fic, Lost: Jughead, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Daniel, various), PG13

[janie_tangerine]

I have my theories re where the hell did this thing decide to come from but still, if it isn't the weirdest thing I've ever written all my life then it's up there.

Title: Jughead, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Rating: meh, PG13 I guess
Character(s): Daniel; then Charlotte (some Dan/Charlotte), Sawyer, Desmond, Locke and

Comments

[navras_rheya]

I'm gonna read this in a few, but being a Kubrick-head. I FUCKING LOVE THE TITLE.

[janie_tangerine]

Ha, well, I had to write it when I had the title in my head because I just couldn't not. And yay for being a Kubrick-head because I totally am too.

[elliotsmelliot]

This is not weird. This is Daniel. You captured his inner and outer voice really well. All the science stuff was enough to make my head swim, but you grounded it in his humanity.

It’s pretty ironic that nuclear fusion will make stars shine (and then be the cause of their eventual death) and h-bombs explode. H is for hydrogen, of course.

This was a beautiful section. It had a lot of rhythm that made me want to read these two sentences over and over.

He has actually never watched Dr. Strangelove: Or, how I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, but he loves that title

This is how I felt before I saw the movie too.

As for concrete and Chernobyl, I had not made the connection with the Swan but not that bit of history with Sayid’s exploration. Very cool!

Sawyer can’t help himself; he’s humming that song half of the time.

I loved how you tied in the movie with Daniel’s own history. I really enjoyed this piece! It was worth the struggle.

[janie_tangerine]

Then Daniel is weird because he makes my head hurt. ;) Thanks so much, I seriously don't have an idea what to make out of this but if he was IC then it was worth it indeed. And oh, the science. As soon as stuff went into quantum mechanics realm I gave up and went on intuition. I have my limits.

How can someone not love that title? ;) Glad to hear the whole tying in with the movie worked here, I didn't want to push it too much but I had to justify that title. Thanks so much again, I'm definitely happy to hear you enjoyed it! ♥

[sedauny]

Poor bewildered Daniel, learning not to worry. I loved it. I'm with Daniel in this--I never saw Dr. Strangelove, either, but I do love the title. Many, many good bits in the fic, but this one caught my eye because it's so true: fascination is Daniel’s propellant. That may be what gets everyone saved, in the end, because I don't really trust ghost!Christian, or Jacob, or Locke, or Ben, or Richard (&c&c&c) to tell the truth on what is best for the human beings trapped on the Island. We may have "left science behind" but I hope Dan brings it back in to help any atheists in the Church of Island. You did a good job of balancing the science that fills Dan's head with the events of which he is part, and which he immediately relates back to the science again. And you kept Charlotte alive, chance or not, AU or not! We need more women on the Island. (And I love her meeting up with herself. I wonder whether that would be a problem, but I tend to go with the "you can't step twice into the same river" thesis and assume that life experiences

[janie_tangerine]

Thank you so much, I'm so glad you liked it! I swear this was some of the hardest stuff I ever wrote all my life. Seriously, Daniel makes my head ache so it really means a lot. ;) And Dr. Strangelove has quite the best title ever, as soon as I had it I had to go for it. For once I did have the title before the fic, which would be quite the exception to the rule

[janie_tangerine]

Eeeeh... yes I did. LOL. I wasn't too wrong in the end, was I? ;) Thank you!