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title: five stages of grief that zoe washburne never/probably/definitely went through (or, an elegy for a pilot)
rating: nc-17
pairing: zoe/wash
summary: maybe kubler-ross got it right after all. five steps zoe took in the days following her greatest loss. [post-bdm, spoilers for the whole entire damn series/movie]
a/n: ummm. insanely late entry

Comments

[coaldustcanary]

I hope you can forgive me; the same levels of life insanity that have prevented me from completing my own contribution to the ficathon (moving house and temporarily losing Internet, massive job changes, and general overload) have also prevented me from reading this brilliant fic.

I hate those changes now with a new level of passion, because this fic? Is brilliant and hot and torturously good. I love Zoe's POV and her totally perfectly right-on voice and characterization, and I love how the why and how of what is happening is not nearly as important as how it feels. The little details (Zoe giving Jayne a beating, her bitterness toward River) make this not just good writing but a great story.

I'm overwhelmed by this. I'll be reading it again. And again.

[biggrstaffbunch]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it. I was worried, and writing this was so...just, a heady duty. Thank you so much for giving me the inspiration, and for enjoying it.I'm very grateful.

[thandi]

This was an amazing story. It almost made me cry at points, especially during the ending. Kudos for capturing Zoe's emotions so well and presenting them in such a moving way.

[biggrstaffbunch]

Thanks so much!

[leven_kemal]

Beautiful. You've created something sweet without taking all the bitterness away.

[biggrstaffbunch]

Thanks so much...the balance is difficult to portray.

[cadenzamuse]

Aaaaand crap, you made me cry.

Here from buffyversetop5

[yourlibrarian]

What an interesting, unexpected fic. That first section especially is so painfully real about the loss of someone close.