It's late, but let's rock the Bones fic anyway

[fluffernutter8]

Title: Codetalkers
Author: fluffernutter8
Spoilers: Through the season 8 finale.
Rating: PG
Word Count:
Summary: And it’s hard to dance with the devil on your back, so shake him off.
Authors notes: This probably stretches believability to the utmost degree and there's no way in the world that this is how season nine will play out, but it's fanfiction so I get to

Comments

[a_h_c]

I like your way of bringing down Pelant. Although, yes, Booth would be very frustrated not to be the one breaking down the door. I'm sort of interested to see how it plays out on the show, and sort of interested in having it just be over already. Not sure why, but the overarching storyline gets a little much for me sometimes. So, I enjoy reading all the ways that the fic writes wrap it up. Thanks for sharing!

[fluffernutter8]

I'm sort of interested to see how it plays out on the show, and sort of interested in having it just be over already. Not sure why, but the overarching storyline gets a little much for me sometimes.
I definitely agree. The Pelant story has definitely been challenging and emotional, but I find the way that he's so clever and so easily manipulative of both technology and people to be a little much.

Thanks very much for the comment! :D

[tempertemper]

This is really nice - so good to witness an end to Pelant and I like the way you involve the whole team.

There are some lovely turns of phrase here, e.g. :

They’re all still shaken by the entire affair, and speaking about these things openly feels like stretching cramped muscles: pleasurable, but uncomfortable enough that you want to go back to the old position because you had gone a little numb to it.

And some very smart dialogue - you write a wonderful Cam in particular! :

“I think what Dr. Sweets means is that it was a job very well done,” Cam inserts.

Hee!

I like that you show Booth's frustration at not being there to literally take Pelant down - and yet have it go that way which is more realistic than Show's handling of this whole business!

Clever methods of communication throughout too - love the moments where BB use finger spelling to communicate.

Thanks for sharing :)

[fluffernutter8]

Thanks for the comment, especially about the dialogue. Always one of my anxiety points. And I've never worked with Cam extensively before, so that was a nice surprise.

I liked coming up with the different communication methods that would be covert enough to escape notice but not so covert that they couldn't be used.

[tempertemper]

Thanks for the comment, especially about the dialogue. Always one of my anxiety points.

Seriously? Well definitely no need to be anxious there - awesome!

[fluffernutter8]

Yeah, dialog and characterization (AKA two HUGE parts of most fiction writing) always make me doubt myself. I used to imagine the characters saying what I'd written to make sure it sounded accurate but then it turned out that I have a good enough imagination to make them say anything. So now I have to wait around for people like you to give me compliments that make me less obsessive. Thanks for that!

[mendenbar01]

From the news in TV guide, I expect Pelant to be over and done with by November (Thanks Hart!) And I don't think I am too worried about Pelant's life expectancy once he gets to prison, Max has friends.

[tempertemper]

LOL yep!

[fluffernutter8]

That might be the perfect balance between tension in the new season and the part where they beat him. Still maybe they should have just let Max deal with it from the beginning, lol. :)

[limone1]

I love the tone of this fic and how you choose Angela to question Booth's behavior; she would not let him get away with it!

As I'm visiting your LJ via Bones Love Month I'll take the opportunity to say thanks for reminding me about Jellicoe Road, time I reread this great book! Useful Hebrew phrases... I once did a presentation in Hebrew, now my phrases are limited to specifying how I want my coffee, asking people if they want red or white wine and telling them to shut up ;)

[fluffernutter8]

I liked the idea of Angela stepping up to the plate for Brennan.

Jellicoe Road is so great! It's such a comfort book for me that it sits next to my bed a lot of the time. Were you taking a Hebrew class that you had to do a presentation? In my experience, if you're ever around Hebrew-speakers, they'll probably speak English better than the majority of Anglos speak Hebrew, but you have a nice little collection of phrases!

[limone1]

Yes, I did my presentation in Hebrew class. You'd definitely manage without Hebrew in Israel!

I have books I return to again and again. None of them sit next to my bed at the moment, though. If I added to the currently- reading-or-about-to-read-stack I'd risk becoming a headline along the lines of "Woman killed in sleep by avalanche of books" ;)

[fluffernutter8]

I'd been taking Hebrew for almost twelve years by the time I went to Israel after high school, and if I tried to speak in Hebrew people would roll their eyes and gently tell me to switch to English. :P

I'd risk becoming a headline along the lines of "Woman killed in sleep by avalanche of books" ;)
LOL! I usually keep four or five books in my headboard; the rest teeter on a stool at the foot of my bed. I've actually had to put myself on a very painful library hold until the tide recedes a bit.

[amilyn]

This was EXCELLENT...the low-tech communication, the sending those who could be sent out of harm's way (in both cases with people who will kill to protect them), the slow and deliberate and patient planning, the caution...excellent

[fluffernutter8]

This comment was EXCELLENT. I tried especially hard to show how Pelant isolated everyone by trying to cut off the possibility of connecting through all the typical methods of communication, but how they needed to overcome that because each of them is part of the team that will bring him down. Not sure why I'm restating what you already said other than that I'm so glad that you picked up on that!

(I'm wondering now if I should have read this...I may be disappointed when the show gives me something less effective!)
I suspect that a ridiculously cautious and gradual code-based offensive will not film well and that the end of the Pelant arc on Bones will be a bit splashier. Nevertheless, I will take the compliment and run! :D