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[78revolutions]

Title: Panicked, part 15
Pairing: Eventual Arthur/Eames
Rating: R
Warnings: Violence, memory loss, and deals with non-con - this chapter also deals with drug use and possible attempted non-con more graphically
Summary: Eames is kidnapped in Mombasa and only starts to remember what happened after seeing Arthur a few weeks later… (Based off of this

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panicked 15

[laceymcbain]

Always great to see another installment of this story!!

I did find Eames somewhat unsympathetic in this part, though. I mean, he's been through hell and he's allowed some bad choices. I don't know - it seemed like perhaps it was a bit much all at once - the drinking, the coke, the guy, the beating. (Of course, when people hit rockbottom, they often do it spectacularly.)

All this to say I think this was the first time in the story I didn't feel for what Eames was going through. I've been there with him all the way - even when he killed Murray - but this section seemed maybe a tiny bit out of character to me. Just a thought, and certainly nothing that will keep me from following through to the end - certainly the character allows for a broad range of interpretations, but I thought I'd share my two cents.

Eagerly awaiting the next part. ♥

Re: panicked 15

[78revolutions]

I think he's definitely unsympathetic (at least in parts) and I definitely struggled with how to make him hit rock bottom and what would happen... I'm sorry to hear it didn't work for you, but I'm very glad you'll read the next part anyway. Thank you for the comment - I really like hearing what people think, even if they don't agree with what I did. <3

[beanarie]

This may be my favorite installment yet. I love that Murray's death wasn't a magic fix and that it even made Eames's PTSD more severe, since he thought he was supposed to be okay at this point. Every part of this really spoke to me, his fear of Marcos, the motivation behind his phone call, the fact that he got himself out of the hotel room rather than Arthur or Yusuf magically showing up to ride to his rescue.

I really, really love your characterization. This could be my favorite portrayal of Eames anywhere, and I'm really ridiculously picky about him.

[78revolutions]

Oh, wow, thank you - that's such a nice complement!

[black_betty_26]

I'm sitting in an airport reading this, which might have been a mistake as I feel like crying now, lol

[78revolutions]

Yeah, to me, Eames' behaviour in this part makes sense because its been such a long time coming and he's just so frustrated that even when he thinks he's done something to make it get better, it hasn't. So I feel bad that I had him beat on some relatively innocent guy, but I like to think it was somewhat realistic? IDK! Anyway, as always, I appreciate your comments so much and I promise the next chapter will (finally!) have some peace!

[just_jane_doe]

I actually just read all the other chapters last night and was so happy to see this one here today...

I agree, too - killing Murray and having it not be the solving of all of Eames' distress, well... I really liked that. I noticed that you've got one more chapter before this is finished (unless you're doing a 2nd series or something)... I'm not sure how you're going to tie all these things together in one more, but I'm anxious as hell to find out how you do it!!!

[78revolutions]

Its going to be kind of an open-ended ending, I think, but I'm so afraid I will drag this out to long and lose all your lovely readers! I hope the ending satisfies all you guys, I'm working on it now. Thanks so much for reading and commenting!

[raitakarkin]

I'm so excited every time I see this has a new chapter! It has never been a dissapointmet and this chapter was no exception :) I really liked this one.

I loved how Eames couldn't do it with Marcos, even tho it ended up roughly - but I can see why they had fight, it was just too much for Eames because of the drugs and all. You've written Eames' feelings very well, he's still confused even if Murray died. I liked how he is able to speak with Arthur and finally accepted help from him.

Thank you very much!

[78revolutions]

Aw, thank you so much for commenting! I'll have a new chapter up soon (much sooner than this one was up, I promise).