Fic: The Holiday Homecoming Intervention

Dec 24, 2008 23:45

Christmas fic! And just in time, at least in my time zone.

Title: The Holiday Homecoming Intervention
Fandom: The Middleman
Rating: G
Spoilers: none
Summary: Lacey has the same wish this year that she's had every Christmas. But this year, she just might get it.

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fic, the middleman, one-shot

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lotus0kid December 26 2008, 16:43:10 UTC
Awww! Just wonderful. My favorite piece of '08 holiday fic by far. All the dialogue is perfect, I could hear everything in my head. Especially this: Because the Non-Denominational Holiday Zombie may be Dub-Dub’s shambling undead baby, but effects makeup is my thing. Oh, Lacey. She's so adorable- Wendy's a bigger person than me to have kind words for Dr. Barbara Thornfield MD PhD. Great job!

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hematitebadger December 27 2008, 02:52:03 UTC
My favorite piece of '08 holiday fic by far.

Wow, thanks!

Wendy's a bigger person than me to have kind words for Dr. Barbara Thornfield MD PhD.

To my thinking, Dr. Barbara Thornfield, M.D., PhD is a little like a disliked mother-in-law to Wendy: however bad she is, she created someone Wendy loves, and Lacey still loves her, so Wendy wants to at least make an effort. And considering that basically everything we hear about Dr. Thornfield doing in canon would be admirable if she weren't neglecting her daughter to do it, and the fact that she was willing to shuffle her schedule for Art Crawl until something came along that she couldn't get away from, I think she's probably a decent person who's not really aware of how much Lacey hurts over her. She probably has strong ideas about the needs of the many versus the needs of the few, and doesn't recognize that there are exceptions to be made when "the few" is your little girl. None of which excuses her actions, of course, but it begins to explain them.

Glad you liked the story!

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lotus0kid December 28 2008, 14:05:07 UTC
Welcome!

Yeah, you're right. Heh, Wendy considering Dr. Barbara Thornfield MD PhD as a mother-in-law makes her assuming Wendy and Lacey are dating all the funnier.

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romanticalgirl December 27 2008, 03:21:50 UTC
Oh, this is perfect and lovely and spot on. Yay!

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hematitebadger December 27 2008, 04:28:39 UTC
Thank you!

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musesfool August 20 2010, 15:31:21 UTC
Oh, my god, I think my heart just grew THREE SIZES from reading this. *sniffle* ♥

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hematitebadger August 23 2010, 08:11:49 UTC
You have made my day twice, first with your review and second with your rec. A thousand thanks!

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innie_darling August 20 2010, 18:52:24 UTC
Here from musesfool's rec - goodness, what a lovely story!

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hematitebadger August 23 2010, 10:36:31 UTC
Thank you!

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celli August 20 2010, 21:01:55 UTC
Also here from musesfool - I love this! You made my day infinitely brighter. :)

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hematitebadger August 23 2010, 10:36:48 UTC
I'm glad to hear it. Thank you!

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