Comments | sister_coyote: Fic: Time Your Every Breath (Barret, PG)

sister_coyote

Fic: Time Your Every Breath (Barret, PG)

Jan 13, 2007 12:50

Wheeee, actual productivity! Apologies for the lateness of this giftfic.

Time Your Every Breath
Barret doesn't consider himself a thoughtful man, but a few things weigh perpetually on his mind. Introspection.
FFVII, Barret. Set a couple months after the game. 800 words. For kira_k, who requested something with Barret.
Worksafe.

( Barret knows the others don't think of him as a thoughtful type, and to be honest they're not wrong. )

character: marlene, genre: character piece, rating: worksafe, genre: gen, [fic], length: ficlet, character: barret, fandom: final fantasy vii

Comments 12

laylah January 13 2007, 22:08:57 UTC

Oh, man, this is so good. Just -- just good, an insightful look at an easily-overlooked character, and at all the things that make him solid underneath the clunky dialogue he gets in the canon. You give him depth, here, and it's really good to see.

sister_coyote January 14 2007, 06:59:39 UTC

Thank you! I don't usually do much with Barret myself -- but I think he does have a lot of potential for depth, particularly in his relationship with his daughter.

kira_k January 13 2007, 22:51:01 UTC

Thank you very much! This was way much longer than I counted on, and thank you for it as well - I like to keep on reading and reading when the fic (character and writing both) is excellent, just like this. ^^
I really can't pick one or two things I liked best because I loved the whole fic but I'll try. I loved the characterisation; how Barret is really just a man fighting for his daughter's future. And I liked the parts in the parentheses.
Thank you once more!

sister_coyote January 14 2007, 07:00:22 UTC

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it. :D

sesshy_is_sexii January 13 2007, 23:19:28 UTC

Oh, something on Barret! Nicely done. I've always wanted to write for Barret but I've had trouble getting him down. You, on the other hand, handled him quite nicely. I liked the subject matter. I was very impressed with how you made him out to want nothing to do with fighting, only going on for Marlene's sake. Very heart-warming.^^

sister_coyote January 14 2007, 07:01:27 UTC

Thank you! Barret's not one I've done much with, but I really like his relationship with Marlene -- and the fact that he's secretly not the best terrorist leader. ;)

elanor_pam January 14 2007, 01:07:02 UTC

Awwwww ♥ there are so few Barret fics, but I'd hardly be able to write one XD;; he's such a wooby father.

sister_coyote January 14 2007, 07:02:12 UTC

Thanks! He is woobie. The contrast between this big tough guy with a gun on his arm, and the way he's completely devoted to his kid... it just gets me.

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sister_coyote January 14 2007, 20:50:45 UTC

Thank you!

(That's totally my favorite thing about Barret. He's this big rough-talking guy with a gun for an arm... and he's all wooby about his little girl.)