Early Comment Fic to celebrate S3

[sunsetdawn20]

Comments

Re: Number the Stars (Damon/Andie)

[distant_autumn]

Candy pointed me here because she thought I'd love this and she was absolutely right. It's so beautiful and painful and, well, real. I can absolutely see Damon thinking and feeling these things about her. I loved the exploration of the way he saw their relationship, the parts of it he saw as real and the parts he didn't, and the ambiguity as to whether he is right or wrong about that. And the insights into how he sees himself, with the weight of forever failing, losing people, feeling untrusted. And oh, him seeing her as his friend, this woman he compelled, while he backs away from believing anybody else in his life could possibly feel that kindly towards him of their own free will. It's so intriguing to me, that this relationship designed to be utterly unable to ever be real somehow become real to him, as did the woman herself. And I loved so many of the little details, like the casual intimacy of the laundry detergeant reference, juxtaposed with the reference to all the times he had fed off her.

Also, I really liked the Andie we got glimpses of on the show, so I loved the focus here on who she was; that you gave her a family and an entire life and opinions and preferences, and that you made it so she would be found and remembered, rather than forever lost.

Anyway, yes. Just wanted to say how very much I enjoyed this and how interesting I found it.

Re: Number the Stars (Damon/Andie)

[lit_chick08]

Thank you so much. A lot of people won't even read anything which features Andie, and I feel like it's such a disservice to Andie as a character. I really liked Andie and I'm sorry to see her go without her being explored more.