After You've Gone

[tellshannon815]

Title: After You've Gone
Characters: Juliet, Harper, Karl, Alex, Danny Pickett, Tom, Bea Klugh, Richard.
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: slight Alex/Karl.
Warnings: Spoilers up through S5
Summary: The story of the Others while Ben is being held in the Swan, and their feelings towards their absent leader.

Comments

[siluria]

That last bit about Richard and Jacob and the latter not healing Ben made me really think about the finale... *ponders*

Love teh pov's by the way, and it's such an original idea!

[tellshannon815]

Thank you! I'm wondering myself now what's going to happen next year regarding Jacob, Ben, fake Locke etc., and especially why Jacob didn't cure Ben.

[aja_evenstar]

You tied everything we learnt in the 5th season to rest of he show so well - i am stunned. This fic was so cool to read. The different connections characters have (often in the background and unseen), and little things like Richard remebering John, or Walt killing the birds. As someone who clearly remembers such distant things, i had so much fun reading here =) Good work!!

[tellshannon815]

Thank you! To be honest I sometimes find the Others more interesting to write than the likes of the triangle, wonder if we ever will find out if Danny and LaFleur was right? (well, it will remain in my personal canon anyway!)

[wandaxmaximoff]

Loved the idea that Danny was in DHARMA and that why he hates Sawyer. With the birth of Ethan been shown in S5, I wish we'd seen young Danny or something too. Though, I suppose it is possible for S6.

As siluria said, the ending with richard got me wondering about the possibilities for S6 and why Jacob didn't heal Ben. I believe there's a reason to the whole thing, I'm just not sure what.

I loved the expansion on why Harper dislikes Juliet, and that it's not just about Goodwin, but also that Harper has had to deal with all this potential parents who Juliet has raised the hopes of.

As always, great fic, and you capture the personalities of the Others perfectly.

[tellshannon815]

It seemed clear to me that Harper and Juliet didn't get on even before Juliet's affair with Goodwin, and this seemed to explain it. Harper has been seen as a bitch, but she's had a lot to deal with!

I suppose it may be possible to see young Danny in S6, because to my mind that's the only thing that explains the Sawyer thing. However, we're more likely to get stuck with Sarah's crappy lover instead!

I hope we find out why Jacob didn't heal Ben though.

[wandaxmaximoff]

I'd never thought about Harper not liking Juliet before the affair with Goodwin, but yes, looking back there was some hostility there, and your explaination certainly works.

I don't know about Danny in S6. Have you heard the comic con news? They made out like DHARMA times were done.

Oh yes, I'd love to find out why Jacob didn't heal Ben, and a million other things about Jacob. they're SO got to bring him back in some shape or form in S6.

[tellshannon815]

I'm trying to avoid spoilers but I've heard some of the news - great that Richard's becoming a regular eh?

And to be perfectly honest I'm not that sorry to see the back of DHARMA anyway, but would have been interested to know if I'd got something right!