Fic: Drifting Back to Life (OT3)
Okay, so I wrote this fic for katcorvi's birthday way back in April, and then I emailed it to her and forgot about it for a while. Like Buffalo, I felt sort of hesitant about it somehow, but when I gave it time and then went back and read it, I ended up liking it a lot. Odd
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Okay, great feedback. Let me ask you something: Do you feel that the fic ended a bit prematurely? Was the happy ending too quick? Would you have maybe felt differently about the ending if there was more angst before Daniel was brought back into the fold? Or is it really that you would have just preferred it to be a bit more fucked up and for it to end on a sad note? I seriously would like to know. Be honest. It's not often that I'm able to ask people stuff like this.
And okay, that was a few somethings rather than one something, but... hehe!
I write enough OT3 that I'm sort of trying to find new ways to explore it. I'm trying to go beyond the "We had a bad mission and just fell into bed together because no one understands us" type of thing that is so common. Not that I don't love that plot too, but I like finding new perspectives. So lately I've been thinking more about all the ways an OT3 couldn't work instead of how it does work. Despite this fic that is.
In any case, thanks for reading and replying! And come back and reply some more, please!
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So I will respond tomorrow with something hopefully vaguely thinky. :)
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And you'll get no sympathy from me about thinking about Stargate while standing in a bar. I do it far too much myself to not be a bit pleased that someone else has the same problem. :p
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Do you feel that the fic ended a bit prematurely? Was the happy ending too quick?
I think, yeah, maybe if it had been a bit longer it would have allowed for a better resolution - or "better" for me, I mean. (I want to put emphasis on the fact it's fine as it is! I'm just silly!) It would have afforded a little more tension and such as Daniel shifted back in, which would have appeased my angst monkeys. (Angst monkeys? First thing that came to mind.) It took them a while and quite a bit of uncertainty/apprehension/whatever to get there, so I guess a fair amount to get back would be good.
Or maybe I just like to see Daniel struggle a bit. (I never thought I was one of those people, hehe, but I guess it's just irresistible.)
Or is it really that you would have just preferred it to be a bit more fucked up and for it to end on a sad note?
Of course, this could just as easily appeal to me. Or, well, maybe not. I don't really necessarily like a story to end on a totally sad note, because then there's no resolution to all this angst and I really need that to be satisfied. I guess I would've been okay or interested to see how it would play out if maybe it got fucked up for someone, y'know? Basically, in this case, for Daniel, I guess. Or maybe for Jack.
(Or could it be I don't really like OT3 as much as I think I'm starting to and therefore don't want it to work?)
"Jack tells her to forget him..."
I just find that fascinating. And also the fact that Daniel only remembers her. And her connecting with Daniel alone in the car. And. Just everything. It's just all so potentially fascinating, dammit.
I'm not saying anything helpful now, so I'm going to stop rambling. :)
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And maybe you just liked this story, but it sparked something in you in a different way, and suddenly you could see another story, close to this one but not quite, where things happened differently... and you would have loved that one just a bit more. And that? Is totally fine! In fact, I adore that thought because it means that what I wrote is sticking with you a bit, and it's making you think and it's inspiring other thoughts in you and... guh! That's fantastic!
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