SPN Fic: Then I'll Wave and Say Goodbye (Gen, PG, preseries, 4x02 related)

[dotfic]

Title: Then I'll Wave and Say Goodbye
Author: dotfic
Rating: Gen, PG, preseries, pov of guest character from 4x02
W/C: 900
Disclaimer: Property of Eric Kripke and The CW.

a/n: Title from Gracie Allen. Thank you to innie_darling for the wonderfully helpful and speedy beta. Written for spn_xx gen flashfic challenge #27.

Comments

[counteragent]

Ooh, yay! Olivia ficlet. I love how no nonsense she is in this, so obviously OK with being a hunter and the isolation and transience it brings. At the same time, she is not innured to the heartache. She tries, but their wedding rings still glint in her memory.

It had its parleys and its lulls, but no treaties and no end.

Oooh, lovely.

[dotfic]

Thank you, hon! I wanted to make Olivia as ordinary as possible but also give her a set of issues that had nothing to do with supernatural tragedy, and all of that helped form her.

Sometimes, I swear, the show drops these thumbnail characters in there just so the fandom will play with them...*g* ("Hey, Eric, don't you think we should drop a little background on her into the ep?" "Don't worry about it, Bob, the fandom will take care of it. *evil cackle*" )

[marinarusalka]

I love this. I was hoping to see some Olivia fic in the wake of the episode, and I really like the personality you gave her here, with her backstory and the connection to the Harvelles and the need for laughter after ghosts.

[dotfic]

There had to be Olivia fic! Evidently, it was my turn to do it (I wanted to write Pamela too but couldn't quite get down to it, but I did see a few decent Pamela stories).

Thanks so much!

[maychorian]

Lovely. I was hoping someone would write a backstory for Olivia. She was very cool and fully realized in her scant bit of onscreen life, and I was very sad when she bit it. Thanks!

[dotfic]

I was hoping too, and then thought, well, I'd better do it myself in case no one else does! :D

Thanks so much. Her on-screen time really is quick, like snapshots, but I like how they managed to hint and suggest, made it easy to play with (she has the three stooges on TV but she's reading an arcane book on magic, philsophy and freemasonry).

[livrelibre]

Yes! This was exactly what I wanted after that teaser. I love that you ran with the Three Stooges and extended that, that you extended this whole thing to give her and her ghosts personality and history and genuine pathos. Lovely work.

[dotfic]

Thank you! I wrote this to have what I wanted, and I'm very glad it worked for you.

It made so much sense to me that a hunter would be a classic comedy buff. Of course, Three Stooges is also standard late night tv fare, so it might've just been what was one. But I feel in love with the idea that she was really into the old comedy teams, to offset the horror of her life (the way Dean, in his own weird way, uses horror movies to offset the real horror of his life).

[lita_of_jupiter]

lovely.
I loved the bit we got about Olivia and you did a wonderful job fleshing her out and what she knew of the ghosts who attacked her

[dotfic]

Thank you, I'm so pleased this worked for you. Two backstories in one. :D