Comments | calleigh_j: [fic bau_bigbang] On A Burning Beach 3/3 - Criminal Minds AU

calleigh_j

[fic bau_bigbang] On A Burning Beach 3/3 - Criminal Minds AU - Emily/JJ

Sep 19, 2009 21:03

Title: On A Burning Beach
Author: calleigh_j
Artist: aoibhe
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: none
Pairing: Emily/JJ
Summary: AU fic; when CIA Agent Emily Prentiss and FBI Agent Jennifer Jareau meet on a case in Boston, a connection is forged which may be more than just professional
Notes: thanks to racethewind10 for being the best beta in the world even though she's hideously busy with ( Read more... )

fic: criminal minds, fic: au, fic, fic: ficathons

Comments 26

darkhawkhealer September 19 2009, 19:54:01 UTC

I liked this. It was so slow-burning and understated in a beautiful way. I think my two favorite parts in all of this were when Emily met Rachel for the first time (I love X-Men, too!), and when Allison came up to the door. ♥ Brilliant, thank you for sharing that with us.

calleigh_j September 20 2009, 10:23:24 UTC

Thank you so much! I really enjoyed writing Rachel (and may have been watching X-Men at the time...) and JJ's family, so I'm glad they worked. Glad you enjoyed it (and thank you for pointing out my fail!!).

llyfrgell September 19 2009, 21:20:33 UTC

!!!!

I didn't know this was existing, and I've been bemoaning the lack of decent, long fic all week, and now you've single-handedly remedied the situation - with long fic that is far more than decent. :-)

I like that the scenario, while AU, was still totally plausible for the characters - and it removes a lot of the angst and difficulty that they have in the canon situation. The glimpses into Emily's backstory were really well-thought-out, and I like that JJ wasn't really freaked out or angsty about any of it (besides Emily leaving). Basically, hooray for a serious Emily/JJ fic that's almost angst-free! Who knew it was even possible? ;-)

calleigh_j September 20 2009, 10:26:30 UTC

Yay - I'm glad I managed to unexpectedly satisfy your craving for long fic!

I think removing the angst was half the reason why the AU idea appealed to me so much - angst is great but kind of draining after a while. I'm thrilled you think it worked so well!

jujuberry136 September 20 2009, 05:04:16 UTC

Small confession: I'm not a huge JJ/Prentiss fan.
Big confession: I really enjoyed this :D

I think you did a great job created a believable AU here, and I loved the back story you gave Prentiss. I felt so bad for her throughout the story, her crappy family life giving her a complex- poor baby!

I really wonder how this Prentiss will interact with the other BAU agents. Will she and Reid still have their dork!luff? Will she and Morgan still tease each other about their social lives and compare book recs? Will she and Rossi still have theological conversations?

Nice job combining plot and personal background (loved Prentiss' training scenes). Thanks for sharing!

And YAY! You did it! You finished a bigbang!!!

calleigh_j September 20 2009, 10:30:35 UTC

Awesome - it's always good to hear when you can get someone to enjoy a pairing they wouldn't normally go for.

I kind of have sequel ideas because there's definitely potential for this AU Emily and the BAU guys. It's on my list of stuff to write! And thank you for the comment about plot and personal stuff - I was really worried about making that work.

Yay - I finished! And so did you - your fic is on my list of things to read when I have time to sit down and focus on it properly.

addicted_mb September 20 2009, 11:48:18 UTC

I really enjoyed reading this story and I have to agree that I also liked the scene where Allison came to the door! :D

I'm glad you have some sequel ideas, I would love to see how this progresses and how you tie Emily in with the team.

calleigh_j September 25 2009, 08:39:57 UTC

Hee - the Allison scene was a lot of fun to write!

Sequel ideas are very vague and will probably be a long time coming, but I promise to try and get to them!

talos13 September 20 2009, 15:12:36 UTC

his is very good indeed. I love discovering quality and lengthy JJ/Emily stories! You write the characters we know very well and I'm impressed how well you crafted the original characters, Matt in particular. Your writing flows well and is enjoyable to read, so I hope the sequel you mentioned appears soon.

carinjo September 20 2009, 15:34:59 UTC

i really like your icon talos13! wanted to make sure this story is finished, it is, so now off to go read.

talos13 September 20 2009, 20:53:54 UTC

Thanks!

calleigh_j September 25 2009, 08:42:12 UTC

Thank you so much! I'm glad Matt worked so well for you - I was concerned about putting a bunch of OCs in but I knew they were important for the story so I'm happy people liked them.

As for a sequel, my ideas are very hypothetical at the moment. I really do want to get back to this AU at some point, but I can't promise it'll be any time soon!