FIC: Childhood (7/12?)
Again, not the way I wanted it to go, and it had to be rewritten like three times. Grr. Meanwhile, this fic's now up on ff.n and oba made me an awesome Kyle lj layout :-D
( oba love ahead )
( oba love ahead )
*trilled that you're thrilled and still willing to reply to this story*
I find it interesting that you start this one with a fight, considering that I know you're somewhat uncomfortable with fight scenes (though you do just fine).
It wasn't really all that hard to write, even. It seems that lightsaber/Jedi fights are probably some of the hardest to write, so maybe a knife fight between two normal people didn't look so daunting. Or maybe I just got over my irrational fear :-p
(yardwork has it's own benefits, oddly ;) )
In the opinion of some ... My own personal hell involves a large lawn, the summer sun, a lawnmower, and pickaxing the rock that my mom calls a backyard :-p Anywho, you're right though ...
John is clearly having an impact on Kyle, I guess I want to say, having an impact on his survival.
I think this post and the next one sort of show that. John's training - patience and analysis, for example - is clearly winning out over what Perry is trying to teach him. Kyle will follow John's advice more readily than anyone else's.
That or he thinks that something is wrong with Kyle, as you said when we met - that there's just something not quite right in Kyle's head.
John might not be consciously aware of it, but I think he worries about it, if as he knows there's nothing he can really do to help.
Clark's response seems the more normal for a child, which Kyle is.
I think Clark is more normal, too. She's repressed whatever she dealt with - perhaps not the most healty thing to do, but it helps her move on with her life. I think Kyle is effected, but not in the way most children are. He does what he has to do to survive, but things still are in the back of his mind. He refuses to acknowledge them, though, especially to other people. And, as I think about it, so far, in comparsion, Kyle hasn't seen that much tramatic stuff - his parents didn't exactly die in front of him.
(You say 'people', but children and adults experience things very differently. And withdrawing as a child is worse than if you do it as an adult, I think.)
Well, people in Kyle's rather limited point of view :-p And totally. Poor little Kyle ...
I think the fact that he has the kind of memory he does is the primary reason for it, though.
Yep. I wanted an explanation of those flashbacks in the movie :p and I think it could have been something that developed in childhood.
I wonder if Kyle has an aversion to physical contact in general. Especially as you said that Kyle pretty much trusts John absolutely, I wonder why he'd react that way with him otherwise.
He never struck me as the touchy-feely type. He huddles with the other kids (and Sarah) to keep warm and grabs people when he needs them to move with him. But I don't think that really equals affectionate or wanting to be touched when he has the choice not to be. But, dunno *ponders*
For some reason, that made me laugh, because Kyle just seems like such a boy there. :)
*smirk*
*huggles*
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