Comments | halfdutch: Everything There is to Know (PG-13) Jack/Sawyer

halfdutch

Everything There is to Know (PG-13) Jack/Sawyer

Apr 04, 2007 00:02

Title: Everything There is to Know
Pairing: Light Jack/Sawyer, smidgeon of Sawyer/Kate
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Sawyer reads the file on Jack
Note: Sticks to canon up through "I Do" and then departs sharply, with Kate and Sawyer being recaptured. Thanks so much to foxxcub and zelda_zee for betaing! :)

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lost_fic, jack/sawyer, lost_fic_s3, sawyer/kate

Comments 35

siluria April 4 2007, 20:21:05 UTC

Very atmospheric, I really like the responses of the boys to the contents of the report, and that Sawyer realises that those report doesn't tell anyone who Jack is, only what he's done. That last line is fantastic.

halfdutch April 5 2007, 02:00:14 UTC

Thank you! I'm so glad you liked this. I'm dying to see them find out more about each other one day - and have some excuse to connect again - but I don't think that's on the show's agenda. And yes, even though Jack and Sawyer don't know much about each other I like to think they know each other pretty damn well after what they've been through, especially Sawyer, who is so good at reading people.

gottalovev April 4 2007, 20:33:02 UTC

I am so sorry sweetie, I had to erase blank comments! *facepalm* *kicks LJ*

oh, you are so right with this whole fic

Just like with Kate, he never knows where he stands with Jack. Might as well be standing at the ocean’s edge, trying to stand still while the tide rolls out, as figure those two out. Even with all the answers, all their secrets spelled out in neat, black type, he can’t get a handle on either one of them.

they may think they are clever, but they only have observations, they have NO IDEA who they really are. that was magnificent sweetie. I just loved it.

halfdutch April 5 2007, 02:56:53 UTC

Stupid LJ! *kicks again for you*

Thanks for the kind words, hon! I agree, the Others really don't know them at all. (And damn, I was hoping that the captivity wouldn't drive them so far apart! Oh well, we clearly have different agendas than the writers!)

gemjam April 4 2007, 20:56:17 UTC

This is just so pitch perfect, the characterisation, the plot, the atmosphere, everything about this is so true to the show. I love that the Others give them the files now, that they try and break them, even after Jack's done the surgery and there barely seems a point to it. And the fact that Jack's already broken here, long before they handed over the files, it hurts but it works and it fits perfectly with what's going on in the show right now. You made perfect use of canon, not just with what you did with Jack and Sawyer in this room, but with everything we know about them, everything the three of them have ever done. You've taken tiny moments and big moments and kind of brought them all together here.

I love Sawyer's kind of slow realisation that what he's reading in the pages is worthless. I love that he still wins and the Others still lose, even in this situation. Because he knows Jack and he knows Kate, and I think that's something that the Others can never really have. He's spent time with them, he's seen the real them. Like ( ... )

halfdutch April 5 2007, 03:09:36 UTC

Oh wow, you've totally blown me away!

I really loved the idea that a person is so much more than the facts of their life and that Sawyer knows them better than the Others do, even if he had little or no idea about their pasts.

It's so sad that he doesn't know how to accept someone feeling bad for him. He doesn't understand empathy. I don't mean that he can't feel empathy, I mean that he can't accept it from others. He's very developmentally stunted emotionally, I think.

*nods* I've always seen Sawyer that way. He just doesn't know how to handle getting close to someone -- especially if they know what happened to him. And he has to go and fall for a woman who's even more emotionally stunted and prone to run than he is. Poor guy. :-(

I'm so glad that they way they reacted to these revelations about other worked for you. I was worried that it was too subdued so it means a lot to hear that it played out in a way that rang true.

But then the concern that Jack feels for him, that that's the only real time he comes out of himself, ( ... )

elise_509 April 4 2007, 21:02:16 UTC

This was such a great fic! It's so powerful and well-written and the moments between Jack and Sawyer here are heartbreaking but also heartwarming, if things can be both at the same time. The small details really are great, though, the things like Sawyer looking away from the camera when he wakes up so the camera can't record his reaction...just perfect.

*loves you*

halfdutch April 5 2007, 03:11:32 UTC

Thank you so much, hon! It's seemed harder and harder to write Jack and Sawyer when it's not an AU (and even when it is) given how far apart they've been, both physically and emotionally this season. I'm so glad this idea sparked and caught fire if this is the kind of reaction I'm getting. *mwah* I would love to see something similar on the show but well ... not holding my breath!

astra2104 April 4 2007, 21:11:00 UTC

That last line broke me. Actually, make this those last lines, because I love the idea of Sawyer thinking that he knows Jack in the only way that matters.

*sniffles and wants them together ASAP*

“Good to see you,” he says finally, surprised by how fucking sincere he sounds.

I'm joining the chorus of people who want a sequel.
*loves*

halfdutch April 5 2007, 03:13:17 UTC

Oh, thank you, hon. I love the idea that Sawyer knows him better than they do, even if they do have all the facts and figures.

And damn, I'm both anxiously awaiting and dreading their real reunion on the show. I know it's not going to go anything like this.

Sequel, eh? :) We'll have to see, hon, but thank you so much for the kind words!