Happy Holidays, mackiedockie!

[amand_r]

Title: The Paper Burns, But the Words Fly Free
Author: Lebush
Written for: mackiedockie
Characters: Joe Dawson, Methos
Rating: G
Wordcount:1,450
Author's Notes: Set just before the events of 'One Minute to Midnight'
Summary: If this was the after-life, the nuns owed Joe an explanation.

Comments

[varina8]

Tone, inference, setting, character - everything hit the sweet spot.

[keerawa]

Thank you, varina8!

[dkwilliams]

Loved the interaction between Methos and Joe, and especially Joe's slow recovery of his senses after being shot (and drugged). It felt very much like a missing scene from the show, one that I could easily see as having been filmed and then cut.

(Minor quibble - Alexa was dead by the time of the Tribunal events - we see her headstone three episodes before this, in "Through a Glass, Darkly". But it is only a minor quibble, because this story was fantastic.)

[keerawa]

Oh, thank you for catching the continuity error with Alexa's death! This is what happens when you pop back into a fandom after, god, 6 years away? Con-crit is a pearl of great price.

I'm glad that Joe and Methos' interations felt authentic to you. Thank you for the comment!

[keerawa]

Thank you, valoise!

[jotribe]

We needed that scene - and it's perfect. Even after surgery and on drugs and in pain, Joe's up for questioning Methos. Joe is amazing!

[keerawa]

Joe really is a fantastic character, isn't he? Thanks, jotribe!

[sophiaiswisdom]

This was very good!

[keerawa]

Thank you, sophia, I'm glad you enjoyed it!