VM Fic: What’s So Great About Living, Pt. 3/3 (Logan, Dick, Veronica, and many others) NC-17

[celtic_flicka]

Title: What’s So Great About Living, Pt. 3/3

Pairing/Character: Logan, Dick, Veronica, other past and present Neptune residents
Word Count: ~11,500 total
Rating: NC-17 (sex, violence, language, this one’s got it all, baby!)
Summary: Logan’s past haunts him, but his present may be better than he realizes…
Spoilers: Season 3
Disclaimer: If Rob Thomas

Comments

[daria_103]

Brilliant, brilliant fic. I usually find it very hard to read season 3 stories but this had me completely hooked from start to finish. I loved all the scenes of the individual visits building up to when he finally sees Veronica and then ending with all of them there to bring him home, it was great to read something that showed Logan that he does have people that care about him. While the stuff with Veronica was great I think my favourite visits were with Keith and Trina because it felt like it was dealing with stuff that I had always wanted said but they never went near on the show.

I loved that he called Veronica out on whether she was there because of guilt and her freakout when he woke up and finally telling him she loved him were wonderful. Excellent fic.

[celtic_flicka]

Thank you for taking the time to comment! I really enjoyed writing the pieces with Keith and Trina too, because of Logan's family issues and how they can fill those roles for him. (And I think Trina is a good person, just a flake.)

it felt like it was dealing with stuff that I had always wanted said but they never went near on the show.

I think that's one of the main reasons I write fic--catharsis. :)

[afrocurl]

That was really great. As others have said, the way that everyone let Logan know he was valued worked so well, especially juxtaposed with all of those nightmares.

[celtic_flicka]

Thank you! I'm glad my juxtaposition format worked. I was a little nervous about it.

[monroeslittle]

That was amazing! I would have loved for the show to have this play out. You wrote all the characters very realistically and the dialogue was spot on. As heart-wrenching as they were to read, you did an amazing job writing the nightmares that haunt Logan. You really captured how, while it might not be the truth concerning those characters, it was what haunted Logan about them

[celtic_flicka]

You really captured how, while it might not be the truth concerning those characters, it was what haunted Logan about them.

Yay! Thank you! That's exactly what I intended. (Although Aaron may be the monster that Logan imagines him to be...)

I loved how after each nightmare, someone would come to see him that replaced the nightmare

I was talking to another LJer a little while ago about how, in s3, the viewers were constantly reminded of how very alone Logan was, and when I was thinking about it later I decided that wasn't necessarily true. And thus, a fic was born. :)

Thank you for your detailed comments! It's so nice to hear that my original idea came through.

[onceuponapillow]

That Lilly dream was sad. That girl had issues. She may have done mature things, but really, she was just such a typical child who had too much freedom and not enough love and accountability.

It was nice to read Veronica actually acknowledging what Logan felt every time she was in danger. She really needed a reality check in that regard.

Logan's insecurity when it came to his relationship with Veronica was very good. Veronica has faced a lot of loss and keep things close to the vest, even when she shouldn't. Her telling him she loved him and realizing he didn't know that was great.

The sex was great, as always ;)

The old nurse coming in was really funny. Loved how she said she's be back later for a more accurate blood pressure reading.

The end was great. I just loved all of them being there for him.

[celtic_flicka]

she was just such a typical child who had too much freedom and not enough love and accountability.

Exactly--she wasn't evil, just naive, despite her own belief that she was mature beyond her years.

I'm glad you liked this. Thanks for commenting on each section! <3

[mitzy_spain]

I love it, really good work.
I like the way Veronica realize she never tell the words I love you to Logan and maybe he doesn´t know she loves him but she knows he loves her and the way she reacts.

[celtic_flicka]

Thank you! They are an odd couple--he's all emotion and she's all control. No wonder they're always fighting. :)

[mitzy_spain]

and I like them fighting because after that they always make up in the end. They are really passionate. (I´m not quite sure if this was well writted, I hope you can understand it ;-))

[celtic_flicka]

Your comments are always easy to understand! Don't worry about it at all. :)