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How A Resurrection Really Feels - Michael, Lincoln

May 21, 2006 18:54

Title: How A Resurrection Really Feels
Author: Aspen Snow
Character: Michael, Lincoln
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Freedom doesn't taste like it should. Michael and Lincoln in Mexico.

( The freedom here is stale at best )

prison break fics

Comments 48

fiddleyoumust May 22 2006, 05:02:03 UTC

So I'm going to go on a bit here. Sorry. I've been in this funk. This sort of I hate writing, I hate reading, I hate fanfic funk. Then I click on this link and I read this and I think what the hell was I thinking because fanfic gives us stuff like this. This is absolutely brilliant, amazing, insightful, and perfect.

So wherever they go Michael carries the bills. Lincoln carries the change because Michael can only plan and Lincoln can only hope.

This line just kills me. It describes them perfectly in such a painful way.

He buys himself a twenty five cent beer because at least it wasn't Lincoln.This is so how I see Michael. Always focused on the plan. Sara was just an acceptable casualty. I really love the simplicity of that. When you get right down to it, all that matters is that it wasn't Lincoln ( ... )

aspensnow May 22 2006, 05:30:06 UTC

Guh.

*falls over*

Comments like yours make me all sorts of happy.

I am so glad you enjoyed. I haven't written anything in a long time but the finale sort of screamed WRITE SOMETHING.

Thank you so so so so much for taking the time to comment. Really, I appreciate it a lot. =)

Also, fanfic funk is perhaps the greatest term ever. And I am glad I could do my part to snap you out of it.

thelana May 22 2006, 05:55:13 UTC

I love it soooo much. *garglesinintelligibly*

Seriously, give me a moment to phrase this properly.

I love the emotions. I love Michael being so completely helpless at the overabundance of choices all of a sudden. I love the underlying resentment issues. So sad. And emerging blind trust. It just tucks he heartstrings so bad and it's such a good reason for why the brother dynamic might work and why Michael would want to save Lincoln, if Lincoln can still have this blind older brother faith effect.

*garglessomemore*

aspensnow May 22 2006, 17:45:54 UTC

Thank you, as always, for leaving me a wonderful comment!

And for some reason, after watching the finale, I just got the feeling that eventually Michael was going to fall apart and Lincoln was going to step up and take charge. You kind of already saw little flashes of that in the episode.

Also, for some reason, I love the idea of writing about them in Mexico. No idea why.

=)

thelana May 22 2006, 17:59:35 UTC

I love the little touches, like the whole deal with Lincoln putting change into the phone and then stopping. Almost like he feels guilty that he dares to yearn for something when Michael has lost so much more in comparison ( ... )

poisontaster May 22 2006, 06:39:26 UTC

Oh. Oh, this is just lovely. I came on thelana's reccomendation and I think the...aching behind all of this is just exquisite. Michael is so tightly wound, so focused on his single purpose of out that OF COURSE he forgot to plan what comes after, how to enjoy it. And Lincoln, finally at peace with come what may that he's just the right one to help Michael put it back together. This is one of those stories that you read and you go "OMG, of COURSE it's this way--how did I not see this before!" And the last line is just...perfect.

aspensnow May 22 2006, 17:47:34 UTC

Oh I am so glad you stopped by.

And yeah, Michael is so incredibly tightly wound and focused that, personally, I think the only thing he has left to do is break.

Thank you so much for your lovely comment! =)

accrues May 22 2006, 06:40:09 UTC

I cant review this. Part of me wants to stop this right now and walk away.

But only because I dont know what to say.

How can emotions run from one persons fingers, through the lives of a fictional character and become part of someone's life, part of their heart?

How can words become so real off of a screen? Because that is what you did to me.

So many things in this could be reviewed and I could show you how much I loved it but then the whole fic would end up in this comment box, and that would be too much.

So I'll just say this.

I loved it.

aspensnow May 22 2006, 17:50:39 UTC

Awww, you're so sweet.

Really, I'm glad you loved it and it's gratifying to know that something I wrote affected you the way it did. As a writer, there is no better compliment than someone telling you that your words feel real.

So thank you for that. =)

accrues May 23 2006, 10:07:21 UTC

You deserve every word.

As a writer too, I know how reviews help and encourage writers, which Is why I didn't just walk off feeling gobsmacked....

Cant wait for more brilliant work. I've read some of your work from a while ago and ended up printing it off for holiday reading but I never commented so for now I'll say I love all of the stuff you wrote a while ago :)

mooyoo May 22 2006, 07:04:44 UTC

I really, really loved this, and it's a little late for me so I can't completely go into everything I liked about it, but basically I just loved it. I love Michael unraveling at not having a plan, not knowing exactly how things are going to go or what to do because it's almost too much freedom, and Lincoln in the end trying to be the older brother to him again, after Michael's planned everything for them and taken care of them through everything until now. And you wrote it in such an understated way that just worked really well. So well done. Loved it.

aspensnow May 22 2006, 17:58:05 UTC

Thanks! And I'm glad you took the time to review despite the late hour. =)

All we have really seen about Michael is The Plan and we've seen Michael break a little every time something goes wrong. So I can only imagine that when he has no use for his plan anymore he is going to be lost and Lincoln is going to have to take over.

Thanks again for you comment!