Our Limit for Great Expectations - Sawyer/Kate oneshot

[angeldylan628]

These poems right here are the reason I can't stop writing about Sawyer and Kate...And I was really never the poetry type, but suddenly I'm addicted to E.E. Cummings (although, I keep wanting to capitalize all his "i's"...that's the OCD in me).

Anyways....moving on:

Title: Our Limit for Great Expectations
Pairing(s)/Character(s): Kate, Sawyer/

Comments

[angeldylan628]

oh wow....your fangirling entirely beats out my fangirling. *lol* But seriously, your comments always leave me speechless. I really take everything you say to heart because I don't think anyone knows Kate's character quite as well as you do.

The whole time I was writing this fic I kept deleting and readding the "I love you" part because I know it's something Kate's never been able to do with Sawyer, but I thought the whole point of this is character progression, and I had to give it a shot. It's the part I was most worried about so I'm glad you think it fit in well.

Thank you so much for this comment! It really made my day. I swear it's your encouragement that keeps me writing.

[quiet_rebel]

Thank you!

I love the magnets metaphor and you threaded it into the fic as the theme. Sawyer and Kate are always going to be drawn to each other :)

There were some lines that I loved: It didn't matter how long or how far you separated those magnets. The minute you brought them back into the same vicinity, the attraction would pick up right where it left off.

and for the first time, her eyes aren't scanning for an exit. and The doc?"

"Yeah..." she sighs, and guzzles her drink.

"Took you long enough." And for his part, he doesn't seem upset to hear it.

Those two scenes show the character growth where Kate isn't running and Sawyer doesn't feel like second place anymore. They've come to a middle ground.

In all honesty, she's proud of herself for even realizing it
I'm proud of you too, Kate :)

Thanks again for writing!

[angeldylan628]

You're more than welcome! I'm really glad that you enjoyed it, and thank you for the comment! :)

[endearlings]

this is absolutely amazing. i love your analogy using magnets. this piece could have easily turned into some cliche piece of writing comparing them to magnetic force, but you explain it so well & thread it so effortlessly into the text that its just so natural.

This was being six all over again. How much distance could she put between them before she stopped thinking of him? She had tried tiny intervals. Half an island. An ocean. A few days. A few weeks. It built steadily, until it dropped off entirely.

The answer was three years and thousands of miles before she forgot him (sans those few relapses which she chalks up to nostalgia).

But she forgot something crucial in all her experimenting. It didn't matter how long or how far you separated those magnets. The minute you brought them back into the same vicinity, the attraction would pick up right where it left off.

lol i'm quoting so much of it but i just needed to tell you that this was... fucking perfect.

very well done :)

[angeldylan628]

Thank you so much for the wonderful comment! I, too, think people overuse the magnet comparision; to the point where it has become cliche. I'm glad I was able to steer clear of making it too cheesy.

[aboutbunnies]

Oh, wow, I love this. It's beautiful and honest and so very true to the characters. I love the magnet metaphor; it fits them just so perfectly. Thank you for writing this; I loved it.

[shiparker]

First of all, for someone who spent way too much time on Kate's characterization (Though I don't write anymore) I have to say that you nail her from the first line to the last on a very difficult genre (Sometimes it's easy to write sad and depressing things, but on happy ones it gets trickier because you can make it cheesy and off character). Honestly, I love that you nail pretty much every single emotional side Kate has, the denial, confusion, Jack, the need to move on and moments she "forgot" Sawyer, the urge to run away, her fucked up self (Hee)... and at the same time the character progresses and we see a different side of her, a side that hopefully she will reach one day (And on my oppinion flickered now and then). I love the magnets symbolism because it was well handled and non cheesy like sometimes people tend to do. The whole love admission from Kate was so damn good, you pull it off! For some reason I couldn't picture Kate admiting she love Sawyer so freely like she did, but believe me it felt natural