Comments | chasingkerouac: the willow tree; sga, lorne & cadman, pg-13

chasingkerouac

the willow tree; sga, lorne & cadman, pg-13

Apr 09, 2007 21:02

Title: The Willow Tree
Characters: Lorne, Cadman
Rating: PG-13, language
Notes: Originally written for oxoniensis's Hugs, Cuddles, and Kisses challege with the prompt 'sga, lorne/cadman, drunk'. This is the original version that was waaay too long for the 'one comment field' restriction on the challenge. Spoilers for 3.17 'Sunday'.

Much thanks to spazzula, who's ( Read more... )

beckett/cadman, fanfic, fanfic100, gen, stargate atlantis

Comments 12

spazzula April 10 2007, 01:33:05 UTC

*innocent look*

I haven't the faintest idea what you mean by 'enabler'.

^_^

chasingkerouac April 10 2007, 01:40:56 UTC

Uh huh. Picture of innocence, that's you. *lol*

Considering half the stuff I write is 'huh, bet Stacey will like this...'

spazzula April 10 2007, 03:10:56 UTC

It's Beckett/Cadman featuring Lorne, of course I'd like this, *lol*

I'm just very predictable, what can I say? ^_^

aoife_hime April 10 2007, 03:06:40 UTC

Wow! That was absolutely beautiful. You handled all the damn curveballs from Season 3 with such grace... I'd swear that this was a missing scene. Thank you so much for writing & posting this.

chasingkerouac April 10 2007, 04:51:00 UTC

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! It hurt a bit when I was writing it, but I think that was a good sign for the fic.

And amen to the 'damn curveballs'.

asze April 10 2007, 06:31:02 UTC

Oooh, I like that.

Some of my fav bits:
"a feisty little blonde that was too pretty to be a Marine",
the fact that she wouldn't have been afforded any 'special treatment' by the Army, but that Lorne understood and showed up at her door, dress blues and all,
the fact that he stayed with her, as a friend, taking care of the loved one of another friend of his.

Also enjoyed the general style and tempo of this. It reads very well; in a way almost too well - I wanted to slow down, but I couldn't because it tugged me along ;-)

I'm not sure where the title came from, though? Might be the late hour, but I'm not seeing the connection (well, apart from willow - weeping willow - weeping widow, which, again - I'm running on a max of 4 hours sleep a night for the past week here, so can't be expected to make too much sense :P)...?

chasingkerouac April 10 2007, 06:56:55 UTC

I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

The title is not an obvious connection, I assure you *lol* 'The Willow Song' is an arrangement of one of Desdemona's sections from Othello, and one of the phrases is 'I am dead to all pleasure, my true love is gone' and 'Take this for my farewell, and latest adieu; write this on my tomb, that in love I was true.' It's a very somber piece, and since it's one of my favorite madrigals I've performed, my brain jumped to that. So yeah, weeping willow, somber song, all wrapped into an obscure title that makes me happy :)

ceitie April 10 2007, 22:56:39 UTC

Oh, Cadman. Oh, Lorne. *cries*

chasingkerouac April 11 2007, 06:02:17 UTC

I know, I just want to give them both a hug. So glad you enjoyed it :)

genamarie April 11 2007, 01:06:23 UTC

Oh! So very beautifully done. I loved your characterization--so true to the heart of each of them.

This, Bored in CS, waiting for new assignment, Ori gonna eat us, how's Carson doing?, made me laugh because I could just *hear* Laura saying it as she wrote to Lorne.

And Lorne...*sigh* He's really is *that* guy, isn't he? No wonder we love him.

chasingkerouac April 11 2007, 06:03:34 UTC

I'm thrilled you enjoyed it :)

And yes, Lorne really is that guy. I mean, who couldn't love him?