12 Days, Day 11; Fanfiction: Days Go By

[rainbowwizard1]

Title: Days Go By (And Still I Think of You)
Author: WHIZ
Characters/Pairing: Mary/Marshall, Stan, Eleanor, Bobby D
Rating: R for subject matter
Summary: In the wake of tragedy, everyone must adjust.
Warnings: Angst, descriptions of mental illness, mention of character death
Author’s Note: I had plans for a different 12 Days fic, but it refused to

Comments

[kittyknighton]

So, so excellent. I knew early on Mary was dead - I just knew, because you foreshadowed it well - but that ending was so beautifully tragic. And I could see this happening to Marshall. Taking that passive road as opposed to eating his gun seems like his way of leaving it to fate.

Beautiful. Just purely, heart-achingly beautiful. And... inspiring... the muse... it's singing... ;)

[rainbowwizard1]

One of the hardest parts of writing this was finding the right balance between the lead up and the reveal that Mary was actually dead, and that Marshall was hallucinating her. And yeah, I think Marshall would definitely go into a self-destructive tailspin if Mary died, but I don't think he could ever bring himself to actually commit suicide. So, my theory as to what happened to put Marshall in the hospital is that after Mary died, he started drinking heavily, had the psychotic break, Stan sent him to the shrink and he started getting better and then he went and tried to drink himself to death, going blind in the process and getting into a horrific car wreck, resulting in amputating his leg. *nods*

Glad you liked it =) and that it's stimulating your muses

[kittyknighton]

I've been toying with an angsty character-death (maybe) piece but now I see through to the end. It would be controversial as hell though, so I've held back on it. But damn... this makes me want to take that off the shelf and dust it off.

[rainbowwizard1]

OMG. DO IT DO IT DOIT. =D I love angst so hard, and I'm always up for a good character death story =D *cheerleads*

[northwester]

Wow, this is dark! I didn't see Mary's death coming.
Very, very sad. But great!

[rainbowwizard1]

Yeah, this is definitely the darkest fic I've ever written. It's pretty awesome you didn't see Mary's death coming =D I was really hoping I could get people to be utterly shocked by it, but then, look back and be like "oh. yeah. hello, Sixth Sense, anyone?"

Glad you liked it! =D

[iheartpants956]

Wow! Uh. It is so sad, but well written. You portrayed how significant Mary is to Marshall v. well.

[rainbowwizard1]

Thank you! =) Glad you liked it

[jms529]

Well written and very angsty. Poor Marsahll could see him not dealing with Mary's death this way. Thanks for sharing.

[rainbowwizard1]

Marshall is sad and tragic. Glad you liked it! =D

[randomrattle]

ARGH! *coughs* ARGHarghARGH!

I didn't see Mary's death coming. I kept thinking, she'll pull a rabbit out of the hat with Marshall. I'm thinking of the new "dream-scape" movie that's out, with Leonardo Decaprio, and thinking, "Whiz is going to throw a twisty-as-hell thing in here and it's going to be all right....

...and it isn't there.

ARGH! Argh! *gets pitchforks*

But, I hafta say, you built this damn thing well, and for an angst fic, this was really ROCKS THE HOUSE and is sad and terrible and felt real. Great job with grinding glass in our souls with writing such darkness.

*silver star* (for bravery) *waves pitchfork at you*

[rainbowwizard1]

Yay! Awesomest review ever =D

When I got the idea for this fic, it started as like "oh, what would happen to Marshall if Mary died?" And of course, I love to torture Marshall. =D

Eek! A pitchfork! *cowers behind pock Bear*

*hands over some tweezers* This should help with the glass shards. ;)