Fic: Worth Having (Jack/Kate)

[cynthia_arrow]

I'm back, not that anybody has apparently been here to miss me. My flist has been quiet lately

Comments

[zenana7]

Lot of strong, descriptive writing here. Really good characterizations of Kate's past, and Kate's persona:

her typical fix for that was the only recourse she had-strangers...not noticing the young woman who sat in the shade of the big maple and watched them, sipping a stolen bottle of pepsi. -- This whole paragraph, lovely imagery.

Btw, there are a few typos here and there, if you care -- they break up the rhythm a little.

[cynthia_arrow]

I DO care about typos, especially when they're distracting. And I appreciate you telling me. I hope I fixed them all, because--yikes--the ones I found were annoying enough!

Thanks for reading this and for the feedback. But aren't you one of the Kate haters? You must be starved for fic. :)

[zenana7]

Kate hater? I don't really feel that strongly. More, not really into het. More that I'm a cynthia_arrow fic lover, which tends to override my het aversion. Course I prefer when you do a Jawyer over a Jate, but hey. So, not starved for fic, just a fan of yours!

And here I was, thinking I was being so mature for once not prefacing my comment on a het fic with "I don't usually go for het but..."

[cynthia_arrow]

I DID notice that you weaned yourself off the het disclaimers. And I always appreciate that you read this kind of stuff. No offense to Jack/Kate people, but sometimes those that aren't into a pairing can see the story more clearly. Of course, you can't melt at the Jate-y goodness like they can, so it's a trade-off.

Bear with me. I'm going for more het (J/K and Sawyer/Sun) before going back to J/S...unless plot bunnies attack.

[_noa]

This was absolutely beautiful hon! The imagery was just gorgeous, then again it always is with your stories. And I love your layout!

Happy Belated Birthday btw ;-)

[cynthia_arrow]

Thanks so much--for all the nice things you said! I'm glad I can write Jate that doesn't end up all sappy and snuggly and people will like it.

[eponine119]

Oh, wow. This was so good. You got right there, inside Kate's head and her loneliness so strongly and so well. Amazing characterization and amazing writing, too.

[cynthia_arrow]

Thanks. I took this challenge because I sometimes struggle to get inside Kate's head (that and all the Jack and Sawyer options were taken...besides, this way I can write Jate, Skate, or J/K/S, so it all works out). Anyway, I'm glad to know this seemed real to you. I appreciate it.

[didibreakit]

Yeah for Jate fic! And pretty Jate fic at that! Loved it, you wrote both Kate and Jack just perfectly, and I love that Jack was there for her even when he might not have wanted to be...because that's Jack.

Loved it!

[cynthia_arrow]

Thanks for reading, and for the lovely feedback. :)

[elise_509]

At times, it seemed like Jack and Sawyer were just currying her favor like she was the river card that set each man up to win the hand, take the entire pot. But Jack had stopped going all in for her, and she couldn’t guess why. She hoped that he was tired of using her as currency; she feared that he was simply tired of her.

That was great.

Sorry I am so late in feedbacking! I got way behind on fic this week. But this story was really well written; fantastic imagery, and you handled Kate amazingly. It really captured her character. It's so nice to read quality fic like this! Makes my day. :)

[cynthia_arrow]

I posted this yesterday, so you're definitely not "late." And even if you are, it doens't matter. :)

Thanks for the wonderful feedback. I think I'm going to enjoy climbing around inside of Kate's head for this challenge. And hopefully a lot of it will be Jate fic. In fact, reading A Pain that I'm Used To, along with some of uberaeryn's old fic, has got my smut muse going again. Hooray for Jate smut!