least take the time to make sure his memory's been properly erased so he won't be traumatized forever. [/end rant] But yeah, Sandra does act as an anchor for Bennet, and I'm wondering why he's leaving the family. Is it really because he wants them as far away from his dangerous work as possible, or did the Company recognize that he'd be more malleable without them

[sinemoras09]

I've made people mad before by saying that I don't see much difference morally between Bennet and Sylar.

Seriously? I've always taken it for granted that people felt the same way as I do: that Bennet and Sylar are both similar in their ruthlessness and flexible morality. In fact, I had a discussion about this with sameoldhope, and she posited that the reason why Bennet was so disgusted with Sylar was because deep down, Sylar reminds Bennet of himself. And I totally agree, if Claire weren't special, Bennet would totally be there with Bob et. al bagging specials without a second thought