Comments | em2mb: Fic: How to be Dead (Lynn, Logan/Veronica) R (1/2)

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Fic: How to be Dead (Lynn, Logan/Veronica) R (1/2)

Mar 30, 2007 19:40

Title: “How to be Dead”
Author: em2mb
Pairing/Character: Lynn, Logan/Veronica.
Word Count: 13,895
Rating: R
Summary: It’s going to be a hard sell, since everyone who knows her will expect sleeping pills and chardonnay. Lynn Echolls doesn’t jump, but she doesn’t leave it all behind on the Coronado Bridge, either.
Spoilers: Primarily ( Read more... )

logan/veronica, veronica mars, lynn, 100_situations, fan fiction

Comments 13

Prepare yourself---this is gonna be a long one. :) earth2mars April 1 2007, 02:13:41 UTC

You rock my world from the first word to the last. This was SO worth the wait. Now on to specifics. :)

My silent pleas mix with my son’s increasing more vocal ones
Killed me. Absolutely killed me. I can handle a stoic Logan, but a pleading Logan kills me.

“Do you mean that Logan is going home at some point today, Mrs. Echolls?” she says. “Because your son is already at school, has been all day.”
I love the genius behind this. This little exchange so wonderfully characterizes how ineffectual she is as a parent. She has no idea what's going on in his life, no idea about his comings and goings, and can (or chooses) to do nothing to aid her son (w/the exception of calling him in to school). Here she is trying to give him a break and even THAT doesn't work. Genius, I say.

My hand is shaking as I turn the key in the ignition of the Viper... praying that this time Van Lowe doesn’t double-cross me.For me, this captures the film noir genre. The scuzzy P.I., the scotch, the double-cross...all of it. That tail end of the section ( ... )

Re: Prepare yourself---this is gonna be a long one. :) em2mb April 2 2007, 05:02:00 UTC

ARGH, your feedback is so wonderful! I aspire to leave feedback as good as yours. It like, makes me glow ( ... )

Re: Prepare yourself---this is gonna be a long one. :) earth2mars April 3 2007, 05:23:31 UTC

"I aspire to leave feedback as good as yours."
Leave the feedback to me--you stick to the writing! ;)

"... I wanted to make it clear why she didn't just take the second chance... she knew she'd messed up."
At first I did wonder why she didn't return after AE's murder, then I remembered that she certainly didn't see herself as Mother-of-the-Year material.

"When I get married someday, I wouldn't DREAM of letting someone else stand in her place."
I'm honestly sorry for your loss. The only friends I've lost, I've lost by choice, not tragedy. I think your tribute will be a beautiful one.

"...it was Lianne."
Aha! Call me super-sleuth.

Congrats again on another job well done.

Re: Prepare yourself---this is gonna be a long one. :) em2mb April 3 2007, 05:49:01 UTC

You are a super sleuth! I am sticking to the writing, though I'm afraid college is going to come and creep up on me again in the near future. I wrote this thing tonight, and I can't decide if it's the best or worse thing I've ever written, so you may never see it. Or you may. So yep.

Yeah, I had to debate why she didn't come back after Aaron's trial. That's what she had to overhear L/V talking on the beach, because really. Who'd go back after hearing their own son talk like that?

Hey, things happen, and what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Honestly, I can relate to VM in a lot of ways, and that's why this series has me so hooked. I lost Jenna, and then I really did turn into a social pariah with a terrible reputation. But somehow I figured it all out and have turned into a (somewhat) normal college student, (somewhat) normal relationship, (somewhat) normal life. *hopes she is not as disaffected as season three Veronica*

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inthevast April 1 2007, 16:46:52 UTC

Oh my God. This is breaking and then re-mending it so many times it's give me whiplash. It's brilliantly and beautifully written and I have to read the next part now!

em2mb April 2 2007, 05:02:46 UTC

Uh-oh. Whiplash. Let's not make my insurance go up anymore, shall we? ;) I'm glad you liked it, and thanks for reading!

WoW anonymous April 4 2007, 21:20:12 UTC

Oh my gosh... this was totally awesome!!! It's full of surprises and twists... it's nice to read this from a different perspective instead of the same old same old... great job!!! :OD

Re: WoW em2mb April 5 2007, 16:52:03 UTC

I'm glad you enjoyed it! Lynn was a sadly unexplored perspective, and I had to change that.

celtic_flicka February 24 2009, 23:38:05 UTC

This is absolutely wonderful! Lynn's perspective is so interesting, and I love that you made her very true to canon, while still providing a plausible explanation for how--if she were still alive--she would ever leave Logan with that monster. And it's heartbreaking to watch her watch him grow up without her. Awesome.