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gwendolyn_post

Mercy

Jul 14, 2005 15:29

Mercy, by Koimistress

This is one of the first Smallville fics I remember reading. I've only ( Read more... )

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j_bluestocking July 14 2005, 21:05:20 UTC

Marry me, gwendolyn_post!

gwendolyn_post July 15 2005, 08:23:21 UTC

:D Ok. Do I get permission to nag you for more Gilgamesh if I do?

j_bluestocking July 16 2005, 08:30:55 UTC

So neatly did she slip the dagger, Koi was unaware till she looked down and saw it gleam against her heart. :)

enderwiggin24 July 16 2005, 13:06:17 UTC

Do i get your permission to rec your review??
its everything that I wanted to say but have not been able to, coz
a) I could use the excuse ESL speaker here :D
b) or I worship Mercy, but re-reading it to write such a review makes me afraid, it would be like taking out a knife (that has stayed there for a long time, and did not heart so much more), that has been plugged into your heart, to put in it again.
I am not that brave I fear.

and yes, with your review you have definitly earned the right to nag :=))

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gwendolyn_post July 16 2005, 19:38:41 UTC

Cool! Thank you. It's nice to know that I'm not just babbling to myself.

anonymous July 16 2005, 16:40:34 UTC

That was... perfect. And neatly summed up my reasons for loving this story. The ambiguity. Especially in Lex's surrender at the end, although I hadn't thought this reference to "it" instead of "his" or "Clark's" would come from thorough understanding rather than a continuing kind of insanity.

Please, feel free to be long winded in the future as well.

Thanks

gwendolyn_post July 16 2005, 19:52:25 UTC

Yay, thank you. Good point about the "it" at the end... I thought what that pointed to was that the ending wasn't about Lex really returning to seeing Clark as real - that would take time - but his choice to do so. I don't really think Lex is insane or delusional at any point during Mercy. Just despairing, for want of a better word. So that the ending is about a deliberate decision to take the only escape route available, rather than some big transformative return to sanity. I think.