Comments | garnettrees: [fic] Street of Dreams 1/1 (Band of Brothers, gen, Guarnere-centric)

garnettrees

[fic] Street of Dreams 1/1 (Band of Brothers, gen, Guarnere-centric)

Dec 30, 2004 11:27

So, the authors of Berlin by Christmas have been revealed. I was right, Leigh did write "Dead Men and Dreamers"! Yay for me, I win. ^_~
(Just the title alerted me, darling. It was a Leigh title. Also, no one writes Lipton like you do-- no one could actually crawl inside Speirs scary brain. You have slain me with the beauty of this story, honestly. ( Read more... )

fanfiction, band-of-brothers

Comments 14

And once more gamesiplay January 2 2005, 21:46:26 UTC

He's almost pissed-- he's working up to it, settling into it like a tall glass of beer, like an old coat.

Love this line, too.

Luz makes a crack-- in the dull mess light, the two look like brothers; dark, irreverent, Perconte just a head shorter than Luz.

I practically squealed out loud at this. Too cute. And that's absolutely them, "dark, irreverent."

Guarnere chews harshly, mouth screwed up in a merciless twist-- he's sure to shove Perconte, just a little, on their way to formation.

Hey, always picking on the little guy!

(The United States Marine Corps regrets to inform you...
Last night, half the boys in the company were writing letters home, one last shot before Normandy.
Bill never even picked up a pen.)

It's interesting how the parentheticals didn't come up until very late in the story. Very interesting. It's as though his thought process just starts breaking down, fragmenting, here.

Eyes narrowing, he opens his mouth, ready to toss out some acidic comment, something about being a Jew. Liebgott will fight with him, ( ... )

Review part ! abyssinia4077 January 5 2005, 04:42:13 UTC

I'm finally commenting! I'm sorry this is so delayed, but I wanted time to do it right ( ... )

Re: Review part ! likethesun2 January 8 2005, 08:58:37 UTC

I'm also friending you, if you don't mind, for many reasons, including the fact that I think Leigh will kill me if I don't.

I would've. :) And I approve.

(LIPTON LOVES LUZ BEST. See? It's even more alliterative.)

Sorry for spamming Meredith, but I need to correct Leigh here abyssinia4077 January 8 2005, 15:57:32 UTC

LIPTON LOVES LUZ BEST. See? It's even more alliterative.

Ah, but "Perco" and "Luz" are both much funnier sounding names than "Lipton" which is just a brand of tea. Thus, they obiously belong together.

Review Part 2 abyssinia4077 January 5 2005, 04:43:25 UTC

That's real, and that's also the nightmare, the thing that wakes him up the night before the drop, shaking and shivering and looking at his hands. Adam is dead, shot at Casino in North Africa, and his last letter is there in Bill's footlocker, calm, crisp, real as each breath he takes.
The pain of letters. Especially of letters that come after death notices. How can you really believe someone is dead when you have no more or less contact than you did before you were told? I love that reality is the nightmare - the guilt.

In the stillness, Guarnere stares up at the ceiling-- beyond which is the sky, beyond which is God. "Bastard," he says, hatefully, drawing out that word. "A real bastard."
Everytime I think I have a favorite line you write another. I LOVE this part. It's stunning and beautiful and Bill and I can't even really articulate at all how much I love this line.

He's almost pissed-- he's working up to it, settling into it like a tall glass of beer, like an old coat.I love the telling/hearing thing and Winters trying ( ... )