Epic Last Craig Post
Craig Dean. I love Craig Dean. Why? Because he is just that amazing. He's complex. Yes, he's an ass a lot of the time. But that's kind of why I love him. I love getting into the heads of complicated characters
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(part of me also desperately wants the AU where JP did go to Dublin the first time, and the way that he and Craig made it, but initially it was hard and how maybe there was a stupid, stupid incident where Craig was maybe slightly drunk and veryverycornered in a bar somewhere by some arseholes just out for causing trouble and he accidentally blurted out "that's my cousin Steve" because the only other option is himself (but, more importantly, John Paul) getting the crap kicked out out of him. and that diffuses the tension and Craig is filled with this kind of relief except that there were, of course, witnesses who know John Paul and they were also drunk and maybe didn't get the whole scenario and they gossip and a twisted version gets back to John Paul and, god, things start to wobble and they both hurt each other and maybe break up and John Paul goes to visit his family and they both realise however much they manage to hurt each other, being apart hurts more and and and, that pretty much where my ( ... )
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And you know that I would be TOTALLY FINE with you writing that AU, right? I'd even beta it...? *Looks hopeful*
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That's such a fantastic point about Sarah wresting the control from Craig by dumping him first. He is clearly someone who does need to be in control so no wonder he went scrabbling to get it back despite it being WRONG OMG SO WRONG. Jesus, Craig you have no idea how much I understand and identify with you right now.
Cannot WAIT to burble to you some more in person about this next week. \von/
In conclusion: CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG!!!
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I realised that you and I have never been in first-blush-love of the same fandom at the same time before. How fucking cool is that?
Jesus, Craig you have no idea how much I understand and identify with you right now.
*Hearts and hearts you and you're crazy life*
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I never saw Craig as controlling before, but I always took that to be about him "coming out" in his own sweet time. If Sarah dumps him before he's confident about being with JP rather than him doing it, it could feel like he's been made to "come out" before he's ready: Sarah dumping him shows he *is* "getting gayer" before he's prepared to live a gay lifestyle.
I don't think I explained that very well. I hope you got what I meant.
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Hi. I hope your ears hate you less by the time you're up and reading this. ♥
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*Hearts and hearts*
Just FYI - I've edited in the other 1000 words of meta that I wrote - so it's more like 8000 words of meta now. :P
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I was linked here from a post from someone on fandomsecrets and can I just say THIS IS BRILLIANT ( ... )
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(FYI - I edited in the other *cough*1500*cough* words of meta that I added to this on re-watch, if you wanted to re-read it)
And thank you! I'm so SO glad that you liked this. :D Mainly it was me rambling the stuff in my head and it's great to see that other people have that stuff swimming around in their heads too.
\o/ *Shares and Craig-love*
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That's one reason it was so good. I'm only just beginning to see exactly what went on in the SE apart from the "OMG, you guys should kiss and then be together for ever!" stuff (and by that I mean the way I was blind to a lot of subtle stuff just cos I was so gleeful that Craig was on my screen again).
And to answer the other part of that sentence, about having things swimming in your head? IT NEVER GOES AWAY. I'VE BEEN LIKE THIS SINCE JUNE 2008. SRSLY.
(also, my Craig-Love is always soooo massive everytime I love him. I LOVE HIM SO HARD.)
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So he comes back. And here is the point that Craig blossoms into the person we saw hints of before. Into the person that John Paul is really in love with. He's open and able to talk. He's grown up so much and learned more how to articulate what he's feeling. He's learned to care much less what people think of him. He's still Craig, though. And he's still completely in love with John Paul. And this time he WILL NOT allow John Paul to walk away. He puts it out there - he holds nothing back. He lays his heart out in a way he wasn't able to before and shows John Paul that he IS that in love. That John Paul isn't out on a limb alone. That he can be what John Paul needs now.THIS PARAGRAPH - I couldn't have expressed it better myself! Mature!Craig is so much love, and the way he wouldn't give up until he got John Paul back - because he knew what they had was and would always be special and ( ... )
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(There's about 1500 extra words of meta edited in from my re-watch just in case you wanted to read that too :P)
New!Improved!Craig is SUCH GLEE. Because he's still CRAIG, you know? He could have come off as a totally new character - but all the changes comes from him. They stem from things we've already seen. And there are moments when Old!Craig peeks through and you can SEE that he's trying. That he know that he has to show he's wanting this for JP to trust him.
Thank you so much - I'm so glad you enjoyed this. \o/
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OH GOG YES. At first, I was like "This isn't the Craig I remember at all." but then he went all angsty - "Ten minutes!" - and then it was him. I *adored* how he was new and improved but also still him. I also loved how JP changed in the way that he was all mature and bored and serious with Kieron, and then he was with Craig and it was back to that intensity and that jokey feel. Awww. *loves*
God, I LOVE these characters so much, it's not even funny.
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