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Stage Lights

Oct 09, 2011 16:33

Title - Stage Light
Prompt - Jessi Ramsey
Author - joykilldrama
Word count - 668
Rating - G
Summary - The only place Jessi knew who she was had always been the stage.
Link to table - http://babysitters100.livejournal.com/2546.html
Author's note - I’m very bored at work. Beware. Also, I may at some ( Read more... )

prompt: jessi ramsey, character: jessi ramsey, table 5, author: joykilldrama

Comments 9

gloriafan October 9 2011, 22:42:37 UTC

Loved it, very bittersweet. Nice work!

luxken27 October 10 2011, 14:30:57 UTC

Oh, wow - this is amazing! The last line has a real haunting quality to it...it's definitely a scary thought, thinking that all it takes is a few seconds for your life to change completely.

Great work! Its nice to see some fic focusing on Jessi, who was such an underutilized character in the canon :)

isabelquinn October 10 2011, 23:56:42 UTC

This is great! I really enjoy reading Jessi-pov, she gets so little love.

Also, loved the canon shoutout with I guess I’m getting ahead of myself. ;)

joykilldrama October 11 2011, 00:58:30 UTC

I just couldn't help it. Jessi said that in almost every single one of her books. At least it felt like that.

isabelquinn October 11 2011, 01:05:20 UTC

Oh, is it a Jessi-specific phrase? I do remember reading it a lot, usually preceding a "let me tell you about all the people in this opening scene and allude to the Baby-Sitters Club, more about that later!!!"

I love that you used it for something that's rather serious, it felt like quite a shift from how the books use it! (in a good way)

joykilldrama October 11 2011, 02:14:13 UTC

I don't know if its Jessi-specific. I just remember her saying it far more than the others. Kristy on occasion will say it, but mostly the girls are just saying that they'll tell us about the club later.

To which I always reply: You don't have to. If you choose to, I'm not listening.

I'm lame. I know.

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hepburnforever October 11 2011, 15:25:51 UTC

Wow. What a great short! I always wondered if something like that would happen to Jessi. In Ann's perfect BSC land, I doubt Jessi's budding career would have been derailed like this. After all, Jessi isn't Mallory. :P I'm glad that you wrote this. I love realisim in fics. Awesome job!

bookplayer October 12 2011, 00:15:05 UTC

I have to say, first, that I really like this story.

It reminds me of someone I know who was a dancer and had a similar (but less serious) injury that derailed her career. I guess for personal reasons the story is more bittersweet for me because I know the unexpected new paths it lead my friend on, so I can see those paths opening for Jessi even though she doesn't know it yet.

I would also like to add that I like all of your stories, especially the one for Mary Anne. Thought I'd throw that in here in case you don't go back and check old comments. I'm looking forward to more!