Fic: A Bond So Strangely Formed Never Once Dissolves

[ladychi]

Title: A Bond So Strangely Formed Never Once Dissolves
Author: ladychi
Characters/Pairings: Angela Montenegro, Temperance Brennan
Rating: M for not exactly taking Nancy Reagan's view on Mary Jane.
Summary: Snippets from Brennan and Angela's friendship... an exercise in writing female-friendship fic to cure my insomnia. Everyone else in the world writes

Comments

[historynut]

What a wonderful homage to friendship.
This was lovely to read and so well done.
You nailed these two: their voices, their personalities, their friendship and how each of them have changed through it all.

Lovely.

Thank you for this.

[ladychi]

I'm so glad you thought that I "nailed" this. As an author, there's always something you'd like to change or take another shot at!

I think friendship is one of those concepts that we don't pay enough attention to, because most of our focus is on romantic relationships, you know? Which is sad.

Thank you for such a great comment!

[magpieinthesky]

Oh, lovely lovely. I love friendship fic, and you hit all the right spots for me. I felt that you captured their voices and their friendship extremely well. Thank you for sharing this!

[ladychi]

I love friendship fic, too! Especially Brennan and Angela. They're just so lovely for each other. Thanks for the comment!

[leonhart_17]

this is gorgeous! I love their friendship!

[ladychi]

Thanks! Me too!

[thistwilight]

This is absolutely beautiful. ♥

[ladychi]

Thank you!

[limone1]

Your take on Angela's and Brennan's friendship feels very true to them.

I like your choice events from the show you build on to illustrate their friendship and the parts you created yourself, the meeting and the phone call, fit in beautifully. Their meeting feels like it could have been and already at when Angela phones she seems to have worked out part of what Brennan is like and just goes with it.

Interesting how Angela considers the color grey to be the color of pain. It makes sense, yet it adds to the story. I like how her painting "bookends" your fic.

[ladychi]

I'm so glad that you thought this was in-character!

Angela strikes me as a very intuitive person -- and extremely laid back about most things. To the point where she can just roll with things. Which is basically what Brennan needs.

Thank you so much for taking the time to comment and noticing all of the little details. That's always extremely gratifying for an author!

[limone1]

I agree, it's always interesting to see what details readers notice. When I read a story and try to pin down what it is that makes it so good the answer can often be found in the details, those are the building blocs that create a good story.

Another thing I find fascinating is how it's often the parts you debate about including or not that readers seem to like.

Another thing I forgot to mention is how much I loved the sentence Angela falls asleep laughing. It paints a great picture and captures Angela all at once.