You really have to reason to be nervous. I think that the way that all of this is resolved in Jack's mind is done incredibly well.
Sawyer confessed a horrible secret to him, two in fact, that have had Jack doubting Sawyer and the kind of person that he is, trying to not think of him as that person, the one that used to con people and lie and steal and kill, and seeing him more as the kind of person that he's been while they're together. Meeting Sawyer's grandmother and seeing in her a kind of malice and, like you said, evil that he's never seen in Sawyer, I believe, is just the right kind of thing to let him know that he can trust Sawyer, that he can believe in him, because no matter what he's done, or what mistakes he's made, he isn't an evil person and he never was. It's a way for him to regain faith in Sawyer, to solidify in his mind that he can trust him.
I also find it incredibly ironic that she told this story to Jack, about how Sawyer's mother turned her back on all of the plans that her family made for her and thinks Jack will understand that, like that justifies her malice in some way. She found a very interesting target for that diatribe, I've got to say.
I also love how fake Sawyer's grandmother is. How on the outside she has this lovely house and this southern charm, and then it turns out she's an evil, bigoted, control freak who cannot stand when things don't go her way and when others don't let her control their lives. She and Margo should sit down and have tea some day.
This detailed feedback deserves a detailed response and it will get one first thing in the morning, but I had to answer your last question. Just like Sawyer's poor house, Jack and Sawyer's relationship needs a hell of a lot of work. Be patient with me through one more chapter and then the happy might make you puke. ;)
Don't say I didn't warn you. Who'd want angst for Christmas??? ♥ ♥ ♥
I just was looking back at comments and realized that I never came back and replied to this like I meant to. That makes it look like I didn't appreciate every word you said, and I SO did! That's a great observation, that of all people for her to expect to see her point about her daughter, Jack is the LAST one who would. And yes, it would be interesting to see a scene between Millie and Margo, both of them talking about how their children ruined their lives by not living according to "plan." True, both Brooke and Jack made mistakes, but they had a right to make their own choices and I don't think either mother believes that. So much of Lost is about toxic parenting, isn't it?
I'm so glad you think this showed what I wanted it to! I felt like I was being self-indulgent, setting a chapter in a fictionalized version of the town I live in now (you got that, right? :) ), and I wasn't sure if it belonged in the fic. But it did serve the purpose of getting Jack's head back on straight, so I let it stay. It makes me incredibly happy that you liked it! ♥
Sawyer confessed a horrible secret to him, two in fact, that have had Jack doubting Sawyer and the kind of person that he is, trying to not think of him as that person, the one that used to con people and lie and steal and kill, and seeing him more as the kind of person that he's been while they're together. Meeting Sawyer's grandmother and seeing in her a kind of malice and, like you said, evil that he's never seen in Sawyer, I believe, is just the right kind of thing to let him know that he can trust Sawyer, that he can believe in him, because no matter what he's done, or what mistakes he's made, he isn't an evil person and he never was. It's a way for him to regain faith in Sawyer, to solidify in his mind that he can trust him.
I also find it incredibly ironic that she told this story to Jack, about how Sawyer's mother turned her back on all of the plans that her family made for her and thinks Jack will understand that, like that justifies her malice in some way. She found a very interesting target for that diatribe, I've got to say.
I also love how fake Sawyer's grandmother is. How on the outside she has this lovely house and this southern charm, and then it turns out she's an evil, bigoted, control freak who cannot stand when things don't go her way and when others don't let her control their lives. She and Margo should sit down and have tea some day.
The happy comes soon, right? :)
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Don't say I didn't warn you. Who'd want angst for Christmas??? ♥ ♥ ♥
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I'm so glad you think this showed what I wanted it to! I felt like I was being self-indulgent, setting a chapter in a fictionalized version of the town I live in now (you got that, right? :) ), and I wasn't sure if it belonged in the fic. But it did serve the purpose of getting Jack's head back on straight, so I let it stay. It makes me incredibly happy that you liked it! ♥
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