Hiatus Fic Preview

[va32h]

So, I am going to do the hiatus fic I promised, since so many of you were kind enough to donate to Paige's World Wildlife Fund effort. The winning premise was...retelling the series from Pain in the Heart onward (with teh sex, of course).

Yes, there was some ballot stuffing, but it's all for a good cause.

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[fourth_rose]

Yay, fic! :)))

To be honest, the order in which the season 6 episodes aired works better for me than the filming order. I was really glad we got "Body in the Bag" out of the way first before we got to "Bullet", and I rather liked the fact that Brennan's confession in "Doctor" rattled Booth so much that he immediately had to hide behind his girlfriend's back by telling her (which I found understandable, but still very much not okay). If they did that to make Booth appear more "honorable", they failed spectacularly as far as I'm concerned, but it worked for me as confirmation just how out of his depth Booth was throughout this arc.

I had no problem with Booth's characterization during the first half of season 6 because he kept messing up since he clearly had no idea how to deal with the situation, but I would have considered it a pretty assholish move if he'd forced Brennan to watch the "happy family" display with Hannah and Parker after her confession, when he knew perfectly well what it would do to her.

However, from what I've heard, the decision to swap the episodes came from the network, not from the makers themselves, so I don't think there was actually a plan behind it - and the ending of "Sisterhood" confirmed for me that HH&Co are utterly tone deaf when it comes to Booth anyway.

*off to read fic*

[va32h]

well there you go, ruining my theory with facts!

I wonder what the network POV was? I agree, Twisted Bones would have be so much more painful knowing what had happened, and Booth would have come off badly...but in retrospect, I think I prefer Kind Of An Ass Booth to Suffering Saint Seeley.

Another thought that amused me for ten minutes - if we go with the "self-sabotage" theory and keep the episodes in filmed order...Booth tries getting rid of Hannah first by introducing her to Parker (whom she doesn't want to meet and who doesn't like her), then confessing Brennan's confession (surely that would make her re-evaluate the relationship) then finally proposing (damn, woman! What do I have to do to drive you away!)

[fourth_rose]

Sorry ;)

I have to admit that to me SSS is much more of an ass than Booth ever was during the first half of season 6 - the harder HH&SN try to make him come across as perfect, the more they tarnish his character for me.

*g* I'd say it was a gradual process, especially since I'm sure the whole self-sabotaging thing was always subconscious (seeing how hell-bent he was to make the whole thing "work" come hell or high water). I also don't think his confession to Hannah was meant to drive her away - rather, telling her made the whole thing *her* problem so he wouldn't have to deal with his own mixed feelings any more...

[rankor01]

I think Booth is definitely the type to self-sabotage, though I kind of wish they hadn't been so blatant about it. I never had the huge issues that many did with Season 6 (minus Mastodon), though the hope that the angst had taught them something and perhaps even made them grow up a little evaporated as I saw the two in season 7 combining their flaws with a child in the mix too. Frankly, as soon as Booth agreed to continue working together in Mastadon and Couple, and especially body in the bag, there was going to be an explosion somewhere. Whatever else you can say, the two are the master at advance and retreat.